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I initially thought that it would be a fast project, but the foolishness of this position quickly became apparent. I started it out the same way i did the time before, with an existing mountain bike frame. I picked up the frame for $10 at the Center for Appropriate Transport. I was hoping for something with a top tube that lines up straight with the seat stays, like this Schwinn Frontier:
Didn't find something quite like that, but also didn't feel like buying one new, or waiting around for weeks in the off chance one would just show up amongst the used frames at CAT. So, what i got was good enough. I also figured that i could start building the bike using the frame and then swap it out later if i found one i liked more.
The first thing that I did was to cut off all the extraneous cable loops, stops and brake bosses. I then cut out the head tube and replaced it with one i built. The main priority here was to change the angle, I wanted the fork to have substantial rake to it. The other factor was strength- I decided to go 1 1/4" (which in hindsight was a probably a mistake). My logic was that i wanted a stronger, and therefore wider, tube for the steerer. After all, it was the steerer that broke on the first chopper i built.
I knew that we had suppliers for headsets, but i didn't realize how obsolete 1 1/4" is- its tough to find even star nuts in that size. The headtube i made was pretty robust, but getting the right angle in the mill to miter out for the new head tube was finicky- it left big gaps that i couldn't possibly weld, so i had to braze it.
The large fillets required to fill the gaps put so much heat into the headtube that it warped. And, frankly they didn't look that good either. I was starting to see that i should have just built the frame from scratch.
The next thing to do was to figure out how long to make the steerer. There was no logic other than looks. So i propped up the bike on its wheels with the tube i bought running through the frame. I slid it back and forth until i got it to a spot where i liked it.
Once I had the steerer length decided i made a clamp for the fork. I thought this was going to be temporary solution to making so long a fork. I envisioned making it all as one piece, but there were several constraints that made that prohibitively difficult. The first was that the fork would be so long I would have to build a special rack just so it could fit in the oven to paint it. The second was that aligning it would also require the building of a special jig, which was way too much work. Having in two pieces, with a clamp, would solve both of those issues.
I wanted to take the thing for a ride, but hadn't decided on a set of handle bars yet, so i built a pair. Also built a sissy bar for the seat. It came out ugly.
It was exciting to slap some temporary components on it and take it for a ride in the parking lot.
I wanted the bike to be painted something loud and eye catching, candy yellow seemed like a good choice. I paid a visit to Forest Paints and got to see lots of different paint samples. The candy yellow looked spot on. Unfortunately, when i actually painted something with it the color was far too green for my taste. So i experimented using it as a top coat over lots of other base colors. Everyone's favorite was the green fork. The sissy bars came out a gross glittery brown that was popularly dubbed "sparkle poop."
In its multi-colored state I rode it out with a friend to see David Byrne and St Vincent play at the Cuthbert here in Eugene. It didn't have any brakes. The clamp holding the fork to the steerer also didn't work, or rather, it worked at first but got progressively looser by the end of the night. Riding home in the dark was dangerous and hilarious. I had to yell "no brakes" a lot at people on the bike path, thankfully they also thought it was funny.
When my real sissy bar came in I ended up needing to add some eyelets to the frame for the bar to bolt to. Using the existing eyelets on the dropouts would have got in the way of the disc brake. Oh yeah, i forgot to mention that i also brazed on some mounts for the disc brake, i was pretty pleased with how they came out.
I rebuilt the clamp using a much thinner material, the irony being that the super thick stuff i bought was less flexible and thus less able to clamp. There was also the issue of tolerances, the top of the fork was not painted, but the steerer was. That tiny little fraction of an inch actually made a difference. So the second time around i made the clamp thinner, painted both pieces equally and added another boss for an additional bolt. I also machined out the inside of the clamp so that it would sit nicely over the top of the fork's crown race. It looked much better this way.
Unable to find a stem in the right size I built my own. It didn't come out looking as well as I had hoped, but it was a significant improvement over the long 1 1/2" stem i bought used. I also made a spacer for it the exact length i needed because, again, 1 1/4" components are hard to come by.
I wanted the bike to be single speed, for simplicity's sake. To accomplish this i just used a single cog out of a cassette with spacers. I could have used manufactured spacers on the rear hub as well, but i figured since it had gone so well with the stem i'd make my own spacers for the cog on the hub.
The last thing to build was a small stand for the photo shoot. I needed something subtle that would hold the bike up as close to perfectly straight as possible. I used a small piece of scrap tubing and brazed a washer onto one end, bending it until it was the perfect angle to hold the bike in place. For the photo shoot it worked like a charm.
(sorry this one is sideways, I'll see if i can fix it later)
And here are the rest of the professional photos of the bike. They were taken by the very talented Heesang Byun. To see more of his work check out his website: http://www.heesangbyun.com/
This project was a lot of fun to build, despite the hiccups. I'm pretty pleased with how it came out, but, of course, have plenty ideas about how i'll do it differently next time.
Thanks to Melissa Hart for the inspiration. Thanks to everyone at Bike Friday who helped out with it. Thanks to Heesang for the awesome photos. And thanks to these manufacturers for making the stellar components that made this bike possible:
Alex Rims
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Bastille Day!!
French Independence Day!!!
I'm super excited because I've always wanted to be here on this holiday.
In 1998, I got my plane ticket for the end of July so we'd have one month of travel before school started. Then, I realized that I'd be missing le 14. And I also missed the world cup. (France won that year) I only missed all the festivities by two weeks. I was SO bummed.
In 1999, I wanted to stay through July so I'd get to enjoy le 14 then, but my sister went and got knocked up and I wanted to be their for the birth so I had to leave in June.
In 2003, I wanted to come for the month of July, but being a mother, I could only do solo travel during the school year, so I came in May.
In 2010, I wanted to travel with a friend who was in school here and the end of July was when she could travel, so I yet again missed le 14 by only two weeks.
In 2011, I had a business event in Germany, so I could only come to France the week before which happened to be... when you ask? The end of July!
Three years I've come to Paris two weeks after le 14 and one year I left here three weeks before. I started to think I'd never be here le 14 juillet.
Yet, here we are in 2012 and in 90minutes, it will be...
I just heard my first firework!!!!!
Team Ranger!
I loved the smell of grass today. After five years in the desert, it's a beautiful smell!

