text: Obama to Launch 2012 Campaign: Could Be First $1B Run President expected to file formal papers on Monday By John Johnson, Newser Staff Posted Apr 2, 2011 11:05 AM CDT 41 comments Comments President Obama pauses while speaking during his visit to a UPS shipping facility in Landover, Md., Friday, April 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) (Newser) – President Obama will make it official next week, reports Lynn Sweet at the Chicago Sun-Times: He's running for re-election. The president is expected to file his papers with the Federal Election Commission as early as Monday to be a 2012 candidate, a move that will allow his camp to start collecting contributions. The more eye-popping part of the news is that insiders think the president will need to raise even more than the $750 million he got in 2008. Which means the nation's first billion-dollar campaign may be in the offing. My Take on This Story Report a story error Show results without voting | 14% Annoying 2% Hilarious 5% Intriguing 32% Depressing 39% Brilliant 9% Scary


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KATMANDU, Nepal — Nepal announced the formation of a caretaker government Tuesday and settled into a tense calm after a weekend constitutional crisis led the prime minister to call elections, some four years and several shaky governments after the country set out to write its crucial, if elusive, national blueprint.
But it wasn't clear whether the caretaker government would survive until the Nov. 22 election, after three allies left the ruling coalition Monday amid calls for Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai's resignation.
The political crisis was sparked when the deadline to draft a new constitution passed Sunday as parties battled over whether to divide states along ethnic lines under a federalist system, an issue that has led to violent protests in recent weeks.
Many minorities feel their interests have been undermined for centuries by a cabal in and around the Katmandu Valley and see the constitution as their best opportunity to right perceived wrongs.
Nepal, wedged between India and China, abolished its Hindu monarchy and became a republic in 2006 after a decade of armed conflict but has lurched from one political crisis to the next ever since.
"If the constitution is delivered without ethnic federalism, I'm sure it will result in conflict," said Ram Devkota, 32, a member of the elite priest caste from Katmandu, the capital. "I am Brahmin, but I understand that the ethnic minorities must have some rights now. They have been historically oppressed and enslaved. That's why they are angry."
Others say the idea of dividing states along ethnic lines is unworkable given that different groups migrated to different areas — notably Nepal's southern Terai region — at different times bearing different claims.
"I don't know how you set boundaries in a population that's so mixed up," said Smruti Pattanaik, a research fellow at New Delhi's Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses, a think tank. "But the issue has become intense. Every group feels this is their last chance."
Though a November election could help break the impasse and lead to a consensus on the thorny federalism issue, it's more likely the stalemate will drag on, analysts said. They note the deep-seated divisions between low and high caste communities, ethnic groups, poor farmers and wealthy Katmandu residents, and Maoists and those sympathetic to the former monarchy.
"On principal, a fresh election is a good thing," said Hari Phuyal, a Katmandu-based lawyer and host of a public affairs TV program. "But the reality could be very ugly."
Most hurt by the political muddle — and among the most disenchanted — are Nepal's poorest citizens, as local government slows to a crawl, economic development is delayed, and disputes are settled by political thugs rather than courts.
"What will this constitution do for me?" asked a farmer from Nepal's mid-western Bardiya district who asked not to be identified. "Will it dig my fields? Will it cook my rice?"
Though Bhattarai's ruling Maoist party has gotten much of the blame for the latest crisis — for, among other things, failing to consult with other parties before calling the elections and for dissolving the Constituent Assembly charged with writing the constitution — there's more than enough blame to go around, some say.
"All the major parties are at fault," said S. Chandrasekharan, New Delhi-based director of the South Asia Analysis Group. "It's been a total failure."
That said, there are modest signs of progress on Nepal's winding road to democracy. Former Maoist guerrillas have been largely disarmed and integrated into the armed forces, another hugely contentious issue. And weeks of protests, strikes and violence surrounding the ethnicity debate seem to have eased, at least temporarily, said Sarah Levit-Shore, the Atlanta-based Carter Center's representative in Nepal, although this may be out of collective exhaustion.
Ultimately, however, the same politicians embroiled in endless power struggles could be Nepal's best hope for resolving the crisis.
"The credibility of the parties is seriously damaged," said Anagha Neelakantan, senior analyst with the International Crisis Group in Katmandu, "but they are the ones who have to revive this process. They need to demonstrate commitment and work together, and give people a reason to trust them again."
Special correspondent Knight reported from Katmandu and Times staff writer Magnier reported from New Delhi.
KATMANDU, Nepal — Nepal announced the formation of a caretaker government Tuesday and settled into a tense calm after a weekend constitutional crisis led the prime minister to call elections, some four years and several shaky governments after the country set out to write its crucial, if elusive, national blueprint.

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Ottmar Horl (born 1950), President of the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg, is one of the most important contemporary German artists. His sculptural work touch upon the topic of standardization, the same design of numerous objects, surrounding us in everyday life. But he does it in a very humorous way, and his "Exhibitions" turn to real shows. When he drags a huge swarm of owls to Athens, puts hundreds of bears near the Brandenburg Gate, or shows 1000 meerkats at the "company trip". All that is made of bright plastic. "Whether they are concentrated on a square or distributed in the urban space my installations turn to visual obstacles. Their aim is to provoke to think, to take a pause." His most famous performance was dedicated to the artist Durer and his famous watercolor "Hare". The "Great Piece of Hare" by Horl, completed in 2003, included no less than 7000 rabbits, exhibited in the main market at Nuremberg.
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Stringing Together the Highlights on Occupy Oswego
Somewhere in this mad patchwork of YouTube-ian idiocy, pirate infested file sharing seas, shameless 4chan exhibitionism, pop up propagandist distractions, Wikipedia knowledge treasure troves and hyper-ephemeral Facebooked social circles I knew there would be crumbs of Occupy Oswego to be found scattered in the virtual cosmos. Indeed, the ripples of our initials waves are traceable with a few… vroom-vroom! …search engines, and thus I have for you the highlights of the cyberweb landscape.
Syracuse.com was the first one to publicize the tents going up in the quad, quickly followed by a more detailed article with a rather slanderous array of comments. Speaking of slander, a forum shows one student occupying the quad having to deal with vandalism! Speaking under user name OswegoAtheist the student wrote "Unfortunately, some jackoffs cut a hole in my tent while I was sleeping, so now I have to go get it patched. We've had all of our signs kicked down at some point in their existence as well." Jacob Pucci witnessed similar attitudes toward the campus occupation in his opinion piece for the Oswegonian, "So why do so many students look down upon the protesters, especially the students willing to brave the elements and camp outside? As I walked by the encampment one day, I heard murmurs of how stupid it is, how there isn't any point in doing it. Granted, the weather has not exactly been camping-friendly, but that is beside the point. The point is, those willing to sleep under the thin plastic sheets of a portable tent, while their warm, comfortable dorm room is only a short walk away, are taking action."
Notably and refreshingly, however, there has been some exemplary support noted by the press. Head of the English department Bennet Schaber, after helping construct the tents along side English professor Maureen Curtin, was cited as saying "A university education should be free. And if it is not free, then we should demand a mandatory living wage commensurate with the costs of sending young people to university.. Every Wal-Mart or McDonalds employee should be paid enough to send her children to university without incurring any debt." In the same article it is noted that "Psychology professor Rebecca Burch donated rain ponchos, while President Deborah Stanley sent snacks" and the campus police have been friendly. From my own observations I have observed English Professor Don Masterson participating in occupation activities, commenting "This is the happiest I've been with the political conscious in oh… 30 years?" Then there is of course that red bandana'd, megaphone slinging, optimism and activism preaching student that holds the unofficial "Free Speech Friday" in the quad every Friday afternoon, equipped with chalk for those that want to write on the sidewalks and megaphone for all that have something to say. Amidst the pastel and day-glo scribbled, cheerful sidewalk writings worthy of a sugar rush to even the most pessimistic of quad-haunters, he bellowed loudly through his megaphone, "99% of all that is written here are positive messages!" 99% is a number that is popping up repeatedly, I suppose.
Despite the college's neutrality (it is an institution after all, what are you expecting?) beacons of support are showing through the cracks of the ideological white out of political distaste shown not only though the student body but the general Oswegonian population. No other problem is as important right now as the difficulty in kindling a political passion. As I write this it is not just for others. I string words together as a way of getting out of the hole of learned political helplessness, because I need others to pull me out too. I write out of impatience, and with impatience, as they must use this writing to save themselves just as I use them to save myself. We have a common project. We have the occupation. We can pull each other out. Hopefully this website serves a means to build the virtual ladder out of the hole.
A (free) book I may recommend for those inclined to pull themselves out of the hole:
The Revolution of Everyday Life by Raoul Vaneigem
Never before has a civilization reached such a degree of a contempt for life; never before has a generation, drowned in mortification, felt such a rage to live.
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Sorry my beautiful bees! Things have been hectic here with the holidays. I have not done any mass cooking in a while.
Someone (ahem, me) left the door to the freezer open and I lost all my food. Yeah, it is a bummer, BUT these things happen AND that means I get to restock it!!!
A couple of weeks ago I got my order from Delta Meat in. WHOOOHOOO!!!!! I had ordered it before Christmas, but they were backed up. We got a hind quarter of beef and a side of pork. I meant to order chickens, but forgot.
Anyway, I have not finished cleaning out the freezer (everything is still in there, refrozen, but it is -45 and I am not going to clean out the freezer and drag everything to the dump this cold!).
However, what I DID decide to do is to cook a bunch of meat today. Firstly, as I have said before, the meat usually takes the longest in a meal. Also, I could keep it in my inside freezer. Plus I was missing ingredients for a massive meal cook.
So in just a couple of hours I cooked enough slab bacon (which I cut into chunks) for probably 2 weeks of TWS's breakfasts, 2 packs of sausage which will go perfectly in spanish rice, soups, and spaghetti sauce, plus two whole bags of boneless skinless chicken thighs. I boiled those in seasoned water to cook them through. Then I got out my little electric skillet thingy and put oil in it. I took seasoned bread crumbs, added parmesan cheese (green can stuff), cayenne, and seasoned salt, then dredged the cooked chicken in that, then milk, then in that again and fried it up a couple of minutes on each side. This is my Italian Fried Chicken and is PHENOM. I now have enough breakfasts for me for probably 2 weeks as well (I have chicken for breakfast almost every day).
I love doing this with meat! I am half tempted to go put in a roast or two since everything else is done, but my next job is actually chicken and dumplings for supper, so i think that is good for now :).
This is a great time of year to stock the freezer! (just make sure the door shuts :) )


