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Vicky and I made 32+ quarts!
It was amazing how all the different varieties of apples changed the color of the sauce from batch to batch. This last picture is kind of bad but it shows the variation really well. Cool!
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I recently finished a small summer art class with some awesome kids and tomorrow marks the unveiling of a play we made together! It is called "MISSING!" and it will be performed for a small audience.
The play opens with three mystery-solving friends finding out that some of their friends and family have gone missing! With the help of some talking dolphins, they discover a villain and a machine that turns people into other people's worst fears! Will they be able to stop the villain before it's too late?
Here are some images from the program, with artwork courtesy of Willow and Gwen.
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Monday, October 10, 2011
picture time!
I have one photo of the piece from the show in Richmond. It's nice, but it doesn't show the colors really well and you can't see the fancy shelf. But until I find another, here it is!
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Sunday, October 9, 2011
I finished a canned food color spectrum for an art show in Richmond that opened on Friday. It sits on a fancy shelf and includes a jar of blue cabbage juice! Finally all of Roy G. Biv is represented. I will post a picture of it soon. I also made it to Richmond yesterday to present a workshop with Victoria at the Richmond Zine Fest! It was well attended and super fun. Hope to make it back to Richmond soon.
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The target on Anderson County's back just got much bigger.
When the first major statewide girls' basketball poll came out Friday, Anderson was at the top of the Courier-Journal rankings. The Lady Bearcats were a solid, but not overwhelming, choice as the top team in Kentucky in a vote of the state's coaches.
Anderson garnered 39 first-place votes, well ahead of second-ranked Elizabethtown, which picked up 15. Anderson defeated E-town last December in the Franklin County tournament.
Psssssst. Did you know Anderson County has a really good football team?
In case you missed it, and from the looks of the crowds at Hollie Warford Stadium the last three weeks, there is a chance you might have, the Bearcats have put together an impressive run of resilience to earn its second Class 5A, Region 3 football championship in the last three years.
It just so happens those are also the only regional football championships in school history.
C.J. Penny was literally the chairman of the boards Saturday. The Anderson County High School graduate pulled down 25 rebounds to set a new single-game mark at Asbury University.
Penny snared 25 of his team's 44 boards to eclipse the old mark of 24, set by Art McMahon in 1998, according to a news release.
Penny also scored 15 points as the Eagles defeated Virginia-Lynchburg, 81-64.
It was not an easy decision for David Lannum to leave his hometown to coach wrestling at Anderson County High School.
"It was very tough," the new Mat Cat coach said last week. "I was born and raised in Danville. I wrestled in Danville. My son has wrestled on the varsity level at Danville since the seventh grade. He's a senior at Danville (High School) this year."
Anderson County was not going to let this one slip through its hands.
The Bearcats scored with 3:02 to play, then intercepted two Franklin County passes in the final three minutes to defeat the Flyers, 31-28, in the Class 5A, Region 3 football championship game Friday night on a muddy field at Anderson County's Hollie Warford Stadium.
The game-winner came when Zachary Carmichael sneaked into the end zone from two yards out. Carmichael then hit Ross Cox for the two-point conversion to set the final score.
It took three years, but finally, it has happened.
When the Kentucky High School Athletic Association realigned football in time for the 2011 season, many fans and media alike were looking forward to those Anderson County-Franklin County showdowns for the Region 3 championship.
We're at third and long. That's the third round of the state high school football playoff season and a long way to go to get to the fourth step of a five-step journey to a state championship.
Friday night, it's for all the regional marbles. It is probably the most anticipated game at Anderson since the Bearcats hosted Southwestern in the 2011 state semi-finals. That one came after the Bearcats had defeated Conner for the regional title.
It was the tandem that an increasing number of central Kentucky football fans would love to see over the next four years.
Barker to Cox, helping the Kentucky Wildcats climb up the Southeastern Conference ladder.
Last Friday, however, the combination was good news only for Ross Cox and his Anderson County teammates.
The media contingent that descended on Anderson County Friday night was a bit more than usual, even for a playoff football game.
The reason, of course, was a chance to see Conner quarterback Drew Barker, who has committed to the University of Kentucky and is considered one of the Top 10 quarterback prospects in the nation.
Anderson's defense pressured Barker enough that he completed just 6-of-23 passes. However, several on-the-mark passes fell through his receivers' hands.
It's basketball time again at The Christian Academy of Lawrenceburg where the Rams started out their 2013-2014 Varsity campaign with a real treat on Oct. 31.
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The Fine Art of Questioning Bush
If you had one question to ask Bush, what would it be? I had pondered this question and was glad to see this article on how the reporters do it. Ideally, you need a question where no matter how he answers it, it tells you something. If he answers yes it means something, if he answers no it means something and if he won't answer it it means something.
CNN's John King said a rookie mistake is to ask convoluted questions, allowing Bush to answer only the part he wants to.Excellent question. If he answers yes, he upsets the evangelicals, no he gets the Muslims madder at us (if that is possible) and deferring the question makes him look weak.
Every now and then, though, the press has its day. The master is John Dickerson of Time magazine, who has knocked Bush off script so many times that colleagues have coined a term for cleverly worded, seemingly harmless, but incisive questions: "Dickersonian."
He once asked Bush whether Muslims worship the same Almighty as Christians. (Bush said they did, prompting a stir among evangelicals.)
In April, Dickerson asked one of the most famous questions of Bush's presidency: "In the last campaign, you were asked a question about the biggest mistake you'd made in your life, and you used to like to joke that it was trading Sammy Sosa. You've looked back before 9/11 for what mistakes might have been made. After 9/11, what would your biggest mistake be, would you say, and what lessons have you learned from it?"Another great question. Bush went for the defer option and looked like a man who couldn't admit a mistake. Had he answered yes, he would have had to admit a mistake, and had he said no he would have looked even worse.
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Sunday, May 30, 2010
Wonton Mee from Canton-i, Singapore
This Cantonese chain from Malaysia with the funny sounding name at the top of ION Orchard never really got me excited before (2 Orchard Turn #03-14, 6509-8368). But last night when flipping through the menu outside, it looked like the wonton mee might be a worthy contender to my favorite Mak's in Hong Kong...as depicted in their professionally-produced menu, anyway. I thus came by this morning to see how it would fare.
It was better than I thought it would be, particularly the wontons, whose firm fresh shrimp were pleasantly fragrant...and much better than Noodle Place over at Centrepoint. The noodles were also satisfyingly firm enough for me to get a second bowl. I would still much rather go to Mak's if I could, but this is probably the closest thing I've found without having to head up to HK. Next time I should try the dry version to see if they do the shrimp egg thing here.
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- ice said...
Try Imperial Treasure Noodle & Congee House at basement 3 ION. They do the dry noodles with shrimp roe.
- May 30, 2010 3:46 PM
- terri@adailyobsession said...
hongkongers will tell you that mak's for tourists and jim's for locals. try jim jai kei next time you're in hong kong.
- June 08, 2010 6:41 PM
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011
The EPBF Strikes Back
Okay, there's more to it than that. There's also an international ranking system, take that, APPA, based (sorta) on the model of tennis. (Yes, I know. But they're European. I thought you understood that part.) Complete with Grand Slam events, Masters events & a few others with big numbers. I confess however to being slightly confused. You see, a lot of the numbers (teams will be assigned based on where they finish) overlap. For example, the second division at a Grand Slam maxes out at 1000 points for the winner. I take that second division to be the equivalent of the Millennium's SPL--largely 'cus all but one of the Grand Slam events is a Millennium event. But then the top division of a Masters event maxes at 1000 points too. That makes them equivalent, right? But are they really? And look, the way the points overlap the back half of the CPL teams, for example, will be well behind the top SPL teams, or whatever they choose to call the divisions in an EPBF future. If I really cared how this was supposed to work I might have tried to figure it out. Since I don't I'ma give the EPBF the benefit of the doubt and assume it actually makes sense even if, at a cursory glance, it doesn't appear to. (Yes, I know they're European. I'm the one who brought it up in the first place!)
