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Cornwall Council's Conservatives are planning to oversee the end of vital bus links across Cornwall which serve some of our most remote towns and villages. The Council is planning, in its budget, to cut the subsidy that it pays to bus operators to run evening and weekend services on 27 routes (full list below). The Council admits that this is almost certain to mean that these routes will cease to operate outside peak times. As a result students, workers and even those visiting relatives in hospital will be affected.
The 27 routes carry a total of 460,000 passengers on subsidised journeys and are described by the Council's own officers as "important for part-time workers and support the evening/night time economy in Cornwall".
To take just one example - the one I know best - the 576 which links Bude (via Launceston) to Plymouth. This is the only service linking Launceston to Plymouth in the evenings and weekends and is used by many students and workers. If the service ceases to operate when people need it then they will be faced with the choice of moving to Plymouth or giving up their work or course. Neither should be an acceptable option. I am sure that those who live in other parts of Cornwall will be able to tell similar horror stories about what would happen if their local routes were withdrawn.
The scrutiny committee which will be considering this policy will be meeting on Wednesday. I'll be asking for a rethink on this proposal which will see many of our towns and villages becoming increasingly isolated.
The list of routes from which the Conservatives want to remove subsidies for weekend and evening travel is:
14/18 Truro – Redruth – Camborne – St Ives/Penzance
2 Penzance – Helston
5/6 Penzance – Gwavas/Mousehole
10 Penzance – St Just
17 Penzance – St Ives
1 Penzance – Lands End (summer)
34 Helston – Redruth
540 Troon - Camborne – Illogan – Redruth
27 Truro – St Austell
41 Falmouth – Redruth – Camborne
68 Falmouth Town services
82/A Truro – Stithians – Helston
85 Truro – St Agnes
88 Truro – Falmouth
521 St Austell – St Dennis – Newquay
524 St Austell – Par – Fowey
526 St Austell – Mevagissey
529 St Austell – Roche – Bodmin
550 Truro – Tregony – St Mawes (Sats)
556 Newquay – Padstow
587 Newquay – Perranporth – Truro
597 Newquay – St Columb Major – Truro
555 Padstow – Wadebridge – Bodmin – Bodmin Parkway
576 Bude – Launceston – Callington – Plymouth
79 Callington – Gunnislake – Tavistock (Fris and Sats)
81 Plymouth – Torpoint – Millbrook – Cremyll
573 Polperro – Looe

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text: This booklet is compiled from courses listed in the Yale College Programs of Study (Blue Book) that centrally address WGSS or LGBT issues or include WGSS or LGBT perspectives. These courses are for the 2017-18 academic year. Consult the Yale Online Course Information Website, for classroom locations and updated meeting times. Courses are arranged by WGSS course number. The booklet is published by WGSS and LGBTS. Copies are available on the 3rd floor of WLH (100 Wall St.) outside of WLH 315. Or, click here for a PDF version.


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I get sad when I think about the future and the possibility of dementia in my family. Today I was having a self-pity moment, having a conversation with myself when a voice interrupted:
Sometimes I want to be selfish and today I am thinking…if dementia has a genetic link, why must MY parents be affected. Why not someone else in the family. But why would you think that? Because I think, my cousins are better equipped to handle something like this. They have accomplished more with their lives and their parents have had time to witness it. They are married, and now they have children and their parents get to enjoy being grandparents. Like I said, it's a selfish thought. Do you not feel like you have accomplished anything? It's not that, I find myself thinking, I should have done it differently. I should have made myself into someone who was more open to relationships, less fearful of commitment. I should have dated more when I was in college. I should have let myself meet someone, get married young and be settled down with a family. I could have made my life different. But I made you, and what I make is beautiful. I know. But now my mom may never know grandchildren, she will never feel that joy. You don't know that.
And so I stopped talking, and I chose to smile and enjoy the beautiful sunset that I was missing. Because that is what it is all about. We let ourselves worry about things in the future, that aren't even known to be true yet. We worry and we stress and we put ourselves down over things that we don't even know are going to happen. We discount the beauty of all things that happened in the past and happening now in the present. "You don't know that." Four simple words to bring me back to the now, which is all I can, and need to know anything about. And at this moment, my now, my present, it is beautiful and all that it should be.


text: Over the years Amy and I have produced many pictures inspired by café culture; people in cafes, menus, café food and a variety of tea and coffee related paraphernalia. I looked through our café collection and chose five of my favourite pictures to feature on my blog banner. The first picture is from a drawing by Amy and the others are a pencil drawing, a painting, a digital collage and a more abstract design by me.


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Saturday, April 9, 2011
Autism Awareness Blue: Robyn's Birthday
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- ciluciaApril 9, 2011 at 4:36 PM
Looks great! It looks like the rumours were true; the small glitter in HB is no longer square :O!!ReplyDelete
Thanks! And yes...I am sad to say that while there is still a tiiiiny amountReplyDelete
of square glitter, it's not really noticeable. I was disappointed.
I was just going to comment about the square glitter as well! That was what made all the potential-dupes NOT close enough! lol. But congrats on the purchase! Love it and love the combo!ReplyDelete
Thanks! There are still a couple differences between Happy Birthday and its dupes, but I was really hoping for square glitter.ReplyDelete
Hi Zara! So funny you just made a Kiwi franken! Coincidence or what?! :PReplyDelete
And so jealous of your DL! It looks great :)
Thanks! And I guess great minds think alike. :)ReplyDelete
This can surely fab practically any color! I like!ReplyDelete
Yeah, I think it would go well with just about anything!ReplyDelete


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this blog is about me. my truth. my honesty & sometimes my denial. my experiences. my emotions,my highs and lows. as raw and open as i can be. just me. my health battles (whaddiya mean terminal??!!). my journey to discover my authentic self before time runs out. my evolution. the random thoughts that cross my mind, and the goings and comings of my sometimes hectic and not always interesting life! so grab a cuppa tea/java, or a glass of wine, get comfy, and vist for a while!
Friday, February 20, 2015
The Lenten Season Is Upon Us
Being raised Catholic (my whole life), and Baptist concurrently, I grew up with a unique perspective and connection. As both a practicing Catholic and someone who also regularly attends a non-Catholic (Christian-Methodist-Episcopal Church) church and bible study, I still have it. For a while I didn't practice Lent at all. For a while I practiced out of obligation, duty, because it was what I was supposed to do. Each year I made my pretty standard list: eat less junk food, cut down on the TV/technology, etc... But one year, when Ladybug was in 3rd or 4th grade, it just changed for me. And the irony is that Lent was the reason why it changed. That year I decided to truly give it my all. To make it really about something meaningful, not just doctrine and dogma. I studied what it should really be about, how to use the time to develop and deepen my spiritual connections. And with each year, I got more and more from Lent.
Two years ago my spirit was so uneasy and disconnected. I was really looking for change, for renewal, for connection. My spirit was crying out for it. That time, I decided to not only focus on the connection through my sacrifices, the things I'd withhold, my "take-aways", but also on the what I could "add", or contribute to deepen my connection. Lent 2013 was amazing, and thus started our new family tradition of 3 things (or more) we give up as individuals and as a family, and 3 things (or more) we add as individuals and as a family.
For example, as a family we'd only watch TV on certain days/times, and an 'add' would be to end each evening in family prayer. An individual sacrifice would be to give up my cranberry juice, and an add would be to walk 3 times each week. Usually that Sunday through Fat Tuesday we would figure out what our adds and take-aways will be; sometimes I'll pick one or two for Ladybug if I'm not feeling her choices, but the bottom line we do it together as a family. However, I'm getting more push back this year; I think it has something to do with her turning 13 a couple months ago, lol!
Anyway, I have a lot going on, chewing on a few things... which always seems to be the case - I guess that's life, huh? At least I'm not chewing on the same things, lol! Well, some things have regurgitated (oooh, sorry for that analogy!), and seem to be multi-course meals (I know, I know... I just couldn't resist, lol!!). I feel so strongly, and I see so clearly that God has called me to some amazing things, and the Capricorn in me is struggling with it - the logistics and execution (as always, lol!). As with 2 years ago, my spirit is stirring, uneasy with all that lay ahead of me; with all that I want to accomplish; with all that I must deal with day to day; feeling like I need to figure at least some of it all out.
I had gotten my list all worked out, but some other things have come up this week that has me rethinking it. As much as I'd like to post it here now, I'll have to get back to you with it. Similar to 2013... I was a few days into Lent, and this new revelation hit me. Hmmm.... so, as usual, stay tuned!
Yes... I'm looking forward to this Lenten Season, praying that it will provide me with connection, clarity, revelation, and so much more. I'm excited.
Be well ♥
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Unfortunately, the "state" we live in is sometimes listed as "Washington, D.C.," so one finds DC in alphabetical order after Washington and before West Virginia. When coupled with the name in the city field (Washington), this leads to an address in "Washington, Washington D.C.," which looks, sounds, and is ridiculous.
It appears that sometime in the last few weeks, Google Maps has fallen into a similar trap. Typing "Washington" into the search field when first in Google Maps, one sees the result below:
As you can see, they're labeling our city as "Washington D.C., DC." It's pretty silly.
Here's another example.
And finally, any address that you select (like the White House in this example) has "Washington D.C., DC" appended to the street address. Google needs to fix this, so the city name is only rendered as "Washington," and the state abbreviation is "DC." The current redundancy doesn't make sense.


