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December 22, 2016 11:27am
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Kelly Johnston Frank
My Life
I was born in St. Louis, MO, moved around a lot when I was growing up.
I went to twelve different schools before high school. Graduated in 1997 from Metro Academic and Classical High School
and have an associates degree from St. Louis Community College.
When I was in college I studied all kinds of different things in order
to try to figure out what I wanted to do(still have very little idea), including:
Computer art
Sculpture (including torch welding)
Education, etc.
I've spent more than six years working with children, generally I like
My interests include:
Art, The ancient world (particularly Rome, Greece and Egypt)
Handwriting Analysis
My hobbies: crocheting, jewelry making, origami, sewing, reading,
watching movies, playing computer games, and, newly, genealogy.
I've been searching for new book recommendations, and have found
a book that lists books to read my newer reads have all come from there, but I'm afraid I'm getting rather desperate. Previously
the books I read were from the following places: a list of classics from my library, Oprah's Book Club, and Stephen King's On Writing. Here are a couple of the most recent:
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Memoirs of an Invisible Man by H.F. Saint
Plainsong by Kent Haruf
Miriam's kitchen : a memoir -Elizabeth Ehrlich
The haunting of Hill House-Shirley Jackson
The glass palace : a novel -Amitav Ghosh
Desirable daughters : a novel -Bharati Mukherjee
The Inner Circle-T. Coraghessan Boyle
Where the Heart is-Billie Letts
Waiting -Frank M. Robinson
The Shipping News -E. Annie Proulx
River, Cross My Heart - Breena Clarke
Empress Orchid -Anchee Min
Books I have enjoyed
Lives of the Monster Dogs- Kirsten Bakis
The Alchemist- Paulo Coelho
The Namesake- Jhumpa Lahiri
Queen of Dreams-Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
By John Irving
The World According to Garp
A Prayer For Owen Meany
A Widow for One Year
By Stephen King
Bag of Bones
The Dead Zone
Dolores Claibourne
From a Buick 8
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
Hearts in Atlantis
Needful Things
On Writing
Rose Madder
Salem's Lot
The Shining
The Stand
Here's a list of some of my favorite musicians:
The Andrews Sisters
Ani Difranco
Bare Naked Ladies
The Beatles
Bernice Johnson Reagon
Bill Withers
Brandi Carlile
Corinne Bailey Rae
The Dixie Chicks
Damien RiceThe Eagles
Ella Fitzgerald
Emmylou Harris
Elvis Presley
Fleetwood Mac
Foy Vance
The Indigo Girls
Ingrid Michaelson
Janis Joplin
Jason Mraz
John Legend
Joss Stone
Lauryn HillLenny Kravitz
Lyle Lovett
Maroon 5
Marvin Gaye
Micheal Buble
Nat "King" Cole
Norah Jones
Peter, Paul, and Mary
Peter Gabriel
Ray LaMontagne
Remy Zero
Sarah McLachlan
Sonia Dada
Straight No Chaser
Sweet Honey in the Rock
Taj Mahal
The Offspring
Toshi Reagon
Tracy Chapman
Van Morrison
The White Stripes
Here are my top twenty movies in order of preference:
The Shawshank Redemption-this movie is gorgeous and always makes my heart mourn and my soul soar sometimes at the same time- I also tend to like material
having anything to do with Stephen King

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On the same day of the match between Montpellier and St Etienne featuring the fight against homophobia, an hour away in Marseille, fans displayed a homophobic banner, demonstrating the need for the fight. A summary of the story from Yagg.com:
During the match between Olympique de Marseille and Arles-Avignon, fans displayed a banner on which was written the message: "You bunch of faggots: Be men". Marseilles has a history of homophobic behavior from its fans. After a previous incident, a manager of the club said that "In Marseilles, we are ourselves not good enough examples to become indignant about such statements".
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Sunday, February 6, 2011
Homophobic banner at Marseilles football match
Publié par Marc Naimark à l'adresse 14:39
Libellés : football
1 comment:
- steelwater said...
This annoys me so much. It just pains me to see stuff like this. We have to find harder against homophobia in football. Football is still racist but things have improved through the years and I hope that they'll improve for this as well.
- March 2, 2011 at 1:17 AM
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RIP Bettie Page
Bettie Page, one of the most beautiful and sexy icons of the 20th century, who also mainstreamed the BDSM movement to some degree - has died.
Right alongside Marilyn Monroe, Marlene Dietrich (who we all know was gay, but only later on), Lana Turner - Page was just as important of a sexual icon, but she also embodied the alternative sexual lifestyle, to the point that her visage has remained a constant source of joy - and cash flow - for people who wish to embody not just the raw and lovely sexuality and fun she shared in her photos, but also the brazen underground culture of the BDSM movement that was going on at that time - and has become more mainstream today. I even own my own Bettie Page necklace/bracelet set (given as a gift by Roisin) and several other merchandise that makes me happy to display her proudly as one of my own icons.
I daresay if it were not for people like Bettie Page, the BDSM movement and even some of the fashion that is loosely associated with it would not be what it is today.
She, like Marylin, was a natural, someone who loved the camera and the camera loved her. And regarding her extra step into nudity? According to the referenced article, Bettie said, ""God approves of nudity. Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, they were naked as jaybirds."
RIP, Bettie. You will live on like Marilyn - but not like Marilyn, because you are your own beautiful - and intensely different person...and icon.