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Robert Stanley
The Review
Oct. 4, 2000
SALEM – Robert Douglas Stanley, 73, of Benton Road, died at 4:50 p.m. Monday, Oct. 2, 2000, a the Salem Convalescent Center.
He was born in Akron, Ohio, Dec. 20, 1926, a son of the late John and Hazel Cash Stanley.
He was employed by Kroele Lincoln Mercury in until retiring and was a member of St. Paul Catholic Church.
He is survived by his wife, Anne E. Gilbert Bishop; two sons, Terry Stanley 'Bishop and Barry Stanley Bishop of Salem; four sisters, Mary Orminston and Carol Cox of Mansfield, Ohio, Kay Orlin of Austintown and Pat Anderson of Massillon; a brother, Bill Stanley of Wilmington N. C. ; a stepbrother, Richard Stanley Mays of East Liverpool; and three grandchildren
Father Robert Flynn will conduct services at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Chapel at Grandview Cemetery.
Stark Memorial Funeral is in charge arrangements.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Robert Douglas Stanley Obituary
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After delivering a sparkling example of the kind of beautifully witty dialogue between two characters that has become Spice and Wolf's trademark from virtually the very beginning last episode, this second episode of Spice and Wolf II actially deprives us of that fascinating Lawrence and Horo dynamic for much of the episode.
Despite the beginning of the festival in town, Lawrence ends up leaving Horo alone as he attends to business - Albeit a form of business that is anything but, as he spends time trying to learn the location of Horo's home in the north, Yoitsu. He does this courtesy of his guild contacts, who in turn introduces him to a darker side of town inhabited by alchemists, so-called witches and those of whom the church disapproves. Meanwhile, Lawrence leaves Horo in the capable hands of young Amati, asking him to show her around town - A request he begins to regret slightly when he hears a little more about Amati's reputation...
While this episode wasn't packed with dialogue and those wonderful moments between Lawrence and Horo, it was at least book-ended by their conversations, which gave us a suitable reminder as to what makes this series great; in other words, more of that fabulous dynamic between this pairing, accentuated by the quality of animation on show when it comes to Horo's facial expressions and body language, which are almost enough to let you get away with watching with the sound turned down. Luckily, the great dialogue here manages to extend beyond simply the two main characters, giving some of the supporting characters equal chance to charm and fascinate with their own relationships, while the drama looks set to be ratcheted up next time around by the mysterious cliffhanger left at the end of this episode. This might not quite have been Spice and Wolf at its very best, yet it still manages to have plenty to offer, and that endding alone has left me impatiently waiting for episode three.
Friday, 17 July 2009
Spice and Wolf II - Episode 2
Posted by Andy Hanley at 22:54
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I did enjoy learning more of the world of Spice & Wolf through the fairy tales and legends. It gives nameless towns and setting a greater identity than just generic medieval European style. I get a sense of history that way, a deeper immersion into the story.
Also, I had anticipated the furry that frequents Horo's neck to be more alive than it was. It kind of smacks of cannibalism as it is.
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This is the second of two posts recapping the last 20 months I spent working as a full-time freelance journalist—what worked, what didn't, and what I'd suggest to others going down the same road. The first post is here.
The thought of sending pitches to an unimpressed editor may have given me the most sleepless nights, but it's still only a small part of the freelance process. Most of your time will be spent doing two things: 1) actually writing, and 2) haggling over/worrying about/counting/realizing you don't have enough money.
How to Get Paid
If there is one piece of advice I would give to freelancers (and young people in general), it's this:
This is rarely a comfortable conversation, because we've been taught to stigmatize these questions. But freelance journalism right now is a buyers' market, and it's easy for young people to get stiffed. The most egregious example is when outlets offer to pay a writer "in exposure." If you must work for free, do it only as a favor to people you like and respect, and who don't have a ton of institutional resources behind them. Other outlets will pay you, but at rock-bottom rates—watch out for those guys, too.
Before you negotiate a rate with your editor, do some research and talk to friends who have done similar work so that you can go into the conversation with a rough idea of what the going rate might be for a piece like yours. The most invaluable resource here is the Who Pays Writers blog and Twitter feed, the author of whom deserves a goddamn Nobel Prize. Susie Cagle, a freelance journalist based in Oakland, California, is also a must-follow on this beat.
General trends that I've found to be true:
- When you are starting out, expect to get paid by the piece, not by the word.
- A reported piece will take a lot more time and effort to write than an opinion piece, and therefore you ought to charge more for it — at least double what you'd ask for a non-reported piece of the same length, IMO. (Don't back down on this point, or you'll be on the hook for a whole lot of underpaid labor.)
- The corollary to trend 2 is that reported pieces are harder to successfully pitch than opinion pieces. This explains the abundance of shitty opinion writing, both in print and online, the rise of the thinkpiece as a major part of the media ecosystem, the number of outlets that are committed to aggregating stories, and so on. Reporting is expensive and time-consuming, and that's just the way it is.
- Remember that you will pay self-employment tax at the end of the year. However much money you need to make a living, try to have a net income of about 20% more than that.
4A. You should prepare for the possibility that paying your living expenses *plus* setting aside 20% for taxes will not be financially possible. At the end of last year, I knew I was going to owe the IRS a lot of money and was prepared to pay it, but I definitely didn't break even once my bills were all paid.
And in the interest of practicing what I preach, here are some hard numbers. If you want specifics on who paid me what, shoot me an email and I'll be happy to talk—seriously.
For straight op-eds, whether they were for fun, bloggy affairs or Very Serious Journalism Endeavors, I could make anywhere from $100 to $500 per piece, with both of those numbers being extreme outliers. When I got $100, I was willing to take a low rate because I really loved the outlet in question, thought the Web Editor there did a great job working with my articles, and knew that they were not exactly flush with cash. (Many outlets will tell you they simply aren't able to pay you that much—sometimes this will be bullshit, but sometimes there's truth to it. Use your instinct.)
For reported pieces, it depended on the intensity of the reporting involved, but I've netted anywhere from $200 for 800 words (in retrospect, I should have asked for more) to $700 for 1500 words of heavy reporting and interviewing. I should also note that I've written heavily reported, 2000+ word pieces that I'm confident could have fetched $1000 or more at established publications. Owing largely to the financial circumstances of the outlets that ran the pieces (I knew they were hard-up and/or had limited freelance budgets), I made in the $250-500 range for each piece.
The point of this isn't to brag about how magnanimous I am, obviously—it's to let you know that if a piece is long and detailed enough, many outlets will be happy to pay you a lot of money for it. Whether you want to sell an article to a scrappy web magazine with limited cash or an internationally recognized brand is a call only you can make, and IMO should be done on a case-by-case basis.
Me Write Pretty One Day
This is the part where I feel weirdest about giving advice, because writing is such a deeply personal act that I wouldn't feel comfortable going all Strunk and White on you. Instead of prose style tips, then, some general thoughts I've gathered over the last 20 months about how to write, what to write about, and how to maintain your sanity in a brutally competitive industry.
- Develop a beat, and stick to it. It took me several months before I realized that "Urban planning and millennials and politics and media and occasional jokes" wasn't really a compelling personal brand. Narrowing my focus to city-planning issues and local politics benefitted my career in a number of ways: It put me in touch with a group of fellow journalists and wonks whose work I really respect. It allowed me to acquaint myself with the ins and outs of a particular cluster of issues, and become more confident talking about them. It gave me really great reporting opportunities by putting me in the middle of a field where there's a lot going on at the moment. Being associated with a particular topic, I suspect, also made it easier for editors to approach me when they wanted to commission an article. The handful of times someone came to me and said "Would you like to write on this for us?" it was because I already had a track record writing on housing, gentrification, infrastructure, etc. And speaking of which…
- Love your editors. There is seriously no substitute for knowing that your article is in capable hands. The more you can establish a consistent working relationship with someone, the better you'll be able to craft a consistent voice yourself.
- Pick up the phone. So many outlets now aggregate or repackage news that it's easy to forget how important (and hard) the act of reporting is. My new year's resolution for work was to include a piece of reporting or research in everything I wrote. I don't think I've *totally* followed through, but I have no doubt that the "Report first, opine later" mindset has led me to produce consistently higher-quality writing.
- Don't be afraid to go long if you need to. A lot of editors and media critics make a great virtue of brevity. (Insert your own "snackable content" joke here.) Looking over what I think is my best work, I'd put it differently: Make your article as long as it needs to be, but no longer. Most of the time you won't need 1000+ words to make your point. But on the rare occasion that you do, don't apologize for it.
- You are not the most interesting part of your story. Good writers who only write about themselves are not actually good writers.. Find other people, let them speak for themselves, and elevate their stories above your own.
- Be generous with your time and network of contacts, especially when other freelancers are involved. I got pieces published because other people were willing to get coffee with me, make introductions, do favors they didn't expect me to pay back, etc. Pulling up the ladder behind me would make me officially The Worst. (Caveat: Never send single-opt-in emails!)
- The best articles are about things that actually happened, not about narratives, discourses, framing, or what we're really talking about when we talk about x. Finding somebody who said something stupid on the internet is easy. Any one thing can feed into a narrative that posits some other thing if you massage the language enough, or write with enough bad faith. (#CancelDerrida) But to use an example from my own beat, what's more useful: writing about how we should understand gentrification as a continuation of settler-colonialist discourse, or writing about actual poor people of color who are getting illegally evicted from their homes?
- Twitter is useful for finding like-minded writers and staying informed on your topic of choice. Tweet about whatever you want, and follow whoever you want, but it's just Twitter. You don't owe any one issue, or any one person, your attention.
- You will almost always have more work than time. Set clear boundaries for work/life balance, and follow them.
That's all I've got. Would love to hear questions/comments/concerns/disagreements—every freelancer has a different story.


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PALO ALTO, CALIF. — So much for the Bruise Brothers. May the Killer B`s rest in pieces. And about that quarterback they said couldn`t be stopped, a second opinion. If Dan Marino can get his Corvette going when he returns home, it will be the first thing he started all week.
Sunday`s Super Bowl XIX, then, will be remembered as an afternoon-turned- ev ening when the San Francisco 49ers nominated themselves for the honor roll. This team with the $10 million payroll is one of the finest ever, at any price, at any time.