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Thursday, February 24, 2011
"Blue on Blue................
Three blue grunge flowers with blue rhinestones, mounted on the same blue cs strip finished it out.
Sorry about the crooked scan, kind makes the neck a little stiff just looking at it.
So thats my blue on blue card and it got me that good old music down loaded to my PC, now to get it on my IPOD!
Thanks for stopping by.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
GC art exchange: coasters
Yikes! I cannot believe it has been a month since my last post!! Where oh where does that time fly off to? I have managed to steal a few minutes here and there to finish the Gingersnap challenge: Art exchange-coasters-hearts over at: Gingersnaps I chose the oval shape and managed to get all four finished Mr. Mojo took a leave of absents and left me dangling, but as I gather some ideas and found the supplies I started on a roll (I did have to steal some time here and there from the drama in my life) I did two ovals vertically and two horizontally, using graphics I have gathered from place to place. They are all mounted on chip board and then covered with canvas before starting. After applying the graphics in a heart shape there were lace, feathers, pearls, flowers and rhinestones added, along with stamped images. Loops were added for hanging purposes, if the recipients wish to hang them. I almost kept them and did 4 different ones, but time being what it was I had to get them in the mail, so the scan are all I have now. This is a great and fun challenge, and if your up-to-it you should give it a try.Hopefully my posting can go back to being done on a regular basis. I have things scanned to be posted, but haven't had the time to get them to the posting stage. Thanks for stopping by and taking a look.


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Christian apologetics websites allot thousands of words to the subject of imprecatory prayer. Mostly they are convoluted double talking contradictions that simultaneously claim such things to be both righteous and wrong; justifiable and ill advised; misinterpreted and clearly defined. Once again it seems their God hasn't made his meaning clear enough for them to get their opinions and acts together.
But praying for the death of someone who is your perceived enemy or who you have decided is the enemy of God is as Christian as can be. Fundies have no problem, it seems, invoking God's help to kill people who are deemed their enemy.
An ex Navy Christian Chaplain prays for the death of Rev. Barry Lynn of Americans United and Mikey Weinstein, the head of Military Religious Freedom Foundation. Why? What horrible things did these men do to justify calling upon God to smite them? Rev. Lynn is a leader in the effort to keep church and state separate. And Mikey Weinstein fights to give servicemen the right to not be discriminated against for being other than Christian. Evidently that's a good reason to pray for their deaths.
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More recently, a former president of the Southern Baptist Christian Convention prays for the death of President Obama, and says it was prayers for Dr. Tillman's death that caused his murder. Further, he says that not using imprecatory prayer is to fail as a Christian, for it is the duty of Christians to pray for the death of people who are counter to Christian belief.
Read all about it: http://www.abpnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4131&Itemid=53
Notice… they don't pray for these men to change their minds…Oh no. Death prayers are the preferred appeal to God.
Praying for the death of law abiding activist defenders of the Constitution, the President of the United States, and doctors who support women's right to choose: Examples of that famous "Christian love" which is more than skin deep … it goes right down to the bone.
Now, let's see… to whom do atheists devoutly appeal on bended knee in order to invoke a supernatural wrath to befall our enemies?


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Sucka-free Fuel?
In tonight's State of the Union address, President Bush says he wants to cut American dependence on oil, reducing consumption of by 20 percent over the next 10 years. Said Bush:
"For too long our nation has been dependent on foreign oil. And this dependence leaves us more vulnerable to hostile regimes, and to terrorists… It is in our vital interest to diversify America's energy supply -- and the way forward is through technology. "
Well, duh! It is a laudable, if not over-ambitious, goal. My thesis here on PurEnergy -- the defunct blog where I orignally posted this -- has been that this country and the West in the general need to find a future beyond foreign oil for the reasons cited by the president above, but also for the sake of our environment and for the growth of a domestic energy economy that could provide as many as three million jobs, according to the Apollo Alliance.
But I recognize it cannot happen overnight. I doubt we'll be free from oil entirely in my lifetime. What we have to ensure, for our security, is that we require less foreign oil, especially that which comes from hostile states who sponsor jihadist factions outright (such as Iran does with Hezbollah), who sponsor terrorist factions clandestinely (such as Syria), or who sponsor terror indirectly (and in some cases unintentionally) through groups they are unable or unwilling to control (Saudi Arabia, et al). The less petroleum we import from these nations, the less money will fall into the hands of the jihadis.
Not so oily oil
This morning I came across the Terror-Free Oil Initiative. According to the Initiative's website:
Terror-Free Oil Initiative is dedicated to encouraging Americans to buy gasoline that originated from countries that do not export or finance terrorism.
We educate the public by promoting those companies that acquire their crude oil supply from nations outside the Middle East and by exposing those companies that do not.
We are also looking into creating a healthy debate concerning alternate methods of fuel production and consumption.
On Feb. 12, a new gas station, run by an outfit called Terror-Free Oil, Inc., is set to open in Omaha, Nebraska, which is associated with the Initiative. Fuel sold at the station will, according to news reports, come only from countries that do not "export or finance terrorism."
According to the Initiative's website, the following oil companies and fuel providers are, more or less, terror-free:
- Terror-Free Oil, Inc. itself
- Sinclair Oil Corp.
- Flying J, Inc.
- Hess (Amerada Hess Corp)
- Yukos (not available in North America)
The site notes that some Hess oil comes from Algeria, which is home to two Islamist terror groups and that some Flying J stations may sell outside brands of gas. Furthermore, the website says that the following companies finance terrorism "by buying oil from the Middle East:"
- 76 (Conoco / Phillips)
- Amoco (BP / Amoco)
- AM/PM (BP / Amoco)
- ARCO (BP / Amoco
- Beacon (Valero)
- British Petroleum (BP / Amoco)
- Buc-ee's (buys Chevron & Conoco gas)
- Canadian Tire (buys Irving & Shell gas)
- Chevron
- Circle K (Conoco / Phillips)
- Coastal (Conoco / Phillips)
- Conoco
- Diamond Shamrock (Valero)
- Elf (Total)
- Esso (ExxonMobil)
- Exxon (ExxonMobil)
- Getty (Lukoil)
- Gulf (Chevron)
- Irving
- Jet (Conoco / Phillips)
- Lukoil
- Marathon
- Mirastar (Tesoro)
- Mobil (ExxonMobil)
- Murphy Oil USA
- Petro-Canada
- Petrofina (Total)
- Phillips 66
- Pilot (Marathon)
- Sheetz
- Shell
- Speedway SuperAmerica (Marathon)
- Starvin' Marvin's (Marathon)
- Sunoco
- Tesoro
- Texaco (Chevron)
- Total
- Ultramar (Valero)
- Unocal (Chevron)
- Valero
It may be a good idea, if it's for real. The Initiative has some interesting associations, including American Center for Democracy, which started it. This is, essentially, a neo-con group. The Center, according to its website, "is dedicated to exposing the enemies of Freedom and Democracy and their Modus Operandi, and exploring pragmatic ways to defeat them while promoting standards of national and international integrity."
Can't really argue with that per se, until they start a-goin' after the queers and the atheists, of course. The name of our old buddy, Richard Perle, one of the architects of the Iraq invasion, appears more than once in the Center's web pages, and the group is frequently cited on David Horowitz's ultra-right website, FrontPageMag.com.
But nevermind. A good idea is a good idea and sometimes you've got to get in bed with lesser evils in order to defeat a greater one (like we did with Stalin's Soviet Union to defeat the Nazis.) We can always turn on them later if we find that some of Terror-Free Oil's earnings are going to fund Planned Parenthood clinic bombers.
My immediate problem is that the nearest Sinclair is in Stockton and nearest Flying J is somewhere near Gorman, up in the Tehachapis. OK, it's not that big a problem just now, as I don't own a car… but soon…
What's in a name?
Also, I can't say I much like Terror Free Oil's marketing. If you look at the site you'll see it's all about a dark past -- 9/11 -- and not about a bright future, which is where it will need to go if it is to be a truly viable commercial enterprise and not just a flash-in-the-pan do gooder initiative.