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- Day 1- High Blood pressure stayed over night in Labor and Delivery recieved Magnesium.
- Day 2- Moved to postpardum to be watched for a day.
- Day 3- We thought we were going home but Dr. Cole wasn't sure about my blood pressure just yet so she said that morning that it would be at least another night. During her nightly rounds my pressures had gone back up (even after increasing meds two times). She immediatly said lets go back to Labor and Delivery and watch you overnight and have this baby in the morning. OK...so I was here alone because Mark had gone to take care of some things but was on his way back...I called him and told him to hurry back and to go ahead and tell our families. Within a few minutes my blood pressure had risen to 200/116 so it was decided that we would be having the baby within 30 minutes. Missy and my sister in law Deanne were the only ones here when Mark brought Banks out for his first appearance.
Welcome Alexander Banks Nixon...7:14 pm, 5lbs 14oz, 18.5 inches
Our parents just did not have time to make it. Banks was taken to the NICU where they started a Cpap to help him breath a little better. I was given another round of Magnesium overnight since my blood pressure had gotten so high again.
- Day 4- That morning was a little crazy...too many meds at once = my blood pressure to drop really low...I was a little loopy for a while but by lunch I was back to the postpardum floor and go to go see Banks for the first time.
- Day 5- Still in hospital trying to relax, recover, and visit with Banks in the NICU
He is doing well breathing through a nasal canula only and recieving some iv fluids...I think we are just waiting for him to slow his heavy breathing down, and start drinking milk and gaining weight...then we will be coming home. That could be maybe 4 more days I am thinking...maybe more maybe less.Looks like we will be here in room 103 until Sunday or Monday.
It is not much easier the second time around in the NICU...I keep seeing these babies being brought to the mommas room as i am being wheeled to intensive care.. I can tell Banks knows who I am...he responds when he hears me and opens his eyes when I am holding him.
Everything happend so fast,...I have had my first emotional breakdown today. And I am sure there are more to come.
Thanks to everyone who has called, emailed, or texted....we appreciate all the prayers and hope you'll keep praying. Enjoy the pictures....We can't decide who he looks like...


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An enhanced governance framework is imperative for proper functioning and growth of the capital markets in the country, says a study by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and industry body Assocham.
The domestic capital markets have evolved significantly over the past two decades and have potential to grow further through enhanced governance, the report said.
The study maps the journey of capital markets from the pre-reform era (before 1991) to the present day.
It points out that the capital markets have seen enormous upheaval in the last decade, with the BSE benchmark index Sensex sniffing at 22,000 mark and then declining sharply due to market pessimism based on global cues.
"While a lot has been achieved in the last few years, we can do more to encourage further innovation and to enable the capital markets perform their function of financial intermediation within the governance framework, to meet the needs of this fast growing economy," PwC transaction leader Bharti Gupta Ramola said today while releasing the report.
The liberalisation of the economy has increased the flow of foreign direct investment and has put India on the global map, as a new-age economic force to reckon with, the study added.


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Karlo Andrei Ibarra | Continental
Karlo Andrei Ibarra
Porto Rico
6 x 36 inches,
Neon powered by solar light,
Like many of Ibarra's works, Continental, addresses issues of social, political, cultural and geographical boundaries. Vivo in America/ I live in America is a neon text piece powered by solar energy. His application of the word America convolutes the idea of a unified continent. Used in common speech to refer to the United States of America, the term America seems to have been territorially reduced to a specific geopolitical context. The colloquial ascription results in a marginalization of all the other countries that form the continent and symbolically mark an economical and political weight.
As a native Puerto Rican, Ibarra's proclamation of "Vivo in America" reclaims and amplifies the use of the word as a term of the Western Hemisphere. This simple act of enunciation resonates with ongoing issues of border regulations that restrict access to people and products based on national origins. As an artist, Ibarra employs a wide variety of means to rely social and political cognitions gathered from personal investigations. His work draws correlations between individual and national identities and makes larger observations respective to a global community.
Text by Paola Santocoy( adjunct curator of 8 Mercosul Biennial)


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Volume 30 Number 2
Spring 2008
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Illustration of Capt. Kidd from Horn and Pyle's Book of Pirates
IU diver explores the ruins of Capt. Kidd's shipwreck.
Photo courtesy Indiana University
There Be Pirates
After 35-plus years as an archaeologist, Geoff Conrad has nearly lost count of all his expeditions and fieldwork projects, but "this one," he says, "was different."
"This one" was the discovery of the remains of the last ship captained by the infamous William Kidd. The remnants of the ship, called the Quedagh Merchant, were discovered in shallow waters off tiny Catalina Island in the Dominican Republic. The wreck was identified in mid-December 2007 by a team of Indiana University researchers, of which Conrad was a member. The team was led by Charles Beeker, an underwater archaeologist and director of the Office of Underwater Science in the School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation at IU Bloomington.
News of the find quickly spread around the globe. In the United States, the IU discovery attracted the attention of CNN, National Geographic, NPR, the Discovery Channel, and many others. "It just shows how much pirates and Capt. Kidd in particular fire the public imagination," Conrad says.
Debate persists about whether Capt. Kidd was pirate or privateer but regardless, his dramatic story has been the stuff of legend for more than 300 years. Born in Scotland, Kidd became a "specialist," Conrad says, who was commissioned to capture pirate ships, then split the take with whoever backed his voyage. "His backers included the colonial governor of New York, members of the British House of Lords, and the King of England," Conrad notes.
In 1698, Kidd and his crew captured the Quedagh Merchant, an act that earned Kidd a charge of piracy. Kidd left the ship, found a sloop, and "high-tailed it back to New York," Conrad says, "because he was sure the governor would clear his name." But Kidd was ensnared in the political scandals and power struggles of his day, especially antagonism between England's Whig and Tory parties. "It became very expedient to just get rid of him," says Conrad.
Kidd was hanged in London in 1701. For years afterward, his body was suspended in a sort of cage along the Thames River as a warning to other would-be pirates.
Modern-day treasure hunters have searched hard for Capt. Kidd's last ship, which his crew stripped of valuables and abandoned in 1699, after Kidd left. "We're pretty certain that the crew took it up a river on the big island of Hispaniola, then set it on fire in the river and set it adrift," Conrad says. "The prevailing winds and currents would have taken it to exactly where we found it."
What the IU team found, partially hidden in sand, were not jewels or gold doubloons, but cannons and anchors. Remarkably, the wreckage was in just 10 feet of water near the shore, which is why the sunken ship went so long undiscovered. "If you were looking for a place where a ship would have been moored, this is not the place you would look," Conrad says. "It's too shallow; there is no good anchorage at all."
Conrad and Beeker have collaborated on numerous land-water archaeological projects, including an ongoing investigation, funded through IU's Office of the Vice Provost for Research, of La Isabela, a settlement established by Columbus in 1494. In fact, Beeker and Conrad were working around Isabela Bay when the Dominican government asked them to investigate the Kidd wreck. The government turned to the IU team because "we've worked with them for a long time," Conrad says. "They trust us, and they know we'll do a good job. They know we're in it for the research, not the treasure."
As Beeker, who has helped the Dominican Republic create underwater parks out of other shipwrecks, puts it, "We believe this is a living museum. The treasure in this case is the wreck itself."
Beeker and colleagues plan to set aside the Kidd shipwreck as a research reserve for two years, after which the location will be converted into an underwater preserve, open to the public.
Meanwhile, Conrad plans to search for evidence of Kidd on land. "We think that Kidd and his crew were camped on Catalina Island for some time,"Conrad says. "I'm going to look for the camp.
"There's very little archaeology of pirate land camps," he continues, "so I don't know what I'll find. I'm not expecting a chest of buried treasure--more like food remains and old campfires--but you never know."
Funding for the Capt. Kidd expedition was provided in part by OVPR; the School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation; and the Office of the Provost for IU Bloomington.


