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Best VTDK Mechanical Technologies Engineering Students Received Prestigious Scholarships
Best Mechanical Technologies Engineering students at Vilnius College of Technologies and Design were awarded prestigious scholarships from the Geen Haas Foundation. The students received 23 000 dollars in scholarships, 25 students have received 400 EUR scholarships for their academic results in autumn semester. "HAAS Automation Europe" study partnership coordinator Simon Vanmaekelbergh, and "Abbplanalp Engineering" technical director Viktor Perfilov, who delivered the scholarships, said that the decision to grant these scholarships to VTDK students was made with regards to college's active work in preparing specialists of mechanical technologies.
Successful cooperation with "HAAS Automation Europe" has started this fall with the opening of a modern specialist training centre (HTEC) at VTDK, equipped with CNC machinery. The Dean of VTDK Technical Faculty says that the center opened up multiple new opportunities both for students, facilitating their exchange with other HEIs and their internships at modern foreign companies, and also for staff, who can now attend global level conferences to discuss training programs and specialist training procedures, and also to see innovations applied in modern companies. She says the demand for mechanical technologies specialists will continue growing: "Majority of Lithuanian companies already work with CNC machines, but there is a lack of specialists in this field. We truly hope that more and more students will choose mechanical technologies engineering professions".
Gene Haas Foundation scholarships are given to students who are being trained to work with CNC type machines. Since its establishment in 1999, scholarships have been given to students from 1300 education institutions worldwide.


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Clover Fire Arson Suspect Former Firefighter arrested
CAL FIRE law enforcement officers arrested Zane Wallace Peterson, 29, of Happy Valley Tuesday morning without incident, on suspicion of intentionally setting numerous fires throughout Shasta County including the Sept. 9 Clover Fire.
The Clover Fire was reported on Sept. 9 at 12:32 p.m. in the community of Igo, 10 miles southwest of Redding. The fire burned 8,073 acres and threatened more than 500 residences during its course.
It took seven days to contain the fire with 60 occupied residences and 130 additional structures destroyed by the fire. There was one civilian fatality.
State fire Capt. Scott McLean says Zane Wallace Peterson, of Happy Valley, started two fires that turned into the September Clover Fire in Shasta County. The fire burned more than 12 square miles over about a week before it was contained.
The fire also destroyed more than 50 homes and claimed the life of 56-year-old Brian Henry. Peterson was arrested on Tuesday.
Shasta County Senior Deputy District Attorney Ben Hanna stated Peterson was a former firefighter.
Peterson was booked into the Shasta County Jail on felony charges of Arson of a Structure or Vegetation, 140 Counts; Arson that causes great bodily injury, 1 Count; Arson to Occupied Structures, 60 Counts; Arson with Aggravating Factors, 2 Counts; Arson using Incendiary Device, 5 Counts.

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Wednesday, 30 July 2014
CHILD SLAVERY - 29th July 2014
Their innocent eyes were weeping
These children should have been sleeping
Their captors were viciously cruel and left
Their bodies battered and bruised
They couldnt get away
They were the 'throw away children' about to be used!
The ritual was about to begin - In this hideout of sin
They were told it would be fun
That they must comply or die
All in the hope of finding an owner
That wouldnt treat them 'too badly'
Sadly, this isnt the way of these cruel men
Maybe they would find one that would be kind
One that wouldnt marr the skin.
Little did they know their hell was about to begin.
Beheld on a catwalk of shame
No one even knew their name
Some were picked, few were chosen
Some were discarded, All were broken
Paraded and prodded like cattle - treated worse than you can believe
They had broken their bodies
Now they would try breaking their souls.
After that they would be theirs!
The Greedy vampires of lust were too sadistic to imagine
They would do anything for 'young money'
The lust of the 'owners' is beyond description
All I know is that -
These beautiful little ones suffered much violation
It all started one night when they were snatched from thier beds
Snatched away from their dreams
To be sold into slavery by their own parents!
To have their young souls ripped at the seams
Can you imagine the horror?
Can you imagine their screams!!
Now at the meeting place of hell and shame
The new initiates would gather
Where blasphemies and immorality
now took center stage.