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Reporting: Monessa Guilfoil
Here's a brief synopsis of this book of poetry:
Southern Light is a diverse, perhaps eclectic, collection authored by twelve southern poets. Over 180 poems celebrate both regional traditions and life in the New South. Many of the works are published in this volume for the first time while others are well known award winning. All speak with a unique voice. Southern Light includes poems by: Robert Morgan, Penny Dyer, Bill Brown, Bruce Majors, Jenny Sadre-Orafai, Rebecca Cook, Ray Zimmerman, E. Smith Gilbert, Helga Kidder, K. B. Ballentine, Finn Bille and Dan Powers.
Several of these poets are members of the Chattanooga Writer's Guild where these photos and brief bios are published:
Book editor, Ed Lindberg writes introducing this collection of poetry:
The poets in this volume have one thing in common. All are native to or have spent some sizable portion of their lives in the distinct physical and cultural geography of the Southern United States. This book presents some of the best examples of poets currently working in the South. Some of these poets are well recognized while others are not widely known. Some are academicians; some shun the academy. Some are young; several are past sixty. In this volume we show the vigor and variety of contemporary Southern poets.
The label "Southern" can be expressed as a form of striking depiction supported by a certain perspective on the contents of the heart. A huge body of written work from poems to novels to songs continues to come from this geography. This intense flow of words may have some common source and influence. Some suggested origins of this diverse output of work have been religion, separatist politics, ethnicity, the language of the King James Bible, and Elizabethan English. Other components include land worked, struggled and fought for, the hard dignity of integrity, and various story telling forms and traditions.
I think whatever informs and impacts the lands of place and heart is the definition of what generates this considerable literary effort labeled "Southern". A central component of important stories is the cost of things and how things come to be. If they are anything, good poems are stories and are put down to tell of what has come upon or to their writer from whatever source named or unnamed, nameable or unnamable. Experience is the heat that ferments the passion to tell.
"Southern Lights" is available for purchase at Winder Binder Gallery, New Moon Gallery, the Chattanooga Convention Center and online through Amazon.
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Aamir Khan Upcoming Movies List – In this post, we will share the Aamir Khan upcoming movies in 2017 and 2018 with their release date and star cast details at here in this post.
Bollywood Mr. Perfectionist Aamir khan is an Indian film actor, director, and producer. Aamir khan did only one Bollywood Hindi film in a year so his fans always keep awaiting his movies. Aamir Khan is also called one man because he is an actor, director, producer, screenwriter and TV host.
Aamir Khan is a different clash of Bollywood he always comes with a different role and idea in his movie. He won several awards including four National Film Awards and seven Filmfare Awards.
He appeared in more than 60 Hindi movies and began his debut in Bollywood film industry with Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988) after this he did Raakh in 1989 that was the career point for Aamir Khan and earned national film awards.
Aamir Khan appearing in many hit movies in 90's like Dil, Raja Hindustani, Sarfarosh and established himself as a leading actor of Hindi cinema.
Aamir Khan last movie PK was a superhit and top into the list of highest grossing bollywood movies all time. PK has collected more than 700 crores at worldwide box office.
In 2016, Aamir Khan much awaited movie Dangal has released and movie breaks many records at the domestic box office. Let's have a look at all the Aamir khan upcoming movies of 2016 & 2017 with their release date.
Aamir Khan Upcoming Movies
|Release Date
|Movie Name
|Star Cast
|4 August 2017
|Secret Superstar
|Zaira Wasim,
Meher Vij,
Aamir Khan
|Advait Chandan
|Diwali 2018
|Thugs Of Hindostan
|Aamir Khan, Amitabh Bachchan
|Vijay Krishna Acharya
|Sarfarosh 2
|Aamir Khan
|John Mathew Matthan
Complete details of Aamir Khan upcoming movies list is given below.
1.) Secret Superstar
Director: Advait Chandan
Producer: Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao
Actors: Zaira Wasim, Meher Vij, Aamir Khan
Genre: Musical Drama
Release Date: 4 August 2017
Synopsis: Aamir Have an extended Cameo in the Movie.He will play the role of a musician in the film, The Whole Story revolves around a teenager who saves her mother Life from her abusive father with the help of an alcoholic divorcee.
2.) Thugs Of Hindostan
Director: Vijay Krishna Acharya
Producer: Aditya Chopra
Actors: Aamir Khan, Amitabh Bachchan
Genre: Action Adventure Drama
Release Date: Diwali 2018
3.) Sarfarosh 2
Director: John Mathew Matthan
Producer: John Mathew Matthan
Actors: Aamir Khan
Genre: Action Thriller Drama
Release Date: 2019
Aamir Khan Latest Movies List
1) Dangal
Director: Nitesh Tiwari
Producer: Disney India
Starcast: Aamir Khan, Sakshi Tanwar and Rajkummar Rao
Genre: Biopic, Drama
Release Date: Christmas 2016
Synopsis: Dangal is a sports biopic in which Aamir plays a real-life wrestler Mahavir Phogat, father of celebrated female wrestlers Geeta Phogat and Babita Kumari.
Director: Raju Hirani
Producer: Raju Hirani and Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Actors: Aamir Khan, Anushka Sharma
Genre: Satirical Science Fiction Comedy
Release Date: 19 Dec 2014
3.) Dhoom 3
Director: Vijay Krishna Acharya
Producer: Aditya Chopra
Actors: Aamir Khan, Katrina Kaif
Genre: Action
Release Date: 20 Dec 2013
The data shown above has been taken from various trusted sources. Any change in the release dates will be delivered as soon as possible
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Dr. Christina Rångemark Åkerman is President of ICHOM and Senior Institute Associate at the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness (ISC) at Harvard Business School. Between 2008 and 2014, she served as Director General for the Medical Products Agency (MPA) in Sweden, a national agency employing approximately 750 people and under the aegis of the Swedish Ministry of Health and Social Affairs. During this period, she was also a Member of the Board of the European Medicines Agency (EMA), which is responsible for the scientific evaluation of medicines for use in the European Union. Before her position with MPA, Christina served as Vice President Medical of AstraZeneca Sweden as well as Marketing Company President of AstraZeneca Philippines. She has also been working chair of start-up companies and on the Board of Fouriertransform, a Swedish state-owned venture capital company. Christina received her medical degree from the University of Linköping. She wrote her doctoral thesis in Clinical Physiology and is a specialist in Clinical Pharmacology. She has an Executive MBA in General Management from the Stockholm School of Economics.


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(KMOV) – A Lincoln County woman was charged with a misdemeanor after attempting to shoot her husband, according to police.
It was reported Laura Tannehill held a .22 caliber Ruger to her husband's head, bit him on the nose and attempted to shoot him as he ran away from their home on Green Oak Lane in Lincoln County.
Authorities say Tannehill will serve two years probation and attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings each week.


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What happened after 9/11 — and I think even people on the right know this, whether they admit it or not — was deeply shameful. Te (sic) atrocity should have been a unifying event, but instead it became a wedge issue. Fake heroes like Bernie Kerik, Rudy Giuliani, and, yes, George W. Bush raced to cash in on the horror. And then the attack was used to justify an unrelated war the neocons wanted to fight, for all the wrong reasons.Hear, hear.
A lot of other people behaved badly. How many of our professional pundits — people who should have understood very well what was happening — took the easy way out, turning a blind eye to the corruption and lending their support to the hijacking of the atrocity?
The memory of 9/11 has been irrevocably poisoned; it has become an occasion for shame. And in its heart, the nation knows it.
No comments on this one. I ain't in the mood.
UPDATE: Krugman has more:
Now, I should have said that the American people behaved remarkably well in the weeks and months after 9/11: There was very little panic, and much more tolerance than one might have feared. Muslims weren't lynched, and neither were dissenters, and that was something of which we can all be proud.The rest is worth the read.
But the memory of how the atrocity was abused is and remains a painful one. And it's a story that I, at least, can neither forget nor forgive.


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John Hrabe, an investigative reporter for Huffington Post, San Francisco is betting that Jerry Brown, governor of California will sign into law a bill (SB131) to give victims of childhood sexual abuse more time to file lawsuits against the organizations like the catholic church who allowed those crimes to take place. Whether Brown, a former Jesuit seminary student (who decided not to become a priest) signs the bill or not will not be known until October.Lawmakers in government have been trying to block this effort to aid sexual abuse victims. Why? The answer is money, says John Hrabe. Organizations that protected and covered up for abusers of children don't want to be held liable for what they did. According to Hrabe, catholic dioceses in California have already spent $1.2 billion in abuse settlements and would rather spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on a lobbying campaign to block the bill to avoid more settlements. They hired five lobbying firms who distorted the facts and spread misinformation about SB 131.
William A. Donohue, a spokesperson for the church and president of the catholic league for religious and civil rights, said: "In California, in particular, there has been so much progress that priestly sexual abuse has long since ceased to exist." John Hrabe, couldn't believe what he was hearing. He said, "Ceased to exist? Donohue doesn't understand that the threat of sexual abuse is ongoing. It never ceases to exist because there are always more predators. Victims will always face an uphill battle to be taken seriously. For that very reason, big institutions must remain ever vigilant and adopt procedures that encourage an ongoing discussion about sexual abuse."California Assemblywoman Diane Harkey, (R), the strongest opponent of the bill commented that it was supporting trial lawyers and just opening old wounds. These words were strongly criticized by Joelle Casteix, a regional director for SNAP (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests). Casteix said that these words were a "slap in the face to the brave victims" and that "the only way old wounds are opened is when abuse is kept secret and wrongdoers are allowed to continue in abuse and cover-up."
So again, we have the church pouring money into abusing the already abused and protecting themselves. Where does all this money come from? Hopefully not from the donations of those parishioners who still believe it goes for helping the poor and abused.