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While I mock and ridicule many a celebrity weirdo on this blog, one thing I try to stay away from is making fun of the deceased. You just have to draw a line somewhere, you know? And there really isn't anything to joke about here. Whitney Houston passed away today at the age of 48. 48!!! While the cause of her death has yet to be released I will give you one guess what it could have been. But the truth is so glaringly obvious you probably don't need it.
So out of respect, I'm going to try to avoid saying anything wildly inappropriate. However, this is a list of things that I am still trying to wrap my head around regarding this situation:
1. Am I no longer allowed to laugh at reruns of Maya Rudolph on SNL when she yells "BOBBB-BAAAAAAAAY?"
2. See above in relation the "KISS MY ASS!" clip from The Soup
3. What are the Grammys going to be like tomorrow? Do you think that those guys in editing are crapping their pants right now trying to fix the "In Memoriam" segment?
4. How did Bobby outlive Whitney? No, seriously, like how?
4a. And also Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Lohan, Keith Richards, Courtney Love, and everyone on Celebrity Rehab?
5. What will Christina Aguilera do to embarrass herself at a memorial? Even if she not invited to the actual service, that will not stop her- girl will throw one in her living room if that what it takes.
Sigh. If pictures of Amy Winehouse, Nick Nolte, Andy Dick and Britney Spears circa 2007 won't discourage people from doing drugs, will this? Will anything?!
r.i.p. whitney. and maya rudolph's impression
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Then there is the parade. This is probably my favorite part of the celebrations. The floats are all so beautiful, there is tons of music and dancers, and you get to see so many football players. Fred was on call and so the kids and I headed down there planning on him meeting us there. It turned out that he was stuck at work and he missed the parade. The kids and I however found the best spot to sit, Blaiden could run around a little and there was a family with a few boys his age right next to us. Blaiden is never afraid to make new friends.
Fred went to the rib festival without us the next night because I wasn't really up to pumping the kids full of sugar and we were all a little tired. Fred said that it was so fun, the food was great, and there was some good music the kids would have loved to dance to.
The last thing we were going to do was the kick off celebration in downtown. Fred and I had a babysitter and everything but then the event got rained out so we didn't end up going, maybe next year.


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Each and everyone who linked their Christmas Candle creations in January, are a winner, as this adorable little dragon celebrating his/her First Christmas is on its way to you.
To those who have missed our January Christmas Challenge, its not too late, you are most welcome to join in the fun from February. We will offer a free DS4J Christmas image each month with which you can create a card or tag.


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This was bee when she was a baby; before her eyes opened.
2002 – 2012
Bee was born in a litter of 5; our first litter of puppies ever in the house. We chose to keep her, because we found it cute that a black cocker plus a beige cocker could produce a brown one. Her other siblings were black or beige.
Bee has always been eccentric; barking at shadows, disciplining the other dogs whenever they misbehaved, and later on when she became blind she'd bite if any of us moved towards her too quickly.
She got hit by a car this evening. The driver stopped to tell me he hit my dog outside my house, whilst i was running out after i heard the howl. he was holding up traffic so i asked him to move his car. while moving his car to one side of the road, he drove off.
Carried her in, she seemed ok, just unable to get up. But didn't look like she was in pain, just in shock. No whinning or crying she just went to sleep. So I thought no rush, let her rest, bring to her vet tomorrow morning.
Drove to mustafa to buy her painkillers, of a specific type that the vet specified over the phone. but she didn't manage to hold on for the vet appointment in the end.
We are ok, just a little sad.


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I now bring you a series of photos of Junabun still wearing the same sweater. Unintentionally, of course. Actually, I think that as far as sweaters go, this is almost all she has. We have a couple more choices...
Junabun is adorable, but doesn't love to keep bows on her head. Too bad because she's even more adorable with a bow!
Junabun is almost a year now. She weighs 22 pounds and I forget how tall she is... maybe 29?
She loves to explore. If there is a door that is partway open, she makes a break for it. This girl has speed crawling as one of her major talents. My mom describes her as fierce, and that definitely applies! She and Gulliver are starting to play together more. He loves to cheer her on. Also to play fetch. Also to police her. She loves to pull things out of the cupboards and Gulliver loves to take her treasures away from her and say, "No, no, no, no, no Jun! That's Mumma's!"
We're enjoying these fun kids.


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Hey lovelies!
Super excited to share this blog post with you all!
A little while ago I was contacted by Julie who works for a company called "Formal Dresses AU" Basically they are a formal dress company that specialize in everything from celebrity dresses to brides maid dresses and its all custom made!
I dont know about you but ive NEVER had a dress made just for me!
And again i dont know about you- but im not a straight 1 size all over- In my case im a but top heavy so its hard to find dresses that fit me up top, but are not like a tent at the bottom. Do you guys get that too??
Anyways i was super excited and happy when this company contacted me! And when my dress arrived in the mail I was ecstatic! The quality of the dress is phenomenal! Then even went to the effort of adding boning into the bod-dis area! and you guess it, its the perfect fit!
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I have also done a video review of this dress and a INTERACTIVE MAKEUP& HAIR tutorial!
So thanyou all so much for reading! Hope you have enjoyed this post! Please check out formal Dresses AU and choose a amazing dress for yourself!
Jade xx
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From Washington Post, Monday, November 29, 2010; by Janine Zacharia:
TEL AVIV - Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu expressed hope Monday that U.S. diplomatic cables revealing that several Arab states share his country's concern about Iran's nuclear weapons program could build momentum for tougher international action against the effort.
"More and more states, governments and leaders in the Middle East and the wider region and the world believe [Iran] is the fundamental threat," Netanyahu said, referring to disclosures in cables released by the Web site WikiLeaks. According to the cables, some leaders, including Saudi King Abdullah, have advocated using military action to stop the Iranian nuclear program.
"There's a gap between what they say privately and publicly," Netanyahu said at an annual gathering of the Tel Aviv Journalists' Association. Regional leaders read publicly from one "script" that says the "greatest threat is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict," Netanyahu said. "But in reality, leaders understand that this narrative is bankrupt...."
...The leaked documents show that "the entire world, not just Israel, is panicked over the Iranian nuclear program," wrote Sever Plocker, a commentator for the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth.
The leak, he said, "strengthens the main message" of the United States and Israel that "Iran poses the greatest clear and present danger to the stability of the world, and the world has to act to remove this malignant tumor."
...Zalman Shoval, a former Israeli ambassador to the United States and an adviser to Netanyahu on Israeli-U.S. relations, said the notion that the United States could not take tougher action on Iran without first moving forward on the Israeli-Palestinian front was undermined by the WikiLeaks disclosures...