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I think I just found the perfect (albeit crazy) solution how we can fix several things that are wrong about the NBA: Let us support the mediocre teams instead of the incompetent!
Before I explain my idea, first the status quo:
- The goal of every team is to win a title. Therefore, you need to get good players, small markets are the most likely to get good players at the draft. Therefore it is good to be bad.
- The problem with one good player is, that he is usually not good enough to give you a title. Unless his name is LeBron or Tim Duncan, your typical number one pick does not necessarily lead to being a title contender. Therefore, you need to be bad for several years. Which is not easy if you just drafted a good player
- Let's face it: A general number one pick cannot make you a title contender. It makes you at best an eighth seed, aka 'the place where you do not want to be'
- For an eighth seed on the other hand, a number one pick could be exactly what the team needs to make it a title contender
- Over the last years, I have heard several times that a team is dumb for trying to be a number 8 seed. Examples are the Bucks of the last years, or the Hawks every year. Or the Pacers this year. 'This is a lost year, the team should just give up!' and the likes
- Last year I heard several times 'these scrappy Suns should deserve the number one pick for trying so hard!'
- I think that every smart basketball organization can become mediocre in 3 years. Even if the team would play in the depth of hell or any other place in North Dakota (hell actually might give you a huge home court advantage)
- Furthermore, the lottery system leads to 30% of teams waving the white flag after less than half of the season. Hell, 30% of teams probably even wave the white flag before the season
- This does not happen in European leagues, du to relegation. The last teams are even the one that fight the hardest to win. I know, this is not possible in the US system that in general likes to have neither poor nor rich people - sorry, I'll stop my bad jokes now...


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Dust storm of a lifetimePosted: Updated:
PHOENIX -- Some Valley residents call Tuesday night's storm the duststorm of a lifetime. It was a pretty impressive storm.
The dust started when collapsing thunderstorms in Pima County sent outflows northeast into the desert. Those outflow winds picked up dust and sand, pushing it at speeds of about 35 mph through Pinal County and eventually into Maricopa County and the Phoenix metro area.
The wall of dust stretched approximately 4,000 to 5,000 feet into the sky, and was about 70 miles wide at one point.
Winds on the ground peaked with gusts of more than 50 mph, which snapped trees and took down power poles.
Drivers were forced to pull off the roadways as the thick dust brought visibility to near zero.
Although the storm moved out by late in the evening, some remaining dust could still be seen in a hazy morning sky early Wednesday.
Wednesday afternoon brings another chance of thunderstorms for Arizona, with about a 20-percent chance of more storms, including more blowing dust in the Valley.
Watch: Amazing time-lapse video of Phoenix dust storm


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I've now had the following reply from Rob Saltmarsh:
Dear Councillor Folkes,
Thank you for your email and apologies for the delay in coming back to you.
As stated in my letter, Inox remain fully committed to helping deliver the stadium project. I do believe that Inox could potentially secure third party private investment through the development vehicle, Cornwall Community Stadium Ltd (CCS Ltd) and this is our preferred funding option, albeit it will depend on the level of revenue and rental income that the stadium can generate.
The parties have discussed a range of options with the consultants for the stadium project and each has provided their thoughts on the matter, as to how the stadium may be funded. The consultants have in turn prepared a range of options and modelling scenarios based on this feedback (and indeed have suggested their own options). None of these options have been formally agreed in any shape or form.
Inox's position remains that we do not intend to invest directly into the stadium. From the way the story has been reported I think perhaps the distinction between Inox facilitating third party funding and CCS Ltd delivering the stadium, may have been lost in the Part 2 Scrutiny paper (which, for your information, I have not seen).
Without sounding evasive, I feel it is reasonable to request a degree of confidentiality at this stage of the process, whilst the financial modelling and discussions remain ongoing with the partners of CCS Ltd and other third parties. I hope this will not be construed as sinister dealings behind closed doors, but is simply part of the preparation work that goes into any development project, before a deliverable option is found.
Many thanks for your interest and please don't hesitate to contact me if you have further queries.
Rob Saltmarsh
So it appears certain that Inox will not be investing in the stadium themselves, but they will be seeking third party investors.


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I am still around -- I promise!! We are remodeling yet another room with the help of Donald's uncle. It's daunting, but I know it will be worth it in the long run.
Still stitching (or sewing, rather) my Grandmother's Flower Garden quilt. I hope that you enjoy the new pictures. Right now I am stitching the last row on -- you'll have to wait in suspense for the color that I choose. And I have some FUN! backing material that I bought in Chicago last year. It'll really set the quilt off.
I went through my box of handmade jewelry pieces and weeded out some pieces that haven't moved. For the month of May (which begins Friday) I will be featuring a piece for FREE! Yes, you heard it here first. It'll be just like the cross-stitch stash giveaway- as you will have to post a comment if you desire the piece with your email address. Justin, Donald, or myself will do the drawing... and it'll be mailed out to you. How fun is that??
Have a wonderful HUMP day!!
Keep Stitching,


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Friday, 30 July 2010
a top tenner
One significant benefit of keeping a blog is that, unlike a kitten or a tomato plant, it doesn't actually die if you neglect it. Not that it flourishes either, but at least it doesn't develop abandonment issues and simply stop calling. Or whatever. I've been too busy, blah, blah, blah, to write here lately and what with organising the Filling Station feast and the SALON (LONDON) Secret exhibition, working at my mag job and trying to finish my PhD by the end of September, regularly updating here has sadly been relegated to the bottom of my list of priorities. Thankfully, the lovely art team at Spoonfed have included RoWS on their top-ten London art bloggers list and kicked my ass into gear about posting here again.
It's funny because a lot of other bloggers I know say they go through periods of not posting because they haven't got anything to write about. This is most definitely not my problem: in the last few weeks I've experienced my first Fête Nationale in Paris, rocked out at my first party in a fire station, seen the Nederlands Dans Theater TWICE, had my bike rescued by three firemen in a big fire truck, cooed over baby goats at the Lambeth Country Fair, danced my legs off at Lovebox, sipped a Campari and soda on top of Hannah Barry's car park cum sculpture exhibition in Peckham, spent three glorious days at Secret Garden Party, checked out the latest in digital art at the Creators Project, learned about the Complete History of Food with Bompas and Parr, hit up a bowling alley in West London, been mesmerised by Antony Gormley's Breathing Room III at the White Cube, printed my own t-shirt with the super cute Hit + Run boys, seen Toro y Moi jam out all bass-heavy-like, and tasted earl grey and victoria sponge ice cream made with liquid nitrogen. Quite a backlog, right? Right. So, I'll endeavour to get back on a semi-regular posting regime. Especially seeing as this Saturday I'm going to Glyndebourne to see Don Giovanni, followed by the boys' - my mates who run the We Are Not a Rock Band music blog - summer warehouse party in Hoxton. Mozart meets electro/disco! Even I don't understand myself sometimes.
To the power of fun.
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To escape a scheme to marry her off to a dishonorable man, Margaret Macy flees London disguised as a housemaid. If she can remain unwed until her next birthday, she will receive an inheritance, and with it, sweet independence. But she never planned on actually working as a servant. And certainly not in the home of Nathaniel and Lewis Upchurch--both former suitors.
As she fumbles through the first real work of her life, Margaret struggles to keep her identity secret when suspicions arise and prying eyes visit Fairbourne Hall. Can she avoid a trap meant to force her from hiding?
I GIVE THIS BOOK: 5 Stars
The Maid of Fairbourne Hall is a masterfully woven novel that drew me in from the first sentence, and didn't let me go until the conclusion. At first, I didn't think I was going to like Margaret at all. She seemed very self-centered, spoiled, and inconsiderate. However, my view of her changed very quickly and soon I absolutely loved her.
Margaret's father-in-law is such a horribly greedy man. He is willing and actually encourages his nephew, Marcus, to compromise Margaret in the hopes of making her marry Marcus. His plan backfires when she overhears him telling Marcus this and she flees the house that night!
I really like the scene when Margaret is cleaning the upstairs bedrooms, one is messy and the other one is nearly pristine. She immediately assumes that the neat one is Lewis's bedroom and is shocked when she discovers it is Nathaniel's. This is just the first thing she discovers she is wrong about Nathaniel.
I loved this book and think it is Julie's best work to date. I have read all of Julie's other books and this is now my favorite. I highly recommend The Maid of Fairbourne Hall. If you decide to read it, make sure that you start it when you have enough time to read it in one sitting; because if you find that you enjoy it as much as I did, you won't want to put it down. I foolishly started it late in the evening and wound up staying up very late to finish it.
***I received a complimentary copy of this book to review. I was asked to give my honest opinion of the book - which I have done.***
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Julie Klassen loves all things Jane--Jane Eyre and Jane Austen. A graduate of the University of Illinois, Julie worked in publishing for sixteen years and now writes full time. She has won the Christy Award: Historical Romance for The Silent Governess (2010) and The Girl in the Gatehouse (2011) which also won the 2010 Midwest Book Award for Genre Fiction. Julie and her husband have two sons and live in a suburb of St. Paul, Minnesota.
For more information, visit www.julieklassen.com
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text: On Mother's Day, I reached 10,000 followers on my Twitter account. It was a good day already, especially since I didn't lift a finger to cook one thing all day, but the milestone was definitely the icing on the cake. Thank you to everyone for the warm reception my books have received over the past month; I am truly humbled by all the success.


