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The following address was given during the Elizabethtown Memorial Day service:
Memorial day is a time to remember. We remember those who are older than we are, those who served when we were too young to serve: a father, an uncle or an older brother. We remember the ones we grew up with, those who left home to serve their country and protect our nation. We remember the men who returned and the ones who did not. Some came back whole, and some came back scarred. Here in this park, by these stones, we remember those soldiers who spent their lives in the Boquet Valley.
It's often easier to remember and honor those soldiers we knew personally. Each year we mark their graves with flags, hold a parade and give speeches. I am reminded of one of them, Sgt. Justin Wrisley Garvy of the 101st Airborne Division of the US Army, who died 10 years ago in Iraq. Every time I drive down the Stowersville Road in Lewis, and cross the Garvey Bridge over the Adirondack Northway, I see his name on the plaque and I am reminded of him.
Other men and women, who served their country, are laid to rest in our new Veteran's Cemetery on the Wadhams road. The members of the American Legion Boquet Valley Post No. 551 honor all veterans in Elizabethtown each year and mark each veteran's grave with an American Flag.
But older soldiers are harder to remember. They fought in the Civil War, the Mexican War, the War of 1812 and the American Revolution. Some returned to their homes in Elizabethtown, while others moved west and built a home in the new states. I recently had the good fortune to get to know one of those old soldiers. For over a century his whereabouts were unknown here in his hometown. Basil Bishop was one of the nine children who grew up in the hamlet of New Russia. He went to war in 1812 at the age of 23 when he was a private in the 37th NY Militia, part of the forces that fought the British in Plattsburgh. He returned to Elizabethtown, married and built the first Iron forge at Split Rock Falls. He raised his family in New Russia and served in the Elizabethtown government. His children attended local schools and he was a member of the Baptist Church.
At the age of 56 he moved his family west to Michigan and disappeared from the memory of those he left behind. 150 years later, with the magic of the Internet, I found him in Marquette, Michigan. His great-grand daughter recently persuaded the Veteran's Administration to mark Private Basil Bishop's grave with a Bronze Military plaque. On May 1 of this year one of his great grandsons made the trip from Chicago to New Russia to visit the home of his ancestor, and the grave of Basil Bishop's father, Major Elijah Bishop, a Veteran of the American Revolution.
Two centuries have passed since Pvt. Basil Bishop marched with the 37th NY Militia, north on Route 9, down Court Street, past where we now stand, and into history. Two hundred years have passed, but Private Basil Bishop is not forgotten.
Margaret Bartley
Elizabethtown Supervisor


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I can't make this stuff up, people. You can read Mr. Livingston's words from his December 16, 2009 blog post right here.
Or here:
"You know it's the holiday season when everyone gets, well, a bit silly. A couple of examples:(the link is Mr. Livingston's, not mine; it was included in his post).
Dawn Stensland—Let me get this straight. She can't keep her husband interested, and she wants to take on Pat Meehan in the 7th? Last year's candidate (Craig Williams) didn't win, but he always showed up with the same woman."
For the benefit of those not in the Philadelphia area, some background: Dawn Stensland (pictured at left) is a former news anchor and reporter, last with FOX29, and who recently announced that she is thinking about running for Congress in the 7th district .
Ms. Stensland is also married to Larry Mendte, who was the news anchor for a competing Philadelphia station when he was charged with hacking into the email account of his co-anchor, Alycia Lane, and leaking them to the media. Mendte also admitted to having "improper relations" with Lane.
(This all happened two years ago, mind you.)
Mr. Mendte has since served his full term of house arrest for those charges; both Stensland and Mendte have been forthcoming about the situation and circumstances (and whether one agrees with Stensland's decision to stay in her marriage or not, she is widely regarded as handling the situation with class and dignity). To their credit, both Stensland and Mendte are working hard to rebuild their personal and professional lives. As well they should and are entitled to do.
Hence, the possible run for office on Ms. Stensland's part, which blogger/Rutgers law professor Michael Livingston feels she isn't qualified for.
Because of her failure to keep her husband "interested."
OK. Deep breath, folks. I got a few things to say on this one. Not to mention, I feel compelled to check my calendar because, hello? What century are we living in here?
Are we really saying that just because a woman's spouse has "improper relations" that this automatically disqualifies one for public office? Are we really? Isn't that just a wee bit sexist to say that the whole scandal is Dawn's fault, and clearly, if she can't control things in the bedroom, she won't be able to control ... anything else?
In the response to the equally-dismayed-like-me commentators on his blog post, Mr. Livingston claims that Ms. Stensland hasn't demonstrated any qualifications for seeking public office. Which justifies his insinuations that she shouldn't even think about running because she can't keep her husband "interested."
That's the lowest of the low roads, Mr. Livingston. Instead of actually interviewing Ms. Stensland about the issues and asking substantive questions on the issues and what she would do as a candidate, you decided it would be easier to take the cheap shot and denigrate her. Her family. Her professional reputation.
I mean, his blog post doesn't even make any sense. (Some may say this one doesn't either, but I'm not a university professor responsible for instructing impressionable minds nor someone with a public platform.) What's up with "Last year's candidate (Craig Williams) didn't win but at least he always showed up with the same woman." What does that have to do with anything, much less whether one is qualified for higher office?
We would be much better served, I say, if we had more females in politics. But we're never going to get there when we have the likes of Michael Livingston to kick us when we're down, blogging about our prowess in the bedroom and marital charms.
There is one point of agreement that I have with Mr. Livingston's post. It's the concluding sentence, where where he writes:
"Maybe some people need an early vacation."
Yes, indeed. Maybe some people need a permanent vacation.
Rutgers University School of Law started their semester on January 6. The university would do well by giving Mr. Livingston the opportunity to start packing.
(Also well worth reading: Dawn Stensland's husband Larry Mendte's post "Sexism Alive and Well in National and Local Politics" from his blog, The Mendte Report)
copyright 2010, Melissa (Betty and Boo's Mommy, The Betty and Boo Chronicles) If you are reading this on a blog or website other than The Betty and Boo Chronicles or via a feedreader, this content has been stolen and used without permission.

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I'm in Memphis next week for business for a tragically short time, which means one late dinner out. (I'm hoping to at least order takeout lunch from Alcenia's to get some Southern/soul food in as well.)
This California girl has never been to Tennessee before, much less Memphis. Where I live, BBQ is crap, so I can't wait to try some Memphis BBQ. I'm leaning towards ribs but want to keep my options open.
My research on this board has helped me narrow it down to three: BBQ Shop, Central, and A&R (Elvis Presley Blvd.--mostly for convenience, since I'm staying near Graceland). My client has recommended Corky's, which seems to get mixed reviews here. I will have a rental car.
Here's the twist: a few posts on this board have got me slightly paranoid about safety. Generally, I'm pretty easygoing about that, but since I don't know the area and am a woman traveling alone late'ish at night, I thought I'd reach out and ask: which would you recommend as meeting these three criteria: 1) great ribs, good all-around; 2) easy to find by car; and 3) has parking right by the restaurant if the restaurant is safe but in a dicey-ish area?


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friday evening i delivered the work for the show to catherine and then went to get groceries (meals have been random this past week). and i bought these beautiful red tulips. all weekend i've been decluttering and organizing my studio.
it's hard to plan my next projects with such mess. my yarn is organized now . the scarves that i'm working on are all about combinations - of colours. of textures. so now i know what i have and at a glance i can begin to create.


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... Sr. Mary sent me this prayer to Maximilian Kolbe in honor of his past feast day. I can't believe it totally escaped my memory that he utilized the printing press to distribute devotional tracts, a daily newspaper and a monthly magazine.
Heavenly Father, Your loving servant Maximilian Kolbe spent his life in service to others, using technology to spread the good news of Jesus Christ. You crowned his life with the grace to give his life for another, in imitation of Jesus who said, "There is no greater love than to lay down your life for a friend." Through the intercession of St. Maximilian Kolbe, may we always use technology for Your glory and to draw others close to You and to your Blessed Mother, Mary.
St. Maximilian Kolbe, pray for us!
Just a little reminder about what we publish on the internet.
Monday, August 16, 2010
a prayer for the internet...
Posted by The Crescat
Labels: Prayers and Devotions
3 comments:
- Old Bob said...
Good one, Kat. Thank you!
- Monday, August 16, 2010 11:14:00 PM
- Owen said...
Confused on how this one and the themed ranting squares up? It is a marvellous prayer and I place myself under it.
- Tuesday, August 17, 2010 9:27:00 AM
- The Crescat said...
Owen, what's the confusion? I'm a hypocrite. period.
- Tuesday, August 17, 2010 3:39:00 PM
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Batkovic-Brown Wedding
The Sydney Telegraph reports on Storm center Suzy Batkovic's wedding to Matt Brown on Saturday (which is already yesterday in Australia). Check out a photo of Batkovic and her wedding party, all of them Opals players (Lauren Jackson, Penny Taylor and former WNBAer Trish Fallon). The wedding took place in Cronulla, just south of Sydney.
Jackson is due back in Seattle tomorrow, while the latest on Batkovic (who will henceforth be known as Suzy Batkovic-Brown) is that she will be in town for the Storm's Opening Night matchup with Sacramento on June 7. Whether she is in uniform will depend upon whether she arrives in time to undergo a physical and complete the necessary paperwork prior to the game, though either way she would not be part of the rotation having just flown nearly 18 hours.