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Yes, already o_____o
The worst in this is that the sun wasn't THIS strong.... And I just walked 30 minutes.... half in the sun....
It's not a big sunburn, it's just enough so that the skin is kinda warm, itchy and pink (Well... my skin is already pink... But you know what I mean...)
I don't even wanna think to this summer o_o... I'll have to buy some SPF 1 000 000 sunscreen/block x___x
I hate sunscreen >___< It's oily and it smells FUCKING AWEFUL D8<
But I don't wanna tan, I don't wanna burn, so I'll just wear it... Maybe you have some suggestions ? (And forget about crappy SPF 15. It won't protect anything... I really need something strong u_u...) Considering the fact that I have the same skin type as redhaired girls..... (You know... I used to have freckles when I was young... and my hair was... redish-brown... I guess that's why my
red orange hair suits me well...)
I think I'll ask to Isabelle to make me an umbrella..... Or two... I'll see XD
I first have to talk to her about this XD I'm pretty sure she'll be glad to make those, but yeah xD
I first have to talk to her about this XD I'm pretty sure she'll be glad to make those, but yeah xD
I wanna see the sun blotted out from the sky ò___ó !!!!


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Saturday, December 31, 2016
The Technician's Providence: The Political Theology of Deism and Liberalism's Quiet Holocaust
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this reminds me of reading a passing comment Leonard Meyer had in Music, the Arts and Ideas in a 1990s reprint edition. He had a postlude essay in which he mused that the more explicitly secular/materialist Western society became the more emphatic the zero-sum game of social and economic inequality would become. The allegedly "intolerable" social and economic milieu of Indian society went on for millennia without upset, so apparently all that inequality was somehow tolerable. If there's no life after death then the battle to get what you think/feel you deserve from this life becomes the sum of all things.ReplyDelete
With application to music Meyer proposed that the West should not anticipate any new revolutions in musical organization. The old rules were broken and the new quest to find new conceptual constraints to guide artists are coming up with uncertain or literally unmemorable results (total serialism, for instance).
In his book about the Romantic era Meyer went so far as to state that the Romantic era composers formally repudiated the conventions of the 18th century but THEY HAD NO ALTERNATIVES. So they PRETENDED to break the rules while really stratifying them to a degree that no one from Haydn's era would have dreamed of doing or even actually did. What on paper looked like an advocacy for the artist to follow their own muse turned out, in practice, to be biggie-sizing things to hide how formulaic things were becoming. It's helped me come to a clearer understanding why I love 18th and 20th century music but find a lot of 19th century music bloated and annoying (exceptions being made for Chopin and the early 19th century guitarist composers who were "breaking the rules" before German theorists had codified them yet).


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Treatments for Prostate Cancer
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Prostate cancer can grow slowly. It is possible that treatment can be delayed or that treatment may not be needed. In these cases, active surveillance is used. You and your doctor will monitor for new symptoms, changes in symptoms, or signs of disease progression.
When needed, the goal of treatment is to remove as much of the cancer as possible, while preserving urinary and sexual function. Additional treatment may help to prevent the spread or recurrence of cancer. The treatment plan will often include a combination of approaches based on the characteristics of the cancer, patient's age, general health, and prognosis. Comfort measures can be provided if prostate cancer is in advanced stages.
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Recycled from a top that I bought many years ago, its really too small to fit into now. When there are not enough drawers to keep your precious cosmetics, a bag will store them all. Just dig into it to find the eyeshadow you want to wear for that day!
Item 2: Recycled draw-stringed knee-length skirt
Recycled from a pinky baggy pants (for 100 baht) that I bought in Phuket 5 years ago, never wore it before!
Old items imbued with new purposes, and you save hell lots of money from it.


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Claire "Sugar" Bowen
1940 - 2009, Santa Barbara
12/28/1940 - 04/04/2009
Gone but not forgotten:
A great friend to all who had the privilege to know her she was funny and a great story teller of her life experiences, of which she never hesitated to tell. Even though she was not religious, I know with all my heart that she is with the Lord because of her generosity, love, compassion for all who came into her life whether through bloodlines or being blessed enough to be noticed on the street as someone in need of a meal or a coat, she will always be remembered as someone who cared for the well being of those around her. Her wit and charm will never be forgotten her wonderful sense of humor and colorful words will always be in my memories.
Until we meet again in heaven "forever touched by you".


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+Insomnium serial.
Nel is visited by the face from the Abyss who takes him on a journey to learn of the pain and suffering that his fellow travelers in Nowhere went through on their home planets. You see Gin going through failed relationships and the grief over her sister's death. Rev's struggle with homophobia and the death of his baseball dream. And you finally find out the reason that Drogl is, well, Drogl.
Link to Goodreads
Never thought I would be able to feel sorry for Drogl, and yet Bonelli has once again managed to make the impossible seem possible. In this episode you get a true sense of what made him like he is, and though it doesn't excuse his actions but does kind of explain it.
It was also good to see more of the background of the other characters. Though we know what they struggled with back on their own planets, but this is the first time the reader has been an objective observer in their lives and it was certainly interesting.
I'm already really intrigued as to what is going to happen next!


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Bearwalker taught me about saving birds and I've seen him many times sitting in his chair, big warm hands closed over a little feathered form--comforting and safe and...healing.
I head outside, looking into the ferns for signs of feathers. There he is...a lesser goldfinch, curled into himself, black and white wings loose and bright yellow breast barely rising. If I left him there, he would die. In shock, cold and alone, chances are good his little heart would stop. I pick him up and take him inside.
Cupping him to my own chest, I cover his head, creating a warm dark nest, like Bearwalker would do. My addition to the process is conversation. I murmur to him about what's happening outside the window, tell him someone out there is watching and waiting for his return.
After fifteen minutes, he stirs. A little wiggle. I uncover him and he blinks up at me. We go to the sink, I give him a drop of water at a time until he swallows. And poops on my palm. Twice.
Back outside, we stand in a patch of sunlight and I open my hand. "Are you ready?"
He sits for a few long minutes - wonderful and sweet long minutes for me - and then in a flash of yellow and black, is gone.
There are little lives all around us, their dramas and sorrows as real as our own. Today was a good day for us both.


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Only with You by Lauren Layne
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I received this from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Only with You is a fun, witty, but train wreck waiting to happen kind of story. Who doesn't love that? I laughed, I cried and mostly shook my head at what I was reading. I loved it, and did not want to put it down. Who needs to cook, clean and pick up kids from school? Really!
Sophie Dalton is always the life of the party. She has made that her goal in life to the disappointment of her family. Her parents had high hopes for her to be a doctor or lawyer, but that wasn't in the cards for Sophie, who is currently a cocktail waitress. Not exactly what her parents want to tell their friends at the country club. While in Vegas for a bachelorette party, Sophle has a chance meeting with good-looking, uptight businessman, Grayson Wyatt, who thought she was a call-girl. Sophie was left both stunned and humiliated after that encounter, but it did make her re-think her career path or lack there of. Who would have thought Sophie would see Grayson again especially in Seattle? Now, he is her boss. How did that happen? Can they possibly leave the Vegas incident behind and have a smooth working relationship? Not if Sophie has anything to say about it.
This was a well-written Cotemporary Romance novel. Sophie is a sassy, fun-loving, people pleaser. Grayson is a social awkward executive, who feels comfortable in the board room. They both are emotional scarred people, but together sparks fly. I enjoyed the slow build of Sophie and Grayson's relationship. I will say this is my first time reading anything by Lauren Layne, but it will not be my last. I will be reading the next book Made for You. Can't wait! I highly recommend this book.
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Relatives in town yesterday. We went to the amusement park. I remember this ride from when I was about that size …
I remember the sensation of flying, and of being able to control my flight. But only within the constraints of the ride—You couldn't get hurt. It let imagination run free and made the fifty seconds of flight seem a day long.
Last photo of the day. Sometimes the best.
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Celebrating a birthday with beauties
Sunday, January 8, 2012
I had promised photos of Miss Eva on her third birthday. But ladies and gentleman, I can do even better. I can and do present to you some of the other very special young ladies on the planet. Yes, the princess in pink is our own Miss Eva. The princess beside her is Miss M, the much-discussed beauty who dances cha cha with the old people on Thursdays and is perpetually kind and forgiving regarding their (which is to say my) over-long steps, bent knees, invariable mishaps.
The perfectly named Miss Mercy follows; she regales anyone lucky enough to be near her with siren tales and exquisite quips. And last but not least is Miss Cristina, who is is Eva's mom, with her brand-new baby, Miss Sophie.
It's time for me to return to work after a weekend of play and photography. But what a weekend it was. I hope you, too, spent time with those you love. It's the cure for most things, I've discovered.