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I was walking the hallways of the church yesterday when my son jumped out of his office with the phone in his hand.
Mom, this lady just called in to buy a resource. She is very upset and really needs to talk to you. Can you talk to her?
I ducked into a nearby office and asked how I could help.
Her story immediately brought tears to my eyes. Christian family…Christian school…14 year old daughter…Sexually abused by the "favorite" teacher in the school….Media camped out on the parent's front lawn…
Teacher arrested after a stack of letters from him to the girl found….Started with sweet little "nice girl" encouragements…He liked to cheer for her at the sporting events….Asked her to sit by him on the school bus trip….
Until one day he touched her…..So she brought her parents the letters she had been saving for many months…Explicit tomes that made her parents gasp….
Now many of the students in the school are mad at the girl for removing their favorite teacher…Even some of the teachers shun her in the halls…
And the mother received an anonymous letter of apology from another mom whose daughter had also been abused and parents had not told…
In a news story related to this family's case, the prosecutor was quoted as saying…. "We've definitely seen an increase in the last two-three years in situations where adults or caregivers such as teachers or coaches have been involved in improper relationships with those under their care."
The prosecutor also said it will be a tough case even though the evidence is clear.
This mama is crying herself to sleep. Her story hit buttons on the inside of me….Memories that I did not know were still raw. I felt her pain as the sea of regrets threatened to sweep us both away into a land neither of us wanted to visit.
We were both intelligent women with strong protective homes. This was not supposed to happen to our children!
Why had we not learned the truth about predator grooming behaviors before we and our girls were deceived? As our hearts were knit together by our common pain, we recognized the poignancy of the moment.
Only 3% of sexual offenders will ever see a jail cell. But 100% of mamas want their children protected and whole.
What if we dared to tell other moms our stories, we began to conjecture? What if they began to believe us?
The statistics do not lie: the chances of your child encountering a sexual predator exceed the chances of your child contracting many of the dangerous diseases we rush our kids to doctors to prevent.
Would the answer to Unmasking the Predators be as close as the mamas stepping into the cause?
I do not know exactly what the Lord would have my new friend and I to do together yet, but I asked her permission to tell you part of her story today. She asked me to do just that. She is too weak right now to tell you herself.
Frontline moms, I am convinced you are reading this today because we are called to make a difference. Will you help my friend and I warn other moms and equip them with the information and strategy they need?
I know this is not a comfortable topic. It is "sticky" and offensive by very definition. But it is one that will not be going away as our world spins deeper and deeper into perversion.
I know somehow the Lord will equip us to battle for our children's purity even as it feels like a David and Goliath fight.
I am looking for at least 50 Frontline Moms (or dads or grandmoms) who will help us today by:
1. Sending this post to five of your friends and asking them to become a Frontline Mom by joining this blog site.
2. Go buy a copy of Unmask the Predators at a bookstore or online vendor today. Read it. Grasp deeply this concept of grooming. And then pass it on to a friend. (All my author proceeds I will put back into helping more families like my friend today.) If you truly cannot afford to buy your own copy, email me. (firstname.lastname@example.com)
3. Pray for the grace and wisdom for us at Frontline Family Ministries as we earnestly seek to assist parents in Unmasking.
4. Message me back to let me know you did 1-3.
I have seen the Power of Moms before. I believe it is our turn now!
By Lisa Cherry, Author of Unmask the Predators
Image courtesy of Sanja Gjenero
Linking up to Weekend Whatever.


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My heart hurts. I wish there was something I could do to ease the pain my friends are feeling; I learned today that the nine year old son of my friend and colleague passed away peacefully in his sleep early this morning. He was a brave little man who fought long and hard to stay here on earth with his mom and dad, but it was time for him to breathe easy and for the pain to go away. I will miss you so much Hunter... I already do.


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Author: Lauren Willig
Genre: Historical Fiction
Source: Local Library
Type: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Publisher: St Martin's Press
First Published: June 2014
First Lines: "Someone's left me a house.", said Julia. "In England."
Book Description from GoodReads: 2009: When Julia Conley hears that she has inherited a house outside London from an unknown great-aunt, she assumes it's a joke. She hasn't been back to England since the car crash that killed her mother when she was six, an event she remembers only in her nightmares. But when she arrives at Herne Hill to sort through the house—with the help of her cousin Natasha and sexy antiques dealer Nicholas—bits of memory start coming back. And then she discovers a pre-Raphaelite painting, hidden behind the false back of an old wardrobe, and a window onto the house's shrouded history begins to open...
1849: Imogen Grantham has spent nearly a decade trapped in a loveless marriage to a much older man, Arthur. The one bright spot in her life is her step-daughter, Evie, a high-spirited sixteen year old who is the closest thing to a child Imogen hopes to have. But everything changes when three young painters come to see Arthur's collection of medieval artifacts, including Gavin Thorne, a quiet man with the unsettling ability to read Imogen better than anyone ever has. When Arthur hires Gavin to paint her portrait, none of them can guess what the hands of fate have set in motion. From modern-day England to the early days of the Pre-Raphaelite movement, Lauren Willig's That Summer takes readers on an un-put-downable journey through a mysterious old house, a hidden love affair, and one woman's search for the truth about her past—and herself.
My Review: Have you ever finished reading a book and don't have a firm grasp on how you feel about it? You kind of liked it, but kind of didn't. That's where I stand with this book.
On the surface this book has a lot of things that I enjoy in a book - a Gothic setting in a rather creepy ancestral home, dual narrative in two eras and historical references. Sounds great, right? I was expecting this book to be along the lines of the The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton or The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley. And while it did have similar settings and time frames That Summer didn't have the substance or character development that the other two authors bring to their books of a similar genre. There's something missing in this book. I was a decent read but that's it.
I think the mystery started off strong and I was eager to see what family skeletons Julia would unearth in her new abode. The addition of some extended family with questionable motives was wonderful but it wasn't used to the full extent I was hoping. The story kept referring to Aunt Regina knowing all kinds of family lore and secrets but her role was very undeveloped and wasn't used to boost the storyline at all which was a shame because I think she could have brought a depth to the story.
I also didn't feel connections to Julia or Imogen and I know that that affected my feelings towards the book. In the end, I was hoping for a grittier plot, a more substantial treasure hunt and more interesting characters. This book felt more like Gothic Mystery Light - a hint of mystery but unfortunately not an edge of your seat kind of read.
My Rating: 3/5 stars


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The Garlic Farm - Isle of Wight
Colin Boswell, above, is the owner of The Garlic Farm on the Isle of Wight. Colin is a true and passionate garlic hunter, traveling through Kazakhstan, Georgia, and Turkey in search of "The Mother of All Garlic." I met him at the Isle of Wight Garlic Festival and while there's much more to write about and learn from him, for now, let me just say that he gave me some of his prized Purple Moldovan Garlic (a special treat for me as my father's family emigrated from Moldova and the so called "unhappiest country on earth" is a major obsession of mine). Fingers crossed that I can smuggle it past my arch nemesis, the notorious beagle brigade at JFK.
The recipe below is from The Garlic Farm Cookbook, edited by his daughter Natasha. The self-published book is gorgeous and informative ... and this recipe is divine. Look for a perfect fall recipe in an upcoming post.
Aubergine, Courgette and Halloumi Stack
(or as we in America would say, Eggplant, Zucchini and Halloumi Stack)
1 large aubergine, thinly sliced lengthways
2 courgettes, slices lengthways
200 g (1 cup) halloumi cheese
5 garlic cloves
Good handful of fresh herbs, chopped (parsley, mint, thyme, oregano)
Extra virgin olive oil
Salt and pepper
Preheat the oven to 180 C (350 F). In a roasting tray, start by paying a couple of aubergine strips to make the base of the stack. Drizzle olive oil, crush over one clove of garlic, spread, then sprinkle over herbs, salt and pepper. (Don't add too much salt as the halloumi is quite salty.) Make the next layer from a few courgette strips, again, drizzling over olive oil, herbs, salt and pepper. The next layer is halloumi in thin strips. Continue to stack until you have used all the vegetables -- finish with a layer of halloumi drizzled with olive oil and sprinkled with herbs. Cover with foil and place in the oven for 20 minutes. Remove the foil and replace in the oven until the cheese has turned golden brown.


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This Thanksgiving, I am celebrating with family, eating oodles of turkey, and reflecting on all the things I am thankful for.
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Thankful for:
-a wonderful man I am lucky enough to call my best friend and my husband
-three little babies that will be welcomed into our family soon - I'm going to be an aunt to triplets!
-a closet filled with all my favorites
-lifelong bonds with my besties
-pink champagne and macarons
-parents who are always there to love and support me
-red soled shoes
-Lilly and the color she brings to my life
-the ability to see the world with Husband by my side
-bloggie friends across the globe - you make my online world so much prettier!
-a new year filled with exciting opportunities on the horizon
Wishing you all a wonderful day filled with all your holiday favorites! XX


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Field strip an SKS by removing the receiver cover and recoil spring assembly. Remove the gas tube rod and gas piston from the tube, and remove the short gas rod plunger and spring. Remove the cleaning rod, and disengage the trigger guard/magazine housing. Then, pull the barreled action from the stock. Using only your hands, you can field strip an SKS in a matter of minutes.Continue Reading
Inspect the gun, and ensure that is not loaded.
Rotate the receiver cover latch upward. Press forward against the receiver cover. Pull the cover pin out to the right, and slide the receiver cover rearward and off.
Compress the recoil spring assembly disengaging it from the receiver. Remove the bolt and bolt carrier by pulling back on the operating handle and lifting it out.
Rotate the gas cylinder tube lock slightly upward. Remove the gas tube rod, and pull the gas piston from the gas tube.
Stand the gas tube lever upright. Remove the gas rod plunger and spring.
Remove the cleaning rod. Depress the plunger at the bottom of the trigger guard. The trigger guard/magazine housing assembly unlocks from the receiver. Lift the barreled action up and out of the stock.