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Predators 3 - Rangers 1: Points Per Gameby Staff Writer / New York Rangers
It was another tough home-ice loss for the Blueshirts Tuesday night, a 3-1 final against the Nashville Predators at Madison Square Garden. And it was another tough break as the Rangers lost team captain Ryan Callahan for the next 4-6 weeks due to a sprained knee.
JC: I'm going to be honest, no rose-colored glasses here, there were not a lot of candidates for the team's three stars in
From the first drop of the puck Derick Brassard looked like a different player Tuesday. Clearly whatever messages were delivered in the closed-door team meeting Sunday, and by head coach Alain Vigneault on Tuesday, got through to Brassard, who looked like he was shot out of a cannon bouncing off Preds players, desperately trying to make a difference both physically and creatively. It was one of Brassard's most visible games in a while, and needs to be the starting point for a bigger push from him. Brassard picked up an assist, had four shots on goal, hit the post with another shot, and played 21:18 of effective hockey, by far his most ice time of the season, and he was my No. 2 Star for the Rangers.
Yet again Brad Richards is in this mix as my Third Star. Richards logged 21:46, attempting 12 shots along the way, most on the team by a wide margin. The downer here is that Richards only put two shots on goal, but I liked that he was always, and I mean always, looking to shoot. For a team that tends to make that extra pass, Richards wanted to be the one to drive a shot through, especially on the power play. But when it was a time to make a pass Richards did just that, with a gorgeous quick feed to Nash cutting to the net, earning Richards his team-high 15th assist of the season.
MC: As you said, wasn't much positive to take away, but hard to argue with the three players you've selected, namely for that gorgeous goal by my No. 1 star, No. 61. On a team getting little offensive consistency throughout the lineup, Nash has been the exception, as he's scored six goals in the 12 games since he's returned to the lineup last month. His goal in the second period — like many of his markers this year — was highlight-reel worthy, as he's shows so much patience while breaking in on the goaltender. Where most players would fire the puck, Nash holds onto it and uses his hands to open the net up in a way that always makes you want to watch it again.
My second star was Brad Richards, who looked very comfortable back on a line with Rick Nash, which I was a little weary about due to their mixed results earlier in the season. But I do like Richards on the wing, as it allowed Derick Brassard to move up into a top-six spot to center those two after Ryan Callahan was injured. Richards continues to show confidence in his shot, as he fired 12 pucks towards the net — though just two found the goaltender — and was active in the rush, especially on the goal.
My third star was Brassard, who like you said, played with an edge all night, especially between whistles. That's part of what Alain Vigneault wanted to see from his squad. There is a misconception that team toughness is defined by the amount of fights a squad has, but that's not the case. Brassard wasn't scared to drive to the net and take a glove to the face or chest for it. It went both ways, as well, as he wasn't scared to shove a Predator after the whistle as well. I hope to see more of that from Brassard moving forward.
JC: Like Three Stars, there were not a slew of candidates for the Rangers Unsung Hero Tuesday night, but I will say that Michael Del Zotto stood out in this category. Being asked to go from being a healthy scratch to replacing Marc Staal when your confidence is in a state of flux is not an easy thing to do, but Del Zotto has handled himself quite well in two games since Staal was injured. On Tuesday he played 20:20, his second straight game with more than 20 minutes of ice time on the second defense pairing, fired four shots on goal, blocked another four shots at the other end of the ice, and generally played a solid game. He was on ice for Nashville's second goal, as well as for the Rangers lone tally scored by Rick Nash, so he ended up with an Even plus/minus rating. If Del Zotto can continue to regain confidence and play better and better, that would be a silver lining to the terrible news that Staal has suffered another concussion.
MC: I really hate to copy you here as well, but even before we started the piece I knew Michael Del Zotto would be my guy here. Sure, he was caught up the ice on Nashville's second goal, but over the last two games he's played with a confidence we haven't seen from him in a while, as he's carrying the puck up the ice, feeding his teammates and making things happen. He's the team's biggest offensive threat — though Ryan McDonagh has taken huge steps in that area of the ice this season — and Alain Vigneault has stated quite often how important it is to get offense from the blueline. It's a shame that Del Zotto's two strong games came in lop-sided losses because I think his success gets over-shadowed. Del Zotto played some of the best hockey of his career in 2011-12 while Staal was out of the lineup from the first 35-plus games, and while you'd prefer to have Staal in there, hopefully Del Zotto can rekindle that play in a top-four role playing alongside Anton Stralman.
JC: Just as I feel terribly for Marc Staal having to deal with another concussion after all he went through the past two years with major injuries, my feelings are similar in regards to Ryan Callahan, who last night suffered another injury that will cost him more time on the sidelines. Callahan worked extremely diligently this past off season to come back sooner than expected from major summer shoulder surgery. Though he did not play in the pre-season, nor in the regular season opener out in Phoenix, Callahan was somehow back in the lineup against the Kings in Los Angeles in Game No. 2. His feel good story was derailed nine days later when he suffered a broken thumb in the waning seconds of a victory in Washington. After sitting out seven games, Callahan again returned to the Rangers lineup sooner than expected on November 2nd. Now he is injured again five weeks later, an injury that compromises the Rangers on the ice and in the dressing room where his play and leadership will be missed greatly, especially at a time when his team is struggling to find their way. This knee injury also may hurt Callahan's chances of representing the United States in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Socchi, which would just be another downer on what has been a cruel season, so far, for the Rangers captain.
MC: It certainly is cruel for Captain Callahan, who over the past several seasons has personified this Rangers organization. Other players probably would have changed their style way before this off season's shoulder surgery — I'm going as far back as his broken ankle in 2011 — but not Callahan, who only knows one way to play, and that is 110 percent. Of course he injured it using his body early in the first as the Rangers tried to set the tone for the evening with some physical play. As you said, this latest injury — coupled with the broken thumb earlier — could hurt his chances for playing for the US at the Winter Olympics in February. Callahan has showed his drive to get back into the lineup sooner than expected before, and hopefully that happens again this time around.


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"The marriage bans challenged in these cases impermissibly exclude lesbian and gay couples from the rights, responsibilities, and status of civil marriage. These facially discriminatory laws impose concrete harms on same-sex couples and send the inescapable message that same-sex couples and their children are second-class families, unworthy of the recognition and benefits that opposite-sex couples take for granted. The bans cannot be reconciled with the fundamental constitutional guarantee of 'equal protection of the laws.'"This is a significant development because it was not that long ago the federal government was defending it's own federal ban on the recognition of marriage equality in court, a position the government abandoned almost exactly four years ago, and a few years later the Supreme Court struck down the so-called Defense of Marriage Act.
It is expected that the federal government may ask for time to argue it's position in the recently announced oral arguments in the marriage equality cases to be heard by the court on April 28.


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Yeah, I am back up on the internet and my little man is now five months old. I cannot believe how much he is growing at a whopping 18 pounds. There are times that I want my newborn baby back.
Nathaniel has his own little personality and I enjoy watching his personality develop. Me on the other hand, feels way to old to be getting this little sleep. But, I remember that this is for a relatively short period of time and that is what keeps me going. I cherish all the time I am getting with my baby- especially while I am nursing him.
We also baptized Nathaniel this past weekend. It was a special event for me since I had my god-sister, Cece, be Nathaniel's god-mother. I feel truly blessed to be surrounded by such wonderful family and friends .