No one cared for these children, or so it seemed to them
They were broken down, by their 'handlers' -demonically infused
They were passed down and used - discarded and bruised
They had no home to call their own for they were constantly swapped
They tried to escape but most of the time the cages were locked
And if they werent kept under lock and key
They lived in a rich and priviledged lifestyle but with no freedom
Prisoners, prostituted for money - pimped out and used
Without a choice - they belonged to their 'Masters'
They only did what the highest bidder wanted - whenever they wanted it.
These poor souls knew no other other life - They were so used to being abused
They had given up dreaming of being 'free'
Who would care for them now?
Now hooked on drugs without a way out,
Barely living on the edge of death
Praying to breathe their very last breath
Trapped in despair of this very real nightmare
Who really knows where these kids will end up?
Who really cares?
Will God really answer their prayers?
Is it enough just to pray and then forget?
Mustn't we take action to fight child slavery?
With these poor children living
In the valley of the shadow of death
Who will answer these children's prayers?
Who will come to their aid?
The time is NOW. The time is fleeting away
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I was watching a documentary on the Elephant Man and they ran a program to simulate how he would've walked (his gait) by using a 3D model of his skeleton. They had to send the information off to a super computer in Italy which took several weeks to run 39 million simulations until the program found a way to make the skeleton 'walk', all previous 39 million simulations either had the skeleton falling over straight away or after a few steps.
It's a little annoying that by the time I could run a program like that from home, a newer program would've been developed that would still require super computers to run and the original program would seem like vintage software.
My Intel SSD drive made a whole difference running Windows and starting apps, but more importantly doing my day to day job on the Visual Studio program compiler... from 5mn for building a big project to a few seconds!
For applications that are not file-oriented, it didn't make them run faster... that's the RAM and CPU job... it made them start reacting immediately, in a snap. And Windows do not pause anymore, you can run many programs at the same time because even if there's some swapping disk due to memory limit, it's so much faster to swap!
It made my old Thinkpad W500 + Core2 Duo feeling as good as a brand new high end laptop. And "only" by upgrading the drive. I love it! If you guys want a whole new computer for cheap, just upgrade to SSD
I wish I could get a SSD for the same price I can get an i7 Extreme Edition.
My company has an employee chip loaner program. I can "borrow" one. My expense is just buying the new motherboard and memory. A discount on a SSD is all that I get on that end.
My choice is new tires or an SSD. I have to get to work so that's not a choice. I just have to wait for the price to come down and save for it. Saving now for a motherboard for the i7.
I want to get a SSD for my netbook. But the drive costs more than the entire netbook.
Wow they're bloody expensive. On a similar note to my post above, by the time I can afford a SSD, it will seem like vintage hardware
Well, okayyyy, I should not have said "for cheap"
But for less than the cost of a brand new laptop... unless it is a cheap one already Oh well...
my current SSD 160GB is about $315... old SSD generation... if your laptop worth upgrading instead of being replaced, If think it's a good move
Back in the time where 3D photorealistic images were a novelty (long, long ago) I made a few hi-res pictures to insane resolution (4000x3000... just madness ). I did that to print a large poster in a factory. Each picture took... a whole week to be computed!!!
Now, the same picture is done on my laptop in less time than it takes me to write this sentence...
Jeez, now I'm feeling old... time for a Jack Daniel's...
My Netbook was purchased from Costco for just under $300. This does make a disk drive for it seem expensive. I want one for the quick boot and lower power to get more useful life out of the batteries. I would like to extend the 6-7 hour battery life to over 8 hours to make it through a full day.
When I build the i7 system in the fall, I just may bite the bullet and pick up an SSD for it if the price comes down enough with the employee discount.
Speaking of old times, I remember buying my first hard drive for my first PC. It was a huge 30 Meg in size. For you young guys, that is a huge 0.03 Gig. I don't even have a flash drive that small anymore. My smallest is 512 Meg.
I had several brands in the past, for now the best I owned was Lenovo/Thinkpad. No nonsense gadgets, sturdy, reliable... love it. They are expensive though.
I'm not sure the difference of battery life was significant when I switched to SSD. But my laptop is a workstation, not really a power saving computer. CPU and screen eat all the power quickly. My 9 cells battery runs only 4h30 at best. Without SSD, it was 4h00 maybe. I have to carry a spare set anyway. Besides the speed, a great advantage was heat. No heat, at all! Some review on the web say that SSD drives generate a lot of heat. Well, all I can say for my Intel SSD is that after a typical 15 hours day powered on, the drive is barely warm. The only internal heat is from the CPU. And there's also the fact that you can shake the thing without the fear of breaking it. Quite an advantage for a laptop.