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Welcome to Saturday! What a glorious day it will be. I got my hard top off my Jeep yesterday so today I will be cruising in the open air.
Well during all our many hours of rain we have had in the past I did lots of coloring on my Bestie images. Yup, was adducted to coloring for awhile. So yesterday I decided to make some simple greeting card sets for my Etsy store. Perfect for having on hand for those special moments
Short sweet and simple, got lots to do before I .......cruise the open skies.
Have an awesome day everyone!


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Bliss Living has a line of jewelry created by artists around the United States. Each piece can be personalized with the name or phrase of your choosing. These custom handmade pieces make an especially wonderful gift for new Mothers. The Mother's Love heart charm necklace is my favorite. There's also a nice selection of customizable bracelets, such as The Birth Bracelet for Mom. And don't leave Dad out! Men are sure to love the Daddy Dog Tag keychains and necklaces.
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3 Daily Fantasy Basketball Players to Avoid on 4/5/16
Finding players you want to roster is a lot easier than finding players to avoid. Here are three players based on their price and matchups that could be landmines for your rosters tonight.
You can find a ton of great information and research on guys you might want to include in your DFS NBA lineups tonight, but what about some guys you may want to lessen your exposure to, or even fade altogether?
Avoiding players whose matchups or situations aren't as great as they seem can often be just as important as finding the best targets each night. After all, it takes only one player to sink a lineup.
With a larger slate of NBA games on tonight, searching for the landmines could mean the difference from winning or losing your contests.
Giannis Antetokounmpo, SF, Milwaukee Bucks
FanDuel Price: $9,600
The Greek Freak, Giannis Antetokounmpo, has been having a stellar second half, but tonight he is going up against the King himself, LeBron James. Even though Antetokounmpo has scored at least 53 FanDuel points in his last two games, and even though his price is back below $10,000, as long as James plays in this one, it might be wise to lay off Antetokounmpo tonight.
James has the Cavaliers ranked fifth-best against small forwards this season, giving up only 0.72 FanDuel points per minute to the position. If you look at Antetokounmpo's last two opponents that he dominated, they both rank in the bottom half of the league against small forwards, with the Bulls being the worse of the two teams, ranking 25th in FanDuel points allowed to the position.
We have mentioned it a lot when we talk about players going up against James, but as long as he is not rested tonight, Antetokounmpo faces an uphill battle. Players James defends are shooting just 37.6 percent from the floor and 31.8 percent from beyond the arc. Even further, Antetokounmpo has struggled against James in the past. While he has shot the ball well against James this season, from a fantasy standpoint, you need at least 45 points from Antetokounmpo to reach value tonight, and that may be hard against James and the Cavs.
In his last five games against James over the last two seasons, Antetokounmpo is averaging only 35.8 FanDuel points per game. Even though he has dropped at least 40 FanDuel points in two meetings this season against James, it might be a good idea to pay up another $1,000 salary dollars for Kevin Durant -- or even James himself tonight. In those same previous five meetings, James has averaged just over 49 FanDuel points against Antetokounmpo.
Gordon Hayward, SF, Utah Jazz
FanDuel Price: $7000
Another small forward with a tough matchup tonight is Gordon Hayward. Hayward was a member of the landmines article the last time he faced off against the Spurs and Kawhi Leonard, and he ended the game with only 11 points in 35 minutes, and just 15.4 FanDuel points. Tonight might be more of the same against the Spurs for Hayward, who has struggled mightily against Leonard in their previous matchups.
The Spurs rank as the best small forward defense in the NBA this season, giving up only 0.65 FanDuel points per minute to the position, and Leonard is once again the main reason. He is making a case for his second straight Defensive Player of the Year award, as players he is defending are shooting just 39.1 percent from the floor and 33.9 percent from beyond the arc.
In his last five meetings against Leonard and the Spurs, Hayward is averaging just over 20 FanDuel points per game. If you haven't heard by now, it might be a good idea to avoid Hayward and pretty much anyone on the Jazz tonight against San Antonio.
Luol Deng, PF, Miami Heat
FanDuel Price: $6,300
The Heat and Pistons square off tonight on national television, and the Pistons are fighting for their first playoff berth since 2009. The Heat, on the other hand, are trying to hang onto home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs, so this game is very important to both clubs, which could mean the defenses could be out in full force tonight.
The Pistons come into this against Miami as a good defensive team against both forward spots. They rank 3rd against small forwards and 13th against power forwards this season, and while Luol Deng has been spending more time at power forward lately, he still is looking like a landmine either way. He has scored at least 36 FanDuel points in three of his last five games, so he looks attractive at this price. However, those three games were against the Blazers, Magic and Lakers, three of the bottom 10 teams against the power forward position this season.
Deng might not be so fortunate against the Pistons tonight. We have him projected for 12.3 points, 5.8 rebounds and just under 24 FanDuel points, which would not be anywhere close to the output you would need to make Deng a profitable player to roster tonight.


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Saturday, 4 August 2012
Public Image Ltd - O2 Bournemouth
When I saw that PIL were performing at Bournemouth's O2 Academy I requested to shoot the job for Ilikemusic straight away. John Lydon is a music legend and I've always wanted to photograph him. I have to admit I was not feeling the music (definitely prefer the Pistols) but he (as you would expect) was an amazing performer, with great stage presence. I wanted to shoot some close ups too as he pulls some great faces.
The only major moan I would have is that the production was pretty crap with the lighting being quite tricky to shoot. Pretty happy what I got in the end :)
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John Daly, who spent some time last week in a North Carolina drunk tank, is worried that Hooters will drop him as a celebrity spokesman. "The world perceives that I passed out at Hooters, that I was thrown out at Hooters," he told a reporter on Sunday. "They'll probably have to terminate me because of the negative publicity."
Maybe they will, maybe they won't. But you have to wonder how any corporate endorsee could fail to notice Daly's twenty-year-plus history of public drunkenness, disorderly conduct, domestic disturbances, hospitalizations, withdrawals from tournaments, fines and suspensions. Hooters, in particular, had to know that their tavern environment a provocative meld of booze and centerfold waitresses would bring out the worst in Daly.
The truth is, a sober Daly isn't much better than a blotto Daly when it comes to public relations. During the 1993 U. S. Open at Baltusrol, Long John starred in commercials for Wilson's "Killer Whale" driver spots in which he stared into the camera and swore that he owed all his success to the Whale. Wilson's sales reps were giving each other high-fives until Daly, after hitting a wild drive on live TV, reared back and hurled his club over a fence. Daly's driver helicoptered an incredible distance It was longer! but it was a dismal weekend for Wilson and the Killer Whale.
But that wasn't half as bad as Daly's corporate backstab at the 2005 PGA Championship. On that occasion, an angry Daly whacked his golf bag with his Dunlop putter, damaging the club so badly that he had to putt with his lob wedge for seven holes. After the round, however, Daly put the blame squarely on ... the people who signed his endorsement checks! "My putter came loose again," he groused. "That's happened a few times this year, where the head has fallen off. Dunlop has been trying really hard to make a putter, and it just keeps coming off."
Having established that the engineers at Dunlop Sports, after nearly a century manufacturing golf and tennis gear, didn't know how to use epoxy, Daly delivered the coup de grace: "I've had it. I'm just going to putt with my L-wedge."
I'm guessing that Daly didn't get a performance bonus that week.
But again, why was anybody surprised? We saw this train coming up the tunnel when Mr. Grip It and Rip It was just starting to cash in on his stunning victory at the 1991 PGA Championship. The following June, an inebriated Daly got into an argument with a flight attendant while boarding a Continental flight from Denver to Newark a dustup that caused him to miss the Buick Classic. Fast forward two months to the PGA Championship at Bellerive, where Daly told CBS's Jim Nantz that it wasn't the airline that had told reporters he was drunk. It was tournament officials.
To a startled Nance, Daly added, "I won't go buy a Buick anymore."
PGA Tour Commissioner Deane Beman probably gagged on his sandwich. It's not every day you hear a star golfer launch a boycott of the Tour's most generous title sponsor.
Sixteen years later, Daly is still up to his old tricks. But there are literally dozens of companies that have not yet signed Long John to an endorsement deal. I'm thinking he'd be a terrific shill for Remington shotguns. Or Fountain powerboats. And don't forget the Acme Corporation. (Current celebrity endorser: Wile E. Coyote.)
But if you're the CEO of one of those companies, you might ask yourself if there are places you wouldn't want your logo to be seen.
Hooters, for example.