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Somehow there are only four days left. I can scarecly believe that "Yoga Camp" as we seemed to have coined the term, is almost over. Nor can I figure out how to convey this experience to all of you with words. I hardly expect you to believe my stories or fully understand the transformation. It's a Care Bear version of Lost (and then Found) and I don't blame my dad for calling me Moonbeam in his email responses. I suppose the "proof is in the pudding" and though I'm not sure I feel confident or knowledgeable enough to go out and start teaching yoga, I do feel confident to share myself to the world as a person.
We burnt our fears in a bonfire, watching crumpled up pieces of paper inked with our disappointments, regrets, demons and sadness turn into ash and then float away into the sky like the ghosts of lost souls. I screamed out my anger at the waves, alone on the beach, my voice a mirror of their thunderous rhythmic crash, until I was empty, hoarse and light.
We spent one full day in silence and during this day we were scheduled to have a 5:15 am sunrise yoga class on the beach. It was raining when the alarm went off and words were not needed to see "This is BULLSHIT!" written all over my face as I got dressed. Trudging in a silent procession like a funeral march, we made our way through the cold and the damp to the shore. I can't say that I have ever practiced yoga in a bathing suit and rain coat until now. My grumpiness and unease started to dissipate with the poses and rising sun and as it peeked its blushing face into the one patch of blue in a cloud-speckled sky, our instructor silently pointed behind us. From end to colored end, a full and enormous of not one, but TWO rainbows arched across our village. I have never witnessed a complete rainbow before, seen it in its entirety or marvelled in its end. Though there was no pot of gold or dancing Leprechaun, nor did I react like the Double Rainbow Guy in the YouTube video, I did silently weep tears of gratitude.
I have been humbled repeatedly. We make first-impression assumptions about people we meet and I have never been more acutely aware of really how little we know about someone. Trish, with her sexual abuse. Rob, having seen his buddies blown limb from limb in Afghanistan, found yoga to deal with PTSD. Jen, a chemical engineer at the tender age of 22 , nearly died from Crohn's disease. She started taking yoga classes five years ago to help, only to discover recently that she has the same degenerative disease as her brother, which could eventually lead to the fusion of her spine. We categorize, we rate and we judge and we know so little. My tattoo means "strength through humility" and I have never fully grasped the importance of its meaning. The importance of not making assumptions. That the only really safe assumption is that usually when a person acts or reacts a certain way, it almost assuredly not about you. Proud heart. Humble chin.
I found my smile. It comes easy, free and from the heart and doesn't feel like my cheeks are glued to my gums.
For once I experienced true love on Valentine's Day. Love that doesn't come from a Hallmark card or a lover or chocolate (although there WAS chocolate and I ate loads) but from that visceral, bloody beating muscle in the center of my chest.
I learned how to release a diaphragm–a technique developed by one of the top osteopaths in Canada and then taught to us by him. Ask me to do it and you might take your first real breath of air.
I meditated. I levitated. Navigated from the psoas to sanskrit, peace to the patella. I Yin 'ed and I Yang'ed. I Warrior One'd and I Warrior Two'd. I took five minutes to mindfully walk a circle. I mudra'd and I Mulabhanda-ed. I travelled into the mystical tales of Shiva and Vishnu and pondered the rise of Kundalini. I had my aura read and though she told me that in my past life I was a male fire-spinner in a circus circa 1851, I'm pretty sure that you all have clearance to call me Moonbeam from here on out. Those hippies were really onto something.
Imagine all the politicians and CEO's, the thinkers and the leaders, the scientists and the skeptics traded their black socks and their pressed business pants for a pair of fisherman pants and bare feet and went to Yoga Camp. HA!! Giggle. I hope, at least, not to wear a bra for the rest of my travels.
As eager as I am to start teaching, I can't imagine returning to reality before I've had a chance to process…to digest. And I'm not talking about the lentils, chickpeas and brown rice that I've been eating for days on end. Not to mention the cabbage farts that we all share. This has to sink. To take root.
So I'm grateful for the second leg of this adventure. To surf and salsa my way through Central America with sharp perception and an open heart.
And until I can properly and adequately convey the magic of Yoga Camp, you're going to just have to take my la-la word for it.


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I created these beads out of scrap paper and coated them with some cheap black glitter glue. Then covered with UTEE a few times to make them more durable. This would make a great project for yourself, a friend or family member! Also, you could enter it into the current challenge over at Unstampabelles! A challenge blog where you can show your creativity without using stamps...so fun! There is always a monthly prize too! :)
I am entering this into the following challenge blog:
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Saturday, February 25, 2012
Another Paper Bead Necklace!
Posted by Stacie (craft-princess) at 2:27 PM
5 Comments:
- Kimberly said...
WOW i would never have guessed this was made with paper...super cool...tfs
- February 25, 2012 at 4:39 PM
- Payne Holler Cards said...
very pretty! I would go blind making them (-:
- February 25, 2012 at 6:06 PM
- Anonymous said...
These are so cool Staceo, you are so talented!
- February 26, 2012 at 10:04 PM
- Emma (metalicbutterfly) said...
Beautiful creation what a preety necklace!
Thanks for joining us at Allsorts for our last anything goes challenge for february
Emma xxx
- February 27, 2012 at 3:56 AM
- Heather said...
This is GORGEOUS!!! I would never guess they were paper beads.
- March 14, 2012 at 9:30 PM
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|Offspring - The Kids Aren't Alright ( 1998 ).
In The Popular 1998 Song entitled: " The Kids Aren't Alright " - written by Bryan Keith ' Dexter ' Holland [ that means: " The Brave And Virtuous One Is: My Own Warrior In The Forest, The Son Of My Own Right Hand, And ( Indeed ) The Solitary Wolf Cub " ] and produced by Dave Jerden [ which means: " My Own Beloved One Who Came From The Garden " ] - we have been provided An Important Spiritual Wake Up Call Regarding All Of Our Own Children.
You see, dear brothers and sisters, ' There Is A Very Good Reason For Every Single Message That Has Ever Been Written In The Bible '... and, The End Time Prophecy that can be found in Malachi Chapter 4 isn't ( quite honestly ) any different!
|Columbia - " The Foundation Is Yahweh ".
The Kids Aren't Alright: Is A Very Important Message For Today, Folks....
When we were young,
The future was so bright.
The old neighborhood was so alive;
And, every kid on the whole damn street...
Was gonna make it big;
And, not be beat.
Now the neighborhood's cracked and torn...
The kids are grown up;
But, their lives are worn.
How can one little street...
Swallow so many lives?
[ Chorus ]
Chance Is Thrown...
Nothing Is Free!
Longing for, what used to be.
Still, it's hard;
Hard to see;
Fragile lives, and shattered dreams.
Jamie had a chance; well, she really did!
Instead she dropped out; and had a couple of kids....
Mark still lives at home; because, he's got no job!
He just plays guitar; and smokes a lot of pot....
Jay committed suicide...
Brandon OD'd; and died.
What The Hell is going on?
The Cruelest Dream, Is Reality....
[ Chorus x2 ]
|RATM - " Is Now Testifying To The Truth ".
And, let's not forget folks... since, it has surely been written upon - in both: The Old and New Testaments:
" For the time is come that Judgment Must Begin At The House Of God; and if it first begins with us, what shall the end be of them that obey not The Gospel Of God? "
Ahava and Shalom.
May Yahweh's Own: Love and Peace - be, continually, upon you!