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|Enewsletter • June 9, 2010
Notes from Vegan Outreach
Awesome AAC Advocates Achieve the Amazing!
Aye Carumba!
Adopt a College activists knocked it out of the park, handing a Vegan Outreach booklet directly to 535,575 students this spring semester. That is way up from 486,219 in the fall!
At least as impressive is that the 200+ activists and groups leafleted at a record 810 schools, smashing the old record of 718!
Thanks so very much to everyone who has made this possible – the donors who print and ship the booklets, and the leafleters who work so hard to provide the animals a voice!
As you see in the feedback every week, this work is changing lives! As you can see from the news stories below, it is also changing the world!
From "Your Daily Dose of Vegan Outreach!" & Jack Norris RD Blogs
Tons of great news!
Product of the Week
Red meat may not impact heart health, but pistachios could destroy cholesterol!
Send your product of the week to info (at) veganoutreach (dot) org; previous entries here.
Notes from All Over
Vegan Calcium Needs: Working Through the Myths
By Ginny Messina; excerpt: "The research findings are not in 100% agreement but for the most part, they just aren't supportive of a lower calcium recommendation for vegans. That can be kind of discouraging, I know, but vegans need to know where we really stand regarding calcium needs. It's unfortunate that some activists continue to promote the myth of lower calcium needs as part of their argument for a plant-based diet. Does anyone actually believe that giving vegans inadequate information about calcium helps the cause of veganism and animal rights?" Full story.
Summer Conferences
Lightning Round
Notes from Our Members
Reached 1,087 students at
three schools today. At Cypress College, I had
a couple very powerful connections. One girl
was still recovering from Food, Inc.;
I successfully pushed her over the edge. She
(with the help of her Guide)
will be grazing the vegetable isles from here
on out. You're welcome, mystery girl! This is
also where I got my first unsolicited-stranger-thank
you-hug and "I LOVE YOU!"
Reached over 900 students at
Bakersfield College and CSU Bakersfield.
I heard the word "vegetarian" a ton
of times today, mostly by eavesdropping on many
conversations that were sparked through leaflets.
It was almost always referenced in a serious/important
A really
positive experience at Salem State!
I had several great conversations with students,
including one who seriously wanted to go veg,
one wanting to go vegan, another asking about
"free-range" and organic. Met two
vegans and a woman who said she has been trying
to start a student group for vegetarians and
was encouraged to see me there. A professor
stopped to thank me for "spreading this
important information." Several students
commented, "Oh, we were just talking about
this stuff."
A short
but productive lunchtime leafleting
at Arizona State University. One student said
she wanted to be vegetarian. Another student
stopped to chat for a few minutes. She used
to be veg in high school and was interested
in going back.
than expected day at the University
of Chicago: lots of good questions and I heard
from a ton of vegetarians. Some of the kids
were rude or ignoring at first but I stayed
cheerful and after a few hours they seemed to
get more comfortable, and some took a booklet
on their third or fourth pass by. One senior
came back to tell me he was veg in high school
but did not stick with it and has been thinking
about this recently. He said getting the leaflet
made him realize he was out of excuses and it
was time. He was excited to receive a Guide,
and came back later to thank me for being there.
A staff member told me she sees the animals
in the labs when she is making her deliveries
and seemed to think the labs are pretty sinister.
I mentioned the difference we can make for animals
with our diet; she seemed to agree and accepted
a Guide. One professor yelled, "Oh
yes! I am totally into this!" as he took
a leaflet, prompting the students behind him
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God, I miss writing, is what I think, sometimes. I feel it much more often. I avoid the whole thought even oftener.
What's the point? Just get off (or on) your ass and write.
Jealousy rears when I hear others' writing praised, others who apparently I think I'm equal to if not better than. Such hubris. Ridiculous. Then get off (or on) your ass and prove it. What could be simpler?
Listen up, self: Just because you feel tired, time pressed, sleep deprived, pulled in too many directions, without an outlet, overwhelmed at where or how to start, trying desperately to ignore that ominpotent feeling of uselessness about any writing you may do ... all justifications. None good enough. The answer: simplicity - just write. I know, just write. Shut up, just write. It's all I have. All I can do.
So, I leave this, on my way to feeding the cats, collapsing into bed, surroundering to the battle of things undone, to start again tomorrow.
Sunday, June 15, 2008
The Mistress? The Muse? The Master?
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The All Iowa Reads book for this year is The Rope Walk - so, seeing that it has that honor AND that we are reading it for an adult book discussion next week, I thought I better read it! I had heard such mixed reviews that I was honestly scared to start it, but after I waded through the first few chapters - I was glad I kept reading. It does have quite a slow start - it is very descriptive and I felt, sometimes the story got lost behind all of the description, but once I made my way into the story, I was pleasantly surprised.
It is a sad story - it is the story of Alice, a ten year old girl, with five older brothers. She has lost her mom and has a dad that, most often, seems hands-off. Well - the summer she turns 10 a whole new boy enters the picture - Theo - a mixed-race boy from New York - the same age as Alice - that turns her world upside down. He is truly one of the few bright spots in her life. They become fast friends and even befriend a dying man, Kenneth - who teaches them both even more about the world.
It is a book with lots of relational interaction. I liked that - so many different kinds of people. Near the end of the book, the real climax happens - and that was hard for me - I didn't see it coming and it really broadsided me. It was sad - but again, a growing point for Alice. I think that's what the whole book is - a time to watch Alice leave childhood and enter into all the changes that the teen years will bring. I enjoyed the book, and am glad I read it.


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It was the summer of 2009 when Hubs and I pranced around Bed, Bath & Beyond equipped with the magical scan gun that placed every item we wanted onto our wedding registry! I wish I could link it to you without giving away my personal information, but alas, I can't. Take my word for it though, it's a doozy! Apparently I thought we were the Gatsby's and would be hosting these lavish parties with tons of people. It's awkward since we've been without our HHGs for so long, and married going on two years, to just be getting all of our wedding gifts! We obviously have not been hosting lavish parties and won't be for the next year. It's hard to remind myself that one day we just might have to have ten people over for dinner and I will be more than pleased with our 12 place settings of our autumn dishes. Yes, our autumn dishes.
We went a little crazy in the fall of 2009 when we were hosting Thanksgiving in our tiny apartment before we moved away. We got some gorgeous plates at Target… and we liked them so much we went and got 12 dinner plates and 12 salad plates just knowing one day we would have a house full of people for Thanksgiving! I am slightly regretting this decision as I try to find cabinet space for them all! Not only do we have these, but we have our "everyday" plates (which we scaled down and only have a set of 6:: dinner plates and salad plates and only three bowls. I guess I need to finish the set.), we have our Christmas dishes (set of 8:: dinner plates, salad plates, soup bowls, and mugs) we have our budding china set (set of 6 from the 12 we registered for:: dinner plates, salad plates, bowls. We also have 4 pasta bowls from the 12 we registered for and a few serving bowls. Finishing our China set is on my deployment shopping list!) we have "summer" plates (set of 6 smaller salad plates we use for everyday dining on the patio in the summer as well as several various sized platters for the grill).
I think it's safe to say we know a certain gal who enjoys mixing up her table settings. Am I the only one? I also have Christmas china back at Nan's house! Where in the world did I think we would be storing all of these place settings? Oh, and don't get me started on the glasses! That's a whole new post of its own!
How do you protect your precious dinnerware collection in moves? I wrapped every plate in bubble wrap myself and placed in small boxes and our china was still in the boxes from the store. The next time we move, nothing will be in their boxes! Do you buy those containers to keep your dinnerware in, trust the packers, or do it yourself?