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Fudge House
Pier 39, San Francisco
Fudge is another one of those items that can be hit or miss when you try it. I have always found The Fudge House in San Francisco to be terrific. I think that in order to keep up with the number of people that go through the Wharf, the fudge here can't help but always be fresh.
It's a short walk on a long pier, but well worth the trip.[Side-note: While at Pier 39, try a Nutella crepe at the Crepe Cafe! Of course, Trish's Mini Donuts and the wide variety of chocolates at Chocolate Heaven make The Pier a place well worth spending a long afternoon.


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There is nothing better than taking something you wear,
not just casually - but an item you would jazz up for cocktails - and customizing it, while adding a little bit of pizazz.
For example, a fawn playsuit I picked up in Urban Outfitters last season. I love wearing it as it's comfortable and a colour that complements red lipstick and pale skin. So I can throw it on with tights and an oversized cardi for college or add a pair of funky tights and high heels and head to a night club wearing it. But I felt it was a blank canvas. It was a staple piece of my overflowing floordrobe rather than wardrobe that I wanted to rejuvenate.
So.... I decided to strategically apply some iron - on patches strategically around the pocket detailing.
These patches remind me of when I was little and my Mam sowed some in my flared dark denim jeans. In the Spice Girl era I felt like Baby Spice with my super cool jeans funny how thirteen years later I have revisited this idea of my own accord. Style is a bit of a spinning wheel, trends reappear on the catwalks and the streets time and time again, except modified, like the 50's poodle skirt or tying your hair up with a patterned scarf.
These patches cost under a fiver and not only are they easy to use but look seriously cute and you will be very proud of your handiwork. I used three patches all in varying colours and ironed them on following the foolproof instructions. I selected a rose pattern, a russian doll and an ice- cream.
My Russian Doll patch
Retro rose tattoo patch
You scream for ice- cream patch
And here is what the finished job looked like & was completed in about 5 minutes. You can find these patches in Hickeys on Henry St. and other stores Nationwide.
Happy customizing! ;)


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Jimmy Evans Sermon Archive
by Evans, Jimmy•
Jimmy Evans 2013
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Christian marriage expert Jimmy Evans and the teaching staff at MarriageToday bring together over 400 sermons and small-group lessons for Christian couples married or thinking about marriage. In Logos, this impressive archive brings the best marriage tools right to your fingertips—whether you're on a PC, Mac, or mobile device. Learn from the experts—and, in turn, provide expert counseling—from Jimmy Evans and MarriageToday.
In Logos, this archive integrates seamlessly with the software. Discover marriage advice when you run searches by Bible verse or topic, and dig deeper with links to other texts in your library.
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- How to Think when Life Stinks
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We have been making our own laundry detergent for the last few months. I love not having to lug home large containers of detergent from Sam's and I love keeping the ingredients on hand to whip up a large batch that will last for a while. There are MANY recipes for laundry detergent and you can look here to find some.
I have made laundry detergent with several kids of soap. Most people use the Fels Naptha soap and that is what we used in this batch. It is designed specifically as a laundry soap, but to me it is heavily scented and I generally stick to unscented things as we have some who are sensitive to smells. I have used Dr. Bronner's soaps that I can purchase at my local health food store. They are made from all-natural materials and you can find unscented and those scented with essential oils. I have also made some with my own homemade soap that was a plain unscented soap. This is the method that I would normally choose, but I am out of my plain soap (will be making some soon and that will be another post!) so here we are. The Fels Naptha soap runs about $1. 38 a bar. Two bars grated will make three cups.
|Kaelan grates the soap.
We also use Arm and Hammer Super Washing Soda and 20 Mule Team Borax. If you are local, the Barnes Crossing Kroger stocks all three of these ingredients in the laundry aisle.
Two bars of grated soap=3 cups
It looks like grated cheese!
To mix all the ingredients up thoroughly I add one cup of washing soda
to my VitaMix Blender.
Then I add a cup of grated soap.
Then I add a cup of Borax.
I run this through for a minute or two.
And it then looks like this! Using the blender breaks up the larger chunks of soap.
I pour that into my large plastic container I use to store the detergent.
And then I repeat two more times using up all the grated soap. When I use my homemade soaps I add several drops of essential oils at this point and stir thoroughly. I love using tea tree, but my husband thinks it smells like a nursing home. I have also used peppermint and lavender essential oils. I probably use about 25 drops for this triple batch.
As I said there are many different recipes out there. You just have to find one that works for you. I like this because I just use the same amount of all three ingredients. I don't have to think about it and neither do my helpers.
I use a heaping tablespoon in my front loader. A top loader would take more. Because we have horrible water here I also add a scoop of Oxyclean and a scoop of baking soda to most loads. I also use vinegar in the rinse cycle to keep away static and soften the clothes.