Perhaps more impressively the EPBF have strong-armed a number of different paintball leagues into joining and EPBF future. In the case of the Grand Tour--remember them?--all it took was to give them one Grand Slam and consider the rest of their circuit Masters events. If that doesn't help the league pull more than their usual 20-25 teams then nothing short of free play will accomplish that miracle. Beyond that the EPBF has signed up a list of some of the major national level tournament series. Although "signed up" may not tell the whole story. Let's just say it wouldn't surprise me if a few horse's heads didn't show up in a few beds.
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If I'm not mistaken the ultimate goal of the EPBF and the APPBF etc. was to unite all major paintball leagues and countries under the UPBF - which would be the FIFA of paintball, responsible for a single worldwide format and able to put on an actual World Cup rather than the so called "World Cup" or four we currently have. Having a united international federation would mean the potential for paintball to become an olympic sport. Whether you do or don't like that idea, it would certainly add legitimacy.
I believe the PSP were onboard with the UPBF at one stage and may still be, though the NPPL weren't at the time and seemed to think they should be solely in charge of world paintball (and stated as much at one point on the nation).
While the idea of a proper World Cup and international governing body might seem unnecessary to you in the US where you've got all the paintball you want, for the rest of the world it would be great to be able to field an actual national team against other actual national teams. Because the sport would have a true federation, here in NZ we'd be able to apply for government funding for a national team - something that we can't currently do. As it stands paintball is not organised enough to be considered a legitimate sport by our government or the IOC for that matter.
So ah... yeah. That's what the EPBF is all about. You in the US may not care but the rest of us do. I for one support the idea.
- June 30, 2011 at 3:03 AM
So thats one guy. Who else is on board?
- June 30, 2011 at 2:21 PM
No one? EPBF leaders = Millennium Board.
Same names, same agenda. EPBF is just used to strengthen the grip of Millennium owners over tournament scene in europe and thus, continue their "we don't publish rulebooks" / "customers are wrong" / "if you complain about the series, you are against paintball" attitude these people have.
EPBF is used to to make controversial changes in MS to appeared have "FIFAs" support, hence directly players support and all suggestions / complaints about actually improving the series can be nullified.
In short, on grass roots level, everyone thinks EPBF is a joke, but it sure looks good on the cabinets. I just hope year 2012 will be as disasterous to MS as 2009-2011 was.
Less teams, less money, hopefully, less bullshit as they are forced to die or listen to customers. Listening to customers, is something that is unheard off in europe anyway..
- June 30, 2011 at 5:45 PM
It's funny, both Apple and Facebook are run on the principle that the customer is almost *never* right. They seem to be doing pretty well! We'll see how the Millenium etc. end up in a few years, but I wouldn't be surprised if they do ok.
- July 1, 2011 at 2:17 AM
Unless I missed something, it looks like this just ranks teams, not players, so looks like they still fail at anything APPA does.
The do seem to have gotten a whole continent to agree on one damned format though, which is an accomplishment.
- July 1, 2011 at 3:46 PM
I agree with Rob. Most countries in Asia still regard the paintball marker as a weapon/firearm, thus restricting the growth of the sport and industry. We need a World Federation that IOC recognises before our governments would ever think of paintball as a sport.
- July 4, 2011 at 12:40 AM
Very surprised by some comments from people which never travel outside US!
No doubt today, Millennium is by far the best series in the world in many ways. Organization, scheduling, atmosphere, reefing... (i am not even speaking about how cheap is the Millennium entry fee compare to the states)
Funny that no one see the work achieved by the millennium in most European countries. Do you American realize how strong is tournament paintball today in Europe! Just try to figure out how many European teams are competing today all over Europe and how many professional paintball sites are existing!
Do you even know that the EPBF and others confederations like the APPBF have been created to bring the sport to the Olympic games!
Do you even know that Paintball is going to be part of the World Games?
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Games ).
Already in 2009, Paintball was part as of the world Games in Kaohsiung as performances sports ( For your knowledge, Germany won the title ).
According to me EPBF for sure will be successful and will drive the future of Paintball.
By the way, even if some Millennium Board Members are among the executive committee, most of the members are president of Federations.
Just to finish. The EPBF president which has been elected is Laurent Hamet and for your knowledge he did in the last 15 years more things for Tournament Paintball than anybody in the Paintball world by just creating:
Quality events (Toulouse World cup in 1992 which became quickly a worldwide standard ).
7 man format
The millennium series
Xball light (race 2 format). He wrote the rules.
and now the EPBF and UPBF.
Watch out! A new era in Paintball is coming!
- July 5, 2011 at 8:26 AM
Hey Laurent, nice to see you on here.
- July 5, 2011 at 8:55 AM
Yes we are Europeans. And we consist of many countries/ nations/ standards/ leagues/ events. And the difference between us is not like between Texas and Wisconsin. For north Americans mentality that maybe difficult to understand, so let just acknowledge the fact, that something positive is going on in Europe that will have also very positive result for your country as well.
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I love this guy, he's my best friend, a wonderful Hubby, great Dad and my biggest supporter. He's joined me on my sewing journey 9 years ago and has never looked back. He's watched me make the prettiest and not so prettiest garments. He's helped me those late sewing nights as I struggled to meet a deadline. And he's always encouraged me to keep going even when I was so close to giving up (more times than I can count). Because of him I don't even have to sneak fabric into the house. He just turns a blind eye, allowing me to do what I need to do. He critiques my garments and offers good advice. Now some things have changed over the years. He's not likely to be caught dead in any Jo-Ann's--- not unless it's on fire and he's got to go in and rescue me LOL!!!!
So I thought I'd get cute for his birthday. You know do a little something, something (wink, wink). As I mentioned in yesterday's post, I found some really cute-bright-colored legging fabric from Jo-Ann's. I just knew it would make a cute pair of leggings. The fabric feels great to wear and has just the right amount of thickness. Because the leggings are so bright in color I needed to pair them with the right top. Unfortunately I didn't have anything in my closet that would go really well with this so whipped up this cute little top. I'm learning to never underestimate the power of a cute, simple little top in the right fabric. It can really go the distance. And that's that---a quick and cute outfit for my Hubby's bday. He absolutely loved it, especially the top. We went out to dinner and had a great time. I've already reviewed the leggings pattern HERE. Here's the review for the top.......
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The Princeton Review recently reported its sixth annual "Green Ratings" of colleges, a measure of how environmentally friendly many colleges and universities are on a scale of 60 to 99. 832 institutions were tallied a rating based on the Princeton Review's institutional surveys of colleges in 2012-13 concerning their environmentally related practices, policies, and academic offerings. UC Santa Cruz, who has received this honor many years in a row, received a score of 99 this year, the highest possible score, along with 22 other colleges including UC Los Angeles, UC Santa Barbara, and UC Irvine! Congratulations, Banana Slugs!
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Colleen and Rob had a beautiful morning ceremony at Saint Anslem Abby in Manchester. Both Colleen and Rob are in the military, Colleen recently went from active duty to a reserve in the Army and Rob is active duty in the Air force. The vast majority of their wedding planning was done from quite a distance away and they managed to pull off a fantastic day!
Rob's wedding gift to Colleen ... so beautiful!
Can you believe this girl can shoot an M-16? :-)
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Air Quality Forecast and Caution
Due to regional wildfire smoke, the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is extending an Air Quality Forecast and Caution to notify residents of Latah County (off the Nez Perce Reservation) of degraded air quality. Air quality is currently in the MODERATE category and is forecast to remain in the MODERATE category for the next day. Please note that some areas may experience hours of elevated smoke levels and move into the Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups category. The pollutant of concern is Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5). The Air Quality Forecast and Caution for Clearwater, Idaho, Lewis, and Nez Perce counties has been lifted.
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There's been consternation at Hotwire over the past week with the imminent launch of the UK's latest tech agency Babel PR, which has been launched just two weeks after the departure of Director Narelle Morrison.
Founded with fellow Hotwire Director Ian Hood and European Business Development Director, Alexia Sciplino, who have both left in the last two months, the fear is whether there are yet more members of the Hotwire top brass about to jump ship.