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Financial research firm Greenwich Associates recently named Eastern Bank as one of the top banks for businesses nationally with Greenwich Excellence Awards for both "Overall Customer Satisfaction" and "Customer Likelihood to Recommend" in the Northeast's Middle Market segment.
Among the 600 banks evaluated nationally, Eastern was one of only 37 to earn recognition from Greenwich Associates, a leading global financial services research firm that interviewed over 28,000 business executives to determine its results.
"While community banks like Eastern are typically known for superior service to individuals and families, commercial lending is actually the largest part of our loan portfolio," said Bob Rivers, Eastern Bank Chairman and CEO. "We're grateful to work with so many commercial clients and proud that our colleagues continue to provide financial solutions that help businesses of all sizes prosper."
Over the past five years, Eastern's Commercial Banking Group has seen double-digit loan growth in its loan portfolio, which now totals over $5 billion. Additionally, Eastern was named in 2016 the No. 1 SBA (Small Business Administration) Lender in New England for the seventh consecutive year, placing it among the Top 10 SBA lenders nationally.
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Friday, April 23, 2010
Dhiffushi: the next Himendhoo?
Known as Zubba, and originally from Male, the man, who is in his 30s, recently rented a room on the island and moved in with his wife and two children.
Zubba is said to have befriended a handful of disenfranchised youth, mostly heroin addicts, and has already twice held Friday prayer congregations in his rented accommodation.
When islanders discovered this they called for him to be expelled from the island, Zubba's supporters have rallied around him in support. Zubba, meanwhile, has threatened serious consequences if the islanders interfered with his activities.
According to an islander, Zubba at present is tailoring leaflets to convert the whole of Dhiffushi. He does not go to work and it is not known from where he gets funds to support his stay on the island.
Although Zubba has been Wahhabi for a long time, he shaved off his beard and turned non-Wahhabi for a short while after the Sultan Park bombing.
Dhiffushi, an impoverished island two hours from Male has a population of just over 700. Many of its inhabitants turned Wahhabi in the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami. An islander reported that the boatyard on the island constantly plays Radio Atoll, which spreads misogyny and intolerance in the name of religion, over loudspeakers.
The government's Islamic ministry, headed by the Adhalath Party, has so far failed to address the growth of extremism in the country. Instead, its heads appear to be using the resources at its disposal to spread its own intolerant misogynistic and anti-democratic propaganda.
9 comments:
What a sad loss. The island used to be well known for traditional dance and music.
- April 23, 2010 at 6:13 AM
"....which spreads misogyny and intolerance in the name of religion....."
really, i listen the channel time to time, i'm yet to hear what you have described in the blog post.
maybe you should try listening too, rather then believing tell-tales of others.
- April 24, 2010 at 11:49 PM
@loony tunes
I listen to Atoll Radio daily and can give you many examples of promotion of misogyny, but then again someone like you would call it 'natural' or the 'way it is in Islam' :)
- April 27, 2010 at 11:37 PM
can you pls quote one such thing?pls
- April 28, 2010 at 4:58 AM
See?. All they can do is threaten islanders when they try to defend themselves.
- April 29, 2010 at 8:53 AM
Get the new special response team in on that chopper and blast his brains out. No one will miss him.
- April 29, 2010 at 8:54 AM
- The Balrog said...
Wow, that is truly disappointing. We hope one day, this country will be free of these extremists! Adhaalath party should not exist!
- May 4, 2010 at 2:19 AM
- yui said...
Hi! I'm behind you.
Good luck!
- May 14, 2010 at 6:43 AM
- isrough said...
wow.... dats all true, im a guy frm dhiffushi.... zubba woe on him...
- November 5, 2010 at 8:31 PM