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FOOT Tattoos
Foot tattoos represents a part of the body in which some of the interesting tattoo designs can be made. Foot is the sensitive part of the body. Since the foot is a sensitive part, foot tattoos require a lot of post procedure care. This has to be taken by the person who wants to have his foot tattooed. To make a foot tattoo the tattoo artist must have a lot of experience and skill with them. The tattoo artist should have the in-depth skill to proceed with the foot tattoo.
Before having the tattoos drawn, the very important thing has to be done, which is consultation with the tattoo artist. Consultation of a tattoo artist is always a good idea before the ink starts. For the foot tattoo it is double important to have a consultation with the tattoo artist. Unlike the tattoos drawn in other parts of the body, foot tattoos have a high chance of ink migration.
Ink migration occurs basically when the design begins to spread around the skin of the foot. Ink migration leads to the following disadvantage in foot tattoos. Foot tattoos has to be simple in design and it requires constant touch ups. These two things have to be consulted to the tattoo artist before starting the process. Some of the tattoo artist won't do foot tattoos because they look less satisfactory to their work, with simple design.
The tattoo artists will charge for the touch up's, that has to be done atleast two or three times after the initial design of the foot tattoo. These visits can be reduced or eliminated by choosing a simple foot tattoo design. This can be done by constant consultation with the tattoo artist.
Most of the tattoos drawn require diligent care. But, the foot tattoo requires more than that. The tattoos drawn in other parts can heal in two to three weeks, without rubbing or making contact with that part. But this is very difficult with the foot tattoos. So, to have the foot tattooed that person has to be prepared to stop wearing shoes and socks for 2-3 weeks.
Foot tattoos are the most affected by the infection due to the materials used on them. Even the healed foot tattoos can be affected by the constant rubbing of shoes. So, it is important to take the necessary precautions, before and after the foot tattoo is drawn.
Sunday, February 8, 2009
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Last week visited Knott's Berry Farm. It was a fun day enjoyed by all.
Our little girlie (and her mom) enjoy the merry-go-round, bumper cars and the like. She also liked the Ride the Rapids which made her think the log ride would produce a similar experience. Little did we know what we were getting ourselves into.
We didn't know that a portion of the log ride is in complete, pitch-black, darkness. That feeling of dark emptiness scared her and gave my heart reason to become a bit anxious. I was concerned for my girlie. I didn't want this ride to scare her. She was aware of the drop soon approaching, but after the darkness the drop seemed even more intimidating.
A few moments before the drop she began to cry. Her fear was overwhelming her and I just wanted to take it away. Crazy thoughts crossed my mind, "I bet I could just grab her and jump off this ride and have someone come get us." But I knew I couldn't act that fast and the impending drop was just going to have to happen.
When she saw the light and the upcoming downhill the tears really started to fall. I held her tightly and thought, "It'll soon pass."
We survived the ride, but tears and lots of hugs followed.
Watching our kids go through scary moments or tough situations breaks a mom's heart. For some reason the thought of my own mom standing beside me through the births of our 3 children crossed my mind as I was holding on to our little girl down the log ride. I thought of my mom knowing the pain I'd go through and encouraging me through it. Sometimes there's a pain we can't take away, we can just be there to hug and encourage.
I'm thankful for a mom who encourages and hugs.
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My Side of the Car
by Kate Feiffer
illustrated by Jules Feiffer
Candlewick Press, $16.99, Ages 4-7
Readers of this funny, quirky picture book see the difficulty Sadie has had trying to get to the zoo – her mom trips and they must go to the hospital, Pasha the dog gets lost and the family looks for him all day, the grandparents make a surprise visit and prefer the museum. But finally Sadie and her dad are on the way, having a great time, until her father notices it's raining. "No, it's not raining on my side of the car," says Sadie, again and again, in answer to her father's concern.
Modeled on a trip the author, Kate Feiffer, and her father, Jules Feiffer, the illustrator, once took to a nature preserve, the watercolor and pencil paintings explicitly capture images of a rain-soaked landscape in contrast to a bright sunny day, with the red car serving as the dividing line between. From Sadie's comments, one is never entirely certain whether her observations are based in reality or hope. But the text and images complement each other fully; as it becomes clear that Sadie is determined, nothing will keep them from the zoo today.
When they finally arrive however, and Sadie gets out, she declares she doesn't want her father to get wet from the rain on his side of the car. They make a big turn, and after passing some boring roads, her dad observes that it's not raining on his side of the car now. The satisfying final scene is complete with them "going to the zoo. At last!"
(Appended is a comical discussion between daughter and father about the real-life event – it's clear there is, to this day, no agreement about whether it was raining!)
Passing the Music Down
by Sarah Sullivan
illustrated by Barry Root
Candlewick Press, $16.99, Ages 5-8
When a young boy travels from Indiana to Appalachia mountain country, it's to meet the old fiddler whose playing he admires. The two become fast friends, working in the old man's garden, sharing meals, and playing fiddle tunes together. To strengthen the relationship, rooted in the music they both love, the boy's family moves to a neighboring county.
Accenting the title by recurrent use of the phrase, author Sullivan, a West Virginian, like the musicians and the traditional folk music she admires, keeps readers connected to the characters by favoring a ballad-like storytelling style with poetic images – "Like a katydid in the spring, the boy's heart dances." Illustrator/musician Root's sunlit watercolor and gouache images emphasize the mountain setting by liberal, yet delicate choices of yellows, oranges and greens, merging with the text for a timeless composition.
Inspired by the true story of Melvin Wine and Jake Krack, the combined talents of author and illustrator smoothly convey the power of a passion for great fiddling and long-lasting fiddle tunes to shape a bond between generations – the tradition of "passing the music down" in this lovely lyrical story.
Helpful back matter features an Author's Note, explaining the remarkable story behind the book; A Note on the Tunes; and Resources, which include: Books and Articles, a Discography, Videos, and Websites.
These Hands
by Margaret H. Mason
illustrated by Floyd Cooper
Houghton Mifflin, $16.99, Ages 6-9
Using the "yes, I can" phrase, famous from Barak Obama's 2008 presidential campaign, as a refrain, the loving African American grandfather in this story tells about his life, subtly encouraging his grandson to develop his own skills. With a repetitive "Did you know . . . .?, author Mason's lyrical language shifts the grandfather's remembering from the simple art of tying shoes, and joyful singing at the piano, to card games and baseball, and the inequity of being prevented from making bread at the Wonder Bread factory because, "white people would not want to eat bread touched by these hands."
In just a few brief phrases, the storyteller moves the reader from hands that "were only allowed to sweep the floors and work the line and load the trucks," to hands that joined with other hands to write petitions, carry signs and raise voices together, fashioning changes that make it possible for any hands now, to "mix the bread dough, no matter their color."
With his characteristic "erased" oil wash, an artistic styling which gives both depth and texture, illustrator Cooper also effectively suggests another era, by his choice of sepia tones and a soft focus. Hands are prominent without being dominant, and the expressive faces add dimension, structure and drive to the story.
This latter is especially true as the rhythmic language transfers to the grandson who, discovering what his hands can do now, brings the grandfather along to share the conclusion that "those hands can do anything. Anything at all in this whole wide world."
An Author's Note at the end shares some of the oral history of bakery factories, where workers, who joined together to fight for fair treatment in their jobs, established labor unions.


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Friday, July 22, 2016
Wall Stick Twig Word Art
Hi again,
I don't think I ever told you about this project I made last winter.
It's something I am still enjoying.
I had gone outside to pickup all the sticks that had fallen from my trees in the yard.
Then, I got to wondering.
What could I make with these?
Maybe, I could paint them with stripes and put them in vases?
Instead, I did this.
It has been one of my most favorite art projects. I adore seeing it hanging above my kitchen table.
If, I get tired of the natural wood, I think I may paint it.
But for now, I have no plans to change it.
I'm sorry, I have no pictures of me making it.
It was very easy.
I broke the branches into the size I needed, and started to lay them out on my floor to spell out my word.
I used my handy hot glue gun to glue them together.
Another EZPZ project.
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Monday, 10 November 2014
Hello From The Gillespies
Author: Monica McInerney
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Type: ARC e-book
Source: NetGalley
Publisher: Penguin Group Berkley, NAL/Signet Romance, DAW
First Published: November 4, 2014
First Lines: "It was December the first."
Book Description from NetGalley: For the past thirty-three years, Angela Gillespie has sent to friends and family around the world an end-of-the-year letter titled Hello from the Gillespies." It's always been cheery and full of good news. This year, Angela surprises herselfshe tells the truth....
The Gillespies are far from the perfect family that Angela has made them out to be. Her husband is coping badly with retirement. Her thirty-two-year-old twins are having career meltdowns. Her third daughter, badly in debt, can't stop crying. And her ten-year-old son spends more time talking to his imaginary friend than to real ones.
Without Angela, the family would fall apart. But when Angela is taken away from them in a most unexpected manner, the Gillespies pull together and pull themselves together in wonderfully surprising ways .
Disclaimer: My sincere thanks to NetGalley and Penguin Group Berkley, NAL/Signet Romance, DAW for providing me with a complimentary e-book copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.
My Review: I picked up this book based on the premise of family secrets being divulged and how the family deals with the aftermath. Who doesn't like to read about skeletons jumping out of other people's closets? Unfortunately while the premise was intriguing, I finished this book with an overall lackluster feeling.
This was an easy read but I had a few issues with the book. First, it was really long and could have been whittled down a fair bit. The characters felt like soap opera actors each very superficial with their own issues that are brought to light. But like a soap opera it was engaging at certain points but these moments were surrounded by long descriptions of daily life that really slowed down the pace of the book.
The most interesting point in the book (the incident that takes Angela away from her family) was over all too soon and the main story line (the after effects of family secrets being divulged) was much too brief. Instead the book tended to focus more on the decline of a marriage and an obsession about a family reunion and the story soon lagged and ended with a very predictable and much too neatly tied up ending for each of the characters.
What I did appreciate was the fact that this book focused on an imperfect family. Their initial quirkiness and humour remind me of my own family. But those quirky, flawed characters soon got on my nerves and I didn't feel connected to any of them, especially the three daughters. Here we have adult children who arrive home unexpectedly (and for an indeterminate amount of time) and expect their mom (who has her own business and ranch to run) to wait on them hand and foot. These adult daughters were whiny, very self-obsessed and seem more concerned with their next boyfriend than their family. Sure they were 'flawed' but they weren't very likable either. In fact, the only character that seemed believable was 10 year old Ig.
Overall, while I obviously didn't love this book, I also didn't hate it. It was just okay. It held my interest enough for me to finish it but without a connection to the characters and the focus veering off of the main issue I can't say that I loved it.
My Rating: 2.5/5 stars
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Import latex formulas into inkscape
Getting nice looking formulas in your presentations / posters is always a problem. Latex is great at producing nice looking formulas and text, but for presentations and posters it's not really equipped.
You could however write your formulas in a latex document, then import the pdf into inkscape and cut out the formulas. Unfortunately, inkscape will insist on treating your formulas as text, and mess them up in the process.
With a minor sidestep to acrobat professional we can get around this in five easy steps:
1. Open the pdf in acrobat professional.
2. Add a watermark using Document -> Watermark -> add. Set its opacity to 0%
3. Open advanced -> Printing Production -> Flattener Preview
4. Check "convert text to paths" and hit apply
5. Save your pdf
The text has now been converted to a vector drawing, and can now be imported into inkscape without problems.
If you don't add the watermark in acrobat professional, it'll just ignore the "convert text to paths" option (don't ask why). This trick can be used to import any fancy formatted text without running into font problems. (You do lose the ability to edit the actual text though)
Enjoy your nicely formatted formulas in your presentations / posters