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Thursday, December 11, 2008
The Twenty Actresses Meme Redux (An Alternate List)
Even though it was supposed to have just been in fun, I must admit that I don't think I have ever been unhappier with a post as I was with the twenty actresses meme I posted earlier this week. By attempting to make it easier on myself by making the selections post 1970 actresses only, I kind of shot myself in the foot. While I was really happy to highlight a few actors I hadn't here before like Charlize Theron, the post finally just doesn't feel much like a Moon in the Gutter entry (don't ask me what that is). So, while it wasn't asked for I have decided to create an alternate list of sorts highlighting twenty favorites that were working before 1970...my actual 'favorites' list would most likely be a combination of this and the last one. Once again, thanks to Flickhead for tagging me and to The Film Experience for starting the meme.
Laura Antonelli:
Anouk Aimee:
Tine Aumont:
Brigitte Bardot:
Florinda Bolkan:
Francoise Dorleac:
Marie Dubois:
Edwige Fenech:
Greta Garbo:
Claude Jade:
Carole Lombard:
Soledad Miranda:
Marilyn Monroe:
Kim Novak:
Stefania Sandrelli:
Sharon Tate:
Monica Vitti:
Tuesday Weld:
Carol White:
Natalie Wood:
10 comments:
- Lastyear said...
This list could go on forever. No Barbara Hershey, Louise Brooks,Fanny Ardant.
- December 11, 2008 at 10:28 PM
- Tim Lucas said...
God! That picture of Claude makes my eyes smart!
But somewhere she is laughing and clapping...
- December 12, 2008 at 4:02 AM
- Kotto said...
i couldn't resist crashing your party. hope i didn't step on any toes with my self invite: http://eattheblinds.blogspot.com/
- December 12, 2008 at 4:57 AM
- Keith said...
Hey Jeremy. Great list! I'm a big fan of these actresses. You posted some really nice pictures of them as well.
- December 12, 2008 at 9:12 AM
- Tony Dayoub said...
Soledad. Not a great actress but what a sexy one.
- December 12, 2008 at 9:16 AM
- Jeremy Richey said...
I know it could Last Year which is why there won;t be a third one. It would eventually drive me crazy! I almost featured Brooks on this on and of course Hershey and Ardant are worthy as well.
Thanks Tim,
I remember when I first started Moon in the Gutter how hard it was to find pics of Claude online. Thankfully that is changing. I am always happy to celebrate her here anyway I can.
Kotto, I am getting ready to head over and check your list...
Thanks Keith,
I dug yours as well and figured we would have some overlaps.
Thanks Tony,
Soledad was just sublime...I always considered a solid and inventive actress as well, especially in those incredible films she shot with Franco. Perhaps not a traditionally 'great' actress but honestly I'll take her work in those films over most of the award winning performances of teh period.
- December 12, 2008 at 10:51 AM
- Matthew said...
Where is Claudia Cardinale? Where is Merle Oberon? For shame...
- December 12, 2008 at 1:02 PM
- Jeremy Richey said...
Hey Matthew,
Claudia was one of my choices but I kept having to get it down to just 20. There are so many others i would have liked to included...it really could go on forver. I have a feeling a meme for the men will be coming soon so I can pull my hair out again.
- December 12, 2008 at 2:00 PM
- Cinebeats said...
I can't believe I forgot Florinda Balkin on my own list! I love her and it's great to see her celebrated in your never ending list of lists, Jeremy.
I'm really surprised we don't have more then 5 in common out of your 40 selections, but it was interesting to see your picks. It's also great to see Anouk Aimee, Tina Aumont, Stefania Sandrelli and Soledad Miranda mentioned since they'd be on a longer list if I made one.
Lovely images btw.
And I hope you're wrong about this turning into a 20 Favorite actor meme. I hate these things and I love twice as many actors as I do actresses (what can I say, I like men!) and I think I'd have a brain hemorrhage while trying to narrow down all my favorite actors to a list of only 20.
- December 12, 2008 at 6:08 PM
- MovieMan0283 said...
I just did this list; we've got six overlaps (including one that I don't think is on many lists, but should be - incidentally, while googling photos I came across many from your blog).
Great photos, by the way. I really like the Marilyn one for some reason.
- December 15, 2008 at 6:04 PM


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My boys were in desperate need of a
Really desperate.
When we arrived all the chairs were full.
Chase and I entertained ourselves with light conversation.
Cole entertained everyone else.
It is always interesting to me what we can learn from our kids in a few brief minutes.
"I am starving MOM", said Chase.
"Why would you be starving? Didn't you eat lunch?", I inquired.
"Sorta."he whispered.
"Sorta what? Sorta you did or sorta you didn't?" I snapped.
"Sorta I didn't."
"Why would you not eat? Refresh my memory... did you pack lunch today or buy?" I asked.
He replied, "Sorta."
Don't you love it when you are trying to make conversation with your child and they want to be difficult and make you ask 100 questions to find out the answer to one flippin' question?
"Okay Chase... tell me did you or didn't you eat lunch, what did you eat if you did, and was it good? Oh, and why are you starving?"
"Do you promise not to be mad at me Mom?" he asked.
Me mad?
"Why would I be mad? Just answer my questions!" I blurted.
Finally he answered, "Yes-I -was-served-lunch-it-was-yams-and-green-beans-No-I-did-not-eat-it."
"Chase for the love of all things holy... why did you only have yams and green beans?"
He spoke quietly as he murmured, "Because I did not have any money left on my lunch card."
"WHAT! What do you mean you did not have any money on your card? What do you mean you only got yams and green beans and a cup to get water out of the sink? When did you find out your card balance was "0"? Where was your teacher? Who else knows about this?" I
That is where I think I had the attention of everyone in the barber shop.
It was me or Cole.
Cole was doing some sort of break dance move on the
Maybe it was Cole.
All eyes were on "US".
I really don't get mad easily.
Just don't mess with my babies and their food though.
Apparently, a note was to be sent home that very day stating that I owed $4.10.
The policy is that once you owe more than $3.50 on your card, your child will be served a PB&J sandwich or something like that.
I was not aware my child's card had a balance to be paid.
I just write a check periodically for an amount and they let me know when I need to send more.
I volunteer at the school .
I am always willing to do my part.
I am sure there were lots of children receiving free or reduced lunch that day.
Why then was MY child served yams and green beans for lunch?
Why did his teacher not give him the $1.50 it costs for lunch?
She knows where to reach me.
She knows I would pay her back.
Heck, I would probably bake her cookies in gratitude.
I was mad.
I was quite upset.
Okay... I was furious!
Upon leaving the barber shop, I whipped into the nearest Bojangles to feed my child's poor, empty stomach.
The next day, I spoke with the Guidance Counselor.
She was very apologetic.
She could not have been nicer.
She assured me that it would never happen again.
Forward to today.
I took my kids to school this morning.
The principal greeted us.
She opened the car door for the kids to get out.
She leaned in and apologized for the "lunchroom" incident.
She said they had held a special meeting about it.
She also said they had changed their policy and it would never happen again.
It was that easy.
Maybe tomorrow I will call the Guidance Counselor about the quality of food being served, or the cleanliness of some of the restrooms, or maybe the amount of "Mommy projects" being assigned this week.
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Sarah's cousin was in her company for the outing. They started very energetically and excited but ended looks jaded; maybe they weren't expecting to wait so long for the "job". Anyhow, they managed to try out few occupations like firefighter, cashier and they get to make their own burgers.
For the "kidzos" they earned they spent it too. Sarah went to beautify her face and nails with face-painting and manicure, while her cousin bought some eraser.
It is just a few hours of role-play but we do hope they learned something about the "working life", and have fun. As for me, I've never before thought of winning anything through a contest, frankly. How wonderful.


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Here are summaries of the financial disclosure forms covering 1989 for Virginia's senators. They are permitted to keep honoraria earnings from speeches and writings up to 40 percent of their salary. For most members, the salary was $89,500. In their financial disclosure forms, senators are allowed to list income, assets and liabilities by ranges instead of specific figures.
CHARLES S. ROBB, Democrat
Income: $149,375 to $246,659
Total honoraria: None