There's some suggestion that Babel is 'pioneering' the virtual agency model (aka they can't afford an office), so perhaps Hotwire shouldn't be so worried. However the Babel website says its address is 1 Quality Court, Chancery Lane. Let's hope so, as that way it can be referred to as the Tower of Babel.
Anyway, the word on the street is that at least one of the Babel founders is engaged in a bitter legal wrangle with Hotwire, so the only people who are going to get rich from Babel in the near future are the lawyers.
As a by the way, on the Babel thing, Wikipedia assures us that the Tower of Babel was a tower built by a united humanity to reach the heavens. Because man had it in his heart to be like God, God stopped this project by confusing their languages so that each spoke a different language. As a result, they could no longer communicate with one another and the work was halted. Which doesn't sound like something a PR company should endorse.
So we assume the agency name comes from the Babel Fish of Douglas Adams' imagination, in which case it's just a bit geeky. A theory backed up by the three founders' individual emoticons on Babel's About page.
Anyway people, best of luck.
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you can understand why Hotwire might be a bit upset.....my guess is a lot of those client logos which appear on Babel's site might actually belong somewhere else...
- 10:04 pm
So Hotwire puts itself up for sale and then when the sale doesn't happen (priced too high?) so the senior folk leave? Or was it that the senior folk learned about the possibility of being sold and thought I may as well get out now as work for Martin Sorrell. Either way it looks like Hotwire is going to remain independent ... like Firefly.
- 11:38 pm
- Babel said...
It's always nice to get a little free publicity when you launch a new venture but it's probably worth clearing up one or two points:
- there's nothing "virtual" about Babel. The address quoted is correct and anyone is welcome to visit us (I'm told that in the heat we've been having recently our air conditioned offices are not unpleasant).
- nobody at Babel is involved in a legal wrangle with Hotwire (bitter or otherwise). In fact we received a very pleasant message of congratulations from Hotwire's founder, Kristin Syltevik only yesterday.
- you can read too much into a name. It might be that we just like it :-)
- whoops, used one of those "geeky" emoticons. Can I assure the readers that there's very little geeky about Babel. When Mrs Hood starts using smileys (that's what we non-geeks call them) in her emails, it's safe to assume they've gone mainstream ;-) (whoops, there's another one)
- thanks for your best wishes
Ian Hood
Founding Director of the non-geeky babel PR
- 9:10 am
"...three of the UK's most experienced technology PR specialists..." - not judging the experience page and some of the munting clients these guys have worked on.
"...provides services to companies of all sizes..." - means they're desparate to work with anyone.
And as for the noddy post about 3GSM on the babel blog...
- 9:21 am
"- you can read too much into a name. It might be that we just like it :-)"
True - seems you're not the only ones either:
- 11:18 am
'Nowt wrong with being geeky!
- 11:32 am
"In fact we received a very pleasant message of congratulations from Hotwire's founder, Kristin Syltevik only yesterday."
sounds like you have her 'full support'. where have I heard that before...?
- 11:39 am
That 3GSM posting is genius! These guys could charge a fortune for such insight into how an exhibition works, but they're giving it away for free. Wow. Will they also be providing tutorials showing grandmothers how to suck eggs?
I thought it was an inexcusable attempt to win a mobile client...but with all that experience surely they won't need to resort to such cheap tactics to bring one in. Sounds like they're queuing up.
I also thought it was the usual 'here's a load of clients who our last 5 agencies worked for, a bit, and we answered the phone to one of them once so we thought we could put them on our client list'...but then again would anyone really shout about working for NTHell?
- 6:03 pm
Another one! Won't be long til everyone has worked for everyone. Look at most agency sites - logo-tastic. Ask this lot (www.3-monkeys.co.uk) about the vast experience on their impressive client list...
And while you're at it ask them how much they sold that 'successful PR agency' for. Put it this way, the Pound Saver Menu at the Golden Arches came into its own on that triumphant day of the celebratory lunch...for one of the happy ladies anyhow.
- 6:19 pm
Babel Fish or BF for short. Lot's of BF but no BS. I can just see the tagline...
- 6:49 pm
ok, so Babel is a very silly name...but look on the bright side - they could have named it 'Hood Morrison Sciplino' - at which point I would have declared open season on them...
- 9:31 pm
- ....the world's leading.... said...
Many thanks to Ian and Babel for clarifing the original post.
You seem to have come in for a bit of stick on the comments, so we'll just reiterate that we wish you luck with the new venture.
- 10:23 pm
I think we are all missing a trick here. Think about it, Hotwire has got to the size where it must be encountering serious client conflicts and is in need of a sister agency. It seems odd that Babel has appeared so quickly and is so well funded and by the founders own words 'welcomed' by the founder of Hotwire. I think we will soon find that both agencies have more in common than just staff...
- 12:53 am
Given that only one Babel employee has apparently spoken to a journalist in the last 18 months it's going to be intersting to see how many briefings they are going to get at 3GSM. Though media relations is hardly a priority when you have no clients. Oh, well we can but wish them well, after all change is good.
- 1:00 am
- figgis said...
Babel Fish - I wish you the best of luck, setting up is lots of fun bar the far too much hard work. But its a hell of a lot better to give it a go than sit on the sidlines working for the man.
- 8:39 am
"But its a hell of a lot better to give it a go than sit on the sidlines working for the man."
or in this case, 'the woman'. fair point though...
- 11:05 am
- figgis said...
aha - a very fair point mr anon... apologies :)
- 12:19 pm
The Babel boys and girls continue to dig that hole...I went there expecting to see that 3GSM post mysteriously removed, but no it is still there.
It gets better - they are now claiming huge success for their launch based on their web stats...half of the UK PR agencies popped by apparently...do they not realise we were all trying to find out if the 3GSM nonsense post was true!?
AND NOW...they've put up some 'PR by Numbers' story about how effective surveys are, written by the cleaner it seems.
Tune in next week when Babel shares more expert insight for the Newsround crowd.
- 4:02 pm
their blog is odd, right enough. Aside from their dubious estimate of two grand for a national survey (surely some mistake?), their story about the Babel launch makes much of the fact that they have now been approached by an increasing number of potential employees, as though that was a 'good thing'.
I'd be gutted if I launched a new agency and all I got in response was a pile of CVs...
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As people get busy in our society, it is sometimes necessary to make a formal but yet informal meal plan.
The idea behind this is to have a group of meals pre planned yet give you the spontaneous choice. I took a group of nine meals and 3 starches that could be made in the crock pot.
I scrap booked the recipes on to paper and put behind glass in a picture frame. that way when I finish a recipe in the rotation I can cross it out with a dry erase marker. It makes it easy to plan meals this way and shop for them.
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Saturday, April 25, 2009
The Mini Boater-Vintage Style
I had to show everyone the darling hat I just got on eBay. Although not a boater style to be precise, it is a wonderful little black lacquered straw by the incomparable Elsa Schiaparelli. How cute is this?-perfect for one of my upcoming outdoor events. Please check out my two previous boater posts to follow this continuing saga-The Mini Boater and Mini Boater Update.
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The CIA and Jihadist terrorists: a generational partnership.
1. An excerpt from, "YPG Commander: Kurds in Syria 'Deserve' US Support" by Mutlu Civirogly, Rudaw, July 3, 2014:
To understand the latest attacks by ISIS in Iraq, you have to understand the background as well. ISIS was shaped by some powers about a year and a half ago to carry out their plans in Syria. ISIS isn't a random Al-Qaeda organization. We have intelligence on them. There are documents that we acquired. There are also the statements taken from members we captured. When we put all these pieces together, we reached to the conclusion that ISIS was directed under the command of some intelligence services and their agents to implement the policies of certain states in Syria. The most recent developments, as well as what occurred earlier, prove that our theory is correct.The fall of Mosul was an international conspiracy, for sure. The intelligence agencies of the governments of the US, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Jordan, Israel, Britain, France, and others were involved in planning this Jihadist-Baathist takeover from behind the scenes. Some Iraqis also conspired with them, whether for financial or political reasons.