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Ruskies Violate Iran Sanctions
After a couple years of working on it under intense pressure from the U.S., led primarily by John Bolton, prominent Dem target-boy, the U.N. passed sanctions on Iran -- not the sanctions we needed, but something ... something like "straining mightily to pass a flea."
One of the points of the sanctions were international travel restrictions on 15 key Iranian officials tied to the nuke program. The idea was to recognize that it was simply too dangerous to let these 15 go anywhere, because their only reason for traveling would be to make nuke deals and acquire nuke technology and raw materials.
Good idea. But.
Today, amidst the news of Iran supposedly gaining large-scale ("industrial") fuel enrichment capability, we learn this:
Iranian state television reported Monday that an Iranian Revolutionary Guard general who is banned from traveling abroad under the sanctions has visited Russia without any difficulty.
Gen. Mohammad Baqer Zolqadr, who is also deputy interior minister for security affairs, was quoted on the state TV Web site as saying that his six-day journey to Moscow, which ended Monday, showed "the ineffectiveness of the resolution."
The resolution calls on all governments to ban visits by the 15 individuals and says that should such visits occur — presumably for exceptional circumstances — the countries should notify a U.N. committee.
Let's see: "calls on all governments to ban...." And the Russians voted for the resolution, so it should be clear as yellowcake; no visits to Russia for guys like Zolqadr. But diplomacy and Russian foreign affairs are anything but clear.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrei Krivtsov confirmed that Zolqadr visited Russia. He told The Associated Press that the resolution does not prohibit visits by the listed individuals, but calls for heightened vigilance "directed first of all at people who are directly related to nuclear programs" — suggesting that Zolqadr was not.If Krivtsov's comment is accurate, then why did the Russians approve sanctions that included a specific ban on Zolqadr's travel?
Even if Zolqadr isn't involved directly in the nuke program, he is a strident and nasty foe of U.S. operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, as witnessed by comments like this:
Zolqadr also said that the U.S. forces pursue "important and strategic goals in their continuing occupation of Iraq".
The U.S. wanted to remain in Iraq to "plunder the country's wealth, bring the Middle East under its control, and create security for Israel, which is on the verge of annihilation".
Based on those comments, some intelligence analysts have concluded that Zolqadr's role is to plan for a larger Iran-US confrontation with the US:
Judged on the basis of Brigadier Zolqadr's comments and other reports from sources in the Gulf, Iran believes it will eventually become a target for US military action and is busily dispersing and hardening command, control and other important elements of its defence infrastructure. Iran has also embarked on a major upgrading of its air defence systems with considerable help from the Chinese and possibly the Yugoslavs, in an attempt to develop a reasonably effective anti-Stealth defence capability. Iranian defence analysts have tried hard to learn the lessons of the successful US campaigns in Iraq, Kosovo and Afghanistan. They can expect the full support of Russia, despite the apparent warming of relations between Moscow and the West, and indeed supplies of advanced Russians weapons have increased markedly in recent months.So what was Zolqadr doing in Russia?
One could argue that he was there to acquire what Iran needs for the legitimate defense of its nation against the US aggressor. But you can turn that another way: He was there to build a defense against international operations to remove Iran's nuclear capability.
That's why his foreign travel is banned; that's why Russia is clearly in violation of UN sanctions for allowing the trip.
Will there be repercussions? Who cares? Do you think it will bother Russia if a movement begins on the East River to express concern about the Zolqadr trip? Of course not. They're on the Security Council, with veto power.
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Sunday, January 19, 2014
Butterfly Vine Happy Birthday
Hi everyone, Today I have another birthday card for my collection.
I started with a white card stock cut to 4 x 5.25 inches. I stamped the Butterfly Vine on the left side with black ink. I added some color with copic markers. Then I did something I saw on pinterest. I lined the card stock on a angle on my Score Pal and scored lines every inch. Then turned a quarter of a turn and scored every inch. then I sponged Dusty Concord in the bottom corner. The Small Script Happy Birthday was stamped with Memento black ink and cut with a Spellbinder die. For the eggplant layer behind I traced around the die and cut with scissors. The seam binding was dyed with Wild Honey. Everything was attached to a white card.
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Our new HyperbaricLink Commentary emphatically states our position:
Hyperbaric oxygen plays an increasingly important role in the treatment of problem wounds and limb salvage. But access to accredited hyperbaric facilities and certified hyperbaric physicians and technicians is a public health problem. In 2004 as many as two-thirds of nursing home patients with NPUAP Stage II or worse pressure ulcers were not enrolled in wound care treatment programs [NCHS, 2011]. In diabetes-related wounds alone, US hospitals performed 66,000 toe, foot, and leg amputations in 2006 [CDC, 2011], for which health economists have estimated a cost of $3 billion per year [ACA, 2008]. More and more hospitals and health networks today are opening advanced wound care and hyperbaric centers to serve this unmet clinical need. Even if chronic wounds were its only indicated use, HBOT would be assured a place in evidence-based medicine for quality and cost-effective healthcare.
People affected by chronic wounds will find new links to good basic info under Patient Resources. We've also added the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care (AAWC) to our list of Clinical Resources. And we're always happy to plug must-reads from Best Publishing, now in Further Reading.
See our June 7 post, "Diseases/Conditions Upgrades And Updates," for more information about our new page format. And look for regular updates in the days and weeks ahead.
[UPDATE: 31 Aug 2011. Revised NCHS citation to reflect that wound care professionals use NPUAP Stages, not Wagner Grades, to classify pressure ulcers.]
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Let me start by telling you a little bit about me. My name is Angela or La Moda stylist and I am a fashion and personal stylist in Adelaide and I love, love, love fashion.
I breathe it, I live it, I read it, I am it.
Fashion is all about style. You can wear the trends but you have to know how to wear it. Thats why I'm here.
In my blog I will be updating you on all the latest trends and how to wear them. Also I will be telling you where to shop for the bargains. I also want you, my readers to ask me any questions regarding fashion or give me a fashion challenge (buy an outfit for under $100).
You will be updated with my latest fashion photoshoots and an insight on behind the scences as a stylist.
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- 10 Quotes From Founding Fathers On Separation Of Church And State
- The Purpose Of FOX News
- What The GOP Doesn't Know About The Constitution
- Our Liberal Founding Fathers
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- 13 Thing The Bible Forbids that you all do
- 20 Vile Quotes Against Women By Religious Leaders From St. Augustine to Pat Robertson
- Park Avenue: Money, Power & The American Dream
- 15 Websites Saving the Environment by Changing the Food System
- What Does the New Testament Say about Homosexuality?
- How The Right Wing Took Over America's Media
- 35 Founding Father Quotes Conservative Christians Will Hate
- Here's 15 things everyone would know if there really were a "liberal media"
- America's Most Hated Family
- List of Companies Supporting Right-Wing and Tea Party Causes
- State Democratic Parties
- What did the founders really think about corporati...
- Neo-Con Project For The New American Century
- 5 Reasons America Is Not—And Has Never Been—A Christian Nation
- How Reagan Destroyed America
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- How NeoCons Got Us into War
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Attendance For Trump's 'Huge' Florida Rally Released
Though some could argue covering crowd size is useless and a waste of time when so many other issues are going on, it is important to highlight the president's inability to accept the truth. His crowd just wasn't as big as his last crowd, which may support the suggestion that Trump supporters across the country are beginning to have regrets. We can only wait to see how Trump will react.
All attendees now in the AeroMod hangar for the @realDonaldTrump rally. Total attendees at event = 9,000.'
'Trump says media won't show crowd. The pool feed on every cable channel showed the crowd when he arrived.'
BBC Confirms 'Credible' SECOND Trump Sex Tape Found
A recent report on Donald Trump's sexual debauchery in Moscow has been causing waves in the media. Now, there's further evidence that video proof of these shocking escapades really exists.
Paul Wood, a BBC reporter, just revealed that multiple sources confirm the existence of these tapes. Which means that Trump's denial regarding these videos is an outright lie.
The videos first came to light in a secret report that a former British MI6 intelligence officer compiled. The report revealed that Putin has compromising materials that he can use to blackmail Trump over.
Trump's Media Survey Page only redirects to a donate page
Rogue POTUS Staff Retweeted Paula Glaser
Source code looks like the survey data not even collected, the only purpose of the page is to direct ppl to donation page. Anyone confirm?
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Executive Order—Establishing a Government-Wide Initiative to Respect Religious Freedom
If signed, the order would create wholesale exemptions for people and organizations who claim religious objections to same-sex marriage, premarital sex, abortion, and trans identity.
A White House official, speaking with ABC News, did not dispute the authenticity of the draft religious freedom executive order, but officials said it is one of hundreds circulating, some drafted by the transition team, others by the White House, not all of which are likely to become policy. The official did not say who drafted this particular order.In early February, The Nation published a leaked draft of an executive order titled "Establishing a Government Wide Initiative to Respect Religious Freedom." The language is, for lack of a more damning adjective, chilling to any proponent of the Constitution. The order aims to eradicate federal protections for LGBT Americans and their families — and undermine reproductive rights — under the guise of religious freedom.
The order announces a lofty intention: protecting Americans from being "coerced by the Federal Government into participating in activities that violate their conscience." It then sets out, over four dense pages, its dubious means of doing so: authorizing those who hold extreme and discriminatory views to act on them, while guarding against a violation of conscience by licensing a violation of others' fundamental rights.
The leaked copy of a draft executive order titled "Establishing a Government-Wide Initiative to Respect Religious Freedom," obtained by The Investigative Fund and The Nation, reveals sweeping plans by the Trump administration to legalize discrimination.
Establishing a Government-Wide Initiative to Respect Religious Freedom
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, in order to guide the executive branch in formulating and implementing policies with implications for the religious freedom of persons and organizations in America, and to further compliance with the Constitution, applicable statutes, and other legal authorities, it is hereby ordered:
Section 1. Policy. The United States Constitution enshrines and protects the fundamental natural right to religious liberty. This Constitutional protection ensures that Americans and their religious organizations will not be coerced by the Federal Government into participating in activities that violate their consciences, and will remain free to express their viewpoints without suffering adverse treatment from the Federal Government. It shall be the policy of this Administration to protect religious freedom.