I can't remember this one... too long ago
But strangely I remember vividly a older time, how happy I was the day I had a second floppy disk so I didn't have to swap anymore all the time between the DOS System floppy and my data/program floppy. Hard drives were just sci-fi artifacts
And now I couldn't say for sure how many of them are currently plugged in the house network
thats pritty good, my laptop a Toshiba p300. i only get about 40min on high performance.
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--Homer Simpson
Add me on ps3: wannafuk, 8/11/11 cant wait
my vaio f series can get around 1:30. If I underclock it's i7 to 5% of maximum, turn off wireless and turn the screen down, I can get up to 4 hours.
Did you miss the days of dual 8 in floppy drives with a CPM operating system?
CPM was the predessor of MSDOS.
My laptop always has the AC adapter plugged in. Even if I take it somewhere with me, I hook it up to my power inverter behind the seat. Makes for a good MP3 player, if not a little difficult to operate while driving and of dubious legality.
Just a question, tech, but how much do you think performance would be affected by using a 10,000 RPM SATA III drive instead of a SSD? I've watched a few boot videos and the HDD only lagged a second or two behind (at least booting).
Out of curiosity I googled JSR's mmrgbrble! and among other things I've found drougs, Tony Blair and some other politicians, pornography, the Pope, scientology, things that indicate child abuse, the Bible and other propaganda, illnes, war and Islam. How intriguing to find all of that connected by a random string of letters Well almost random... I tried generating my own "random" string and failed to get anything simmilar. How weird is that?
I don't want to offend anyone... just sharing what I've found. Interesting isn't it?
"The combined synergy of a man and rifle is matchless.
The steadiness of hand, the acuity of vision and finally
the art of knowing how to make the rifle an extension of the
body all equate to the ultimate synthesis of man and machine."
Haha... Has to be coincidence
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Suddenly reading your message I had some doubts and was afraid to being involved in some satanic scheme... and I tried Googling:
"jsr antichrist"
The guy have his own shop, www.jsrdirect.com selling satanic stuff and antichrist T-shirts...
Please be aware that my name LeMaudit meaning TheDamned have absolutely no relation whatsoever with anything satanic. Has to be coincidence.
I just bought some t-shirts from there last month...
I'm serious by the way
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Ahhh, the sweet feeling of a 3-day weekend. While many of you back at home were celebrating Memorial Day, those of us here in Korea were happy to give thanks to Buddha. Three day weekends are the best.
On Saturday, we went up to Seoul and had a barbeque on a friend's roof. Check out the view:
Sunday, Justin and I took another great bike ride and managed to find a new (big!) lake. Hopefully I'll snag some of his fancy camera photos for an update about that...
MONDAY (yes, no-work Monday!), we went with Spenser to a temple here in Suwon. It was a mad house. I had no idea so many people would be there! Despite the crowds, it was great to see the temple on a holiday, all spruced up with lanterns and people.
Today, it's back to work ... Tues/Wed only! We get Thurs/Fri off. Justin and I are heading to the beach to do a little camping! Yahoo!
In other news, we bought our tickets to Malaysia for when our contracts are finished. On September 2nd, we'll be saying goodbye to Korea and heading off on an adventure in Southeast Asia!!


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I have a slight problem following scenarios like Gloria will run for Pampanga's second district so she can become Prime Minister or that she will declare martial law with the help of her PMA "mistahs."
Too many things have to fall into place, for the premiership scenario…
1. She wins the congressional race
2. She becomes Speaker
3. The House and the Senate agree to a con-ass
4. Con-ass shifts to parliamentary system
5. New constitution is approved in plebescite
And most important of all:
6. After June 30, 2010, Gloria will no longer be president. At best, she will be just another member of the Lower House, and a neophyte at that. Meanwhile, the new president will be The President. He will give way to Rep. Gloria? One will have to assume the new president will not want a full 6-year term, will not do everything in his power to remain in office. In short, one will have to assume he is insane.