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The Chris Matthews Show is always good for entertainment. A handful of libs sitting around a small table chatting about how best they can get Dear Leader elected.
Once a week is about all of this anybody can take.
Andrew Sullivan was one of the five (counting Chris) lib panelists this week talking about Barack Obama's debate failure, why it happened, and how he needs to fix it. His quote was one for the ages.
"I think that they (bad evil Republicans) got into his (Obama's) head with all this racist stuff before the first debate, you know, the Hannity stuff, 'look there's a black guy running for office,' like two days before, I think he, he, he (has) repression of his own anger.
"He (Obama) should be angry that these people (Romney, Ryan, and more bad, evil Republicans) have the gall to talk to him about the deficit and the gall to talk to him about foreign policy after their record."
So, lets see here, so much to dissect with this one statement. Sean Hannity apparently just figured out two days before the recent Presidential Debate that Obama was black and he launched a racist attack at Obama (who apparently watches Hannity) and that got into his head to the point that it messed him up during the debate. That makes perfect sense. Why not just blame the altitude, Andrew?
The second half of the quote is even better. Sullivan calls himself a "journalist" but he doesn't want anybody attacking Dear Leader. Talking "truth to power" is now, "people have the gall to talk to him."
Let's see here. Obama's deficits are 5 times greater that George W. Bush's and Sullivan does not want Obama to be questioned about that. Obama's foreign policy is filled with lies (lies that the administration knew they were making at the time,) the middle east is falling apart, and Sullivan doesn't want anybody to question Obama about that.
While we're at it, the bigger question here; what are Romney's deficits and foreign policy failures? He has none. He has never been president. Sullivan thinks Romney is George W. Bush. Please get some new glasses, Andy.
Which speaks to the essence of the Obama Campaign 2012. Andrew Sullivan exposed it. Obama is running on Bill Clinton's record and attacking George W. Bush. It's all he's got.
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I discovered this little gem while reading the news. The title of the story is deceiving as well as the quotes they used to tell the story.
The event in question was hosted by Hamilton County Ohio, Democratic Party activists (Cincinnati National Action Network ). They are opposed to Voter ID Laws. The event took place at the Word of Deliverance Church in Forest Park. The people in attendance at the rally are working towards a Constitutional amendment in Ohio that would make voter fraud is easy to commit, hard to detect, and frequent.
What happened was one of the few people to be caught, tried and convicted of vote fraud in the last presidential election, Melowese Richardson was called up to the stage by Cincinnati National Action Network President Bobby Hilton for a "welcome home" from the audience. Those in attendance cheered the convicted felon who was recently released from jail after having her sentence reduced to probation.
The title of the news story is: Both parties jeer embrace of fraudulent voter.
That's not what happened. The truth is that no Democrat "jeered" her. They cheered their butts off. Oh, there were some mundane comments latter about how, "There is some validity that the sentence was too harsh," Faux told the Enquirer. "But I don't see how you can hold her up as an example of somebody to be proud of. What she did was reprehensible." They also called the applauding "problematic" and said Richardson was "not a hero".
After getting in some responsible sounding sound bites from various members of the Democratic political machine, they rationalized the acceptance and glorification of criminal fraud by black liberals by saying: "We did not celebrate or applaud a convicted felon," Hitlon said. "We congratulated a lady with a health issues coming home to take care of her sick sister."
YEAH RIGHT! I thought ObamaCare would take care of the sister.
I have a couple of questions that are racial, religious and political. If a white pastor in a white church held a rally and invited David Duke to the stage and people applauded him, for any reason, what would the media say? Do you think that they would claim that Republicans were "jeering" him? If a white pastor in a white church spoke out against gay marriage, abortion and voiced support for a constitutional amendment enforcing his sincerely held religious views on those topics, what do you think would happen to that church's tax exempt status?
The movement to stop voter ID laws has only one purpose, embedding unfathomable amounts of fraud in the American political process. I should make a comment about which political party is pushing for this and the skin color of those involved. If I did that, I would be called a racist. So, I'll do what the media does and pretend that race, crime and politics are not related.
One political party is demonstrably outright corrupt. They lie, cheat, steal and pretend you are too dumb to notice what is going on. They know you will keep voting for them to keep the other guy, who you believe to be worse, out. Democrats on the other hand lie cheat and steel because they think you are too dumb to notice that they are doing it. See the political history Chicago, and Detroit for municipal examples.
Group identity is what drives political parties. It always has been. It always will be. When a group discovers that they are likely to loose power, they look to stack the deck. That's what black Democrats are doing today.
The reason for it isn't because old white conservatives are winning the hearts and minds of America. I suspect that the reason has more to do with the fact that there is now a plurality of racial minorities in America. Blacks are for the blacks. Mexicans are for the Mexicans. Neither group is very keen on the other. Somebody has to be in charge of the Democratic political machine and the good old white boys are loosing their hold.
All in the Family featured the curmudgeonly Archie Bunker. Archie was television's most famous grouch, blunt, blustering, straightforward and untouched by the PC crowd. He was the archetype of the conservative male. Michael desprately tried to reeducate him, but he persisted in his breviloquence.
Looking back at the last 40 years, we realize: ARCHIE WAS RIGHT!
Yeah, Right
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This year, I will be hosting our 5th Annual New Year's Eve Party on the Knitting Help Forum.
Every year, we knit a little project together, so we can keep it forever, to remember our party. :)
For our 2012 KAL, I've designed a little folding pocket to hold our knitting tools. It has TWO pockets, folded together, with plenty of room for a small pair of scissors, a tape measure, some stitch markers, point protectors, a yarn needle, etc. When folded, it is about the size of a deck of cards.
As usual, I am trying to keep the project simple, so knitters of all levels can participate. Feel free to jazz up the design with your own ideas.
It is knitted all in one piece, then folded, and seamed on the sides with whipstitch.
Here is how it will look when you finish all the knitting:
And here is how you get started:
2012 New Year KAL Project - KH Forum
Folded Pocket for Knitting Tools
4 small skeins of worsted weight yarn in contrasting colors (2 dark, 2 light)
The model was made with KH logo colors - Purple, Red, White, Yellow
Size 7 or 8 knitting needles
Yarn needle for duplicate stitch embroidery
2 locking stitch markers
Gauge is not necessary for this project.
Skills learned:
Garter Stitch, Stockinette Stitch, Changing Colors, Simple Seaming (whipstitch), and Duplicate Stitch Embroidery
Color Key:
A - Yellow
B - Red
C - Purple
D - White
Using Color A, Cast on 14 stitches.
Knit 3 rows (Garter Stitch)
Row 4: Purl
Row 5: Knit
(Rows 4 and 5 repeated make Stockinette Stitch)
Continue in Stockinette Stitch (repeating Rows 4 & 5), until you have a square in Color A.
As you knit in Stockinette Stitch, you will be knitting all stitches on the "right side" of the fabric, and purling all stitches on the "wrong side" of the fabric.
Right Side (Knit):
Wrong Side (Purl):
If you need an easy way to check if your work is square, just fold the bottom edge up at an angle, and make a triangle. If the bottom edge is too long, you need to knit more rows.
Not Square Yet:
It's Square!
When the piece is a good square shape, make sure you worked the last row on the "wrong side" (all purl stitches).
Now, you are ready for your first color change.
First, cut the yarn you were using, leaving a 6 inch tail of yarn on the project. Now, get Color B, and tie it loosely to the tail from Color A. (you can untie the knot when you finish the project)
Now, start knitting with Color B. (Your first row will be all KNIT stitches, because you ended Color A with all PURL stitches.)
Here is how your first row will look after knitting with Color B:
Now, knit 3 more rows in Garter Stitch. This will create 2 ridges in your fabric.
Next, starting with a Purl row, knit in Stockinette Stitch until this next section is a couple rows longer than the first square.
Just fold your work along the garter stitch rows to compare the two sections:
It should look like this when you finish the Color B section:
You should end that section with a PURL row, then cut the yarn leaving a 6 inch tail.
Now, you are ready to tie on Color C.
With Color C, Knit 6 rows Garter Stitch. This will create 3 ridges in your fabric.
Now, beginning with a Purl row, work in Stockinette Stitch until this section is the same length as the Color B section.
End this section with 4 rows of Garter Stitch, creating 2 ridges in the fabric. You should end your last row of knit stitches on the WRONG SIDE of the work.
Now, cut Color C, and tie on Color D.
Beginning with a Knit row on the RIGHT SIDE, knit in Stockinette Stitch until the last section is square - matching the first section that was knit in Color A. End with 4 rows of Garter Stitch, creating two ridges on your fabric.
You can check to make sure all the sections were knit correctly, by folding your project in half like this:
Bind Off loosely.
Now, your knitting is complete, and should look like this:
At this point, you can fold the project, to make sure it will work correctly.
Pockets Folded In:
Folded Completely:
As you can see, the pockets will be folded to the inside, and seamed on the sides. But, before seaming, you will want to do your duplicate stitch embroidery.
First, you need to decide where you want your embroidery to be placed. You might want to finish up the project without ANY embroidery. You might decide to embroider the design on the inside pockets of the item. I decided that I want the embroidery on the outside of my project.
Now, you need to place two stitch markers, marking where you want the TOP of your embroidery to be placed:
Now, embroider the designs on your project.
I'm not going to do an explanation of duplicate stitch embroidery, because Bella Knitting has already done a great job of that HERE.
So, here are my wonky charts. I know....I should have asked my computer guru son to make them, but he's too busy being a programmer. :P
If you want to embroider different letters or numbers, you can use my free charts here:
Letters: http://www.flickr.com/photos/59646927@N00/6604369855/
Numbers: http://www.flickr.com/photos/59646927@N00/6604342367/
The "KH" chart:
The "2012" chart:
Here is how my embroidery looks on the red section:
And this shows my Purple Section in progress:
And here is my completed embroidery! My "2012" section is a little off center, but I can live with it.
After completing your embroidery, you can weave in all the loose ends of your project.
Now, you are ready to seam together the sides of the pockets. I just did a simple whipstitch seam, which gives my project a "rustic" look, which I like. Some of you may prefer to seam yours a different way.
To do a whipstitch seam, just run your needle through both thicknesses of yarn, and gently pull your needle and yarn through the stitch. Keep your stitches close to the edge, looking closely at your fabric, to keep the stitches even. Just look at the edge of the fabric, and you'll start to see identifying marks in the yarn to help you place your stitches.
Here is how one side of a pocket looked, after I whipstitch seamed it:
When you finish seaming both sides of each pocket, your project will look like this:
Now, you can weave in those ends, and you'll be finished!
Here is how the inside of your project will look:
Now, it's ready to use! I hope you like your little folding pocket. Just place some knitting tools inside the two pockets, and you'll have them ready to take with you.
Thursday, December 29, 2011
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In the positive column, I liked how the main character Cate was protective of her sisters, Tess and Maura. The relationship between the girls, who lost their mother and had an absentee father while navigating learning to be witches and controlling powers, was interesting and endearing. I found that to be a definite plus.
But overall, the writing didn't grab me. I don't expect tremendously in-depth writing in a young adult novel, but I just felt like Spotswood "cheaped out" on some of the writing by couching it in the YA category. I'm not sure if I just wasn't interested in the story or if it was the style or what, but all together, it just didn't pull me in.
Also? If I could ask one thing of all young adult writers? Please, please, please stop with the love triangle thing. We get it already. It's just exhausting at this point.
I believe this is the first in a series of three, but honestly, aside from the obvious, "I'd like to know how this all turns out," feeling that happens any time I read a book that is part of a series, this one didn't leave me begging for book two. This received a lukewarm reception from me, but be sure to stop by the BlogHer page and see what others think!
Disclosure: I received a copy of Born Wicked by Jessica Spotswood for the purpose of review and was compensated for my review, however my opinions are 100% my own.