A city like Mosul or some other cities in Iraq aren't the types of places that a group can take overnight. It's clear there have been preparations underway for a long time. There are various forces behind these preparations and behind those who launched these attacks. It's impossible for a city like Mosul to fall under a group's control without the intelligence apparatuses of international powers knowing it's happening. Thousands of armed people get together, transfer their heavy artillery and move forward to attack a city like Mosul. It's illogical that no one was aware of this. Mosul and Kirkuk constitute only one part of these attacks. These are attempts to divide the region in a different way. These are attempts to turn people, cultures, societies, beliefs and groups against each other. These are the attempts to drag the Middle East into a civil war — to have fighting and to create a quagmire. This will serve the interests of international powers, beginning with the arms trade.
When they fought us, ISIS was using Turkey's borders without the objecting of Turkish army and authorities; they were treating all of their wounded militants in Turkish hospitals. Some may say this is an allegation. However, we have official documents in our hands backing what I am saying. One of the ISIS commanders in our captivity said he was treated at Ceylanpinar Public Hospital for nine days.
But the fall of Mosul also has to be attributed to a massive failure of the Iraqi army, which was due to a combination of factors, including corruption at high-levels, politicization of military leadership by Maliki, and the lack of will of mainly Shiite divisions to fight in defense of a Sunni majority city. Residents of Mosul prior to these events said that the Iraqi army was emotionally unattached to them, and that they acted more like an occupying force that treated them like trash.
But Mosul could have been saved. There are reports that Maliki was warned by Mosul's governor, some of his own commanders, and the Kurdish Peshmerga about the threat to Mosul from Syria-linked radical Islamist militants but he rejected these warnings, as did the US. So both Baghdad and Washington only have themselves to blame for not acting sooner to stop ISIL. They allowed this problem to grow; the US and its allies did so willingly and knowingly for their own reasons; and Maliki did it because he is a tunnel-visioned, incompetent, stubborn dumb ass who has too big of a head for his own good.
This joke of a leader only offered conspiracy theories in the wake of the collapse of his army when he should have taken the oppourtunity to place blame on his own shoulders and taken a bit of the responsibility. Still, the funding and arming of ISIL in Syria was not his doing, and he warned a year ago that the chaos and violence in Syria would have a big impact on his country.
2. An excerpt from, "Jarba insists Iran behind rise of ISIS" by Misbah al-Ali, The Daily Star, July 4, 2014:
Syrian National Coalition President Ahmad Jarba said that the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) represented a serious threat to the entire Arab region and called on the international community to provide the opposition with weapons.
In a sit-down interview with The Daily Star in the Turkish city of Istanbul, Jarba stressed that the SNC's position on ISIS "has been clear since day one: This is a tool being used by the Iranians and the Syrian regime, and it does not hesitate to murder, slaughter, and terrorize."


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Neerja has collected a superb 3.1 crore nett on Wednesday (6th day) at box office. Thus, film has remained super strong from previous day with a nominal drop of 8-9%. Film is doing excellent and now marching towards a solid first week total. There is no doubt film will get good screening for second week running and there is even news that it may get more screens in 2nd week in few cinemas as it failed to get significant there in week one.
Neerja total collection after 6 days is approx 32.2 crore nett. Film first week total is now heading towards 35 crore nett mark. Film is in all likelihood set to cross 50 crore mark in its lifetime and if trends superb in coming days then may even challenge 60.
Collection Breakup -
Friday - 4.7 crore nett.
Saturday - 7.6 crore nett.
Sunday - 9.7 crore nett.
Monday - 3.7 crore nett.
Tuesday - 3.4 crore nett.
Wednesday - 3.1 crore nett.
Monday - 3.7 crore nett.
Tuesday - 3.4 crore nett.
Wednesday - 3.1 crore nett.
Total - 32.2 crore nett (approx).


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Whew! The last two months have been extremely busy with craft projects and other things. I was asked to speak at my sister's church for their mother-daughter banquet. I thought she was crazy for that LOL. I was also asked to cut out flowers and hearts for decorations to be used at a ladies rally held on April 11th at the church I attend. On top of all of that, I was in charge of everything (and I mean everything except food) for our mother-daughter banquet. We call our banquet an All Daughter's Banquet so that no one feels left out or doesn't think they should attend. In the past women would say they didn't feel that they should come because they did not have daughters (only sons) or they did not have any children. This way every woman is included because every woman is a daughter.
I want to share pictures of the projects that I made:
These are the table favors that I made for the All Daughter's Banquet. It was May 16th. After finishing the flower pots I had to write my presentation for my sister's banquet and make 85 luminaries for my banquet. These were made using the Tim Holtz Luminary Die. Yes I made all 85 by myself. The windows are vellum. I stamped one with part of a larger stamp from Hero Arts (I think). Then I put a rhinestone on the one flower and covered the little circle flowers with stickles. I topped the luminary with a pearl and clear faceted bead.
I got several compliments on my projects and presentation, but now I am suffering from burnout. My house is a disaster so now I have to get in gear and try to play catch up. My husband hated every minute of my crafting but he didn't say much since it was all for church activities.
My Luminary is going into the following challenges:
http://ikesworldchallengeblog.blogspot.gr/ Historic (I think these look like the old lanterns that were used in the old days)
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I really need to get back into the habit of updating my blog! It took forever to get photos and upload them. And, I even forgot one! Oh well, later this week (if I remember that is lol).
Paul was out of town this weekend, so I spent my time alone watching episodes of Bones Season 1 and Rockford Files Season 1 on Netflix, and finishing up some projects that have been languishing.
I started this adorable turtle bowl in August. Not sure why the poor thing wound up down in the craft room unfinished. It only took about an hour to finish up the pieces and sew him together. Made 2 of them ... one for a friend at work, and one for Paul.
Just in time for Halloween, I finished up a cute tam. Pattern available on Knitty. The ribbing is too big, so I am currently weaving elastic thread through it so the tam stays on my head. Guess I'll get to wear it next year =(
Since I was watching mindless tv and not football this weekend, I wound up not working on this cute t-shirt. Using up some stash yarn for this. The magenta is bamboo, and the green is corn. This has been my football knitting the past couple of weeks. Paul will be home tomorrow night, so it will get some attention yet this week.
Pulled out several pair of socks that were started this year and finished up the first sock of each. Next I will cast on the mate and concentrate on it to get the pairs finished. If I don't lose interest, I should actually make my 12 pair during 2010.
First up on the list was the sock I started for July. I had finished up the heel turn and most of the gusset before I shoved it in a bag to neglect it for other projects. Finished up the first sock this afternoon. Plan to cast on the second sock this week.
Next up was the pair I started for August. Absolutely love this sock! The yarn is gorgeous (Regia Hand-Dye Effect). I have several balls of this so will have plenty of colorful socks once they are all knit up. Since this is a straightforward sock and doesn't require a pattern, it will be my car knitting for the forseeable future. Plan to cast on the second sock this evening before going to bed.
Lastly is the sock for October. Was only able to finish one during October, but will have the next one done in a couple weeks. I am knitting this pair as an "along" with a friend. She cast her second on today, but it will be a couple of days before I get a chance to cast on.
A couple of weeks ago, I finished up a ribbed tank I was knitting for a knitalong in Ravelry. Lost interest in it for some reason way back when I cast on, but put my mind to finishing it recently. I adore this top and wish I had finished it when it was still warm enough to wear it without wearing a jacket over it.
Along with finishing up the first sock of several pairs that were started in 2010, I finished up the second sock of several pair too.
This was the first sock I cast on this year. Love these, and can't wait to wear them. The bobbles were tedious, but well worth it.
I was almost finished with the first of these socks when I realized I had lost track of the second ball of yarn. I put them away for almost a year and came across the second ball of yarn a month or so ago. Finished up the first sock, cast on the second, and made it my car knitting. Can honestly say, this is the longest it has ever taken me to finish a pair of socks lol.
Finished up my September socks in the past couple of weeks too. These were so much fun to knit.