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Resolutions pretty much suck. Most of them don't survive the first week and by February you have forgotten 99% of them.
Christine Kane came up with a good idea: Instead of having multiple resolutions, just focus on one word.
She writes:
"For instance, let's take one of the examples above. Let's say you are one of the many people who would normally choose "Get Organized." You look around to see clutter and crap all over your life. You're tired of the chaos. So, you think, "I need to get organized. That should be my Resolution this year."
But then you read this blog. You decide to try it.
You sit with your clutter. You spend a few days pondering words that will inspire you. You realize in an "Ah-Ha!" moment that you tend to cling to lots of things. You're scared to let go. So you choose the word "Release" because it inspires you in a bigger way than "Get organized."
So, every time you approach your clutter you remind yourself of that word. "Release," you say softly. You start to let the clutter go. Eventually, you realize that you're still holding on to lots more than just physical clutter. You realize that you hold onto resentment at old relationships. "Release," you remind yourself. You realize that holding on is affecting your diet and health. "Release" applies to some of the extra weight you've gained as well. Throughout the year, you can see clearly how much you hold on. "Release" is your touchstone. It grows you throughout the year. It becomes your guiding force, not your harsh standard.
Your clutter became your teacher simply because you shifted your intent towards it. This wouldn't have happened if you'd opted only to "Get Organized."
Looking at her list, I'm torn between Courage and Discipline.
On one hand, Courage is needed if you want to be a change agent. Courage is needed to make a difference. Courage is needed to stand out in a sea of mediocrity.
On the other hand, discipline is necessary to be more things done, stick to a healthier diet, abolish unhealthy habits, work out more often, find a better balance between work and family.
Well, what the heck, I won't stick to Christie's idea 100% and call my resolution for 2008: Discipline & Courage.
See me stick to that resolution in 2008.
Until then, enjoy the last day of 2007.


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How to have Certainty in an Uncertain World
08/18/2010 BLOG: How to have Certainty in an Uncertain World We are living in an uncertain world and in uncertain times. And deep inside of us, this uncertainty makes us long for certainty in our lives. The only thing that is certain in this world and that can give us the certainty we so deeply desire is our true Self. Our true Self is eternally the same. That's why it is called the Eternal Self. It is mighty and omnipresent. That's why it is also called the Mighty I AM Presence. And it is one with all and everything. That's why it is also known as the Monad, the word Monad coming from the Greek, meaning "one." So the only thing that is certain and eternally the same is our Eternal Self. However, having collectively cut ourselves off from God and our God Self and having chosen to identify with our physical bodies instead, most people are (erroneously) certain about the illusionary and transitory world we live in but they are uncertain about the truth of God and their Eternal Self. The Integrated Ascended Master realizes that the key to have happiness and inner peace in a constantly changing world is to disidentify with the mortal physical body and uncertain world and to identify with the Eternal Self and Mighty I AM Presence that is eternally and divinely the same. The mantra of the Integrated Ascended Master is, "I AM THAT I AM. AUM."
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Monica Johansson sent a comment to the last post.
Hi Monica,
All I can say about painting is just practice. If you can take classes do so. It is what got me started.
Really look at what you are painting. Don't be afraid to experiment.
I found that a tiny dot of paint can be moved with a shader brush to give detail.
Look at the nose. There is more to the nostril than a line.
There is a hole that needs defining with a darker color. The shape is like a comma. The nose has 2 defining lines on the outside but also on the top there are soft lines defining shape and detail..
For me I could see the detail but did not know how to achieve it. Messing with the paints and practice helped.
I still have a long way to go but I keep trying.
With oil painted dolls I never know when they are done. I have repainted many dolls.
Share pictures if you can.Have a good week. j


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Two studies in the United States have found that radiation from computed tomographic (CT) scanners may cause cancer long after patient exposure.
CT scanning combines special X-ray equipment with sophisticated computers to produce multiple images or pictures of the inside of the body. These cross-sectional images of the area being studied can then be examined on a computer monitor or printed.
The images are three-dimensional, but good imaging has led to a higher risk of damage decades later.
Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco, found that CT scans emit higher levels of radiation than was thought at first.
A separate study done by the National Cancer Institute estimated that radiation from more than 70 million CT scans performed in the United States in 2007 will ultimately cause about 29,000 cases of cancer, and a possible 15,000 deaths.
Ray Navarro, director of imaging for Mercy Medical Center Merced, said the CT scanners that are under scrutiny are at least 16-slice scanners. The scanner used at Mercy is a four-slice scanner.
But when the new hospital opens in May, those CT scanners will be 64-slice and 32-slice scanners.
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File this under "guilty pleasures". I just went out and got my copy of Kaela's new single. This isn't the kind of blog that beacons a review from such a release, so there won't be one (not very underground, is she?). I just thought I'd share this bit of information with all of you. Well then, until the next update!


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Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Olga was among those who swallowed the bait. Her fate was decided over a cup of coffee.
"We arrived in Jerusalem. The guy who escorted me met with another man. We were sitting in a cafe and as I listened to their conversation, I suddenly realised that I was being sold. When they struck the deal I was taken to a brothel where I stayed for a year," she remembered.
She spent one year in captivity in Tel-Aviv.
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I am a very optimistic person by nature. As you may have already noticed, I try to always post positive material, I try to keep my blog motivating and joyful to everyone, because I am a happy person, i try to always smile and have fun, because life really is too short. But sometimes, you just can't help but feel… Tired!
This is one of those days, I feel down, i feel tired, I am stressed out because of an assignment that i have to submit on Wednesday, and the worst thing is, I really hate this module! So I can't really focus on the assignment and get it done, because I am that kind of person who gives the best only when I enjoy what I'm doing, I am only creative when I have a passion for the thing that I am doing.
Still, I am not giving up, I do not have much time left to finish my assignment, so i have decided to work so hard to get it done by tomorrow, because even though I hate this module, I am no quitter!
At last, considering I try to keep my blog full of positive posts (as i mentioned before), I am going to end this post with a motivating quote :
"I'm a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it" ― Thomas Jefferson
Have a lovely night everyone.


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I began by replacing the floor and ceiling. I'd forgotten that I'd put a false wall in the back of the room in an attempt to cover up the floor and ceiling holes left from this originally being a landing area so that was removed too. Doing that has given me extra inches! Very important!
Next the old wallpaper had to come off...and then I rebuilt the 'mock staircase' shaped piece to give the illusion of stairs behind this room.
This is how it looked at this stage..
Next I filled in all the gaps and gave it all a coat of emulsion....(forgot to take a photo of that)
Wallpapering proved abit of a challenge because of the awkward shape but I managed by making paper templates of all the walls first.


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I know you've all been watching my little blog for a while, seeing more and more cakes pop up and less and less recipes and food, and I'm finally ready to take my business to the next level.
I've been very lucky in that I've been using some commercial space for a while now, but I recently took a step and signed a lease on a rental kitchen which I'll be sharing with others in the Clairemont area of San Diego.
So now its time to take things to the next step. I'll be hanging up my labcoat at the beginning of August, and maybe wearing a chef coat more often (more likely a t-shirt and jeans!).
I'll be taking a trip to Australia to spend time with my brother and his family, and apparently constructing a princess castle for my niece's 3rd birthday, then I'll return and start as many classes as I can get into at Grossmont College. I'll hopefully get my culinary degree soon. In my spare time I'll be building my business and selling my cakes.
So this is where I need help. I'm moving things forward to the next step, so if anyone has ideas or suggestions on where they think Jennywennycakes should be going, then I'd love to hear them. I've got a good network of friends who I've made cakes for and I'm hoping that the word of mouth aspect will continue and propel my business so that it gives me an income to support myself. Wish me luck!!
My main goal is to continue to use the best ingredients to make delicious treats, I'm happy to use my favorite schaner farm eggs, and I'll hopefully be able to use lots of other local produce.
As I mentioned, I'll be unavailable from August 10th-22nd, but apart from that, please consider me for your next party, wedding or shower event! 'Like' my page on facebook to keep up with whats going on in the kitchen, I'll start updating the flavors I'm baking in the kitchen, so you can swing by and get a 6 pack of cupcakes if you let me know a couple of days ahead!
Oh, and I used that wacky random number generator at random.org to pick a number, and it came up with comment no 9, canine cologne! Yay! I'll be in touch to find out how to get you those guitars!!