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Someone uploaded a batch of photos of the first week of Singularity University. I mostly stopped taking photos after the first couple of days because everywhere you look you seem to be looking down the lens barrel of a Canon 5D Mark II either videoing or snapping high-res still photos. (All of SU is being meticulously documented and will be turned into a documentary.) Most of the photos cover the team-building exercises we have engaged in, unfortunately the video of the core lectures (the cool stuff) is not up yet.
From the photoset — me shaking Ray Kurzweil's hand at the pinning ceremony:


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Shamanistic shadow adviser behind vital government decisions in South Korea – Asia scholar
South Korea was plunged into a murky political scandal as revelations emerged that the president seeks the advice of a mysterious female friend with ties to a religious cult and other shadow advisers. Hundreds of thousands are flooding the streets in anger, demanding President Park Geun-hye's resignation. Has a group of unelected shamans been running the show in one of the region's most important states? How much damage has been done to South Korea's policies? And with the election of Donald Trump in the US putting South Korea's security policies in jeopardy, will the public's attention shift to developments overseas? We ask a leading Asia scholar, Professor at Seoul's Kookmin University – Andrei Lankov.
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Sophie Shevardnadze: A leading Asian studies scholar, professor at Seoul's Kookmin University, Andrei Lankov, welcome to the show, it's great to have you with us. A mystic figure - Choi Soon-sil - is at the centre of a political scandal in South Korea - the daughter of a religious cult leader, a presumed spiritual guru of the President has been influencing everything from the President's wardrobe to foreign policy strategies. South Korea is an important regional player, a major Western ally. So who has really been running the country all this time - an esoteric sorceress - or the elected president?
Andrei Lankov: This is a question many South Koreans are asking right now. I would probably say, most South Koreans are asking, because South Koreans are sort of used to corruption scandals - it has happened to pretty much every single president so far, maybe with the sole exception of the father of the current president. However, what has been discovered was really surprising - it seems that President Park since the beginning of her Presidency asked opinions of her old friend who is a member of some kind of the traditional shamanistic cult. This lady never graduated from a university, but she had extremely large political clout. She influenced political decisions. It seems that even her boyfriend was much involved, even though he is just a former athlete. Everything was asked: dealing with North Korea, talking with the previous South Korean president, negotiations with the U.S. - name it.
SS: Choi Soon-sil was not the only figure apparently influencing the president - like you've said, the boyfriend, there were other shady characters too - so how did she put together such a band - nicknamed the '8 Fairies' by the Korean press?
AL: I believe it's a part of her personality, because she was always a kind of a bookish, lonely person, she never married and she had a small circle of trusted friends, most of whom she used to know since the 1970s, when she was quite young, and the father of Choi Soon-sil, the female shaman who is currently in the center of the scandal, he was sort of a fatherly figure for president Park in her youth. So this family, this particular family, always had tremendous influence on the President. Obviously she trusted these people, she trusted them for many many years, and for her it was more comfortable to talk to these friends of her youth, than talk to the experts, to the professionals, to the cabinet ministers. She felt far more comfortable, and she obviously tried to keep it secret, but as you know, sooner or later, all secrets are exposed.
SS: Thousands of protesters are calling for President Park's resignation, and her approval ratings have collapsed - with no authority and her reputation in tatters - has she lost her ability to function as the country's leader?
AL: For the time being it looks to be the case. First of all, I would dare to correct you - not thousands. Every weekend, in Seoul, there's a massive anti-government demonstration. Last time, it was 150 thousand. This time - probably a quarter of a million. The largest demonstrations, the largest anti-government rallies Seoul has seen in at least ten years, maybe longer. Talking about attitude, the approval rating is indeed very low, and on top of that, 60% of the South Koreans believe now that the President will have to resign.
SS: The rhetoric against Park has become so heated, violent and sexist, do you think Koreans may move on from peaceful demonstrations to violence if she doesn't step down?
AL: Not a part of the local political tradition, we are not talking Middle East. Violent demonstrations in Korea? Well, you could see it back in the 1980s, last time something which could be described as a violent demonstration in Seoul happened in 1996, I believe. So, well, maybe, occasional clashes with police are possible but not likely, because most of the police are supporting the demonstrators, they are sympathetic and they don't hide it. So, basically, participants are highly unlikely to attack police, and in the current situation we have an unusual unity - everybody, from the extreme left to the extreme right is more or less united in the outrage or distrust of the president. It's a kind of a universal issue. Almost nobody is trying to protect President Park right now.
SS: One man even tried to ram a tractor into the president's advisor Choi Soon-sil - saying that he came to help her die - this isn't the first dirty scandal in Korean politics, why are emotions running so wild this time?
AL: Not first, of course. Well, as I have said, corruption scandals have been a part of South Korean politics since the beginning of South Korean history in the late 1940s. If you look at the presidents, one president committed suicide when he was investigated for corruption. Two presidents were arrested and given prison sentence for truly large-scale corruption, we are talking roughly quarter billion dollars stolen by each. Then, one president was overthrown, another president was killed by the chief of his security - so, if you are talking about scandals, high-level scandals - don't worry. South Korea is a country where such things happen every year or two. And has it been just another corruption scandal, I believe, that generally speaking, South Korean public would not be that outraged. What they saw is that people without any credentials, people with little education, people whose position was decided exclusively but their old friendship with the President herself - these people were given access to top-secret documents and they were allowed to make decisions on vital political and economic issues. Right now, today, the mood has changed a bit, because of Donald Trump. Of all countries, it's difficult to find a country where Donald Trump would be less popular. Again, it's a sort of bipartisan issue. Both South Korean right and South Korean left cannot stand him, and nobody expected him to win - so for the time being, public attention is distracted. People worry about future, they are afraid that vital economic connections with the U.S. will be under threat, they worry about security, relations with China in the current situation - so for awhile, President Park is sort of forgotten. However, I believe this scandal will be back and we should expect a truly massive demonstration, maybe one of the largest demonstrations, anti-government rallies in entire South Korean history.
SS: At this point Park is willing to give away some power, let the opposition choose a prime minister who'd run the country, and adopt a more symbolic role - what's the point in that, why not just resign? Can this move South Korea from a presidential republic, to a more parliamentary form of governance?
AL: There have been talks about Parliamentary republic for many years. I don't expect it to happen, long story why. Talking about the reasons why President Park is unwilling to resign - well, I don't know. It looks like that she believes that it will be sort of surrender - and her principle is 'never surrender'. So, as you have mentioned, a compromise is discussed, sort of a Prime Minister, appointed by the opposition, with the agreement of the ruling party. This Prime Minister will become de-facto President for the remaining year, because we have only one year here before the next elections. So, the Prime Minister will be running the country with the President being essentially a symbolic figure.
SS: Park started her term promising to weed out corruption, and signed a sweeping anti-corruption bill - now that this bizarre scandal has erupted, do you think her anti-corruption measures were just for show?
AL: Not for show. As somebody who has been living in South Korea or dealing with South Korea for 30 years, I'm pretty sure that the level of corruption is going down. If you are talking about low-level bureaucracy, mid-level bureaucracy, corruption is indeed quite low now. In this regard, South Korea is not different from a European country. Corruption remains deeply entrenched at the highest level of the government. The law you have mentioned, the so-called 'Kim Young-ran law', which basically has been introduced recently and is effective from September this year - it's targeting what is left of some low and medium scale corruption. It does not touch big players, which actually is the major kind of place where corruption remains, especially in economic activities, because good connections with the government is essentially a major condition for success for any major South Korean company. If you want to run a big business - you have to have good relations with the government, and these relations often imply some kind of corrupt deals.
SS: Park's line on North Korea has been tough - and as you wrote, not in the least because of the influence of her spiritual advisors who predicted a reunification in two years. Was the most serious hot spot in Asia in danger of exploding, only because she was listening to clairvoyant shamans? Or were there other forces in the Koreas at play who'd benefit from a confrontation?
AL: I would say there are no forces who would benefit from the confrontation, but there are forces who believe that confrontation is necessary. These are parts of the local right, and these people indeed wanted to stop all interactions with North Korea. However, they were a minority. Nonetheless, this support and this strange belief that North Korea is going to collapse very soon definitely influenced the policy. I would not say that it's going to explode, because North Korea doesn't want a war, South Korea doesn't want a war - neither side wants any serious confrontation. They are very cautions. However, relations are, indeed, tense. Some pretty unhappy and dangerous incidents can indeed happen.
SS: So when the current president is out of the office, will relations between North and South improve - or is the damage already done?
AL: There's no such a thing as a 'permanent damage' when it comes to relations between South and North Korea. Both sides, and especially North Korea, are very pragmatic and, I would say, opportunistic - so everything is going to be forgotten if it pays to forget it. Therefore, I would say, under the next government relations are likely to change. However, what is the most important variable is - who is going to run the next government? If the local nationalist left forces take over, which now seems increasingly likely, it will be a sort of detente, a sort of warming of relations, some trade, some exchanges, and actually a lot of money sent to North Korea, taken from the South Korean budget and sent to North Korea as aid.
SS: Amid reports that North Korea could mark U.S. election day with a rocket launch, South Korean forces were put on high alert. With the president in such a disarray domestically, how serious is her grip on the situation?
AL: All these high alerts are purely symbolic actions. As I have said, neither side wants military confrontation, both side understand it perfectly well, so we should not overestimate this bellicose rhetoric which is sometimes produced by Seoul and much more frequently by Pyongyang. It's just a show. There's no reason to worry that something serious is going to happen. Not now, at least, not in near future.
SS: There are 30 thousand American troops in South Korea – the American president-elect has threatened to withdraw them - unless Seoul paid more for their presence. Is the American military alliance with South Korea in jeopardy?
AL:Sort of, and this is what worries both sides of the politics. Because, on paper, the South Korean left is sort of sceptical about the alliance, but really even the left nationalist opposition would strongly prefer American forces to stay, above all, because otherwise, South Korea would have to spend much more money on its armed forces. Therefore, it's one of many reasons why the South Korean political class was shocked when they learned about the victory of Donald Trump. Not the major reason, but one of many reasons.
SS: Trump has also suggested South Korea and Japan as well should protect themselves with nuclear weapons and there's a group of supporters of that idea in the South - so are North Koreans right to pursue a nuclear deterrent?
AL: Well, there are many people who love to talk about it, because, you know, people love to talk tough. They want to look serious and threatening and there are people who believe that nuclear South Korea is possible, there are people who are just trying to use this opportunity to raise their profiles and everything. However, in the current situation I don't see this happening. Technically, it's easy, it's possible, South Korea has all necessary technology, it can be done in a couple of years, maybe a bit more but not much more. Policy-wise it's highly risky - not at least because South Korea greatly depends on international trade and any kind of international sanctions, even very mild, are going to create serious trouble for a country which actually lives by selling what it produces. On top of that, nuclear Japan is seen by South Korea as a great threat, because relations between Japan and South Korea are not very good to put it mildly. So I don't see this actually happening.
SS: Is there an actual danger of North Korea being attacked by the U.S. or the South?
AL: Under Donald Trump - there is, I would say, because previous line was a presumption that any kind of conflict is going to be very expensive and it will, essentially, destroy South Korea. It's still the position of South Korea. As I have said, neither side wants war. North Korea is perfectly aware that it has no chances to win a war. South Korea knows that it probably will win a war but at a completely unacceptable cost and will be left with a ruined country, which will lose any kind of international significance. Therefore, neither side wants a war. But now we have a variable - Donald Trump, and there's indeed a small but real probability that Americans will consider a precision attack against North Korean missile and nuclear facilities, especially when North Koreans develop missiles capable of striking continental United States, and this is likely to happen within the next few years. Probability should not be overestimated, it's real, but very small - but real.
SS: So you're saying sanctions haven't worked - if not sanctions, what can make North Korea abandon its plans to obtain nuclear weapons?
AL: Nothing. North Korea is nuclear and will remain nuclear for the foreseeable future, as long as the Kim family stays in power, maybe longer.
SS: Well, Director of U.S. National Intelligence James Clapper agrees with you - he said that getting North Korea to give up its nukes is a lost cause - calling it their 'ticket to survival'. So what is America going to do, if even its intelligence professionals know Pyongyang won't give up, is it going to continue the policy it has now?
AL: They will try other policies. The policies they have now haven't worked, other policies will not work either. The same is applicable not only to the U.S. but to any other country - China, Russia, South Korea, Japan - name it. Nothing is going to work. In the long run, the only hope is gradual social change in North Korea, so one day it will be a completely different country and so it will give up nuclear weapons. Of course, we should never forget that there are real chances of domestic instability inside North Korea, a kind of revolution against the Kim family is not likely but not impossible. However, on balance, I would say that North Korea is nuclear and is likely to stay nuclear.
SS: Trump has said he might negotiate directly with the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un - could that actually move the situation out of its dead-end ?
AL: No. It's not going to move the situation anywhere. He's most welcome to negotiate and from where I sit I would consider it a good move. But, what does he want to talk about? About denuclearisation? Not going to happen. Anything else - not acceptable for the United States. He probably doesn't understand it, but he will learn it in due time.
SS: Like you talked about, the regime in North Korea is surely not going to last forever - can it melt away peacefully and morph into something softer?
AL: The current North Korean leadership is quietly implementing a really successful policy of economic reforms, very similar to what China did under Deng Xiaoping in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Generally speaking, reforms are working. Living standards are increasing, there's a modest but real economic growth. The current government is very popular. Kim Jong Un is far more popular than his father, late Kim Jong-il. So all this gives some hope that North Korea will follow Chinese model. Of course, it's going to remain very tightly controlled, very repressive, because Kim Jong Un understands: if he's soft on the population, it will be very difficult to control his people, so he is likely to be quite tough. Nonetheless, there are some positive changes. Is it enough to prevent regime collapse? I don't know. We have to keep in mind that when Korea was divided, North Korea was actually seriously more affluent than South Korea. Now South Korean per capita income is at least 15 times higher than per capita income in North Korea, and this fact itself is hugely destabilising if common North Koreans will learn about it. So, it's not a stable place, but right now, for the time being, it looks stable and the government policy seemingly increases chances of survival, or at least, gradual evolution, which is very good, because otherwise it will be a bloody messy disaster.
SS: Say Korean reunification happens - If South Korea ends up consuming the North, where's the guarantee it will just throw away what Pyongyang has already achieved in terms of nuclear weapons?
AL: Well, I don't see such guarantees, and I believe that have I been a South Korean president, in case we have such a development, I would try to keep it. Will it be possible - it's a big question, and, if we have unification, it will be not only political or military, but also an economic disaster, above all, for South Korea, because South Korea will have to pay tremendous amount of money to repair, to recover, to restore North Korean economy and North Korean society. It's very expensive, and they will need money, they will need good relations with the outside world. Therefore, it's highly unlikely that they will be able to afford to play nuclear games.
SS: Alright, professor, thank you very much for this interesting insight into the world of the North and South Korea. We were talking to Andrei Lankov, the leading scholar in Korean studies, professor in Seoul's Kookmin university. We were talking about the latest bizarre political scandal in South Korea and what it means for the country's relations with its northern neighbor. That's it for this edition of SophieCo, I will see you next time.