So the sock tally stands at: Finished January, March, April, May, June, September ... One sock complete February, July, August, October. I have cast on my November socks a bit early, and have picked out my December socks. Wonder if I'll be able to finish them all this year!


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Now when Amy sent out the invites to her fellow crafty bloggers she gave us a list of what she likes. One of them was Alice in Wonderland. The digi above is Mad Hatter by the Artist Heather Valentin over at Scrapbook Stamp Society. This is the second time I have used her and it is similar to the last one except I have added a feather to her hat and coloured it predominantely black and pink with some Zebra print card.
My next project is an idea I have been playing with and I am really pleased how it turned out. I made a book using A4 pearlescent card as the base and scored at the centre and then 1 cm either side twice. I added another piece of pearlescent card and below is the result. I have used the paper pack from My Craft Studio which is all about Alice in Wonderland, it was so difficult to choose and I hope Amy liked this.
Now it is time to hop on over to Yolie and see what fabulous creation she has produced in honour of Amy's birthday blog hop.


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Sunday, March 22, 2009
Debating the 25th man
Patrick Reusse's Roster Story
Yesterday, Strib columnist Patrick Reusse cranked out a story on the Twins roster decisions that completely ruined a similar entry I was going to put out today - and I couldn't be happier. If there were stories like this, a nuts and bolts baseball story that was still entertaining, in the Strib seven years ago, TwinsGeek.com would never have existed.
And the nuts and bolts that Reusse passed along were significant. He predicted that Drew Butera replaces the injured Joe Mauer. He speculated that the bench includes Brian Buscher and Matt Tolbert, but does NOT include Brendan Harris. And he predicted the Twins carry 12 pitchers, making room for Philip Humber and a second lefty, who he predicts will not be Jose Mijares.
There's only one prediction there I think highly questionable, facilitated by a strange trap common for local baseball writers. And that trap is, strangely enough, talking to the manager. One usually sees this gaffe at the end of the season, when reporters publish the manager's predilections as the direction of the organization. Doing so overlooks other factors, like budget, the market, and the fact that it's the general manager who makes those decisions. The manager has input, and often signficant input, but it's the GM's butt on the line.
And while that's not quite as true going into the regular season, it's still true. The GM is still going to have the final decision on who is on that roster, just like the manager is going to have the final say on who is in the lineup. The Twins are very conscious of that division. You'll hear both the GM and manager refer to that clear border throughout the season.
Which is why, barring a trade or (his own) injury, there is no way that Brendan Harris isn't on this roster on Opening Day. Gardy might prefer the slicker fielder, but the Twins aren't going to lose Harris when they can demote Buscher or Tolbert. Nor should they, because there is a message that that baseball gods are trying to drive home to the Twins this spring: depth matters.
Still, let's unpack Gardy's thought process a little. This team only has two players they'll consistently pinch-hit for:
1) Nick Punto (SS) - When Punto is up late in a game, and the team needs a timely hit, Gardenhire will likely be looking at a different strategy facing a left-handed pitcher than a right-handed pitcher. If it's a right-hander, he'll likely bat Buscher (who creamed right-handers last year), and might then burn a middle infielder as a defensive replacement. Tolbert would be the better choice in that situation.
And if they face a left-hander? You could argue that Harris would be the better choice in that case, but Gardenhire will also have the option of using whoever is his fourth outfielder - Delmon Young, Michael Cuddyer, Denard Span and Carlos Gomez. Three of those guys are clearly better choices at the plate over Harris, so why not bat one of them and go with the defensive replacement again? Advantage: Tolbert.
2) Drew Butera (C)- If he makes the team, the Twins will likely pinch-hit Redmond for him when the situation presents itself. I suppose versus a tough right-handed pitcher, they could try Buscher and then bring Redmond in as the defensive replacement. That would leave them with the fourth outfielder (Span, Young, Cuddyer or Gomez) and one middle infielder, either Tolbert or Harris. Which brings us back to the Nick Punto options above.
In both of these cases, a change has shifted the balance in Tolbert's favor. That change is Carlos Gomez. More specifically, Carlos Gomez doesn't appear overmatched at the plate this spring. Last year, the fourth outfielder wouldn't have been used to pinch-hit for Nick Punto because the fourth outfielder would have been needed to pinch hit for Gomez. This debate seems to suggest that the Twins aren't convinced they'll need to pinch hit for him as often this year. Which makes Tolbert's glove more valuable than Harris' bat.
But that still doesn't mean Tolbert is going to be on this roster Opening Day. It makes more sense to keep Harris in the fold and stockpile a little depth at Rochester. It also makes sense to see if Gomez's plate approach lasts past March.
What doesn't make sense is spitting out another 750+ words tonight, so let's wrap it up for now. So much for "so much" to cover. We'll get to some other topics tomorrow.
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Was Gomez ever pinch-hit for last year? If so, I can't recall it.
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A quick scan of Gomez's gamelogs shows 13 times that he started a game but didn't finish. Three of them appear to be injuries of some sort, in which he left in the fifth inning or earlier, so that leaves 10.
The "GS-7/8/9" entries (i.e. "Game started - left in 7th/8th/9th inning") start on July 8. It looks like Gardy figured out that Gomez should be pinch hit for right around the All-Star break, and Gomez was moved to the bottom of the order shortly after that.
- John said...
Thanks for the research BeefMaster. It should also be noted that the Twins didn't have a lot of options to pinch hit for Gomez late last year. With Cuddyer hurt, both he and Delmon Young were going to be in the lineup pretty much every day. On those occasions when the Twins tried sitting Gomez on the bench, they needed to resort to Kubel in left field (and that happened several times in late August if I remember correctly).
This discussion doesn't cover a bigger question: Crede's back.
Harris is the best option to replace Joe Crede in the field, especially with a lefty pitching. And releasing Harris means relying on Tolbert/Buscher/Punto (?) to take over third if Crede's back doesn't hold up. Gardy's got to be thinking about that, too.


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I've started exploring MOOD, and how that differs from STYLE. For example, though Drum and Bass could be considered a style, there can be DnB tracks that are happy, sad, exciting, introspective.. yet still DnB.
I feel that you can't really put things into a box. I don't really do House, DnB, Techno, Classical, etc. I feel a lot of people have created their own boxes because of that thinking, especially on this site.
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Christmas activist stands for Nativity in public square
Exclusive: Brenda Verner refuses to relent in face of anti-Christian intimidation
It's Christmas time again in America, the country's most favored cultural ritual, practiced according to some estimates by up to 91 percent of the American people.
"Christmas" is the Old English contraction of the words "Christ's mass" –
a church service in recognition of Jesus' birth. So it's feasible for many of us to consider Christmas Advent a month-long service for Christ not only in our churches, but also in our homes and in the public square.
The story of why we celebrate Christmas remains as interesting and fresh each Advent season as it was the last Christmas season: A young woman named Mary, of the town of Nazareth, was visited by the angel Gabriel and was told she will bear the Son of God. Her fiancé Joseph believed that she was with child by way of the Holy Ghost and marries her anyway. When it came time for her to bear the child, they journeyed to Bethlehem, only to find no room at the inn, but were allowed to stay in the stable with the livestock, where Jesus Christ the Son of God was born. This is the origin of the Nativity.
Emanuel – God with us! God's Son chose to take on human flesh and come to earth in the form of a human infant, on a mission to ultimately offer himself as the "perfect
sacrifice" in an act of unsurpassed love for the salvation of human kind.
Nearly all cultures in the Western world consider a Nativity scene an essential part of decorations, celebrations and worship at Christmastime. St. Francis of Assisi is credited with creating the first living Nativity with human actors and live animals in the year 1224. He saw it as a practical way to teach the story of Jesus' birth. Throughout the centuries since, the Nativity scene has been embraced by the Christian world and has come to be recognized as the logo representing Christmas.
Christmas tradition has accustomed us to seeing this logo in countless numbers of styles and presentations. Most often we receive beautiful renditions on Christmas cards. Each Advent season we see reproductions of magnificent paintings depicting the Nativity. Many, many different kinds of nativity sets are available for commercial use and for use in our home for decorating, both indoors and outdoors.