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News and Views for Tulsa's Reality-Based Community: Ideas, Politics, Letters, Art, Environment
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Meet the Palin Administration: Conservative Writer Imagines the Dream
Beyond a simpleton like Sister Sarah, we can now dream of Secretary of State John Bolton. Yikes!
But that's the dream of one Kevin Williamson over at National Review Online. Read the entire silly story here.
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NRO won me over with statements like these from the article:
Big swaths of the American electorate believe her [Palin] to be unqualified to serve as president, and she hasn't done much in the past year or so to change voters' minds.
You don't have to think Sarah Palin is dull to agree that expounding on fine-grained policy detail has not been her forte...
John Bolton... will strike fear into the hearts of our enemies. Our friends, too. Most awesome political mustache since Bismarck.
The strongest 2012 candidate right now is "Generic Republican," and Mitt Romney is as close to a generic Republican as the world is apt to see...
Rudy Giuliani
WHY: Because we need some steel in our spine on everything from border-control to straightening out TSA.
Team Palin would be awesome!
- November 7, 2010 at 2:48:00 PM CST
The following from Digby reminded me of our old Goldberg-lovin' buddy, Man of the West:
Jonah Goldberg, author of the book Liberal Fascism, on C-Span this weekend:
"One of the great failures of my book is that it has popularized the use of 'fascism' as an epithet. And one of the things I was hoping to do, and I failed miserably, is shut down the use of the word 'fascist' as an epithet. Instead it's become bipartisan. And I don't like it. I don't think it's all that helpful. It might help my books sales, but that's not what I had hoped to do."
Yeah, wank harder Jonah.
He wrote that book to further a longstanding phony right wing trope --- the stupid notion that because the word "socialism" was in the name of the Nazi party, they were obviously left, not right. I've heard that nonsense from Birchers and wingnuts for as long as I can remember. You can't blame them for wanting to distance themselves from Hitler. He's been quite unpopular ever since oh, 1938 or so by most people.
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Lots of goodies in this Follow Friday.
I know, I know... It's Saturday. But Friday was a busy day. After working the nightside shift Thursday and getting home at midnight, I had a quick turnaround and was back at work before 9:30. The day didn't end til 11pm after reporting two stories and shooting three basketball games. Boy, I'm tired just writing that.
Anywho... This week's edition of my favorite links are four readers. Blogs and newspaper articles that I really enjoyed for different reasons.
What's the secret to happiness? It's money, obviously. Kidding. It's actually chocolate. Kidding again. It's playing and being a kid. (Silence). Yup, that's what it is. At least that's what some psychologists say. They claim having fun is directly tied to happiness. Makes sense.
Every football season my family and I make picks, guessing who will win each game. We've done this for the past six or so years and I don't think I've won yet.
My favorite team is the 49ers. While I don't always pick them, there's been a few times when I wrote that team against better judgement. Why is that?
I can't wait for summer.
Ok ok, I know I have to and I should enjoy the winter weather and snow and the playoffs and whatever. But I can't wait for summer.
Actually, I can't wait for everything that comes with it: long days, sandals, t-shirts, swimming, sun, and BBQ.
I think my favorite movie this year has been "The Social Network." Critics have said that it's the film that captures my generation; that is, a group of people who have only experienced a society where there are telephone options beyond landlines, internet is an everyday too, and social identities have importance on or near the same level of our real identities. That last claim is a bit hefty and probably could be expounded in a later blog (no promises).
Anywho... "The Social Network." Critics say it captures my generation. And shines a harsh, unattractive light on it. Filmmaker and actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt (pictured right in one of my favorite flicks, "(500) Days of Summer" [See! There's summer again!]) wrote an open letter to one of the aforementioned critics defending our generation and the role of technology.


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Hey everyone, this is the first post to begin a whole new string of high quality posts that are perfect for anyone who wants to get into an investor's mindset. If you have been following this blog from the beginning, you may have remembered some of my memorable earlier posts, and my goal now is to go above and beyond and write awesome posts that will keep you coming back for more.
Whether you already consider yourself a financial guru, or know absolutely nothing about the topic, don't worry, I will keep it interesting day in and day out.
This post is just to get you thinking about the nature of finance and how you can start learning how to not get screwed by the system. Now to begin....
E v o l u t i o n o f F i n a n c e i n a R a p i d l y
C h a n g i n g W o r l d
The reason why I based this post upon "Financial Darwinism," is because it is currently one of the books that I am re-reading, which I honestly think is a great book filled with a lot of interesting and thought provoking content. If you want to check out the website, here is a link http://www.financialdarwinism.com/
If you are familiar with Darwin and his theory of evolution, then you might be wondering what the heck this has anything to do with the global financial markets........


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Month: May 2012
Desireable Traits
I received an email informing me that I now have a follower. For my WordPress blog. I had forgotten I had a WordPress blog and so this served as a timely reminder to submit another post.
For those of you reading the google blog, don't worry, the two are exactly the same. You might ask the point of this but I would rather you didn't.
Where have I been? I hear you wondering. What have I been doing? Why have I been so lackadaisical blogwise?
Actually none of you would use the expression blogwise, so please count the above as an internal monologue rather than a series of rhetorical questions.
The answer is: Writing
The best excuse in the world. Normally I write this blog as a sort of distraction from the real job of getting on with my novel. Recently, the novel has sprung into life and demands to be written.
Writing a novel is a lot like reading one. The first twenty thousand words or so are relatively hard going. New characters have to be learned about, new situations have to be adjusted to. Then, when enough time and effort has been invested, the whole process becomes much less effort. There is a point where the story takes over, we care what happens to the characters and we have to keep turning the page.
I'm 30,000 words into Proceeds of Crime, about a third of the way through if I measure it with Due Diligence. Believe it or not, the end is now in sight and I am accelerating towards it. Great fun.
The debate still rages about what to do with Due Diligence. One major publisher is reading it, one small publisher has asked to see it and I have sent it to an agent.
Even if one of the publishers wants it, that will probably mean 18 months before I get published. Time, as I keep on remarking, is not on my side.
There is also money to be considered.
Take a conventional publisher. They would pay me about 10% royalties. On a £5 book, that would be 50 pence. If I sell 10,000 books I get £5000.
If I self publish, I would typically get £1 per book based on the profit on a paperback print-on-demand cost. Electronic sales would earn about £2 for every £2.99 copy sold on Amazon. To earn £5000 with an e-book I would have to sell 2,500 copies.
You will appreciate that the big number in all this is the copies sold estimate. Will a conventional publisher sell four time the copies that I could myself?
The answer is yes, probably, and more besides. As my primary aim is to be read, rather than maximise income, the conventional route seems best.
So, this is my plan. I'm going to finish Proceeds of Crime then publish Due Diligence myself if no credible publisher grabs it first. This way, if I manage to create a readership I have another book for them while they're still receptive. So DD will be out before the end of 2012. In time for Christmas!
Let me know what you think about this.
Another thing:
There's a website called I Write Like where you paste in some text and it analyses who you write like. I suppose the name of the site gave that one away.
I put in the first chapter of Due Diligence and it came up with: David Foster Wallace.
I put in the second chapter and : Margaret Atwood
Third chapter: James Joyce
I rest my case.


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It's sometimes difficult to look away when the preposterous happens.
I confess, the ruckus over Miley Cyrus' performance last week, at the "suck up to Hollywood awards," made me look.
How can someone God made so cute become so Devilishly vile?
My reaction, like millions, is part of the problem.
Mega-stars earn big dollars with every video on YouTube we click.
Those annoying intros that say "skip to your video in 15 seconds" are a celebrity's vending machine.
Our job as Christians is to make unhealthy snacks in that vendor go stale.
If you want to help Miley and others like her, never click on her name again…ever.
Even an alleged apology is bound to have an ungodly motive.
If she wants to embrace Satan she needs a cold shoulder from God's people.