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As a part of this campaign, Oreo get 10 artists in order to create a series of amazing illustrated ads. Those advertising images revolve around a very special concept: 'play'! The artists' work wasn't easy: they were asked to bring to life words like "dunk", "twist", "dream" and "wonder". But Oreo cookie has to be the head of each character.
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This statue is the central piece of the fountain on the Place Saint-Michel in Paris. Made by Gabriel Davioud in 1860, it depicts the archangel Saint Michael slaying the dragon (aka the devil).
I took the picture a few months ago.
"I belong to an ancient, idle, wild, and useless tribe... I am a storyteller." - Karen Blixen


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I joined an online group on the Internet a few months back when I started subscribing to a monthly card kit from Studio Calico. The majority of the members of this community were scrap book enthusiasts, most subscribed to the monthly Scrapbooking Kit and/or the Project Life Monthly kit. The gallery which houses all the projects created by the very talented subscribers are mostly the scrapper variety and periodically us card makers pop up too.
Studio Calico got its start in Scrapbooking, the monthly card kit came much later this the reason we exist in the minority. Having never been a scrapper I continued with card making for several months, I also became interested in mini book making but books are not for cards, they are for scrapping. so I tried my hand at scrapping.
it is difficult to scrap without photos and I am not a photographer, I never remember to take my camera out and I would even less often print a photo. In this media, it is pretty much a requirement.. so I in order to pursue scrapping I had to start thinking photography too. is this too much to take on?
In a moment of weekness during the 10 days of Christmas sale I subscribed (risk free, noshipping) to the scrapbooking kit in addition to my card kit. I wanted it mostly for the 12x12 papers that came with it. My first kit arrived last week, it is still in its box and I am sure the January kit will show up on my doorstep in a few days. how to begin?
CHALLENGES! That is the best place to start. Last week one of the subscribers placed a challenge on us to create a layout about an object. I have very few people photos anyway so an object is doable.
I chose to create a layout about my new prescription eye glasses, I took a few photos of the bazillion glasses laying around the house and a couple of the new ones. I printed the photos on my new air printer..wow, excellent quality! I "journaled" the little write up, printed some corresponding paper and an eye test and threw a little ephemera here and there.
I titled my first challenge of the new year "OIC" - a play on words (oh I See) arh arh and called it Optical Impairment Correction. The journaling told a story about why.
2015 will bring lots more projects and challenges. I will be back in a few days to share some others.