The Nativity is critical to the Christian identity, which rests upon the miracle of the virgin birth of Jesus Christ, who is worshiped as the Savior of the world.
Over the course of the past 20 years, Nativity scenes have come under scurrilous and unrelenting assaults by well organized anti-Christ individuals and organizations that want to depose Christianity as the preeminent religion of the Western world. In the name of "inclusion" (honoring other religions) these groups have brazenly waged war on all things Christian, and practically every aspect that Christians employ to celebrate a traditional Christmas.
Each year a string of lawsuits are filed against townships across our nation for displaying Nativity scenes at their city halls and in their public parks. The objective is to intimidate the people in these targeted townships from practicing Christianity in the public square at Christmastime. The overall goal is to de-legitimatize the Nativity, and consequently Christianity, as the representative religion for America. These well-known groups have taken on the openly hostile goal "to make Christians miserable as possible" during the month of December Advent.
Another, egregious aspect of the war against Christianity is the introduction, by non-Christians, of an alternative to the Gregorian A.D. and B.C. to track time.
Christ's birth divides time as tracked by the Christian Gregorian Calendar (created by Dionysius Exiguus in 525 A.D.; the Gregorian Calendar was introduced in the Catholic parts of Europe in 1582 A.D. by Pope Gregory XIII). This is the calendar used in the Western world. We observe time and history based upon the recognition of life before Christ was born and history after his death. The meaning of A.D. is anno Domini, or "year of our Lord," referring to the year of Christ's birth. The meaning of B.C. is "before Christ."
Those who are trying to foist C.E. ("common era") and B.C.E. ("before common era) onto the Christian world essentially say that it is not right that the whole world has to view history from the perspective of the birth and death of Jesus Christ.
The cooperative movement by varied non-Christians groups to change how the Christian world tracks the events of human history is a big deal. The Gregorian calendar is an accepted Christian instrument and should not be subject to any change, or suggestion of change by non-Christians. These entities want to keep the calendar, yet remove the recognition of Christ by the calendar, therefore making it no longer Christian. If we accept C.E. and B.C.E., we will wipe out the world recognition of the monumental importance of Christ's birth. If we no longer use B.C and A.D., then the Nativity becomes just another event in human history.
This strikes at the heart of the Christian identity. If people no longer say or write B.C. or A.D., it delegitimizes the Nativity – the virgin birth of the Savior of the world. If the Nativity is no longer the preeminent event of world history, then Christmas is no longer worthy of the world stopping to hear that Jesus came for the salvation of each person on earth. That accomplished, it makes it easier for them replace Christ with Santa, to outlaw the term "Christmas," dictate that "Merry Christmas" be abolished and "Happy Holidays" be the mandated substitute greeting for the now Christless December festival. This act of Christian sacrilege that automatically dethrones Christianity as the most important way of life to have ever happened to human beings.
The only way Christians should accept the use of the terms C.E. and B.C.E. is that they officially be accepted and written to mean respectively "Christian era" and "before the Christian era"!
The introduction of C.E. and B.C.E. is a culturally manipulative, calculated maneuver that is being interjected by hostile forces who wish to undermine Christianity and the Christian way of life as the most powerful forces on earth.
The Christian answer to concerted attempts to remove Nativity scenes from the public square should be to respond with such a proliferation of Nativity images and scenes that no one in the Western world will be able to avoid knowing that Jesus is the focus of Christmas.
We should demand that local and national television stations use the Nativity logo to represent Christmas, not Santa, reindeer, nor snowmen. TV stations should particularly use this logo on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, when they wish Americans a "Merry Christmas!"
Individuals or committees should approach business people and ask that they display a Nativity scene in their store windows. The individuals or committees might even provide the Nativity scenes, with a donation to their work from the business proprietor. In lieu of three-dimensional scenes, committees might also sell beautifully designed Nativity decals and ask that they be prominently displayed on storefront windows.
Christians should consider buying a Nativity decal and a Nativity bumper sticker for their cars, SUVs, trucks, vans and station wagons.
Homeowners have the ability to saturate their neighborhoods by displaying life-size Nativities, large illustrations of Nativity scenes, and hanging flags depicting the Nativity.
The overwhelming Christian majority holds the power to make Christmas 2010 a Jesus-focused public square event, if each and every one of us will become Christian Christmas activists and make it happen.
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It is my hope that you and your family will have a joyous Christ-filled Christmas Advent. And with all my heart, I wish you, your family and your community a very "Merry Christmas!"
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Former Music Library student employee, Ben Fowler, made the news advertising his piano camp in Washington.
GMNW Thursday- Piano Camp Preview Part 1
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Congratulations to Ben on his exciting endeavor!
Thursday, May 6, 2010
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Spring at Beaver Lake sees many new additions to the park such as ducklings following their mothers and learning how to navigate the Park.
Beaver lake is an interesting interior walk within Stanley Park and is a suggested stop for any person able to hike the steep trail to it.
Encompassing a large brood of ducks within its confines and many water plant species not seen in the larger man-made Lost Lagoon, it is a popular place for photographers and naturalists enjoying the surrounding environment.
Cattails, lily pads and other plant varieties create a serene and beautiful locale which does not have a lot of human traffic due to the popularity of the seawall, but is one of Stanley Park's lush and more inviting interior spaces.
The beaver lake trail also circles the lake taking visitors around the lake's picturesque shoreline and through newer stands of forest surrounding it.
Many animal species can also be spotted here - its namesake is rare but sometimes seen looking for new trees to fell and many bird species have made their home on, around and above the lake due to its central location which shelters from wind, rain and most other undesirable weather. Turtles and other water loving creatures can be spotted as well as many thousands of bug species.
A great leisurely stroll, bring along some nature identification books and explore this beautiful lake.
Use the interactive map below to locate and explore the areas around Beaver Lake in the Center of Stanley ParkFollow the trail markers from the Eastern edge of the Park. You must hike through the interior to get to this Park Site.
Click the brown GEMS on the map to navigate to the other activities within this region


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For quite a while the Discovery Institute (DI) has been claiming that they do not support teaching Intelligent Design in the public science classroom. That's a lie of sorts. Oh I know that a lie is a lie, but like so many things, there are shades of gray. Officially, it's the truth, unofficially . . . shall we see? If you only pay attention to that little tiny piece of data,it seems fairly reasonable, but once you look at the context in which the DI operates, it takes on a new meaning. Let's take a look at a few things and see if you agree with me.
Wedge Strategy Document
First of all, if you go back to the Wedge Strategy Document, you can see it pretty easily. The document outlines a series of projects laid out in three phases:
The second phase has seven projects, project number four was 'Teacher Training Program'. The stated purpose of Phase II was [the underlines are mine]:
- Phase I: Scientific Research, Writing & Publication
- Phase II: Publicity and Opinion-making
- Phase III: Cultural Confrontation & Renewal
"The primary purpose of Phase II is to prepare the popular reception of our ideas. The best and truest research can languish unread and unused unless it is properly publicized. For this reason we seek to cultivate and convince influential individuals in print and broadcast media, as well as think tank leaders, scientists and academics, congressional staff, talk show hosts, college and seminary presidents and faculty, future talent and potential academic allies."So, as you can see, the academic arena is one of particular importance to the DI in furthering their goals. If you need a reminder, here are their governing goals, again from the Wedge Strategy Document:
- To defeat scientific materialism and its destructive moral, cultural and political legacies.
- To replace materialistic explanations with the theistic understanding that nature and human beings are created by God.Couldn't have made it clearer myself! So that is where you can start placing the DI's objectives within an appropriate context. Their 'official' position of not advocating teaching Intelligent Design (ID) in schools is nothing but another tactic.
To continue, remember what happened in Dover Pa? It's been a decade, but that legal decision has been a thorn in the DI's side and one they truly wish had never happened. If their true policy, not their 'official one' but if their true policy is not advocating ID in the classroom, why did they come to the assistance of the members of the Dover School Board who wanted exactly that? Sure, they claim that the Dover Trial wasn't about them, but then . . .