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My life story starting with my childhood years in the small town of Barotac Viejo, Iloilo, Philippines up to my retirement from the United States Food and Drug Administration, Center of New Drugs in 2002 and beyond. Some of the photos and videos in this site, I do not own. However, I have no intention in infringing on your copyrights.
Sunday, September 8, 2013
Have You Heard of Manila, California, USA?
The suburb of Manila, Philippines ( UP, Diliman, Q.C.) is the place where I spent my college years and my first teaching job after my Bachelor's degree graduation. So, I was interested in finding out if there are other places in the world call Manila. I hope the following other places will not be known also as the GATES OF HELL!( according to Dan's Brown novel-Inferno). Manila is currently in the Internet with this video from the Blakes- a singing trio from London, UK.
British Trio singing Manila in London
I was surprised that there are actually 11 cities/towns that are named Manila in the US, two of them in Alabama. There is one city in Paraguay, South America also named Manila. Here is the lists for your information. For details and map of the various US cities look in Goggles. Is there a city or town named Manila in Europe or Canada?
1. Manila, Alabama ( Clarke County)
2. Manila, Alabama (Dallas County)
3. Manila, Arizona
4. Manila, Arkansas
5. Manila, California -Manila is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California. It is located 3.25 miles (5.2 km) north of downtown Eureka, at an elevation of 13 feet (4 m). The ZIP Code is 95521. The town was founded at the end of World War II, and named after Manila in the Philippines. I have been to Eureka on a business trip, but not in Manila, California.
6. Manila, Colorado
7. Manila, Kentucky
8. Manila, Missouri
9. Manila, Tennessee
10. Manila, Utah
11. Manila, West Virginia
12. Manila, Paraguay, South America
13. Manila, Philipines
Personal Note: Like New York City, Manila is a nice place to visit ( not during the rainy season), But I will not live there even if you gave me a million dollars!
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I've been floating all week. NPR flew out for an early Valentine's weekend [Editor's Note: "N" indicated that his nom de plume of choice was NPR. I find this quite suitable as–like the radio show–he is quirky, bursting with random facts and fun to listen to. We'll try it out, and we can take it to popular vote if met with disgust]. It was perfect…the food, the weather, the guy…le sigh. Didn't mean to rhyme there–my apologies, it won't happen again.
So I decided to touch down to earth today to share a post with you. Yes, I will torture you with my weekend photos, but it will all be worth it for the best bowl of muesli EVER. Seriously. Although I know that I promised all of my posts wouldn't be about muesli, this one is just too good not to share. But it will be at the end, so you'll have to wait for it.
The perfect weekend, in my mind? Here's what my camera thinks.
Trekking to little known parts of Atlanta for a highly recommended fair trade coffee shop.
I splurged with a cappuccino, while NPR went for a green almond tea. Delicious, but didn't quite measure up to the best cup of coffee I've ever had.
Bonus: realizing the Chattahoochee River is along the way.
I know. I laugh when I say Chattahoochee, too.
Joining the rest of Atlantans in Piedmont Park to celebrate the first beautiful days of weather the city has seen in a while!
Enjoying delicious, homemade meals:
Enchiladas à la Mama Pea. Yes, they are vegan. Yes, they are the best thing ever. Go make them now.
Breakfast tacos, based off of this recipe from My Sprouted Kitchen. Serious yum factor, albeit a bit messy.
And other, unpictured things:
-eating an incredible Tuna Tartare salad at a favorite fine dining establishment
-enjoying delicious homemade chocolate pudding, courtesy of Amanda
-watching Crazy Sexy Cancer and becoming even more inspired by Kris Carr. Ladies, take note: a guy who is willing to sit with you through a TLC documentary is certainly a keeper!
Last, but certainly not least: the BEST muesli I have ever had in my entire life, courtesy of the genius of La Tartine Gourmande. Amazing. I followed her recipe to the T, and trust me, it is worth it! The colors, textures and tastes are perfection. This recipe is a treat from preparation to consumption…it is truly muesli nirvana.
I know, I know.
This is love in a bowl. So what are you waiting for?
Go show someone you love them.


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Gernsback supported the careers of many now classic scifi writers. But I write about him here because he was a classic radio man. He also published the magazines Modern Electrics, Radio Amateur News, and Science and Invention. He founded the radio station WRNY (which will later get it's own post) he also was an early experimenter in television. He also founding the Electric Importing Company which was the world's first radio supply company—yes, before radio shack.
This booklet is one from a set of ten, of which I only have six or so. They are as follows:
I have scanned all 32 pages below from No. 8 in the series and wrapped it into a nice tidy pdf. The technology is all out of date but interesting historically. I will try to get around to scanning the others.1. How to make four Doerle short wave sets2. How to make the most popular all-wave 1 and 2 tube receivers3. Alternating current for beginners4 . All about aerials5. Beginners Radio Dictionary6. How to Have Fun With Radio7. How To Read Radio Diagrams8. Radio For Beginners9. Simple Electrical Experiments10. Television
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Keye Luke's Asparagus and Beef
1 lb. flank steak
1 lb. asparagus shoots
3 tbsps. peanut (or salad) oil
3 spring onions
1 small yellow onion, peeled, thinly sliced
3 slices shredded ginger (or ground ginger to taste)
1/2 cake of bean curd, diced
2-3 tbsps. soy sauce
Water (or beef broth)
Salt to taste
Cut beef into very thin strips about 1 1/2 inches long. Wash, clean tips of asparagus and discard hard stems. French-cut tips into thin pieces with cleaver (or sharp knife). Heat 1 tbsp. peanut (or salad) oil in wok (or
large skillet) until hot. Quickly brown beef on both sides; lift out, place on warm platter. Lightly brown spring onions and yellow onion in skillet, adding remaining oil. Add garlic and ginger, stir fry over low heat a few minutes longer. Make a paste with bean curd, soy sauce and enough water to make it thin; pour over onions, adding asparagus and beef to wok. Cook until asparagus is crisp-tender. Add salt to taste. Serve at once over rice (or Chinese noodles). Serves 4.
Variations: Change vegetable by using bok choy, Chinese cabbage, spinach, red cabbage, string beans (cut French-style), green pepper, Chinese mushrooms (soak in warm water 30 minutes before chopping), Chinese pea pods, broccoli or bean sprouts. For sweet and sour effect: marinate beef strips in mixture of Chinese rice wine (or pale dry sherry), ground star anise and shredded ginger. Dry off meat before browning in wok. Sweeten sauce with sherry or brown sugar to taste. Substitute thin strips of chicken breast, pork or ham for beef. Adjust seasonings to balance sauce.


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Android 4.4 KitKat Update: CyanogenMod 11 Custom ROM Now In Development
Android 4.4 KitKat may be only a week old, but CyanogenMod is already working on a custom iteration of Google's latest operating system.
CyanogenMod took to Google + Tuesday to announce its initial development of CyanogenMod 11, which will be its custom support for Android 4.4. Fans should keep in mind that the ROM customization team has not yet released any CM 11 firmware for general use but has simply given an update on its development.
Currently, CyanogenMod says that many of its custom features have easily transferred from Android 4.3 Jelly Bean to Android 4.4 KitKat; however, others have proved incompatible, including Trebuchet, phone app and lock screen. The team says it is committed to getting these features working for CyanogenMod 11.
Meanwhile, CyanogenMod has made its CM 11 manifest available for advanced users who would like to try their hands at building their own CyanogenMod-based custom ROM.
There is no word on when CyanogenMod 11 nightlies will be available for public download, but the team should announce any updates as soon as they're available. Remember, hounding the CM team about release information is not recommended.
Android 4.4 KitKat is currently exclusive to the Nexus 5 smartphone, with other Google-brand devices including the Nexus 4, Nexus 7, Nexus 10 and Google Play Editions Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One still awaiting an update. However, Android 4.4 has already hit a number of devices, including the Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 4, Nexus 7, HTC One and Sony Xperia Z by way of custom ROMs developed by Paranoid Android, Rootz Wiki and the guys at XDA Developers Forums.
It hasn't been long since CyanogenMod began rolling out CM 10.2 nightlies based on Android 4.3 Jelly Bean. Now the team has moved on to release its CM 10.2 M1 "milestone" or the first custom iteration deemed stable enough for daily use. CyanogenMod also recently released its CM 10.1.3 stable build; after nearly a year of development, the Android 4.2.2 custom ROM is on par with its original Android firmware.
Are you glad to know CyanogenMod has begun working on a custom ROM for Android 4.4 KitKat? Let us know in the comments below.
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Todd Goldstein, frontman for ARMS, has a relaxed voice that blooms sentence to sentence and leaves the listener asking how so much emotion can be expressed without stressful urgency or tension. The music of ARMS always seems to be a fight between beauty and how such an artistic expression can be tampered to keep the listener on their toes.
On the newest single, "Comfort, off the upcoming EP from ARMS, EP2, Goldstein finds himself in his comfort zone of laid back singing held up by smart lyrics and dreamy music that seems to pop up and disappear like a spark. On first spin, "Comfort" is immediately catchy and a nice toe-tapping tune with a chorus that spins and swings. The real talent of ARMS is that their verses seem to hold more weight than the choruses, a tough trick to pull off, but Goldstein expresses each word with the utter most importance to the point where the listener not only hears what he is saying, they feel it deep down, word after word.
Release Date: September 2013
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Silicon Valley: "Daily Active Users"
This week on Silicon Valley, we learn many interesting ideas. We learn that statistics are important when launching a new program, but specific statistics are more important than others. We learn Guilfoyle is a human lie-detector. And we learn Jared is not the sweet, little innocent that he seems. While total downloads are in the multiple hundred thousands, daily active users is nowhere close to that. When you want to consider the success of your product, it isn't who just buys it. It is the person who buys it and then continuously uses it. I can go buy a tube of toothpaste. But if I don't actually use the toothpaste, it doesn't mean much. Well, it means I lack some basic hygiene skills.
The main problem with the platform stems from what Monica was trying to convey: that ordinary folks don't know what to do with it. They can't understand it, and if you can't understand it then what is the point of using it? Richard and his team go into hyper-drive finding ways to explain the platform and help people understand that it is really really…really cool. But that's not easy, and it is most certainly not cheap. Check out this promotional video.
So…tables are pretty important? That was the point, right? It wasn't? Are you sure? That adorable excuse of an ad campaign is not going to sell anyone on a program they don't understand. But with finances being tight, the equivalent of the Microsoft Word talking paper clip is all the team can afford. And Pipey, is just as annoying as that paper clip bastard.
Jared decides to take drastic measures, which is so unlike Jared. He seems to be the kind of guy who thinks out his grocery list before going to the store. Or picks out his outfit and lays it out the night before. Or makes sure there is always toilet paper in the bathroom before guests come over. He plans, and thinks things over. But not today. Today he is Action Jared, doing what he feels needs to be done. Long terms effects unforeseen, or not cared about. As things continue to unfold, it will be interesting to see what comes from his choices and if everyone will praise or chastise him. At the very least, we know Guilfoyle's ability to see lies isn't foolproof.
Over at Hooli, Gaven is having his own situation. The board wants him out to pasture, or rather, roof. But a kind word from a random worker gives Gavin a foot back in the door. He uses his powers for evil (of course he does) and a familiar face reemerges. Nothing ventured, nothing gained? Seems the lack of Pied Piper's venture (or altogether different venture) means Hooli gets the gains. As that new story develops, will Richard and Gavin go head to head again? Mano a mano? Techie to techie? With only one episode left of the season, anything could happen.
Could Richard be going to dark side? Will he have the support of his team if he does? Or will Pied Piper dissolve into a Richard only company? We shall see. And then we shall wait many agonizing months until we get to see again.