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Harjas Kaur ji,
Le me tell you at the outset i don't intend to be disrespectful to you and if i come across as rude pls accept my apologies.
I do have some what indepth understanding of the Abrahamic religions and their actual practice and hence i beleive i am in a better position relatively in countering your views.
First of all, I live in the United States. So I am familiar with the many different sects of Christianity..
I had never been to US but i have friends living in the Bible belt and from their experience i can tell that the tolerance of the people there is much better than some of the christians living in Indian places like Assam and kerala.. The tolerance of these people has nothing to do with the 'core principles" of christianity.
This is why I pointed out, respectfully to you, that although Judaism is indeed Abrahamic, I know for a fact that missionary conversion is against their teachings.
I already pointed out this in my earlier post.The jews wrote in their books(Noahide laws) that "non jews" can achieve salvation in principle without converting to Judaism.
But the christian view is entirely exclusivist.I am not saying this ;It is the vatican that says this.
statement of Pope Benedicthttp://www.vatican.va/holy_father/be...munica_en.html)
In our days, when in vast areas of the world the faith is in danger of dying out like a flame which no longer has fuel, the overriding priority is to make God present in this world and to show men and women the way to God. Not just any god, but the God who spoke on Sinai.
More details (http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_P7E.HTM)
So you err by over-generalizing ALL Abrahamic faiths as being one and the same thing, out to convert and destroy other cultures.
Over generalizing people is wrong.But i stick to my original assertion that for these faiths(excluding Judaism) converting other faiths to their own is in their "core teachings".we can have a seperate debate on this.
My concern with this thread is that Hindus (I am a Hindu-Sikh) are in danger of veering into an equal extreme in response to this menace. What will people gain if they lose Dharma trying to protect Dharma? So, from that perspective I think a reasoned balance is required.
I agree with you on this.But i find it difficult to Understand your objections to the article posted by Ohmshivaya.the article is well written and accurate.
To demonize a religion (Sikhs are familiar with this)...
How can any Hindu demonize Sikhism ?, when it was born out of necessity and actually saved Hinduism from jihadis in parts of Punjab.
Thanks to the legendary KPS Gill the ghosts of khalistan are buried.
Where will your path lead if genocide is the predictable result of ostracizing and demonizing anybody?
Objective criticism make people aware and the chances of people falling prey to these hatefull ideologies will considerably reduce.


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July 22, 2009
Mini-Toolboxes Made from Altoids Tins
How cute and clever are these sweet mini-toolboxes made out of Altoids tins? These would make perfect carrying cases for toting tiny treasures, or adorable party favors. The full instructions on how to make these curiously strong toolboxes (sorry, I couldn't resist) are available at Alpha Mom. But, the green mama in me says to substitute the red spray paint with a non-toxic variety of paint. These were originally designed as a thoughtful Father's Day gift, so start saving up your Altoids tins now in preparation for next June!
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text: hey guys i'm having a bit of an issue. Let me start by saying what i'm working with, a 4.0u with cIOScorp and all that, and a backup of RB2. When i try to boot RB from the disk channel it shows the graphic and sound, but when i launch it, it gives me an error message along the lines of "you need to eject the disc and reboot your wii, consult the manual". i tried booting it through the gamma launcher, and it works, but the customs and my legitimate DLC say the license has expired and they need to be downloaded again, if anyone can point me in the direction of what to do that would be fantastic, thanks in advance.


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This morning - Rosh Chodesh Elul - we started blowing the Shofar.
Starting tomorrow - Thursday - Sefardim say Selichot before Shacharit and continue doing so the entire month of Elul until Erev Yom Kippour.
This year Selichot - for Ashkenazim - start on Sunday (26 Elul / 5 September), 4 days before Rosh Hashana.
Selichot should be said before Shacharit, towards the end of the night. The end of the night is an "Et Ratzon"; an auspicious time when Hashem is more receptive to listening to ones prayers.
When arising for Selichot one should wash ones hands even if it's still night, and make the Bracha "Al Netilat Yadayim".
One should say the 2 Brachot of Birkat haTorah before saying Selichot.
After Selichot one should wash ones hands again (if the first washing was pre-dawn), but one does not repeat the Bracha.
One should preferably stand during Selichot; during the "Kel Melech Yoshev", 13 Middot and the Viddui one must stand.
The Chazzan for Selichot should preferably be a Torah Scholar, well liked and if possible married with children and over 30 years of age. However, any Jew can be a Chazzan as long as the community approves. The same applies to the Chazzan for Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippour as well as the person blowing the Shofar.
Selichot are not said on Shabbat.
Source: Shulchan Aruch 581, 1
Ktiva Vechatima Tova; may all your prayers be answered,
Chodesh Tov
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Wednesday, 2nd day Rosh Chodesh Elul 5770
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Halocho #630 - When do Selichot start?
This morning - Rosh Chodesh Elul - we started blowing the Shofar.


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Hey all you bloggers out there!
Im back from training at Bliss Summit and let me tell ya! :) It was so awesome! I really learned a lot...God has changed me soooo mucho much; I didn't even think that some things were possible! The whole atmosphere...I can't even start to describe it. The people there (and these are, for the most part, kids my age) love Jesus. The whole center of the camp itself is Jesus Christ, it's like it's a seperate culture. I have to go...sorry this is so short! Talk soon.
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"Bush has been an utter incompetant at dealing with terror threats. Condi Rice has been totally ineffectual at negotiations for a middle east peace plan.* stoller:
Is there anything this adminstration can do competently and correctly? It sure doesn't seem that way."
"The AP is a disgrace. Shame on them."yay. will everyone please wake up to this fact? The AP is more dangerous than murdoch.
* thinkprogress:
"Sen. Clinton blasts Cheney.
"I don't take anything he says seriously anymore," Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) said yesterday. "I think that he has been a very counterproductive, even destructive, force in our country and I am very disheartened by the failure of leadership from the president and vice president." "
* larisa argues that the bojinka 2 arrests occured b/c the WH was leaking everywhere:
"We know that all agency heads were briefed by the White House and that Tony Snow knew, Dick Cheney held a private press conference with pet reporters, Karl Rove called Lieberman, talking points made their rounds via right wing outlets and mouths.
While all of this chatter is going on in the States, the Brits must have watched with horror. In my opinion, their move to arrest the suspects on Thursday was more about a sleazy White House political machine and the possibility that loose lips from the White House could jeopardize the investigation, which was nearing its end.
This again, is my own opinion. Is this cynical. Yes. But look who we are talking about after all.
I would not put it past Cheney to do with this information what he did with the CIA leak case. There is no reason to give any of these people the benefit of trust, not after all of the lies, machinations, abuse of journalism, abuse of a world size platform, and all of the effort and funding that has gone into creating an image of competence, honesty, strength, and concern for American people. All of the effort toward the image and no effort toward national security.
Are we going to have this much fun with politics until the mid-term elections? Will there be more leaked victories that have nothing to do with this government and will those leaks continue to harm our national security?
And this is just what we know thus far. As I have said, and as cynical as it sounds, I can imagine Cheney making a few pre-emptive leaks. Again, only my own opinion.
What if playing politics with classified information, however, had resulted in the plotters being tipped off and cutting loose before the Brits could get to them? What if that led to US deaths at a later date when the alleged plotters regrouped with some more help from ISI and its agents? Is politics this sleazy worth any of our lives?
And really, ISI helping out makes me more worried not less.
It appears that at the very least, this administration believes that our sanity as a nation is worth less than a GOP win. Has there ever been a time in US history when a campaign manager worked directly out of the White House, and had the highest security clearances? Now imagine a morally bankrupt, soulless, intellectually perverted campaign manager with the highest security clearances, working out of the seat of power, using government agencies and resources at his disposal.
If we actually survive this administration, it will be despite their efforts, not because of them."