- Why did the DI feel it was necessary to submit an Amicus Curiae brief about Intelligent Design if they weren't part of it?
- Why did the DI's own Wedge Strategy Document describe tactics similar to those used by the School Board and even by Michael Behe's [a DI Senior Fellow] in his testimony? The strategy also says:"We will also pursue possible legal assistance in response to resistance to the integration of design theory in public school science curricula. (Wedge Strategy Document, Phase III, page 7)"
- Why did Seth Cooper, a DI attorney, have several calls with William Buckingham (Chairman of the Dover School Board Curriculum Committee discussing the legality of teaching ID. (Trial Transcripts)
- Why did the DI forward to Buckingham DVDs, videotapes, and books. (Trial Transcripts)
- Why did two lawyers from the DI make a legal presentation to the Board in executive session. (Trial Transcripts)
- Why was the DI one of only two outside organizations consulted. (The Thomas More Law Center was the other). Plus the consult wasn't for scientific material, but legal advice. (Trial Transcripts)Bottom line, if this is an example of not advocating teaching ID in the classroom, how do you explain all of their 'help' to a local school board? The reality is you can't! Their official position doesn't jib with their actions at all.
IDEA Student Clubs
TexasSo, moving on, in addition to the Wedge Strategy Document and Dover, how can we forget about the 'IDEA Student Clubs'? Not sure if any of them still exist, but little casey luskin used to brag about them and his involvement before he left the DI. Their website is still up and linked from the DI site itself. It explains that [again, the underlining is mine]:"The Intelligent Design and Evolution Awareness (IDEA) Center is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to promoting intelligent design theory and fostering good - spirited discussion and a better understanding over intelligent design theory and the creation - evolution issue among students, educators, churches, and anyone else interested.Here are the menu options for anyone interested in a ' student club':
Our primary focus is to help students form "IDEA Clubs" on university and high school campuses to expand the dialogue over intelligent design"
So once again we see words are not matched with actions. Officially they claim one thing, but they are encouraging the establishment of 'clubs' on colleges and high schools. The official line is wearing quite thin!
Let's move on to Texas where two members of the Discovery Institute was asked by the then-head of the Texas State School Board to 'help' them determine science curricula. Yes, John G. West and Stephen C. Meyer were asked by Don McLeroy, who without a doubt is a hard-core Evangelical Creationist, and tried to impose their so-called 'Academic Freedom' bill on Texas. Luckily Texas wised up to a certain degree and voted a lot of that 'strengths and weaknesses' crap out and they also dumped Don.Ohio
So . . . if the DI is not advocating Intelligent Design, why were they 'advising' a Creationist on public school curricula and textbooks.
Ohio had it's own version of Texas' Don McLeroy, her name is Deborah Owens Fink. Like McLeroy she is a Creationist who jumped on the ID bandwagon in an effort to get her religion into the classroom. This was in the early 2000's and the DI's own Stephen C. Meyer proposed to the Ohio Board of Education the Institute's Critical Analysis of Evolution that prominently featured intelligent design. It also included a model lesson plan! So . . . let's not teach ID, but here is a lesson for . . . teaching ID!
For a while the DI was touting this as a significant victory; however, also like Texas, Ohio wised up to the tricks and tactics and in 2006 deleted that lesson plan and also rejected a proposed legal challenge. Luckily, the voters also wised up and Fink was sent packing. (Wikipedia: Intelligent Design in Politics)
Least of which, if they are so not interested in teaching ID in schools, why do they have pages and pages of information for people who wish to do just that?Education Curricula -- They have written educational material for teaching Intelligent Design! Sure, and they have no interest in having ID taught in schools. Look at just one of them.
Discovering Intelligent Design: This science curriculum (textbook, workbook, and DVD) presents the best evidence from physics, astronomy, chemistry, biology and related fields that provide evidence that nature is the product of intelligent design rather than blind unguided processes.They do specifically suggest that this material would be most appropriate for private schools and homeschooling. But still an entire 'science' curriculum for ID!
Key Resources for Parents and School Board Members -- They have a ton of material here . . . and all geared to parents and school board members. Yes, School Board Members! I know, if they were serious about not advocating ID, why are they again targeting school board members? Doesn't make any sense, does it?Here is also where they brag about the failed Santorum Amendment? Do you remember that? The DI's own Philip E. Johnson wrote an amendment for a Pennsylvania politician for an education bill that became known as the 'No Child Left Behind Act'. The purpose of the bill was the promote the teaching of Intelligent Design. The amendment failed, but some of the language was left in as part of the language, but it was in the non-binding part of the bill"The Santorum Amendment was a failed proposed amendment to the 2001 education funding bill (which became known as the No Child Left Behind Act), proposed by Republican Rick Santorum (then the United States Senator for Pennsylvania), which promoted the teaching of intelligent design while questioning the academic standing of evolution in US public schools. " (Wikipedia: Santorum Amendment)


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We rode the Vistadome to Aguas Calientes where we were met by our hotel representative and also the shaman's wife. It wasn't even 11AM, yet! Getting up early pays!
Within an hour of arriving at our hotel in Aguas Calientes, we met our shaman guide, Cucho, whose favorite phrase was "mui beee---ennnnn."
We quickly became very grateful for his presence as we slowly climbed higher and higher....well above the crowds. It was so beautiful! So peaceful!
Kucho (Juan de Dios Garcia)
Kucho is the principal shaman of Machu Picchu. As a young man he came to Machu Picchu to work as part of the rescue team. While working in the Sanctuary he was called by the spirit of Machu Picchu to train and work as a shaman. His calling took the form of a seven-day period of experiences that completely changed his life. Shortly after his calling, he worked with a Maestro and was later given the great responsibility as the principal shaman of Machu Picchu. Kucho is a powerful shaman, healer and expert in the mysteries of Machu Picchu.
It was Cucho's idea to set up this shot. I felt a little uncomfortable. Cucho was completely disconnected from us the entire time. His eyes were soft, always slightly out of focus. Looking for spirits? Or, stoned?.....not that it mattered.
Paying my respects to Wayna Picchu and to Macchu Picchu. I became a condor and felt I could fly off at any moment a gust of wind lifted me. This felt so real it scared me.
We sat in the shade, high up over Machu Picchu and performed a ceremonial cleansing. I had laid out my stones in on the bare earth, asking that they absorb the healing energy of the son. Cucho performed a long ritual which involved humming, soft singing, whistling, "cleansing" us first with the "whisk" and, blowing tobacco smoke on us.
We held the healing stones, we blew on coca leaves after placing them into a bouquet of four, two in the back, and two in the front. We, then released them into the breeze as an offering to Pachamama. I felt at peace, and very happy.
Here is Cucho's mesa spread out before him. Included are healing rocks, a bell, a rattle, a conch shell, a puma paw, and a well worn down "whisk"made from large dried leaves.
Getting up close with our shaman-guide, Cucho.
We saw Machu Picchu from much higher ground, and from a different angle we had seen it last year. Still, as magnificent as the site itself is, it is the energy here which makes it so extraordinary.
Here, I feel the presence of God more strongly than anywhere else I have ever been.
I rather like this picture of myself, hat-hair and all. This is how I would look were I athletic. :-) It had been a glorious day at Machu Picchu, and even better than last year's visit.
This was my favorite day of our trip!
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Day 7, Machu Picchu
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New Zealands's Danny Lee defeated David Hearn, Robert Streb and Kevin Kisner in a four-way playoff to capture his first PGA TOUR victory at The Greenbrier Classic in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. They each carded a 13-under-par tournament total, which led to a suspense-filled playoff. Streb, a Rolex Junior All-American and former Kansas State player, and Kisner, a former University of Georgia golfer and AJGA champion, both missed the green on the first playoff hole, the par-3 No. 18, leaving Hearn and Lee to battle for the trophy.
"I was just trying to calm down," Lee said in an article from PGATOUR.com. "I was so nervous. My head was blank and I was just trying to breathe. As soon as I stand on the 18th tee box, first playoff (hole), I felt ready."