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WISE images showing strong bursts and dimming of infrared light in the black hole GX 339-4. The data cover a period of approximately 1 day, speeded up. Infrared light has a wavelength about 15 times longer than the eye can see.
Animation made by Poshak Gandhi (JAXA) using WISE images.


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(The copy of this I viewed was taken from a VHS recording, and that's where the screen caps come from, hence the poorer quality.)
So we've reached week nine. Santo was rolling pretty strong there for a couple weeks, and so was I. Then we hit this dud. Honestly, I'm finding myself hard pressed to come up with anything to write about. El Estrangulador isn't really much of a movie. Clocking in at 79 minutes, its hard to even qualify it as a feature length movie.
One silver mask out of a possible Five.
Fun Fact: Lawrence Welk dabbled in professional wrestling during a stint in Mexico. It's unclear if he and Santo ever crossed paths.


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Summer Night. A Witchling Novella. by Lizzy Ford.
GoodReads Summary:
Summer's choice threatens to destroy not only her own life, but Decker's, too, on the night she falls into the Dark. With both Summer and Decker trapped by their choices, it's up to Decker's twin to find a way to make things right.
Beck, the new Master of Light, is forced to step up in his role as the protector of Light. He discovers that sometimes, the protector must come between the Dark and its own Master in order to save them both from being consumed. To save his brother, he must risk everything – even his soul – on the slim chance Summer can redeem herself, if given a second chance. If he's right, he'll save Decker from a lifetime of agony.
If he's wrong, he'll lose much more than Decker and Summer, for there will be no one standing between Darkness and the rest of the world.
My Review:** spoiler alert **
I'm not sure why Lizzy decided to release this little novella between books, but I'm so happy she did!
"Beck began to realize that sometimes, the protector might have to come between the dark & it's master. No one deserved to handle the horrible duty serving dark alone. Compassion replaced his horror. He didn't know exactly what he had to do, but he knew he needed to do something. He wasn't going to let anyone else suffer."
Summer night is the bridge between Dark Summer & Autumn Storm, It gives readers a glimpse into what happen that tragic night on the cliff & how summer became autumn.
It's told through Beck & Rania's perspective & gives you a much clearer understanding of both characters & their actions. (I though beck a bit of a Douche before but now I love him!)
If you've read Dark Summer & are planning On reading autumn storm (which how could you not with a cliff hanger like that!) it's defiantly a must read packed full of info!


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This particular scent sample had an interesting looking young woman on it, though, so I ripped off the smelly strip and saved the girl...
...to use as the subject of a watercolor sketch:
Yes. Too much eyebrow.
But many of us are plagued with that problem, and why should she be any different?
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KENNEWICK -- Some of you Seattle Mariners fans may have been confused Tuesday when you tried to listen to your team on the radio and instead found country music.
Just turn your dial over to 1340 AM. Bob Castle, the programming director at what is now called 1340 AM ESPN Tri-Cities, said the station made the move at midnight Monday night.
"We havent made a huge deal about the launch," Castle said. "It's a soft launch. But it's huge in that we actually switched stations."
Ingstad Broadcasting, the stations' new owners, encouraged the move. KALE AM 960 is now Country Legends music.
The Mariners move over to 1340 AM -- which is good because that station has a stronger signal at night.
But here's the big kicker: from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., the station will run the talk shows from KIRO in Seattle. That time frame will include the radio shows of Brock and Salk from 9 a.m. to noon; Bob and Groz from noon to 3 p.m., and the Kevin Calabro Show and 3 to 6 p.m.
From 6 p.m. to 9 a.m., the station will run ESPN Radio programming. Of course, the Mariners will pre-empt any talk show. And 1340 AM will still run University of Washington football and men's basketball and Gonzaga men's basketball.
Track and field recap
Some area athletes had strong performances last weekend at their college conference championships meets.
In the Big Sky Conference Championships, Hermiston's Michelle Coombs finished second in the women's javelin for Eastern Washington University, throwing it 151 feet, 6 inches.
Kamiakin grad Elise Jepsen finished third in the women's third high jump for Eastern with a leap of 5-6.
And Kiona-Benton grad Whitney Leavitt, also competing at Eastern, placed seventh in the women's 200 meters with a time of 25.24 seconds.
Chelsea Bourque, a Southridge grad, finished eighth in the women's 100 meter hurdles for Montana State with a time of 14.9 seconds.
Central Washington University had a couple of locals do well at the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Championships.
Kiona-Benton graduate Katharine Lotze placed second in the women's triple jump with a mark of 39 feet, 7 3/4 inches.
Andrew Venema, out of Bickleton, was second in the men's 110 hurdles with a time of 15.01 seconds.
Hanford's Knox honored
Hanford High graduate Molly Knox, a senior on the Idaho women's tennis team, recently earned the ITA Mountain Region's Arthur Ashe Leadership and Sportsmanship Award.
Knox is one of 10 finalists in the country for the national award, which recognizes players exhibiting outstanding sportsmanship and leadership as well as scholastic, extracurricular and tennis achievements.
Knox has a 4.0 grade point average while majoring in Pre-Medical Biology, and has been on the Dean's list every semester since 2007.
She also volunteers with seniors at a Moscow retirement home.
Whitworth in playoffs
Whitworth plays La Verne at 7 p.m. today in the opening round of the NCAA Division III baseball tournament in McMinnville, Ore.
The Pirates (26-13-1), making their first-ever appearance in the NCAA Division III tournament, had a good number of Mid-Columbians on the roster.
It includes outfielder Kevin Valerio of Kennewick; third baseman Landon Scott of Kennewick; pitcher Brandon Ellendt of Kennewick/Walla Walla Community College; pitcher Dan Scheibe of Hanford; pitcher Jason Renner of WWCC; and catcher Chris Synoground of Hanford.
Scheibe, just a freshman, was named first-team All-Northwest Conference by going 5-0 with a 1.73 ERA. He led the conference with 69 strikeouts in 52 innings.
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When Dad died in August, as we were sorting his things, our sister-in-law, Brenda, took his old shirts with her. She knew someone in Lyons who made quilts from them. Isn't this neat?!
Russell, our brother-in-law, was wearing this pink t-shirt. Little River had a pink out night, where they honored Al's sister, Julie, at a football game. The whole town wore these shirts! She had breast cancer this year. Luckily, they were able to get it all and she is fine now.
After a delicious pot-luck (we always bring so much food!!), the children exchanged gifts. Then we did our traditional gift giving for the adults. Anyone who comes brings a gift. It can be a white elephant that is practical and useful, something you don't use anymore at your home, or it can be something not too expensive from the store.
We pick numbers. #1 picks the first gift. #2 can either steal #1's gift or draw from the pile. So on and so forth. This year I got stole from twice!
The girls always wrap their presents so nicely, but the guys love to throw it together. We have lots of fun and laughter!
After the gift exchange, we played a game that is a twist on the "telephone" game. You know where you whisper something into one person's ear and they whisper to the next person down the line. At the end, usually what comes out is not a thing like what was first said.
In this game, we all got a stack of paper. We all wrote down a phrase or word of something. For example, "baking a cake". The stack is passed to the next person in line. That person has 1 minute to draw a picture of someone baking a cake. Everyone passes their stack down the line. Now everyone writes down what they think that picture is about. So on and so forth. This is a hilarious game and we laughed and laughed at how it turned out.
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Monday, November 10, 2014
To those who know me they know that I don't like silence. I like the TV or the radio or my Ipod on all the time. Something about silence is just not for me. I want to hear something. I like my TV loud. They make fun of how I must be losing my hearing. But I just want the sound to drown out the silence. I am grateful for the noise. And I am grateful that I can hear it.
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My wife is the same way, has to have sound to drown everything out. TV is almost always on when she's home. Myself, I like the silence, I can sit in it for a long time and be content.ReplyDeleteReplies
Silence is okay....but just for a little bit. I much prefer noise!Delete
I like it quiet with nothing on unless it is nightime and then I want the TV on for background noise :) Like you, I am glad I can still hear.ReplyDelete
I never turn the TV off at night. The silence overwhelms me and then I can't sleepDelete
I'm a silent person. Complete silence is soothing to me however we often have music playing in the background at our house.ReplyDeleteReplies
I am finding that most people don't like noise. I guess I am special:)Delete
Hi Paula .. I hate noise! Usually silence reigns here ... but I do love music sometimes - just like to work in silence ...ReplyDelete
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Hardly is it ever silent at my house. I like it this wayDelete
I LOVE SILENCE! seriously, I go between liking my tunes and complete silence... usually silence reigns and I'm forever asking my boys if they're deaf. LOL They ALL love the noise. Andy will actually have the tv on for noise while he's on the computer working at home. It's crazy!ReplyDeleteReplies
Complete silence makes my mind go places I don't want to linger at.Delete
We're opposites on this! I don't like noise, especially loud noise. I don't have to have silence, but any background noise should be low. A loud TV is one of my pet peeves!ReplyDeleteReplies
I do seem to be in the minority!Delete
I'm somewhere in the middle. I tend to have the tv or music on in the house, but in my car - I kind of like silence. I'm usually one of the only people without ear buds in at the gym - I'd rather read on the bike or elliptical...but sometimes the music makes the workout easier. My favorite thing about swimming is the silence. I think I'm two people....!!!ReplyDeleteReplies
Hello sweet Lisa....both of you! I tend to be in the minority here. But I hate silence. UsuallyDelete
I never thought about this before. Tom keeps the TV turned on - loudly! - more than I'd like; but I suspect it's to keep his mind from going places it shouldn't. TV and radio are great distractors!ReplyDeleteReplies
That would be why I have noise on all the time.....silence makes me think about things I don't want to think about.Delete
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Lord of the Flies
how does ralph feel about the conch
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Ralph feels the conch has lost its meaning, and is afraid to use it because if it is in reality ignored...... civilized behavior of any kind will truly be lost.
Lord of the Flies
Ralph sees the conch as a symbol of the order he wishes they had on the island. Already, they are starting to stray from the duties of the fire and keeping their living area orderly, so when he blows the conch, he is trying to bring them back to the task at hand and help them follow through with their responsibilities.