As to the martial law scenario with the help of her PMA class…
It will be a replay of history because Gloria's generals will have to stay on past retirement. As a result, the promotions system will have a ceiling. And that will breed unrest among the officer corps. She and her generals will have to divide and conquer the corps through bribery and intimidation. But history has shown that those tactics have their limits, Gloria will not live forever. Neither will her core group of generals. Consequently, when the question of succession looms, the whole thing will fall apart.
What is the most likely scenario after June 30, 2010? Who knows? Desperate people do crazy things. But the best scenario is for Gloria to realize that there will be a lot of noise to bring her to justice but it's going to be only noise. She will get away with it because that's the way it is in this Enchanted Kingdom.


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Tun Mahathir to PAS: National unity or Malay unity?
The former Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Mahathir wants PAS to clarify whether the unity talk with UMNO is for National unity or Malay unity.
KUALA LUMPUR: PAS must clarify whether it wants to form a unity government with Umno or with the entire Barisan Nasional coalition, says Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
"If the party joins forces with Umno, this would result in a Malay-dominated government. But we have always insisted that this country is for all communities," he told reporters after opening the 11th International Surveyors' Congress here yesterday.
"So, this move may unite the Malays, but it will not promote greater unity among Malaysians," said Dr Mahathir.
He said he believed the current Barisan system was the best type of administration for the country.
On PAS insisting that its Pakatan Rakyat allies DAP and PKR be part of the proposed unity government, Dr Mahathir said Umno would also have to include MCA, MIC and other Barisan component parties in the deal.
"These (the component parties) are our friends. We cannot abandon them."
Dr Mahathir, however, said he believed the country needed an opposition voice to provide checks and balance on the Govern ment.
"Without the opposition, we may not know what we are doing wrong. This is something we should uphold. We should not have a one-party state like certain countries."
Asked whether he thought the current opposition was strong enough to point out the Government's mistakes, Dr Mahathir said: "No, they are not a very intelligent Oppo sition.
"They should criticise when the Government really does something wrong. Criticising for the sake of being the Opposition is not very healthy."


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Possible vote fraud during the McGee recall effort:
WISN 12 News has learned 58-year-old Garrett Huff, McGee's uncle and campaign manager during the alderman's recall election, has been accused of paying constituents for their votes [Read Criminal Complaint].$5.00/vote is a little bit better than cigarette money. Three undercover cops is going to make this a tough case for even someone like Mike Maistelman. Speaking of whom, does everyone remember this? How about this classic?
The investigation began when McGee himself filed a complaint with the election commission looking into the activities of his opponents.
The city election commission received and forwarded a flyer to the district attorney's office, which announced free food and drink to anyone who showed up at Magic Mother Foods, Atkinson Liquor, or McGee's headquarters and showed their "I Voted" stickers. The flyers instructed voters to go cast absentee ballots at City Hall prior to the April 3 election.
Voters were also offered $5 and rides to City Hall in exchange for absentee votes in favor of McGee, prosecutors said.
Three undercover officers posed a[s] voters and were offered the money and rides.
Milwaukee Alderman Michael McGee Jr's attorney Mike Maistelman just sent the following letter to ViAnna Jordan's attorney Paul Bucher:D'oh! Looks like it was $5.00, not $10.00. I'm sure an apology from the Jordan campaign can be expected any minute now.
Re: ViAnna Jordan's false, deceptive, and malicious statements about Alderman Michael McGee, Jr.
Dear Paul:
As you know, our offices represent Alderman Michael McGee, Jr. It has been brought to my attention that your client, ViAnna Jordan after her recent election night loss attempted to justify her loss by telling people; including the media that Alderman McGee paid people $10.00 to vote early1.
This letter serves as general notice that your client's false, deceptive and malicious statements are without any merit and rise to the level of slander and libel2.
Unless you can provide me with documentation to the contrary, your client's statements will be presumed to be knowingly false and/or made with reckless disregard for the truth.
These and other scandalous statements by your client are factually incorrect and an outrageous lie used for the sole purpose to justify her significant loss to Alderman McGee.
Discussing a candidate's conduct is rightfully fair game. But maliciously and recklessly alleging criminal conduct3 is inflammatory, actionable and in the end is a disservice to the electorate.
Since Alderman McGee is up for reelection next year, any further false, misleading and deceptive statements by your client could also make her liable for damages including the penalties under Wis. Stats. Sec. 12.05.