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Notes: Ages as of Opening Day 2011.
P.S. This is going to take a long time to complete. My goal is to have things done so by the time New Year's rolls around and players latch onto new teams in full force, fans will be able to come here for a one-stop shop on their new spring training invites and minor leaguers.
RHP Natividad Dilone (28 years old, no ML experience)
Atlanta Braves (10)
RHP James Parr (25 years old, 36 and 1/3 IP of ML experience)
Parr, a Braves 4th rounder back in 2004, has had two cup-of-coffee ML stints in 2008 and '09. He threw 6 shutout innings against the Nationals in his ML debut, but had little success after that, with a 5.20 ERA and 4.71 FIP in his short career. He's a decent strikeout guy (7.0 K/9 in his minor league career and 6.4 in the majors) but he needs to keep his walk totals down if he wants to get back to the majors. He's still young enough to get back to the majors, but 2011 will be a bounceback year, as he only had 9 starts in AAA due to injury.
FanGraphs, Baseball-Reference (Majors), Baseball-Reference (minors)
LHP Mariano Gomez (28 years old, no ML experience)
While Gomez has put up pretty good conventional numbers over the last 3 years in AAA with ERA's of 2.76, 1.99 and 2.89, respectively, his peripherals likely are the reason he has not reached the bigs. His FIP's have ranged from 3.43 to 4.11 to 3.78 over the last 3 years, and his career K:BB ratio is 1.95 (and 1.58 in 3 seasons of AAA). Gomez is a big guy at 6'6", 240 lbs, but his hope of being the second Honduran to pitch in the major leagues continues to fade.
C Orlando Mercado (26 years old, no ML experience)
Orlando Mercado had an illustrious career as a backup catcher from 1982-1990, hitting .199/.259/.281 over about 600 at-bats. His son Orlando, a 2003 6th round pick, has not made it to the majors yet. He still looks to be better than pops, though, with solid defense and on-base skills. The younger Merdado could be a useful piece with the ability to fill in at the ML level, but he needs to prove he can handle AAA first.
C Clint Sammons (27 years old, 31 games of ML experience)
Sammons hasn't done much in the minors (.243/.314/.347) or the majors (.176/.243/.235) and isn't getting any younger. He'll sign with a team to be their AAA backup or platoon guy, but barring a major improvement this year, his 3 ML stints are all he's going to get.
2B Joe Thurston (31 years old, 183 games of ML experience)
Joe Thurston is not a good Major League player. He's got speed, but doesn't steal bases well. He can play a lot of positions at or below average. For a lefthanded batter, he hits righthanded pitchers very poorly. He draws a fair number of walks, but strikes out way too much. That being said, Joe Thurston is a good minor league player. With a .293/.355/.420 career minor league triple slash and the ability to play pretty much anywhere on the field, he is the perfect utility guy to have on your AAA team. He won't embarrass you if you call him up to your ML squad, but he won't exactly help you win games, either.
3B Christian Colonel (29 years old, no ML experience)
At different points of his career, Colonel has put up numbers that suggest he has a broad range of skills; he stole 35 bases in 2004, put up 64 extra base hits in 2007 and has hit over .300 three different times in his career. Colonel's problem is that his speed and power have diminished greatly over the years without any other tools getting much better. His ability to play the infield and outfield corners can be useful for a AA or AAA squad, but Colonel's chances of playing Major League Baseball are looking slim at this point.
3B Eric Duncan (26 years old, no ML experience)
The 2003 first round pick hasn't figured out AAA yet. He's still young enough to keep getting chances thanks to his 1st round pick tag, but corner infielders who can't hit AAA pitching (and can barely hit AA pitching) aren't too valuable.
3B Wes Timmons (31 years old, no ML experience)
Poor Wes Timmons. With decent speed and great on-base skills, you think the guy would have gotten a shot by now. His problem to this point is that he has very little power and was previously limited to 1B/3B action. He plays a little bit of 2B; playing it well could be his ticket to a successful career in Japan. He's not quite a Rick Short-type of player, but he has a few valuable skills that could help an AAA team or an ML one in a call-up stint.
SS Luis Bolivar (30 years old, no ML experience)
Bolivar is your prototypical AAAA shortstop. He's quick, can play multiple positions and can't hit worth a dime. He'll sign to someone's AAA team and serve as a utility guy, but I doubt we'll be seeing him in the Majors unless he makes some big strides this year. He threw a scoreless inning with a strikeout in 2009, so maybe he should try pitching. It's never too late to do that, right Matt Bush?
OF Mike Daniel (26 years old, no ML experience)
Daniel showed a little bit of speed and power in 2007 with a fancy-looking .294/.362/.458 triple slash in A and high A ball. I was instantly a fan and though he would make a nice 4th outfielder for the Nats. Unfortunately, his career never progressed much past 2007 and he's stuck between being a good AA player and a mediocre AAA player. Daniel is still young and toolsy enough to keep getting calls, but he needs to improve his hitting if he wants to reach the majors as a 4th/5th OF, pinch-runner type.
Florida Marlins (31)
RHP Natividad Dilone (28 years old, no ML experience)
Natividad has a cool name and a 3.80 career ERA, but that's about it. He's a 28 year old who has never graduated high A ball. He can strike guys out, but only when he can figure out where the ball is going (and with a career BB/9 just under 5, we can tell that it doesn't happen too much). Keep moving, folks.
RHP Jon Fulton (27 years old, no ML experience)
Fulton was drafted in the 3rd round of the 2003 draft out of high school as an infielder. He couldn't hack it as a hitter and switched to pitching in 2008. His first two seasons as a pitcher went well, posting ERA's of 3.04 and 2.42 and FIP's of 2.65 and 2.71 with tons of strikeouts and tons of walks. His third year, 2010, did not go so well, with a declining K rate and poor overall numbers. 2011 is a very important year if Fulton wants to make it; while he has the ability to get guys out, he needs to transform it into a habit of getting guys out, as he can only be a "project" player for so long.
RHP Brian Lawrence (34 years old, 963 IP of ML experience)
I got really excited when the Nats traded Vinny Castilla for Lawrence after the 2005 season. Finally, a starter who can eat innings without getting bombed! Turns out he had a torn labrum and rotator cuff, so his stint in DC effectively never happened. Lawrence is finally looking like the pitcher he was before his injury; his innings total is building back up, his walks are staying down and his strikeouts are starting to rise back into the 6-7 range rather than the 4-5 range. Lawrence could be a real steal out of these minor league free agents; I wouldn't be surprised to see him make a team out of Spring Training.
RHP Tom Mastny (30 years old, 94 IP of ML experience)
If Mastny never pitches another inning in the Majors, he'll still be in the record books; Mastny is the first Indonesian-born player in ML history. I'm sure he'd much rather be in the record books for being an awesome pitcher, but I guess you take what you can get. Mastny's career ML ERA is 6.13, and although his FIP at 4.91 suggests he was unlucky, he still wasn't that good. He pitched decently in AAA this year and will surely keep getting AAA opportunities, but his chances of being a significant ML contributor are pretty low at this point.
RHP Matt Peterson (29 years old, no ML experience)
As another former high draft pick (2nd round-2000 by NYM), Matt Peterson saw his numbers plummet from pretty good with the Mets to awful with the Pirates after his mid-season 2004 trade. He proceeded to move to the bullpen, where he consistently put up decent (albeit generally overachieving) numbers. Peterson has never been much of a strikeout pitcher and his walk totals are pretty lackluster. Generally, I see guys get converted to relief work, put up nice ERA's in AAA and see bright futures for them. Peterson still has a chance to break out at an ML level, but I don't expect it to happen based on his peripherals.
RHP Nic Ungs (31 years old, no ML experience)
Question: If a guy who is great in AAA but can't quite hack the Majors is called an "AAAA" player, what do you call a guy who is great in AA but can't quite hack AAA? Answer: Nic Ungs. Ungs has pretty good career numbers as a whole, generally keeping his BB/9 close to 2 and his K/9 over 6...that is, until he pitches in AAA, where they are closer to 3 and 5, respectively. His chances at ML success are slim unless the Marlins, who he has spent all but one year of career with, decide to throw him a bone with a September call-up. Ungs, if nothing else, has a pretty cool name.
RHP Tim Wood (28 years old, 50 IP of ML experience)
Wood was decent in 2009, posting a 2.95 FIP in AAA and 4.31 in the majors. He regressed in 2010, though, to a 6.06 FIP in AAA and 4.92 in the bigs. He doesn't strike out nearly enough guys (7.4 K/9 in his minors career, 4.7 in ML) to justify his high walk rates (3.8 BB/9 in his minors career, 4.5 in ML). He might get some more ML opportunities, but I wouldn't go expecting another 2.82 ERA like he had in 22 and 1/3 innings in 2009.
LHP Jeff Gogal (28 years old, no ML experience)
Gogal might have turned a corner in 2010. He finally kept his walks low (2.4 BB/9) and strikeouts high (8.3 K/9). Whether or not he keeps it up in 2011 is a different story, but he still needs to show he can handle AAA before he sniffs the Majors.
LHP James Houser (26 years old, 1.1 innings of ML experience)
I really hope Houser gets another shot at the majors; a 20.25 career ERA is just sad. The former 2nd round pick (TB, 2003) has put up decent numbers in AA and below but lackluster ones in AAA. He's still young enough (and a lefty), so he'll get plenty of opportunities, but he still is a while away from being a ML contributor.
LHP Wes Whisler (27 years old, 1.1 innings of ML experience)
Whisler did a little bit better in his 1.1 ML innings, with a 13.50 ERA. Okay, not really. The White Sox' 2004 second round pick has never been a control guy or a strikeout guy, and I don't expect him to be an ML contributor unless he becomes one or the other.
C John Otness (29 years old, no ML experience)
Otness has decent on-base numbers in his minor league career, but has only played 8 games in AAA. Looks like an organizational depth guy at this point, but with 1B/3B/OF experience, he could be a nice AA/AAA piece for a team looking for a vet.
C Neil Wilson (27 years old, no ML experience)
Poor defensive catcher with poor on-base skills and a little pop. Wilson will likely serve as a backup catcher for somebody's AAA squad.
1B Mark Saccomanno (30 years old, 10 games of ML experience)
Saccomanno is an AAAA slugger who can routinely put up 20 homers with a below average eye and a bunch of K's. He had a down year in 2010 but will likely be back to portraying the AAA version of Adam Dunn next year.
2B Wes Long (28 years old, no ML experience)
Long spent three years in the A's organization, never progressing above A ball. After three more years in independent leagues, he resurfaced in 2010 only to fail to progress above A ball again (at the age of 28, no less). He's got speed and the ability to play a handful of positions to his credit, but not a whole lot else.
2B Danny Richar (27 years old, 79 games of ML experience)
It's refreshing to see a familiar face on the list every once in a while. Richar was involved in the Ken Griffey Jr. to the White Sox trade back in 2008 and hasn't done a whole lot since. Lefthanded-hitting middle infielders with a little power are definitely not in great abundance, making it impressive that Richar has kept himself out of the Majors like he has. His minor league numbers point to averageness, but he hasn't translated them to any ML mediocrity. Because of his handedness and tools, he'll keep getting calls, but he needs to make a move this year if he wants to even be a Miguel Cairo-type.
2B Rigoberto Silverio (24 years old, no ML experience)
Silverio has yet to progress past A ball and his numbers don't suggest he has any special tools. Keep moving, nothing to see here.
3B Lee Mitchell (28 years old, no ML experience)
Mitchell has gotten a shot at AAA three years in a row and has failed to do anything with it. His average power and on-base abilities fail to make up for his massive strikeout totals. Mitchell is another one of those guys who can play well in AA but can't hack AAA.
SS Gookie Dawkins (31 years old, 55 games of ML experience)
Reds. Dodgers. Royals. Cubs. Tigers. Pirates. Mariners. Phillies. Royals (again). White Sox. Marlins. Dawkins has played for 1/3 of the organizations in the league and will likely continue to fight until he can make it back to the bigs, where he last played in 2003. The one-top prospect's 2010 numbers in AAA weren't bad at all (.268/.332/.479), but his chances of making it back to the Majors in any significant role are pretty slim.
SS Javier Guzman (28 years old, no ML experience)
Guzman is lucky that we've already discussed Wes Long on this list; otherwise, his failure to figure out AA at the age of 28 would be even more embarrassing. Guzman can't hit for power, field, or get on base, and his speed and contact has faded since his first few years in the minors. The end of the road could be near for Javier.
SS Ryan Klosterman (28 years old, no ML experience)
Klosterman is yet another name on this list that has little success above AA. He used to have decent power and speed, but it looks like those tools have faded. His ability to play 2B, 3B and SS combined with a decent batters eye will keep getting him opportunities, but even utility guys that can get on base have an expiration date.