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Tuesday, January 4, 2011
2011: Another Year
The journey into another triathlon season begins. This year, I hope, is a little more fun than years past. I anticipate a heavy race schedule with a variety of distances. The two long races are American Triple T and Ironman Hawaii. The big A race is actually the half-ironmans. I want to be a bit closer to the four hour mark.
One major change for 2011 is the introduction of power-based, interval training. Since the concepts are new to me, I asked Scott Bowe to help me with it. In the past, I've relied on a heart rate monitor. While it worked, powermeters seem to a better work metric.
Also, interval training is new for me. Massive volume with a doses of intensity have been the cornerstone of my training for the last four years. I look back at those years as preparatory work for the next phase: hitting the ceiling. Could I have done it differently, I suppose so but I'm not convinced that it would have benefitted my desire to be competitive at IM. I have noticed that for other athletes who did a more controlled progression over several years from sprints to oly to HIM to IM yielded better improvement. I wasn't patient enough to do that. Bummer.
I look forward to seeing everybody at the races this year.
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- sentania said...
Just look at it as a head start on endurance.
It's not a one way street that plummets out into Clayton Ravine if you don't stop at the right point.
Need I remind you that God didn't make you less talented than a certain someone we like to converse about? I mean you've got this long "gig" figured out - the short stuff is simple by comparison.
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What are Sunday's for? Editing and experimenting with Collages!
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November Kit-Of the-Month Sketch Challenge!
This card was created using the Sizzix Tim Holtz tag and bookplate die cut. I embossed the tag using the Sizzix Texture Impression: Christmas set. The hot cocoa and sentiment stamps were from the Unity Stamp Company Nov '11 KOM and the Oct '10 KOM. The snowflakes were punched out with Martha Stewart and Marvy punches. The twine came from none other than The Twinery.
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Thursday, December 22, 2016
Owikokorero Officer Casualties and Medical Personnel in Bivouac.
I've been looking for an un-watermarked version of this historic image for a long time. It was taken during the German-Herero War in 1904 shortly after the battle of Owikokorero, where an advanced party from Major von Glasnapp's Ostabteilung was ambushed and took very heavy casualties, 10 out of 11 officers in the engagement were hit, with 7 outright fatalities. The Major commandant was lightly wounded in the head, and the other two more seriously wounded officers appear in this image, along with some of the expedition's medical personnel.
Lying in the cot is Oberleuntnant zur See Friedrich Hermann, part of the Landungskorps from S.M.S. "Habicht". He was in charge of a machine gun section and was shot through the left shoulder and also in the left hip. Seated to his right is Marine-Leutnant Theobald Schäfer, who was also adjutant of the Ostabteilung. He was shot through the bone of his left underarm and also in the buttocks.
They are attended by several known medical officers. Standing in the rear at right is Marine-Assistenzartz Dr. Janßen. Seated third from the right is one-year Schutztruppe medical volunteer (Einjährig-freiwilliger) Dr. Kräger, and seated to his right is Marine-Stabsartz Dr. Wiemann. Following the death at Owikokorero of Marine-Oberassistensartz Dr. Wilhelm Belden of the Landungskorps from S.M.S. "Habicht", these were the three senior medical personnel attached to the Ostabteilung along with a 30 man medical department. Possibly the other Germans in the image were part of that hospital section.
The two native auxiliaries remain unidentified. They could be orderlies or batmen (bambuse) or they could be soldiers serving with the column. They do not appear to be wounded.
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Laws that accommodate religious beliefs are sometimes appropriate, and even necessary, to respect individual religious liberty. Laws should make a reasonable effort to accommodate religious beliefs, even when the religious beliefs are themselves foolish and deserving of disrespect (as is often the case). Legal accommodation of some peoples' religious beliefs becomes unreasonable religious privileging when it is not protecting free exercise or when it infringes upon other peoples' freedom, civic equality, health, or safety. Maryland law, like most other state law, includes some religious privileging. Following are some examples, this is not a comprehensive summary of all such laws in this state.
There are a number of provisions in Maryland that accommodate faith healing. Faith healing is a good example of a foolish religious belief that arguably negatively impacts primarily the religious believer and thus is at least partially protected as a religious liberty. But Maryland law sometimes goes further and grants parents the ability to deny prudent medical care for their children.
Most notable in this category is a religious exemption from a law that requires pregnant women to be tested for syphilis when they first become pregnant and again during the final trimester. About 50 percent of pregnant women with untreated early syphilis end up with a baby who's infected. That's compared to 1 to 2 percent of women who get treated (thanks to atheist and materialist medicine that some people mistakenly characterize as exhibiting a methodological naturalism bias). They may lose the baby in miscarriage, stillbirth, or soon after birth, or the baby may be born with severe neurological problems. Syphilis also increases the risk of preterm birth and intrauterine growth restriction. This religious exemption from syphilis testing of pregnant women in Maryland is unconscionable and should be eliminated. Other examples of questionable religious privileging in Maryland law that undermines the welfare of innocent children are exemptions from hearing, eyesight, and lead poisoning screening and from vaccinations.
Clergy are partially exempted from reporting child abuse revelations to law enforcement and judicial authorities. Maryland law also has a second provision that broadly exempts clergy from testifying as a witness in judicial hearings "... on any matter in relation to any confession or communication made to him in confidence by a person seeking his spiritual advice or consolation." Parents should think twice before passing their children over to religious institutions in Maryland.
Article 37 of the Declaration of Rights in Maryland's constitution permits "... a declaration of belief in the existence of God" mandate "... as a qualification for any office of profit or trust in this State". The U.S. Supreme Court declared this provision of Maryland law to be a violation of the first and fourteenth amendments in 1961, however this law has still not been amended to comply with the federal constitution. Oaths of office for the National Guard and the Maryland Defense Force include a "So help me God" appeal. Article 10 of the Rules of Interpretation contradicts these oaths while still incorporating an appeal to a god as follows:
The form of judicial and all other oaths to be taken or administered in this State, and not prescribed by the Constitution, shall be as follows: "In the presence of Almighty God I do solemnly promise or declare", etc. And it shall not be lawful to add to any oath the words "So help me God", or any imprecatory words whatever.
Article 36 of the Declaration of Rights permits anyone who does not believe "... in the existence of God, and that under His dispensation such person will be held morally accountable for his acts, and be rewarded or punished therefor either in this world or in the world to come" to be involuntarily disqualified from serving as a juror or witness. This Article was amended in 1970 but the amendment did nothing to eliminate this religious privileging. Instead, the amendment endorsed government establishment of theism by adding this sentence: "Nothing shall prohibit or require the making reference to belief in, reliance upon, or invoking the aid of God or a Supreme Being in any governmental or public document, proceeding, activity, ceremony, school, institution, or place."
The theistic Pledge of Allegiance must be recited in public schools. There is an opt out provision for both students and teachers. Laws like this make it difficult for people to keep their personal beliefs private. And children in particular shouldn't be instructed by the state that theism is the more patriotic belief.
There are exemptions from sales and property taxes for religious organizations, including a parsonage exemption from property tax. Another provision gives localities the option of refunding part or all of the property tax that religious organizations would otherwise be required to pay. There are also regulation exemptions for religious organizations regarding cemeteries, obtaining a trader's license, and erecting advertisement signs.


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After graduating, Catalano combined his Skidmore chemistry degree with street smarts to launch a successful career in analytical instrumentation sales and marketing for several high-tech firms. Beginning in Seattle, Catalano has mixed business savvy with scientific knowledge to market a range of products over the years.
It was in Seattle that Catalano also began a second careeras a volunteer for Skidmore. He served as a class agent and, at his fifth-year reunion, was elected class secretary, compiling and sharing his classmates news for Scope. Also, as an alumni admissions contact, he attended Seattle-area college fairs and interviewed prospective students for the admissions office. When he relocated to the San Francisco area (a move that proved especially fortunate, as he met wife Barbara just three weeks later), Catalano continued as a Skidmore AAC and took part in regional activities as time allowed.
Although his work has taken him to forty-six states and twenty foreign countries, Catalano remains firmly rooted to Skidmore. When asked to serve on the alumni awards committee, he did not hesitate. Being a volunteer is my way of paying the college back, he says. I enjoy the sense of commitment from my fellow alumni board members, and the opportunity to be intellectually stimulated and to meet new friends. As chair of the awards committee, he gladly makes the long trek back to campus several times a year for board and committee meetings. Ive lived on the West Coast since graduation, he notes, so staying involved with Skidmore is my sanity check to stay connected with the East.
With a 1997 M.B.A. from the University of California-Davis, Catalano recently started a new job: hes Hewlett Packards worldwide product manager for the Digital Sender, a product that allows corporations and individuals to experience paper digitally, via e-mail, LanFax, and other interesting applications. This spring, he will take on another roleadjunct professor of business communications at Folsom Lake Community College.
The father of Tim, Catalano has been a Cub Scout den leader and is currently a roller-hockey coach for nine- to twelve-year-olds. When the time comes, he hopes to send Tim to an eastern schoolif only for the pizza, pastrami, and cannoli, he grins, because I cant find quality in any of those food groups west of the Hudson!
Susan Geary 99, formerly Skidmores class-notes editor, is assistant director of communications at Emma Willard School in Troy, N.Y. She co-chairs Skidmores alumni club in the Capital District.