Wis. Stats. Sec. 12.05 entitled "False representations affecting elections" provides:
1 Fox 6 – News 4/5/07 - ViAnna Jordan says, "it would be interesting to know how many people that voted were felons, it would be interesting to go back and talk to those people who did vote early, who were paid 10 dollars to go vote. "
2 See New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 (1964),
3 See Wis. Stats. Sec. 12.11 et. seq. entitled "Election Bribery" the violation of which is a Class I Felony.
No person may knowingly make or publish, or cause to be made or published, a false representation pertaining to a candidate or referendum which is intended or tends to affect voting at an election. [Emphasis added]
The penalties for violating Wis. Stats. Sec. 12.05 are as follows:
Wis. Stats. Sec. 12.06(1)(b) entitled "Penalties" provides:
Whoever violates s. 12.03, 12.05, 12.07, 12.08 or 12.13 (2) (b) 8., (3) (b), (c),
(d), (g), (i), (n) to (x), (zm) or (zn) may be fined not more than $1,000, or
imprisoned not more than 6 months or both." [Emphasis added]
My objective is not to threaten your client with penalties but to protect the public from false, misleading and deceptive statements.
Michael S. Maistelman
c: Alderman Michael McGee, Jr. (Via email)
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I found an article amidst a packet of papers I've had for several years. The packet was tucked inside my Sunday School book acting as a bookmark. I'm not sure why I've saved this particular packet of papers for so long, but I'm glad I did as it was a refreshing reminder to me when I opened it up and read the article again. I got the article from a more experienced mom and wife a few years ago when I was struggling with my role of motherhood. I am sharing it with you, along with my thoughts as I have gained some insight into motherhood as a result of my children aging and me having more children now than I did a back then.
Wet Oatmeal Kisses
The baby is teething. The children are fighting. Your husband
just called and said, "Eat dinner without me." One of these days
you'll explode and shout to the kids, "Why don't you grow up
and act your age?" And they will.
Or, "You guys get outside and find yourselves something to
do. And don't slam the door!" And they don't. You'll straighten
their bedrooms all neat and tidy, toys displayed on the shelf, hangers
in the closet, animals caged. You'll yell. "Now I want it to stay
this way!" And it will.
You will prepare a perfect dinner with a salad that hasn't had
all the olives picked out and a cake with no finger traces in the
icing and you'll say, "Now THIS is a meal for company."
And you will eat it alone.
You'll yell, "I want complete privacy on the phone. No screaming,
do you hear me?" And no one will answer: No more plastic tablecloths
stained with spaghetti. No more dandelion bouquets. No more
iron-on patches. No more wet, knotted shoelaces, muddy boots
or rubber bands for ponytails.
Imagine. A lipstick with a point. No babysitter for New Year's Eve,
washing clothes only once a week, no PTA meetings or silly school
plays where your child is a tree. No car-pools, blaring
stereos or forgotten lunch money.
No more Christmas presents made of library paste and toothpicks.
No more wet oatmeal kisses. No more tooth fairy. No more giggles
in the dark, scraped knees to kiss or sticky fingers to clean. Only
a voice asking: "Why don't you grow up?"
And the silence echoes: "I did."
~Erma Bombeck
I cried after reading the article again. Like I mentioned, it's been a few years since I've read it. I remember at the time , I only had 2 children and they were so young it was difficult for me to imagine my home without them here. But, now that I have added more children and Th has aged a few years, I realize I only have a few short years remaining to try to be the best parent that I can to them, teaching and imparting godly wisdom along with the fear and admonition of the Lord. It's a daunting task but if I'm successful, it will only be by the grace of God! The cost of mothering such a large family is high and means I can't do all that I could do otherwise: tight budgets, little sleep, a messy home, limited time to pursue my own interests of scrapbooking, reading, and writing, and friendships that revolve around those who have children of similar ages to mine. My own dreams of becming a pilot have been put on hold as I have chosen raising my children as my first priority. Will these high costs be worth it? Well, only time will tell but my prayer is this: for my children to be saved at an early age and live their lives serving the Lord in all they do. Motherhood is my calling and although it's tough at times, I am so thankful the Lord has blessed me through my children. I have never met a mom who wished she hadn't had her last child; rather, I have known several who wished she'd had one more. Those are my thoughts exactly…


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This has been my "go-to" recipe for a few years when I want something a little more than regular baked chicken. I always have the ingredients on hand and it is so nice and juicy, but nothing extremely fancy.