"I was just trying to calm down. I was so nervous. My head was blank." Breathe easy, Danny. http://t.co/l1JvI1Q19b pic.twitter.com/uzfwf4k8Yz
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) July 6, 2015
After his tee shot landed behind a tree, Hearn missed a 28-foot par putt on No. 17, while Lee putted for par, crowning him the Greenbrier champion.
Na Yeon Choi tallied her second win of the 2015 season at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship presented by P&G in Rogers, Arkansas. Choi finished at 15-under-par 198 followed by Mika Miyazato at 13-under-par 200 with Azahara Munoz, Stacy Lewis and Anna Nordqvist at T3 with 12-under-par 201. In total, seven AJGA alumnae finished in the top 10 at the annual LPGA event including Paula Creamer, Minjee Lee, Marina Alex and Mariajo Uribe.
Hometown Girl: Stacy Lewis shoots 65, in contention at the @NWAChampionship: http://t.co/M15UI0rEnL pic.twitter.com/mPmGFJIxfE
— Golf Channel (@GolfChannel) June 28, 2015
"I played some great golf this week and it's coming around at the right time," Lewis said when speaking with LPGA.com. "We've got some big tournaments coming up here in the next few weeks."
In the world of amateur golf, three AJGA alumni took home top honors at the Dogwood Invitational, the North and South Amateur Championship and the Sahalee Players Championship. Sean Walsh defeated Rolex Junior All-American and two-time AJGA champion, George Cunningham 3 and 1 in the match play final to capture the title at the 115th North and South Amateur Championship at Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst, North Carolina.
Your new North & South Amateur champion, @SeanWalsh_14. Sean, a rising senior at @gu_mgolf, won 3 & 1. pic.twitter.com/uZrBRGNlTP
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At Sahalee Country Club in Sammamish, Washington, University of Washington's Corey Pereira was victorious with a score of 9-under-par 279 with three-time Rolex Junior All-American Sean Crocker placing second and a two-way tie between Cal State's Owen Taylor and Australia's Curtis Luck.
Leaders are coming up #9. Corey Pereira (@coreyperalta) will take commanding lead into the back nine. @SahaleePlayers pic.twitter.com/4bN3foqCLe
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Ten current and former AGJA players finished in the top-10 at the Dogwood Invitational at Druid Hills Golf Club in Atlanta, Georgia. Lipscomb University's Dawson Armstrong finished the qualifier in the first alternate position, however after a golfer dropped out of the field, the Brentwood, Tennessee, native had his chance at glory. Armstrong tallied a 16-under-par 200 to win the annual men's amateur event followed by Belmont University's Ashton Van Horne. Brad Dalke of Hobart, Oklahoma, who currently holds the No. 4 spot in the Polo Golf Rankings, finished T3 alongside Paul Boshoff.
.@LipscombMGOLF's Dawson Armstrong earned a big win at the @thedogwoodinv. Story + Scores: http://t.co/6NpQO1Sau1
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"Everything at the end of the day turned out (to be) what I could ask for," Armstrong said in an interview with the Atlanta Journal Constitution. "It was great. It was a roller coaster, no doubt."


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If you've seen this fellow out on the trail, meadow roving with his hearing dog Damien, you'd never know that he also has another talent: painting!
Over the years, Allan Dreyer has painted dozens of pictures of Mount Rainier, from all angles and in all seasons. He has donated several of his paintings to Mount Rainier National Park already, to hang in the offices of rangers. We enjoy them when the weather is as cloudy and rainy as it is today; right now, I'm looking at a magnificent picture of Myrtle Falls surrounded by monkeyflowers, lupines, and paintbrush, with the Mountain rising majestically behind against a backdrop of blue with a few whispy clouds around it.
For the grand reopening of the Paradise Inn, Allan has donated four of his paintings to Washington's National Park Fund, which will auction them off to special guests at a fundraiser on the night of May 15th. Here's an exclusive first look at the paintings that will be auctioned. Of course, my photographs don't come close to capturing the artistry of the real things!
Rainier and Snow Lake from Tatoosh -
When I became deaf 17 years ago, my climbing days ended. Last fall when I hiked into Snow Lake in the southeastern area of the park, I looked up at the ridges of the Tatoosh and wondered what the lake would look like from on top. This painting is how I believe Snow Lake and Rainier would appear from near Unicorn Peak.
Tahoma - Emmons Route
Once while hiking around Naches Peak, I took a number of pictures of Mt. Rainier with a 300 mm lens with the idea of painting this picture. The painting shows Emmons glacier which was the route I climbed to the summit in 1986.
Mt. Rainier from Indian Henry's
One August day a few years ago, I stayed at the patrol cabin. As the sun started to set, I took some photos of Mt. Rainier and used them as a basis for this painting.
Nighttime Palette Knife Painting -
Many years ago, I was hiking on a snowy winter night to my igloo, when the clouds opened and allowed a full moon to illuminate the mountain. It was so quiet; the only thing I heard was the crunch of my snowshoes on the snow.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Volunteer Allan Dreyer donates paintings for park fundraiser
If you've seen this fellow out on the trail, meadow roving with his hearing dog Damien, you'd never know that he also has another talent: painting!
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- Stormy said...
I think that is the appropriate word for all that great work that Allan is sharing with everyone. Thanks for posting this Kevin. I need to remind myself now to shake his hand for a job well done on these works.
I do some art work myself but all of mine is in pencil. It does not display the great color that Allen has put into his work.
Thanks for posting Kevin.
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Alternate Teacher Compensation Models – Why in the world would I vote for it.
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Tuesday night, our board had one of the more controversial proposals before us in the way that we compensate teachers. The discussion has been driven over the past several years by work that has been funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation brought in a part of Dr. Cash's teacher reform effort. The effectiveness effort really revolved around a couple of key areas:
Teacher Recruitment and Retention
Professional Development
Almost all of the expenses of this work has been paid for by a grant from the foundation. So if you hear that we are paying consultants to finish work on the models, all of that money comes from the Gates Foundation and can only be used for that work. So I want to dispel any myths that we are cutting teachers and paying for consultants out of county money because we are not.
As far as the wisdom of alternate compensation models, there is data that supports it and data that does not. Much like the traditional models. The center piece of the compensation reform revolved around pay based upon performance of children vs pay for length of service and higher education degree attained. Our model as it stands today, pays more to teacher for years of service and advanced degree attained regardless of the educational outcomes. So you could have a new teacher with a bachelor's degree scoring as a level 5 teacher and an experienced, master degree teacher scoring a level 2, and the less effective teacher making much more money.
In private industry, our companies invest in professional development for employees expecting for it to yield a return to the company in a measurable metric. You do not get automatic pay bumps for master's degrees typically. But if your performance increases, you get a pay bump. If the private industry were to take a position that every employee who went out and got a degree would get an automatic bump that sustains year-over-year, a company would go bankrupt.
And that is what is happening in the public school systems. Step-increases, coupled with automatic pay increases for advanced degrees, and a pretty nice public pension consumes 70-75% of our budgets. So the model is not sustainable.
My support going forward was for multiple compensation models that invest in professional development and advanced degrees(as in the district would pay for it) but compensated more based on outcomes. My understanding is that these models are not final and my expectation is that these will continue to evolve over the next year. I also understand that not all details are worked out for all subject matter expertise.
And supporting alternate compensation should not be misconstrued that we are trying to hurt teachers. In reality, those teachers who bring it everyday and perform and get results will see benefits in this model. Those who are not won't. And this is how we do it in the private sector. And this type of model and it is effective.
And lastly, there would be no reason to go through this effort if we did not have a problem associated with it. And we do have a problem where we are heavily compensating teachers who should not be teaching at the expense of those who are getting it done. It exists. I am a parent and I see it.
And I don't drink Bill Gates or "reform" cool-aid. I just want us to re-evaluate and find a more sustainable compensation model that makes sense.


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they live twenty minutes apart-
I stand watching
a man to the north,
sweep a big gray barn
and the man wearing a cowboy hat
to the south,
rides an Appaloosa.
If I brought them together
would they speak of more than horses ?
It is a matter of life and death.