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When I was a kid, we had a cat named Ataturk. She was territorial and fearless; if any of us girls had boys over, she would wedge herself between us and the guys on the sofa, keeping a glareful eye on the hairy little intruders. And once, when I was about 12, she got out of the house. We found her just a minute or two later—she was chasing a German Shepherd around the corner. That dog was running at full tilt, trying to get away from the maniacal flabby feline.
Now…picture tiny little Buddah, all one pound of him, as Ataturk, and Max as the German Shepherd.
We let Buddah out to roam the apartment today—first time—and he immediately sighted Max, and ran towards him. And Max, 15 pounds of big brave kitty, ran like a scared little girl. Down the hall, through the bedroom, back up the hall, through the kitchen…Buddah had Max running harder than he has since he was about 6 months old.
Max found a place to rest in the bedroom while Buddah continued to explore, he was very wary, flinching at every sound, his eyes black with widened pupils. And then we made the mistake: we plopped Buddah down onto the bed. He made a beeline for Max, and the chase began again. Buddah just wants to play; Max just wants to live. Right now he is truly terrified of that little black ball of fur zipping through the house at 100mph.
We were worried that Max would rip Buddah to shreds—he did attack the vet after all—but now we're worried that Max will spend the rest of his life in terror of this little thing that all he needs to do is turn and hiss at the way he did the vet.
That's all it would take. One good, authoritative hiss, maybe accompanied by the growl we now know he has.
We specifically got a young kitten to avoid dominance issues.
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Sunday, May 6, 2012
Infinite Riches in a Little Room
Every year, I have 12 inter-library loans allotted to me by the Butte County Library. I do my best not to waste a single one. The inter-library loan system is as follows: if you go to your library and ask for a book and they do not have it in the building, there are people whose job is to track down a copy at another library and then convince that library to loan it to you through their library. You, the patron, have only to fill out a chit of paper with the book title and your name and contact information. Then you go home and, usually, in my experience, after you've forgotten that any of this went on, you get a call saying your book is there.
The time limit is up to the discretion of the lending library. I was told this time that my book came all the way from Humboldt and that they were one of the stricter libraries in regards to the amount of time they allowed their books to disperse into the hands of the public. In this case, I think I have about a week with the book.
On the few occasions where necessity has lead me to thin my personal library either for moving purposes or lack of space (a process which is like deciding which of your fingers to cut off) I tend to look first to the books that would be easily accessible in any library. Looking directly over the top of my laptop as I write this, I can see two copies of Jane Eyre on my shelf. In the circumstance of a book thinning, at least one of those would probably go. I also should state that I have no intention of thinning out my personal library again so long as I live if I can help it. Be that as it may, there are other types of books which are not readily available at any library.
In this case it was My Laocoön: Alternative Claims in the Interpretation of Artworks by Richard Brilliant. Cost prohibitive left to my own means and not a title one finds in every library, but something I desperately wanted to read as soon as I heard of it. More on it in a few days when I've finished it.
The clock is ticking. The beautiful thing about your local lending library is that they are strengthened by use. We've recently had a little struggle in Chico where the city severely cut the hours of the library, but were forced to reconsider when reports confirmed how important and valuable the library is to the community. Also, it confirmed what a great job they do. I encourage everyone to exercise all of the uses of their local library. It is a place where heaps of information are there for the taking, totally at your disposal. It frightens and disturbs me that they are not more widely used. As the line from Auntie Mame so famously puts it, "Life's a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death!" Libraries are, in my opinion, one of the greatest concepts humankind as come up with.
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Sunday, June 9, 2013
Frittata - A Perfect Breakfast
frittata and if you check HERE you can see how often I share my inspirations with you. Simple to throw together, pop in the oven before you even brush your teeth or pour your coffee. It can be elegant or rustic, spicy or subtle, and a perfect way to showcase each season. Sometimes my inspirations come from visits to the market other times it includes whatever catches my eye in the fridge. It's a perfect foil for leftovers.
The frittata at the top of the page had grilled chorizo sausages from Getaway Farm, eggs, leeks, mushrooms and ... something green from Noggins Corner plus Manchego cheese and a pinch or two of Dionysios Wild Herb Blend from Epices de Cru.
Ran-Cher Acres and looked like this when it was done.
The recipe couldn't be simpler -
1. Blindly wander into the kitchen and preheat the oven to 375F/180C and if possible use a cast iron skillet. I love 8" ones, they're perfect for two or four or two with some left over for the next day. No cast iron, have no fear, just use an ovenproof skillet.
2. Beat 4-5 large eggs and set aside. Coarsely chop whatever you fancy, add a pinch or two of herbs or spices, some grated cheese and heat your skillet
3. Heat about 1 tbsp of olive oil over medium high heat and start adding your ingredients - eggs and cheese last. First for me is usually onions or leeks, then either finely chopped raw potatoes, raw bacon or pancetta or other raw ingredients that take some time to cook. Next for me is mushrooms, when I'm adding them. Once all those are pretty tender add any cooked meats, chicken or fish. Before adding the eggs, it's time to add any greens - Swiss chard, spinach, shaved asparagus...the list is endless. Once they are wilted it's time for the last stove top step.
4. Add your cheese, herbs and/or spices to the eggs, whisk and pour over everything in the skillet. Gently scoop and toss until the eggs envelop the "filling" for lack of a better word and toss so that everything is well blended.
5. Sprinkle with some paprika and pop in the oven for 15-20 minutes... more than enough time to brush your teeth and shower.
What would be some of your favorite ingredients to add to your perfect frittata? I'm always looking for new options.
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- Goody said...
As moving day inches closer, my frittatas have become more imaginative. Tonight, I combined leftover baked beans, macaroni and cheese, and some onions into a pretty terrific dinner. The kiddo looked at me like I'd lost my mind,but he ate it happily enough. I'm not sure I even knew what a frittata was before I started reading your blog years ago, but it has become a real staple for our family.
I totally owe you!
- July 07, 2013 12:13 AM
- Ruth Daniels said...
So nice to hear
- July 07, 2013 7:09 PM
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Ho hum, what to write.......
Could start with a cute little kitten called Korky who is staying for a little holiday...
Korky was abandoned by his mum in the country and in the process of rescuing him in the long grass his owner got bitten by a viper - twice- and had to go to hospital. ( Is quite well now)
I am looking after him for a week or so and have never had a kitten before. I bought him a little tartan bed and a big furry dog and he is asleep at the minute underneath the dog. I sort of stayed in for a couple of days as I felt sorry for the poor little thing incase he was lonely. I painted with him sitting on my knee and when I sat - or sit- at the computer he lies on my legs and intermittently chews my arms. I did buy him a rubber shoe but my arm must taste better,
Today I went out to pay bills and search for my water bill (long story!) and then hurried back incase he was missing me.....oh dear!
He is very funny and seems to like playing in among my books. I expect this is because he is very intelligent but I could be wrong.
I also shared a bottle of wine with him. I tied a bit of string on to the cork and it swings from the back of a chair. I drank the wine.
I can't really have a cat as there is no one to look after it when I am away but it is kind of nice to come in and shout "Hi, I am back" to to someone other than my teddy bear.
Am surviving the lack of really hot weather so far. Partly because there was some really hot weather - over 30c- and also I have enjoyed wearing clothes that are not merely to keep cool in - and no more problems thinking that my legs are too white. Even today - when the temp. is only 20 plus - I didn't need a jacket to walk up town so it is pleasantly warm still.
But mainly I have been so busy with painting and kitten care I have not noticed it getting gradually cooler. I was cold in the evenings about a week ago and tried to put my gas heater on only to discover it's not working, but as I was going to get it checked out that was not so big a deal. However when I went to the shop to ask if they could fix it I was met with a horrified expression and told it was too early and to come back next week or the week after. I haven't felt cold in the evenings since then!! I don't dare..
And then......
My scooter is not working. It might be the battery - but it won't start and it always takes me a few days to stop thinking maybe it will just start the next time, before I finally go do something about getting it fixed. (Getting it fixed is complicated.) So,
That is probably enough wittering on for today and I will now find some photos of the kitten and some old buildings which I saw when I was walking home the long way with my shopping - getting exercise/minus scooter.
I forgot about the misty morning. It was so beautiful. Because Pisticci is on top of a hill it felt like being in a magical city surrounded by clouds or an island in the sea.And when I looked out towards the sea the mist was like the sea coming towards me. Weird and gorgeous.
And now if you want to read about and see some of the paintings I have been busy with all last month on #paintseptember I will be posting them on http://bellabasilicata.wordpress.com and http://studiobasilicata.wordpress.com


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I have a friend who was fired from a seminar for young chozrot b'tsuvah when she became an agunah. Though she loved her job and the young women at the seminar loved her, they let her go because they didn't want the young women there to know about aginut.
Talking about hiding information.
What this woman describes very briefly sure sounds a lot like my experience with CHaBa"D, which I was strong enough to get out of in less than two years.
It sounds even more like a relative's experience with Breslov, which she was strong enough to get out of in about the same amount of time.
It took me about 10 years to recover from my experience with CHaBa"D.
Doreen Ellen Bell-Dotan, Tzfat, Israel