Sec. 2. Definitions. For purposes of this order:
(a) "Person" shall have the same definition as "person" in 1 U.S.C. 1.
(b) "Religious exercise" includes all aspects of religious observance and practice, as well as belief, and includes any act or any refusal to act that is motivated by a sincerely held religious belief, whether or not the act is required or compelled by, or central to, a system of religious belief.
(c) "Religious organization" shall be construed broadly to encompass any organization, including closely held for-profit corporations, operated for a religious purpose, even if its purpose is not exclusively religious, and is not limited to houses of worship or tax-exempt organizations, or organizations controlled by or associated with a house of worship or a convention or association of churches.
Sec. 3 Religious Freedom Principles and Policymaking Criteria. All executive branch departments and agencies ("agencies") shall, to the greatest extent practicable and permitted by law, adhere to the following principles and criteria when formulating and implementing regulations, actions, or policies:
(a) Religious freedom is not confined to religious organizations or limited to religious exercise that takes place in houses of worship or the home. It is guaranteed to persons of all faiths and extends to all activities of life.
(b) Persons and organizations do not forfeit their religious freedom when providing social services, education, or healthcare; earning a living, seeking a job, or employing others; receiving government grants or contracts: or otherwise participating in the marketplace, the public square, or interfacing with Federal, State or local governments.
(c) As required by religious freedom laws such as the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, 42 U.S.C. 2000bb et seq. ("RFRA") and the religious provisions of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. 20003 et seq., agencies shall faithfully discharge their duty to accommodate the religion of federal employees and shall not promulgate regulations, take actions, or enact policies that substantially burden a person's or religious organization's religious exercise unless the imposition represents the least restrictive means of furthering a compelling governmental interest. Regulations, actions, or policies shall not be deemed "compelling" simply by virtue of their having been applied neutrally, broadly, or across the Federal Government.
Sec. 4. Specific agency Responsibilities to Avoid Potential Violation of Religious Freedom
(a) The Secretaries of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury shall immediately issue an interim final rule that exempts from the preventative-care mandate set forth in 42 U.S.C. 300gg-13(a)(4) all persons and religious organizations that object to complying with the mandate for religious or moral reasons.
(b) The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall take appropriate actions, through mechanisms to ensure compliance with existing statutory and other protections, if necessary, to ensure that any individuals purchasing health insurance in the individual market (whether through a federally facilitated exchange, a state-sponsored health insurance exchange, or otherwise) has the ability to purchase health insurance that does not provide coverage for abortion and does not subsidize plans that do provide such coverage.
(c) The Secretary of Health and human Services shall take all appropriate actions to ensure that the Federal Government shall not discriminate or take any adverse action against a religious organization that provides federally-funded child-welfare services, including promoting or providing adoption, foster, or family support services for children, or similar services, on the basis that the organization declines to provide , facilitate, or refer such services due to a conflict with the organization's religious beliefs. The Secretary of Health and human Services shall, where authorized by law, promptly propose for notice and comment new regulations consistent with this policy.
(d) All agencies shall, with respect to any person, house of worship, or religious organization that is a recipient of or offeror for a Federal Government contract, subcontract, grant, purchase order, or cooperative agreement, provide protections and exceptions consistent with sections 702(a) and 703(e) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 20003-I(a) and 2000e-2(e)) and section 103(d) of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12113(d)). The Secretary of Labor shall, where authorized by law, promptly propose for notice and comment new regulations consistent with this policy.
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Manafort, Page, Flynn, Trump: Russia is the one story that can bring them all down
High-level advisers close to Donald Trump were in constant communication during the campaign with Russians known to US intelligence, multiple current and former intelligence, law enforcement and administration officials tell CNN.
President-elect Trump and then-President Barack Obama were both briefed on details of the extensive communications between suspected Russian operatives and people associated with the Trump campaign and the Trump business, according to US officials familiar with the matter.
Both the frequency of the communications during early summer and the proximity to Trump of those involved "raised a red flag" with US intelligence and law enforcement, according to these officials. The communications were intercepted during routine intelligence collection targeting Russian officials and other Russian nationals known to US intelligence.
Among several senior Trump advisers regularly communicating with Russian nationals were then-campaign chairman Paul Manafort and then-adviser Michael Flynn.
Officials emphasized that communications between campaign staff and representatives of foreign governments are not unusual. However, these communications stood out to investigators due to the frequency and the level of the Trump advisers involved. Investigators have not reached a judgment on the intent of those conversations.
Adding to US investigators' concerns were intercepted communications between Russian officials before and after the election discussing their belief that they had special access to Trump, two law enforcement officials tell CNN. These officials cautioned the Russians could have been exaggerating their access.
CNN has reached out to the White House and Flynn for comment. In an interview, Manafort emphatically denied that he was in contact with Russians known to US intelligence.
"That is 100% not true, at least as far as me," he said. "I cannot believe that they are including me in anything like that. I have not been involved in any of these activities."
Manafort said he did not know where US officials got the idea that he was in contact with suspected Russian operatives during the campaign but said he never spoke with any Russian officials during that time.
"I don't remember talking to any Russian officials, ever. Certainly during the time we're talking about," he said, calling the allegations "boggling."
"I have knowingly never talked to any intelligence official or anyone in Russia regarding anything of what's under investigation," he said. "I have never had any connection to (Russian President Vladimir) Putin or the Russian government before, during or after the campaign."
Manafort said the FBI has not contacted him about the allegations and said he was not aware of any other Trump campaign officials or people close to Trump being in touch with Russians known to US intelligence.
Manafort, who has held business ties with Russian and Ukrainian individuals, also emphasized that his work for the Yanukovich government in Ukraine should not be interpreted as closeness to the Russians. He said he worked for Yanukovich during a time when Ukraine was "moving into the European orbit."
The extensive contacts drew concerns of US intelligence and law enforcement officials in part because it came at a time of Russian cyberactivities targeting mostly Democratic Party political organizations.
Post-election intelligence briefings on Russian meddling in the US elections included details of those communications, which included people involved in Trump's businesses.
The communications were gathered as part of routine US intelligence collection and not because people close to Trump were being targeted.
The FBI and US intelligence agencies continue to try to determine what the motive for the communications were.
One concern was whether Trump associates were coordinating with Russian intelligence operatives over the release of damaging information about the Hillary Clinton campaign.
"If that were the case, then that would escalate things," one official briefed on the investigation
Source CNN.com
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GAO: Production Goals Undermining USPTO Hiring and Retention
According to the Government Accounting Office,
Although USPTO is hiring as many new patent examiners as its budget and institutional capacity will support, attrition is offsetting hiring progress, and agency management and patent examiners disagree about the causes for attrition. From 2002 through 2006, one patent examiner left USPTO for nearly every two the agency hired. This represents a significant loss to the agency because 70 percent of those who left had been at the agency for less than 5 years and new patent examiners are primarily responsible for the actions that remove applications from the backlog.
According to USPTO management, patent examiners leave the agency primarily for personal reasons, such as the job not being a good fit or family reasons. In contrast, 67 percent of patent examiners identified the agency's production goals as one of the primary reasons examiners may choose to leave USPTO. These production goals are based on the number of applications patent examiners must complete biweekly and have not been adjusted to reflect the complexity of patent applications since 1976.
Moreover, 70 percent of patent examiners reported working unpaid overtime during the past year, in order to meet their production goals. Such a large percentage of patent examiners who are working extra time to meet their production goals and would choose to leave the agency because of these goals may be an indication that the production goals do not accurately reflect the time patent examiners need to review applications and is undermining USPTO's hiring efforts.
The retention incentives and flexibilities provided by USPTO over the last 5 years generally align with the primary reasons identified by patent examiners for staying with the agency. Between 2002 and 2006, USPTO used a variety of retention
flexibilities such as a special pay rate, performance bonuses, flexible work schedules, and a telework program to encourage patent examiners to stay with the agency. According to USPTO management the most effective retention efforts were those related to compensation and an enhanced work environment. GAO's survey of patent examiners indicates that most patent examiners generally approved of USPTO's retention efforts, and ranked the agency's salary and other pay incentives as well as the flexible work schedule among the primary reasons for staying with the agency.
Despite its efforts to hire an increasing number of patent examiners annually and implement a number of retention incentives and flexibilities over the last 5 years, USPTO has had limited success in retaining new patent examiners. While many of the measures implemented generally align with the primary reasons that patent examiners would stay with the agency, these efforts have not been enough to prevent the agency from losing one patent examiner for nearly every two that it has hired, and especially troubling is the high loss of patent examiners who have been with the agency for less than 5 years.
Although USPTO management does not agree, the root of this high level of attrition appears to be the stress resulting from the agency's outdated production goals. To meet the agency's production goals, most patent examiners, regardless of their tenure with the agency, have had to work unpaid overtime or work during paid leave time, and therefore consider this to be a primary reason for leaving USPTO. Because the production goals appear to be undermining USPTO's efforts to hire and retain a highly qualified workforce, we believe the agency will continue to be limited in its ability to meet the increasing demand for U.S. patents and reduce the growth of the patent application backlog, and ultimately may be unable to fulfill its mission of ensuring U.S. competitiveness.