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LONDON, Sept 16 (Reuters) - European shares edged lower in early trading on Friday and headed for their second straight week of losses, with Deutsche Bank slumping after saying the U.S. government was asking it to pay a huge amount to settle the mortgages case.
Shares in Deutsche Bank fell 6.7 percent, the top decliner in the pan-Europen STOXX 600 index, after Germany's flagship lender said the U.S. Department of Justice was asking it to pay $14 billion to settle an investigation into its selling of mortgage-backed securities.
Royal Bank of Scotland and Credit Suisse fell 4.8 percent and 4.5 percent respectively, pushing the European banking index 1.5 percent lower.
The STOXX Europe 600 index fell 0.1 percent in early trading. The index is down 1.6 percent so far this week, the biggest weekly loss since mid-August, after falling 1.4 percent in the previous week. (Reporting by Atul Prakash, editing by Alistair Smout)


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All month long, Puget SoundCorps members are caring for trees in Puyallup's urban forest in collaboration with DNR's Urban and Community Forestry Program.
Based out of Olympia, the crew assists city staff to care for trees through structural pruning to keep trees strong and sound and mulching to reduce competition from weeds.
Crew Supervisor Geoff Baran and Assistant Crew Supervisor Greg Dunbar oversee the hard work of Meg Brennan, Travis Johnsey, and Kasey Lambert. Crewmembers have been trained in proper pruning techniques and correct tree installation and care as part of their Puget SoundCorps training.
Pruning Puyallup's street trees will pay off in the long run: trees with good structure are stronger and better able to weather the winter storms that pass through our area each year. Providing good care to young trees also reduces future maintenance costs.
Recently, these crewmembers received thanks and accolades from Governor Jay Inslee for their hard work removing invasive species from natural forested areas on the Washington State Capitol Campus. Their work will help boost the benefits of a healthy forest habitat surrounding campus.
DNR's Urban and Community Forestry Program works with communities throughout Washington State to help them grow a bounty of healthy, beautiful trees that make our cities and towns wonderful places to live, work and play. Funding for this Puget SoundCorps crews comes from the 2012 Jobs Now Act.
About the Puget Sound Corps
The Puget SoundCorps Program creates jobs while cleaning up state-owned aquatic lands and uplands across the 12-county area that makes up the Puget Sound basin.
SoundCorps members are young adults (18 to 25 years old) and military veterans who are serving a year of service as AmeriCorps members. Age restrictions may be waived for military veterans.
Puget SoundCorps is part of the broader Washington Conservation Corps program administered by Washington Department of Ecology in partnership with the Washington State Department of Natural Resources. The Washington Conservation Corps is supported through grant funding and Education Awards provided by AmeriCorps.
For more information about the Puget SoundCorps Program, visit: www.ecy.wa.gov/wcc/psc.html
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NEW YORK (Jan. 9, 2009) -- The high-scoring NHL sophomore class, led by Nicklas Backstrom of the Washington Capitals, Bryan Little of the Atlanta Thrashers and Devin Setoguchi of the San Jose Sharks, will face rookie goaltending phenom Steve Mason of the Columbus Blue Jackets and other top first-year players in a non-stop, wide-open game of three-on-three in the NHL YoungStars
Game presented by Upper Deck, Saturday, Jan. 24 at Montreal's Bell Centre.
Showcasing the best of the League's young talent, the 10-player sophomore and rookie teams will face off as part of the 2009 Honda/NHL SuperSkills (7 p.m., ET, CBC, RDS, VERSUS). This marks the sixth consecutive YoungStars Game at All-Star Weekend and the first under the sophomores vs. rookies format.
The rookies will have to contend with a sophomore offense that features 2007-08 Calder Trophy runner-up Backstrom, who ranks second on the Capitals and 11th in NHL scoring with 45 points (12 goals, 33 assists); Little, who leads the Thrashers with 19 goals; and Setoguchi, who ranks second among Sharks in goals (18). Completing the talented sophomore lineup is 2008 YoungStars Game MVP Brandon Dubinsky of the New York Rangers, Milan Lucic of the Boston Bruins, Andrew Cogliano of the Edmonton Oilers and Mason Raymond of the Vancouver Canucks.
The sophomore defensemen are Kris Letang of the Pittsburgh Penguins and Marc Staal of the New York Rangers, each of whom competed as rookies in last year's YoungStars Game in Atlanta. The goaltender is Erik Ersberg of the Los Angeles Kings, the 26-year-old Sala, Sweden native who was not selected in his draft-eligibility years, signed as a free agent with the Kings in May, 2007 and has gone on to win a full-time place with the club.
The rookies will be backstopped by Mason, who has captured NHL Rookie of the Month honors for each of the past two months. He capped his December performance by posting a franchise-record three consecutive shutouts, becoming the first rookie netminder to do so since Detroit's Glenn Hall in 1955-56. Mason enters tonight's game at Washington with a 13-9-1 record, leads the League in goal-against average (1.82) and save percentage (.934), and is tied for the lead in shutouts (five)
Mason's defense pair are both top-five 2008 Entry Draft selections, 19-year-olds Drew Doughty of the Los Angeles Kings and Luke Schenn of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Doughty, picked second overall, and Schenn, who went fifth, rank 1-2 among rookies in average ice time per game at 23:54 and 21:05, respectively.
The rookie offense will be led by three co-leaders in the rookie goal-scoring race with 13, Blake Wheeler of the Boston Bruins, Kris Versteeg of the Chicago Blackhawks and James Neal of the Dallas Stars. Rounding out the lineup is 2008 Entry Draft first overall selection Steven Stamkos of the Tampa Bay Lightning, Michael Frolik of the Florida Panthers, Mikkel Boedker of the Phoenix Coyotes and Patrik Berglund of the St. Louis Blues.
YoungStars players were selected by the NHL's Hockey Operations Department and the NHL Players' Association. in consultation with League General Managers."
The full press release can also be found here: http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=403157
*Photo credit for the above goes out to the folks at bostonbruins.com as well!
Sunday, January 11, 2009
B's NewsBlast! - Looch & Wheels are NHL All Game Weekend Bound as they're named to "YoungStars" Game!
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Just two more days and the month-long celebration of the TV Western (with the accent on James Michener's 'Centennial') will be over. And yet there were so many characters I never got around to featuring in the As Seen On TV showcase, including some pretty important figures.
Here's a list of the major 'Centennial' characters whom I will cover at a later date:
- Levi Zendt
- Elly Zahm Zendt
- Morgan Wendell
- Hans "Potato" Brumbaugh
- Clay Basket
- Herman Bockweiss
- Lise Bockweiss
- Earl & Alice Grebe
Just over a week's worth of characters there! (And the Grebes should make for a good "Two for Tuesday".)
You may have noticed that I did not include Charlotte Buckland Seccombe Lloyd in that list, nor was she covered during the month. That's because the great lady of the Plains got quite the showcase on May 9, 2010. Sadly, the reason for that was because the actress who played her, Lynn Redgrave, passed away.
You can read that tribute here.


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As an Historian who is also Gay I have no interest in 'Gay History' and I honesty do not care about it and doubt I ever will. There are many figures in history that I have great interest in, I like looking at how people reacted to them, what they did, how they did it, why they did it, and how their actions fit in to the bigger picture. I know some of these characters are at least bisexual and a few have homo-erotic rumours surrounding them but I do not really care about that because their sexuality never affected the course of history.
I know there have been some characters in history that have changed the course of events through their sexuality; however I still don't understand how this would categorise under 'Gay History'. To me History is about a number of different events happening through time which shape and mould the world we live in, with these events centred on common themes, people, countries and ideas. I fail to see a number of characters spanning thousands of years all transform into one solid timeline under the banner of 'Gay History'.
Moving on to a more modern timeline and the battle for 'Gay Rights', this is a more consistent timeline, with common themes and ideas. It spans across all countries of the globe and includes people of all race and gender. So under my above definition of History this all fits in with a banner of 'Gay History'. Well for everyone else it might do but for me it does not. Another thing which I believe makes History what it is, is the personal, emotional and physical contact with the events happening in the past. Growing up in Ireland I can appreciate Irish History as it affected my ancestors and the country which I was eventually born into. While I can also appreciate Russian History because I can see the rise and fall of different political ideologies and how they effected the world and not only shaped modern day Russia but also the world we all live in today. But I just do not have this same connection to 'Gay Rights'.
Do not get me wrong, I appreciate that I live in a society where people in the past have fought to gain the freedoms I have to marry and to adopt and recognise that this fight is still raging on elsewhere in the world, but I do not feel connected to the characters who fought and are still fighting for it. Being gay means one thing to me; it means who I am going to fall in love with and want to spend the rest of my life with. End of. Being Irish does not affect my personality, my music taste, my voice, my political opinion, my fashion, my favourite colour, my favourite films, the books I like to read, or even what type of person I am. All of these things are to do with me, not my sexuality. So if my sexuality is something which defines nothing but the gender of the person I am going to fall in love with then why should feel connected to those who have these similar feelings?
The feel emotionally connected to anyone, I have to share the same sort of interests as them; what type of music we like, what political opinion we have, our favourite type of movies, and the list is endless because it is these types of things that form bonds, interests, friendships and even romances. Sexuality is not important to me in a person, and it shouldn't matter to anyone. Once we stop labelling people on their sexuality and start seeing them for the person they really are, then, and only then, will we all truly be equal.
I have been to two meetings of my University's LGBT society, the first one of my first year and the first one of my second year. I have gone down and talked to a few people and I have found that I do not have a single thing in common with any of them so I have never gone back. Why should a common sexuality form a friendship? It shouldn't. If I have a common sexuality with someone then all we could talk about was what type of men we both fancied and comment on that and only that unless we had other common interests such as music, or literature or humour. Only then can emotional attachments begin to form between two people. The gay community have a huge issue with people saying to them 'I have a friend who lives near me, he is gay, do you think you know him' like there is some of 'Gay Network' like we are all connected because of our sexuality. In fact many gay people get really angry about this and claim it to be offensive, arrogant, and homophobic on the part of their friend. Well this is exactly the same thing when it comes to 'Gay History' for me. Why should I know or care about people in the past because of a shared sexuality?
I can understand why people feel emotionally connected to individuals around the world who are fight for gay rights, but I don't. Yes what they are doing might affect me in certain ways, but it will be affecting me as an individual not as part of a wider community. I am not part of a 'Gay Community' my sexuality does not make me a member of community spread throughout the entire globe just because all enjoy the sensation of having a penis in our ass. To be part of a community it needs to be much more than a shared physical pleasure it needs to be emotional. Yes we are all going to fall in love with the same gender, but that is a shared emotional feeling towards an individual not a community. I would say I am part of a 'Conservative Community'. A community that has a shared belief in how the world should work and run and that is the emotional connection needed to create a community, a shared sense of beliefs.
If there was no more 'equality laws' passed in the United Kingdom I would die having lived my life to the fullest and would die a happy man. If more are passed then that is fine by me. I believe that I am an equal citizen under the eyes of British law. I am part of a wider scale British Community interested in British History (who just happens to also be gay).
I am not part of an LGBT Community, I have no interest in 'Gay History' and unless I have the same common thoughts and ideas about life as someone else then I will have no emotional connection to them. If I ever became the 'First Gay Prime Minister of the United Kingdom' I do not want it to go down in 'Gay History' because it will not be a breakthrough in equality I will just be another man living inside Number 10 Downing Street but this time with another man by my side. I do however hope that I do down in British History as one of the Greats who shaped this country for the better.