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January 23, 2014 00:05 ET
Feasibility study outlines an operation producing 9.9 million tonnes per year of high-grade 68% iron ore concentrate, projecting a 48% IRR, 2 year payback and a US$3.3 billion NPV at an 8% discount rate Changing to wet cobbing at a finer particle size results in an increase from 10% to 40% rejection of waste rock prior to grinding and elimination of the second grinding stage resulting in a 14% reduction in total operational running power Reduction of plant footprint through a more optimal layout and an 8% increase in iron ore concentrate production from 9.2 to 9.9 million tonnes per year with essentially no change in capital cost
Feasibility study outlines an operation producing 9.9 million tonnes per year of high-grade 68% iron ore concentrate, projecting a 48% IRR, 2 year payback and a US$3.3 billion NPV at an 8% discount rate
Changing to wet cobbing at a finer particle size results in an increase from 10% to 40% rejection of waste rock prior to grinding and elimination of the second grinding stage resulting in a 14% reduction in total operational running power
Reduction of plant footprint through a more optimal layout and an 8% increase in iron ore concentrate production from 9.2 to 9.9 million tonnes per year with essentially no change in capital cost
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Jan. 23, 2014) - Black Iron Inc. ("Black Iron" or the "Company") (TSX:BKI) (FRANKFURT:BIN) has updated its current Bankable Feasibility Study ("BFS"), incorporating pilot plant test work, completed on its Shymanivske Iron Ore Project located in Krivoy Rog, Ukraine (the "Project"). The updated BFS outlines an operation producing 9.9 million tonnes per year of high-grade 68% iron ore concentrate, projecting a 48% internal rate of return ("IRR"), two year payback and a US$3.3 billion net present value ("NPV") at an 8% discount rate.
The primary reason for updating the previous report filed in December 2012 is to include results from pilot plant test work conducted throughout 2013, which resulted in an optimized process design and layout, along with revised infrastructure usage rates confirmed through several recently signed protocols of intent. The most significant changes implemented are: changing from dry cobbing to more efficient wet cobbing at a finer particle size resulting in an increase from 10% to 40% rejection of waste rock prior to grinding; elimination of the second grinding stage resulting in a 14% reduction in total operational running active power; reducing the plant footprint through a more optimal layout; and an 8% increase in iron ore concentrate production from 9.2 to 9.9 million tonnes per year with essentially no change in capital cost.
Financial metrics contained in the BFS report are shown on a pre and after tax basis and in both cases are inclusive of royalties. Ukraine has a corporate tax rate of 16% effective January 1, 2014 and a mining royalty rate of $0.09 per tonne of ore mined (<1%) payable to the State.
The Table below summarizes the key elements of the BFS:
High-Grade 68% Concentrate (all currency is US$)
Matt Simpson, Black Iron's President and CEO, commented, "The operation outlined by this BFS for the Shymanivske Project continues to clearly illustrate the potential for a high-value, low net cost iron ore development project. The optimized process design and layout developed for this new study, based on significant pilot scale test work, results in increased annual iron ore concentrate production of approximately 8%, while holding initial capital costs virtually unchanged. As a result of these improvements, the Project's access to significant existing infrastructure (railway, power lines and port), and the availability of competitively-priced skilled labour, the BFS continues to show extremely attractive and robust economics."
Financial Sensitivities at Various Discount Rates
The Project has favourable economic potential across a range of discount rates. The operations outlined in this BFS are projected to generate over U.S. $1,216 million in average annual revenue over the life of mine.
The life of mine strip ratio is estimated at 1.64:1, which is essentially unchanged from the December 2012 reported value of 1.63:1. On the basis of the metallurgical test and beneficiation plant design work completed for this BFS, it is estimated that the 449 million tonnes of reserves will result in a project life of 14 years based on the average 9.9 million tonnes per year iron ore concentrate production rate. The Company believes that additional exploration and definition drilling work have the potential to expand the existing resource and upgrade the 188 Mt of Inferred mineral resources to the Measured and Indicated classification, potentially adding up to five years to the Project life. With successful exploration in the North end of Shymanivske and the addition of resources from the nearly adjacent Zelenivske Project, Black Iron expects to be able to support an even higher annual production rate through a potential second phase expansion, which would be expected to further increase the Project NPV.
George Mover, Black Iron's Chief Operating Officer, added, "We are pleased with the level of detailed engineering proficiency and precision that went into this BFS. Through this process, we confirmed and implemented several improvements to the work completed in the previous BFS study. As a result, we are now considering an initial operation with 8% higher annual production, relatively unchanged initial capital requirements, and only a modest 1.3% increase in operating costs relative to our previous study. The updated operating costs are inclusive of firm letters of intent signed with several infrastructure and utility service providers and were benchmarked against our development partner's actual operating experience. The Project's capital intensity is improving, positioning it even lower into the first quartile of worldwide development projects that should bode well to source project financing; particularly when coupled with our relatively low operating cost, and proximity to end-user markets of Turkey, Middle East and Europe."
Details and Assumptions
The total capital expenditure to develop the mine, concentrator and infrastructure tie-ins is estimated at U.S. $1,097 million to produce 9.9 million tonnes per year of high-grade 68% iron ore concentrate. The capital cost estimate excludes the sustaining capital cost of U.S. $483 million spread over the life of mine. Assessment of the preferred port facility, backed up by a formal protocol (letter) of intent, confirms that sufficient capacity exists for the planned production.
The 15% contingency estimate includes a 5% design allowance. The total average Freight On Board operating costs over 14 years are estimated at U.S. $44.54 per tonne of high grade 68% iron ore concentrate broken out as follows:
Consistent with practice in the industry, this BFS has been prepared with an engineering accuracy of +/-15%.
Currency Sensitivity
For the purpose of the BFS an exchange rate of 8.2 UAH per US$ has been used for the CAPEX (up to January 2016) and 9.5 UAH per US$ for the OPEX and Sustaining Capital (2017 and beyond) based on review of several economic forecasts. Variations in the exchange rates from year 2016 onward impact the financial analysis as follows:
Impact of Ukraine Hryvna Exposure - BFS Currency Sensitivity (US$)
Updated Bankable Feasibility Study Report
The updated BFS has been prepared in accordance with the guidelines of National Instrument 43-101 by the independent firms of Lycopodium Minerals Canada Ltd.; Soutex Mineral & Metallurgical Consultants; Watts, Griffis and McOuat Limited; and P&E Mining Consultants Inc. The final BFS technical report, which will also include the current mineral resource and reserve estimate, will be filed on SEDAR within 45 days of the publication of this news release.
Analyst and Shareholder Conference Call
Black Iron will host a conference call today, January 23, 2014, at 8:30 a.m., EST (1:30 p.m., GMT and 3:30 p.m., EET) to discuss the updated BFS results. To participate in the call please dial the following:
International: +1 647 788 4901
Toll Free (North America): 1 877 201 0168
To register and listen to the webcast of the call, please go to Black Iron's website at www.blackiron.com.
Qualified Persons
The contents of this press release have been prepared under the supervision of and reviewed and approved by Qualified Persons, as follows:
These persons are Qualified Persons as defined by NI 43-101, are independent of Black Iron, and have reviewed the content of this press release.
About Black Iron
Black Iron is an iron ore exploration and development company, advancing its 100 percent-owned Shymanivske project located in Kryviy Rih, Ukraine. This project contains an NI 43-101 compliant resource, with 645.8 Mt Measured and Indicated mineral resources, consisting of 355.1 Mt Measured mineral resources grading 32.0% Total iron and 19.5% Magnetic iron, and Indicated mineral resources of 290.7 Mt grading 31.1% Total iron and 17.9% Magnetic iron, using a cut-off grade of 10% Magnetic iron. Additionally, the project contains 188.3 Mt of Inferred mineral resources grading 30.1% Total iron and 18.4% Magnetic iron. The project is surrounded by five other operating mines, including ArcelorMittal's iron ore complex. The Company believes that existing infrastructure, including access to power, rail and port facilities, will allow for a quick development timeline to production. Further, the Company holds an exploration permit for the adjacent Zelenivske project, which it intends to further explore to determine its potential. Please visit the Company's website at www.blackiron.com or write us at firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.
Forward-Looking Information
This press release contains forward-looking information which may include, but is not limited to, statements about the results of the BFS and the development potential of the Company and its project; the timing and amount of future exploration and development of the project; and the future financial or operating performance of the Company and its projects. Often, but not always, forward-looking information can be identified by the use of words such as "plans," "expects," "is expected," "budget," "scheduled," "estimates," "forecasts," "intends," "anticipates" or "believes" or variations (including negative variations) of such words and phrases, or by the use of words or phrases that state that certain actions, events or results "may," "could," "would," "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved.
Forward-looking information is based on certain assumptions and analyses made by the Company and based on known facts at the time. Forward-looking information involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company and/or its subsidiaries to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking information contained in this press release, including, without limitation, those described in the Company's public disclosure documents which may be found under the Company's profile on SEDAR. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from those described in such forward-looking information, there may be other factors that may cause actions, events or results to differ from those anticipated, estimated or intended. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should assumptions underlying such forward-looking information prove incorrect, actual results, performance or achievements may vary materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking information contained in this press release. The forward-looking information contained herein is made as of the date of this press release and the Company disclaims any obligation to update or review such information or statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or results or otherwise, except as required by law.
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Windows XP is composed of 40 million lines of computer code, scattered across your hard drive in thousands of files. The vast majority of them are support files, there for behind-the-scenes use by Windows and your applications. They're not for you. They may as well bear a sticker saying, "No user serviceable parts inside."
That's why the Start menu is so important. It lists every useful piece of software on your computer, including commands, programs, and files. You can use the Start menu to open your applications, install new software, configure hardware, get help, find files, and much more.


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This Week's Goals
- Be more active. Go for a walk, workout, just do something that gets me moving more.
- Keep the living room picked up.
-Sweep and mop the living room/kitchen/dining room daily.
- Cut back on sweets. The past two weeks have been crazy and I've had more than I should.
- Read my Bible three times this week. This is always super hard for me and I have no idea why.
Some of these goals are easier than others, but these are some of the things I want to start working on right now and expand on them. I'm starting with a few and working my way up.
Are there any specific goals you have in mind for the week?