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I reached 50,000 words on Courier yesterday, and all week I've been high as a kite. Flying. Just high on life, so nothing to worry about (unless you're an innocent bystander).
Courier is starting to come together, I can see the shape of it. I figure the first draft will be done by the end of January.
Courier is about Koathe (who is not the courier), a prince who was kidnapped when he was just a few years old. Through an interesting set of circumstances (maybe someday I'll write about that) he ended up being raised by an abusive Clan family.
Then he was found. So now he's a prince, dealing with the results of abuse and terrifying memories in a culture that doesn't allow the outward expression of emotion.


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Wednesday, December 2, 2009
It was dark. I was cold. I tried to move. I couldn't. Instead I tried to remember what had happened not much came back to me. I just remembered running towards an exit from a cave that looked like the inside of a glacier. Then I opened my eyes. I was upside down! Hanging by my back legs. The chain was to tight. I could hardly feel my legs. Who were these people? I attempted seeing into their minds. They must have had some sort of helmet on because I couldn't see a thing in there minds. Great. I howled for food water and to be set free. The wolf knew not to struggle, the chains would just get tighter. But how could I be kept like this? I knew the answer before I could think. I couldn't live like this. I had to escape this cell. I tried to go spirit wolf. I could only hold it for 5 seconds but that was long enough. I was free at last. I didn't know what day it was. i didn't know how long I had been in here. I rested on the ground. To restore energy. I could only guess the minutes but it felt around half an hour. I tried spirit again it worked but I knew it wouldn't for to much longer. I ran toward the nearest wall, went through it and the next then another until I was out. I went wolf and ran toward the top of the mountain. When I got there I collapsed. I couldn't stand up any longer. I was no longer trapped I could relax. The wolf didn't want to relax. So I just rested there not sleeping not relaxing, just resting.
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Most people have heard the term Kabbalah before. But it's new enough in the west to retain an air of mystery. People usually know it's an ancient spiritual system. However, they're often not aware of the relevince it has to the modern world. One of the main reasons it's so important has to do with a perceived dichotomy beteween the physical and spiritual worlds. Most spiritual systems put firm dividing lines between the two. And it is true that the Kabbalah stresses the importance of an afterlife. But at the same time the Kabbalah also teaches that one should integrate spiritual practices into one's normal routine. It's a perfect fit for the modern world because it allows one to tackle any new problem with a more advanced spiritual viewpoint.
The only catch is that the Kabbalah can be a rather difficult subject for people to approach on their own. And experts in the west tend to be hard to come by. Thankfully, there are methods by which one can find teachers who have expertise in the subject. The best way is by going to the closest Kabbalah Centre. The Kabbalah Centre began in 1984. Since then it's expanded to 50 different locations that can be found in a variety of different cities and countries.
Every Kabbalah Centre is unified under one main point. It exists in order to bring the benefits of the Kabbalah to an area which isn't familiar with it. In doing so the Kabbalah Centre highlights one of the most important parts of the Kabbalah. The Kabbalah is a living spiritual system which is flexible enough to fit into different times and places. The Kabbalah Centre is able to help people in any given area integrate Kabbalistic teachings into their lives. Their expert instructors can adapt the principles of the Kabbalah to fit the ups and downs that people in different areas are going to encounter in their lives. And in particular the Kabbalah Centre ensures that people can jump right in and begin learning without any prerequisites. They teach that the Kabbalah is a perfect fit for the modern world and doesn't require one to first study ancient languages.
To know more visit Kabbalah Centre International – YouTube channel


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Ted Cruz Comes To Mike Pence's Defense
(TedCruz.org) U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, issued the following statement today in support of Governor Mike Pence's effort to defend religious liberty and protect against the government forcing individuals to violate their deeply held beliefs:
"I want to commend Governor Mike Pence for his support of religious freedom, especially in the face of fierce opposition. There was a time, not too long ago, when defending religious liberty enjoyed strong bipartisan support."
"Alas, today we are facing a concerted assault on the First Amendment, on the right of every American to seek out and worship God according to the dictates of his or her conscience."
"Governor Pence is holding the line to protect religious liberty in the Hoosier State. Indiana is giving voice to millions of courageous conservatives across this country who are deeply concerned about the ongoing attacks upon our personal liberties. I'm proud to stand with Mike, and I urge Americans to do the same."
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Introducing Ophidian, a new bit of loveliness that will be debuted at the Twist of Fate retreat this month.
Ophidian is a top-down triangle shawl that combines garter stitch with beaded lace, a mix that I have been exploring lately with great delight.
She is shown here in Hazel Knits fingering weight in the hazelnut colorway and Socks that Rock Heavyweight from Blue Moon Fiber Arts in the Vancouver Violet colorway, two very different yarns in two very different weights.
I will allow her to speak for herself... photos by Alex Tinsley, modeled by Vivian Aubrey, both co-workers at Twisted yarn shop in Portland. Thanks, guys!!
As always, click for bigger, and in this case, the whole picture!
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Introducing Ophidian, a new bit of loveliness that will be debuted at the Twist of Fate retreat this month.
Posted by sivia harding at 10:39 PM
Labels: beads, new patterns, shawls, upcoming events
10 comments:
- Rosalía said...
Both are so beautiful!
- April 11, 2010 at 4:35 AM
- Melanie said...
What a lovely and versatile design! I'm lookoing forward to the pattern debut.
- April 11, 2010 at 8:57 AM
- Paula said...
Beading is one of the knitting frontiers that I have not yet explored. This shawl could definitely draw me in!
- April 11, 2010 at 10:11 AM
- ~ ~ Ahrisha ~ ~ said...
This shawl really speaks to me and I have the perfect yarn is my stash. Looking forward to the pattern release. I knew I was saving that yarn for something special! Thanks
~ ~Ahrisha~ ~
- April 11, 2010 at 10:52 AM
- LoriAngela said...
I'm so excited. I haven't knit with beads yet, so I'm really looking forward to the retreat!
- April 11, 2010 at 12:17 PM
- pdxknitterati/MicheleLB said...
Beautiful, Sivia! And it looks like the photo shoot was really fun, too.
- April 11, 2010 at 4:52 PM
- Thea said...
Lovely shawls! They make me want to try knitting with beads.
- April 15, 2010 at 2:43 AM
- danielle said...
I love the shawl with the beads. Once it has been introduced officially, where can we get it?
I live overseas...
- April 27, 2010 at 2:51 AM
- Annie said...
Such pretty shawls!
I dont have the patience!
- June 3, 2010 at 8:50 AM
- Jennifer said...
How wonderful. I'm so impressed at all your handiwork!
- June 3, 2010 at 12:35 PM


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Delphastus is a small, shiny, black beetle, about one quarter the size of a ladybug, which feeds on several species of whitefly including greenhouse, sweetpotato (silverleaf) and avocado whitefly. If whitefly are not present they will also feed on spider mites. Both the adult beetle and larvae are predators and will eat whitefly eggs and larvae, but not adult whiteflies. Each container includes 25 live adults.
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Denmark – The last time Sweden hosted the Song Contest, Denmark won. Will Denmark be able to win on Swedish soil again with the songs in this years National Selection? They will decide on Saturday who will be flying the Danish Flag
Ten songs will be competing and you can hear the songs below
Anja Nissen "Never Alone"
Bracelet "Breakaway"
David Jay "Rays of Sunlight"
Jessica "Break it Good"
Kristel Lisberg "Who Needs A Heart"
Lighthouse X "Soldiers of Love"
Muri & Mario "To Stjerner"
Simone "Heart Shaped Hole"
Sophia Nohr "Blue Horizon"
Veronicas Illusion "The Wrong Kind"
Denmark also failed to qualify to the Grand Final in 2015 after Anti Social Media only made 13th place in the First Semi Final "The Way That You Are". Could Denmark make the final with any of the contenders?