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* Q2 EPS C$0.92 vs C$0.77 year ago
* Revenue 1 pct higher at C$2.4 billion
* Trims 2010 revenue forecast
* Stock down 0.8 pct at C$41.20 on TSX (Adds CFO, analyst comments, updates stock price)
By Susan Taylor
OTTAWA, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Telus Corp (T.TO) posted a 21 percent jump in quarterly profit on Friday, boosted by big gains in its wireless division and sharply lower restructuring costs and capital spending.
Canada's second-largest phone company said it added more wireless subscribers than rivals Rogers Communications (RCIb.TO) and BCE (BCE.TO), but faced tough times in its wireline unit, where revenue fell 4 percent on competitive and economic pressures.
To reflect those difficulties, Telus trimmed its 2010 consolidated revenue forecast by 1-1.5 percent and cut its wireline revenue estimate by 2-3 percent. The Vancouver-based company affirmed the rest of its full-year estimates.
"Telus reported strong second-quarter results, exhibiting strength in wireless ... slightly offset by softer wireline margins," BMO Capital Markets analyst Peter Rhamey said in a note. "All-in, it was a solid quarter with headline earnings per share particularly positive."
The company said quarterly wireless unit revenue grew by 6.2 percent to C$1.2 billion ($1.17 billion) as it added 124,000 wireless subscribers in the quarter.
The average monthly revenue per user fell 1.9 percent to C$57.47, but that was a smaller decrease than analysts had expected.
Unlike its rivals, which are offering new discount wireless plans to combat new entrants in the market, Telus said it has no need to respond, because its results are improving.
"Rogers clearly is being more reactive and maybe Bell is being reactive to Rogers, but we're going to take more of a wait-and-see attitude," Chief Financial Officer Robert McFarlane said in an interview.
Telus is now seeing a payoff from its investment last year in a high-speed network that now supports devices like the iPhone, he said.
"The good news for us is that while maybe the job isn't complete, we're well down the road, and starting to see the benefit of those investments," McFarlane said.
"Competition has been tough, but we're better positioned now than we've ever been in the past."
Telus said it added 109,000 higher-value postpaid wireless subscribers and that smartphone users now represent 25 percent of postpaid subscribers, up from 16 percent a year ago.
Wireline division revenue fell by 4.1 percent to C$1.2 billion, reflecting declines in traditional local and long-distance revenue, Telus said.
Data revenue grew 5.1 percent and Telus TV added 29,000 subscribers for a total customer base of 228,000
The company said consolidated net profit rose to C$296 million, or 92 Canadian cents a share, in the second quarter, from C$244 million, or 77 Canadian cents a share, a year earlier.
Excluding tax-related adjustments, Telus said earnings rose to 89 Canadian cents a share from 77 Canadian cents.
Revenue rose 1 percent to C$2.4 billion.
On average, analysts had expected earnings of 77 Canadian cents and revenue of C$2.4 billion, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
"Overall, we continue to look for a better entry point, given the considerable share price appreciation experienced year-to-date and with the valuation gap discount with BCE having dissipated," Desjardins Securities analyst Maher Yagi said in a note.
Telus shares, which have climbed about 19 percent so far this year, ended down 33 Canadian cents at C$41.20 on the Toronto Stock Exchange on Friday.
$1=$1.03 Canadian Reporting by Susan Taylor; editing by Rob Wilson


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I've tried making afternoon tea* a number of times over the years, and have reached this conclusion: if you're actually cooking the things yourself, the more frequently you do it, the easier it gets. This is because you need a decent variety of items, which means baking an awful lot of different things from scratch. If you make it regularly, you can stick some things like scones (frozen baked) and pastry cases for tarts (frozen before cooking) in the freezer for next time, which reduces the work considerably. If you don't make it regularly, it can feel like a lot of work and a bit wasteful, though if you're very greedy, like Mr Robot and myself, you'll settle for eating a whole cake, a whole batch of scones, or all of whatever other baked goods you make.
This afternoon tea came about because Great British Bake-Off is on telly again and in Cake Week everyone had to make madeira cake for the signature challenge. It struck me that I had never made madeira cake, so decided to give it a go. Cake making is an 'interesting' thing in the House of Robots because all the temperature indicators have rubbed off our oven dial, and our oven thermometer has broken, so I simply have to guess what the temperature is. Anyway, my lemon one worked well, and had a decent crack along the top, which the Bake-Off judges insisted was essential. Perhaps it's because I used a recipe from an old volume of Beeton; I doubt she could control her oven to within 10 degrees either.
At the same time, I had a yearning for something baked and cheesy. It could have been cheese scones, but I decided to make Dorchester biscuits, a recipe from Mary Berry's Ultimate Cake Book. Basically butter, flour, cheese and nuts, they're the very antithesis of the current 'clean eating' trend and for that reason alone are well worth your time making. Dirty, dirty biscuits! Best eaten with an expression of utter bliss while sitting opposite someone who's bored you rigid with tales of quinoa and kale salads, I reckon. They're incredibly simple, and very addictive. No type of nut is specified, though I like peanuts with cheddar. If I'd used stilton – Berry recommends cheddar, but experimentation is a good thing – I'd prefer walnuts.
In a piece of truly awful planning, I didn't realise we'd all but run out of bread until I'd started making sandwiches (ham and chutney), so filled in the gaps with tomatoes cut in a waterlily shape, then filled with coils of ham and mayonnaise rosettes piped on top, and savoury eggs. I hardboiled the eggs, chopped them in half, removed the yolks, mashed the yolks with more mayonnaise and a bit of curry powder, then piped it all back into the eggs. Quel faff, as Holly Golightly might've said. They did taste nice, though. I put the whole lot on vintage pressed glass cake stands**. Job done.
And after all that baking and work, we demolished the whole lot in about 20 minutes. Maybe I'll have another go in about six months...
*We all know the difference between afternoon tea and high tea, don't we? The latter is a rustic meal, usually with a substantial hot element – the sort of thing the Famous Five seemed able to drop in and enjoy at random farmhouses. If it's a dainty affair, it's afternoon tea. 'High' refers to the time it was eaten; afternoon tea is the earlier meal, enjoyed by fine ladies in drawing rooms, whereas high tea would be had later and was the early evening meal rural workers would have when they came in from the field. People seem to confuse the two nowadays and it sends me into a ranty rage, it really does. British people, know your culture! Non-British people, stop dicking around with my culture!
** You can get these absurdly cheap in charity shops. My tall one cost £3.