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Eid Milad festivities in full swing in Pakistan
SHAFAQNA – Citizens of Islamabad and Rawalpindi are finalising preparations to celebrate Eid Milad-un-Nabi (PBUH) with religious festivity on Thursday.
The homes, mosques, public, private buildings, schools, colleges are being decorated with colourful lights, buntings and flag garlands to observe the birthday of Holy Prophet (PBUH). Ceremonial gates have been installed in various parts of both cities. Various religious organisations have finalised the schedule of Milad processions from different parts of both cities.
Vendors have established a number of stalls at various points of the both cities selling banners, badges, stickers and flags inscribed with the slogans paying respect and reverence to the Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
Most of the people including children are busy in decorating things with green flags as a demonstration of love and reverence with regard to the auspicious occasion. The city roads, streets are also decorated with green flags and illuminated with lights.
In this regard, capital city police holidays have been cancelled till December 31 due to security concerns and all the police personnel have been directed to remain present on duty. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Sajid Kiyani has said that the security will remain on high alert on the eve of Eid Milad-un-Nabi, winter vacations and special security plan has been devised for the churches on the eve of Christmas. He further said that three thousand police personnel would perform their duties till 31st and special attention is being paid to ensure security of highly sensitive areas and buildings.
Around 3,500 police officials will be deployed in Rawalpindi district to ensure security for the processions taken out on Eid Milad-un-Nabi. On the special directives of Rawalpindi City Police Officer (CPO) Israr Ahmed Abassi, police department is making concerted efforts with the help of other departments for maintaining law and order and to avert any untoward incident. According to reports, under the security plan prepared for 12 Rabi-ul-Awwal, foolproof security arrangements have been finalised while over 1,500 police personnel will provide security to the main Eid Milad procession in the city. Police reserves will also be on high alert for 12 Rab- ul-Awwal to meet any eventuality.
According to Rawalpindi police spokesperson, ulemas and religious scholars of different sects have been taken onboard to promote religious harmony in the city. Additional force of special branch police, elite force, lady police and motorcycle squads along with the members of district peace committee and district police officials will be deployed to ensure security for Eid Milad.
About 2,000 personnel will be deployed in other tehsils of the district to ensure the security of the faithful. Security arrangements have also been made for Taxila, Wah, Gujar Khan,Murree, Kahuta and other areas. Strict checking of vehicles is being carried out at entry and exit points of the city. There would be strict monitoring of the processions while close circuit television (CCTV) cameras have also been installed to ensure security. Parking of vehicles will not be allowed on the route of the procession.


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I've debated posting this story because it contains an off-color statement. The kind of language I don't use on this blog. Or ever.
But it. was. hilarious. So forgive the semi-use of an unsavory term. And please note that we don't talk like this. Which may or may not make it even funnier.
Goo still has some trouble pronouncing certain words. We're awesome at interpreting, so it's usually not a problem. Usually.
This past weekend, the Nerd woke up and told everybody to get ready, we were going to have Saturday family breakfast at a diner. Win, because I don't have to cook or clean. And if I make breakfast, Goo looks at it and yells, "I don't like this kind of food!" If a random guy in a diner kitchen makes it, it's gold on a plate. I'm not bitter.
If you've ever taken small children to a restaurant, you know that initial seating and ordering has a critical mass. Because if that food doesn't get there soon enough, chaos ensues. In our mad rush to make decisions and get our order in, the following conversation took place:
Me: Punkin, you know what you want?
Punkin: Yeah. Scrambled eggs and home fries.
Nerd: Smush is going to pick off everyone's plates?
Me: Yeah. What about Goo? (Goo was deeply focused on coloring and not paying attention at all to the conversation.)
Nerd: Let's get her pancakes. A short stack should be fine.
Goo: I DON'T LIKE SHORT C–KS!
Nerd and I: *blank stare*
Nerd: Short stack, Goo. Stack. We're going to get you a short stack of pancakes.
Goo: I. DON'T. LIKE. SHORT —–.
Me: Okay, okay. How about pancakes? Do you want pancakes?
Goo: Yeah.
Me: Okay. Pancakes it is.
Did I mention that there were a lot of people around? In very close proximity?
Normally in a scenario like this, Goo would get a stern warning about demanding, yelling, and not using her manners. But at the repeated shouting of a term that isn't allowed on television (I think), I panicked and just wanted to shut it down.
Mediocre Mom for the win.


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Today, as I noted in my earlier blog, ping.fm the status updating site went off air, replaced by a GoDaddy default page. email to firstname.lastname@example.com get's a 550 error - email is not being accepted.
Ping has vanished in to thin air.
Is this a case of the economy catching up with a startup that didn't have a business model?
Is there anyone out there from Ping.fm that can comment on what events transpired today?
May be it is a case of business models are out of fashion and revenue models are in! It is going to be the startups with the ability to eke out cash that will survive. But it will also be the startups that devise sound revenue generating models that will win out.
Is this the new sanity? If it is then we had better start polishing up our iPhone development skills. At least there we have an eager market with a monetizable distribution channel.
Okay, we may be at the mercy of Apple and their decisions to allow or deny a place in the App store but an application that is accepted to the store has a mechanism to earn revenue.