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Defending MHS volleyball champs begin season
As summer ends and students prepare for the start of school with mixed feelings, 15 players and two coaches are unreservedly enthusiastic as they know that another season of Mathews volleyball has arrived.
The two-time defending Group A, Division 2 state champions have their work cut out for them with the loss of a number of key, experienced players. Head coach Pat Moughon said she is taking things slowly with the new team, focusing on fundamentals and proper techniques.
With the larger-than-usual roster, the most important thing for Moughon is to find the right combination of six girls on the court, including how and when to use her subs. A limitation of the number of substitutes that can be used during a game has the veteran coach looking for more consistency in her players.
Returning players this year are seniors Hailey Abernathy, Kayla Carter, Whitney Eriksen, Anna Hudgins, Hannah Rowe and Jacqueline Stewart; juniors Sophia Bandurco and Kai McCann and sophomore Brittany Mitchem. Newcomers are juniors Kelly Adams, Morgan Driskell and Allison Foster; sophomore Mariah Robinson; and freshmen Keely Crittenden and Madison South.
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More crazy weather. I woke up to 4″ of snow Saturday morning. Between the thunder snow earlier in the week and the snowfall this weekend, it was no wonder the horses were spooky, the wind howled, and all my joints were achey. Photos show the morning and then later in the afternoon. I've been doing a lot of arena work with my footing. With such a wet snowfall, I was able to harrow and get my footing in good shape.
4/30/17: test lateral work from last lesson in walk and trot
comments about today's training: I rode bareback this evening. Monarch only needed a light touch from the spur to move laterally off my leg both on the circle and on the centerline in walk and trot.
Date: 4/27/17
Minutes of Training: 120
Goal: Lesson with Susan
Will you continue this goal or make a new goal for next training?: yes, we need to confirm a soft inside leg to an outside rein connection. Monarch must yield his ribcage to make room for my inside leg.
comments about today's training: We spent most of the lesson working on true bend, getting Monarch to move his rib cage with a check on the outside rein and touch with the inside spur. When this happens he is "through." He engages- steps under himself himself, takes the weight and thrusts forward with the hind end. He is truly connected from the inside leg to the outside rein and able to flow softly forward or laterally. We need to continue this work until he willingly lets my inside leg fit inside a softly bent horse, instead of pushing my leg away with his ribcage. Over the course of the spring, we have first released the blocks in his neck, then his poll. Now we are working on his ribcage. All this basic supple work will produce a very soft, balanced horse. With "thoroughness," he will be able to easily perform the movements required at 2nd level with all ingredients of the training scale. Spending time on the basics will yield dividends later this summer.


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I can't believe its another month. This is my 10th entry! This month brings a lot of changes. Such as the end of Newtype?! What is this insanity?! The good news is, there will be a "better" replacement. piQ! Whatever the heck that is. Oh and this is all they can tell us.
Whateva this is supposed to be?!
Dooney and Burke have a new customer!
Maybe my sister was right, coffee does make people crazy, cuz there is no way I would pay 200$
for a purse, it better do my homework and my chores for that price. shoot.
Oh I've got photos of my new favorite music artists!
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When i was a teenager, i was starting to get annoyed with the continuous emphasis that the young people where the strength of the Church, the youth was the future and similar talk. Every single preacher had to find a way to drop in that overused statement. I suspect that what really annoyed me more was that i didn't see anything of value that the young people around me, included myself, where doing. Most of the time when they were called in public seemed to be about some particular sin they did, which they needed to repent from.
Then the Lord started opening my mind slowly. It started with what i qualified as exceptions. But as exceptions accumulated i had no choice but to reform my mind on this issue. I was told that Watchman Nee wrote his huge tome 'The Spiritual Man' when he was 25 years old. I was impressed and rationalize that exploit saying, 'Watchman Nee is a genius and he was lucky'. Then it started falling on me. News after news. John Maxwell started his leadership practice in his 20's. Billy Graham started his evangelistic efforts in his 20's too. Leadership expert Jim Collins came up with his magnificent book project 'Built to last' when he was 28. In my campus, our department of Biotechnology was led by young lecturers who had their doctorates and even got tenure as professors due to their valuable contribution to science. One of my old professor of Research Methodology even had a microbial specie named after his name. He discovered that in the 70's. It is really a good feeling to walk and study under living legends. It marks you for life.
My mum' always enjoy telling us the story of her school years when she was taught by living legends in the field of Mathematics from Romany. I suspect that is what gave her the drive to never wanting to settle for something less. It is quite impressive as i read in the near past how Under/Graduate Schools that keep producing Nobel Laureates are usually the same kind of schools. It seems to me that beyond the rigidity and strictness of the scholastic endeavors of those institutions, there is also this psychological drive and recognition on the part of their students that they are the best and the elite among the world because their professors are noble laureates, award winners and so on. These students have legends in their faculties and so on, How on earth can they settle for less? The same should be with us. You and I have the greatest legend who has ever lived as a friend and big brother - the Lord Jesus Christ - how can we settle for anything less? Never!
I can say even more on that by naming people like TD Jakes, Martin Luther King Jr. etc, who started to influence the world from their youth. But those few examples above is sufficient to point out how my mind transformation on this issue started to catch up with what the old preachers where telling us. The youth is the key! At least one of the keys of change and ambitious progress.
It became clear to me through my readings that there is a specific range of age where our human innovation and contribution to this earth is high. And i'd like to remind you all of those facts. People can contribute at all ages, thank God for that, but let us remember that based on facts and evidences most of the valuable contribution that we enjoy today came from the youth. Even if we go outside the bible, that speaks of Joseph, Daniel, David, Mary or even Goliath - we find something interesting about what the youth have done in our modern life. Just because i expose that let me just make this biblical comment. It was even explained to David why Goliath was dangerous and terrorizing Israel's soldiers, "And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth." 1Samuel 17:33. He was a man of war from his youth.
Vox Day in his book about Atheism made this comment:
"Scientists come with a sel-by date . The mathematician G. H. Hardy declared that math is a young man's game, while Albert Einstein formulated the mass-energy equivalence at twenty-six and Sir Isaac Newton's famous annus mirabilis occurred when he was only twenty-three. A California researcher has estimated that the mean age of a biologist's first noteworthy contribution to science takes place when he is 29.4 years old." (Vox Day - TIA - Darwins Juda, page 135)Dr. Stephen Meyer who won awards because of his 2009 book, "The Signature in the Cell: the evidence for Intelligence Design", had started working on this since 1986 and wrote his doctorate thesis on that in 1991. He was young!
Here is a table that can support that point of views found in TIA quoted above:
Mean age of
first contribution
Mean age of
best contribution
Earth sciences
It has also came to my attention that most of the developments that we have in computers mostly came from young people- look at FaceBook, Google, etc. Some of the computer genius started their work when they were young - Steve Jobs of Apple, Bill Gates of Microsoft and probably others that i don't know. :)
All this just to say that, the leadership advise i gave through the 'ToDay with E.G' are not just good advise that will be needed later in life, when we are getting older, when we will be serious to start doing great things in life. Nope! These advises and posts are given to you free of charge so that you may start looking at your life, hard and long, and see that effectiveness can be achieved by all if only all knew how to do it. Those who have been focused in life and learned a thing or two in their earthly pilgrim have contributed much more than for their own lives, they also contributed in the lives of others. A last quick example. Remember that most of our warriors who stopped the Rwandan Genocide were young people in their 20's and 30's. Some of them are dead and some of them are alive. Both of these groups have something in common - they changed the lives of millions of people beside their own and we are indebted to them all - the living and the dead.Now it is your time! This is not a cliché statement but a statement based on evidence and organized statistics as seen on the table above. Now is your time and mine to add value to this world with our lives, intellects, finances, times, knowledge and all kind of resources the Lord has availed to us by his grace. Some have gifts others have talents - let's make use of them at the best level of our abilities. Make sure that you do not cut yourself off of this rich world history of young people. Your time - my time!
In Mathew 25:14-30, Jesus teaches us two things about the use of talents. The first one is faithfulness (a habit) and the other one is laziness (a habit). The true fight for significance and productivity hang in the balance of your habits. Choose well your habits because the habits you choose will determine how you'll be remembered at your death and for years, decades and centuries to come if Christ Jesus is not yet back! And if He is back .. then just read Mathew 25 and you'll get the picture.
Leadership is about influence. The first person you need to learn and consistently influence is yourself. Influence yourself to adopt the kind of life that are consistent with the values you have decided to adopt as per the step two of the two creations we talked about: start with the end in mind!
I'll end with the word of an other J.C Moderator - Mr. Ngabe R. In the welcoming page of Jeunnesse Chrétienne Forum he quoted this scripture: "Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near of which you will say, "I have no pleasure in them";" Ecclesiastes 12:1, English Standard Version.
May the Lord in Jesus' name encourages you and inspires you for greatness in all the respective fields in which you are in.