3 pounds Chicken Thighs or Drumsticks (chicken breast would be good too!)
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1/2 cup ketchup
1/4 cup corn syrup
1 pinch garlic powder
Remove skin from chicken and place in baking dish, meat side up. Baste the chicken with sauce, leaving some for basting while baking. Bake at 350°. Baste every 15 minutes for 1 hour until chicken is cooked through.
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Sunday, July 5, 2009
O'Henry Bars
These are SUPER fast and supper yummy! You can make them pretty if you want, but they taste the same no matter how they look!
1 cup corn syrup
1 cup sugar
1 cup Peanut Butter
3 Cup Rice Crispies
1/2 bag Butterscotch Chips
1/2 bag Chocolate Chips (I like Milk Chocolate)
Optional: Peanuts
Bring the corn syrup and sugar to a boil. Remove from heat and add the peanut butter, rice crispies, and peanuts (if wanted). Spread on the bottom of a lightly greased 9x13 pan. Heat the butterscotch and chocolate chips (microwave or stove) and spread on top of the previous mixture in the pan. Let it sit for an hour to set. Enjoy!
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Last week I was in Savannah, Georgia, participating in an NEH teacher workshop. You can read about that on my other blog.
Before the workshop began I was able to find a fabric shop in Savannah called 'Fabrick.
Of course I had to buy some souvenir fat quarters. But as I looked around I saw they had some Liberty of London. My favorite fabric. I bought a half yard for a future project.
Here are my purchases. The three fabrics touching the bag are from Savannah. The red one is from my short trip to Boston. Below is a book I found at Fabrick. I'm working on felt animals for the grands and this book had some cute patterns.
We are off to Memphis to take the finished gifts for Baby Girl. You can see those here.
My finish this week is 'summer vacation is finished'. Back to school Monday.


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This is a set model I made for college, the dog house is over sized and the piano is under sized, the proportions look very strange, but this is intentional! :)
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Thursday, 1 October 2015
Loch Ness Monster Sock Puppet
I am now attending the RCS prodcution juniors and this was the homework for this week. Puppet making Homework, now that's my kind of homework!
My sister had some wellie socks that were too small for her, these were absolutely perfect for the idea I had in mind so I grabbed them!
I then cut a mouth hole in the heel. I turned the puppet inside out and stuck my mouth plate in with hot glue. (there is red felt on the other side of the mouthplate which you can't see)
I then rolled up the end of the sock which gave me the nose of the puppet, yay! This I also hot glued.
I made a stuffing pillow and hot glued this to the inside of the puppet head, this gave the head some shape.I then made brows for the felt eyes to b glued to. I also made a tartan hat (fabric sourced from a picnic mat, shhhh, don't tell anyone!)
And bam! We now have a loch ness monster sock puppet!
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The Syracuse Elementary School PTO was awarded a Kosciusko Community Foundation Heart of Gold award on May 31 at the Warsaw Center Lake Park Pavilion.
Backpacks with food on weekends have been distributed to needy Syracuse Elementary School youth since last May. PTO Officer Connie Geer is heading up the Boomerang Backpack program. Assistance comes from fellow PTO members, Wawasee High School business teacher Kerry Murphy and his students, WHS football coach Tom Wogoman, area service clubs, and supportive community businesses and individuals.
Grants are anticipated to allow the Boomerang Backpack program to expand to both Milford and North Webster elementary schools next year.
Congratulations to Connie Geer and the Syracuse Elementary School PTO!
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The MOAF - The Mother of all Frames
The US military unveiled the image of Abu Ayyub al-Masri, the man who has taken the place as head of al-Qaida in Iraq. Al-Masri means "dead meat" in Arabic.
Abu Ayyub al-Masri should be nervous, because the US military is using the same picture frame that once held the last photo ever taken of Musab al-Zarqawi. Anyone who shows up in that frame, ends up on the business end of 500 pounds of GPS-guided bad news. Showing up on that frame is akin to having your image show up on Jack Bauer's PDA.
al-Qaida - Fear the Frame!
It's a Weapon of Matted Destruction.Other
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|"Not sure how to feel about this."
Interpretation by Anonymous
To those that I think are thinking that, I think back to you: Ha! Look where you are thinking. You completely missed the fact that someone drew two people with different animals as breasts.
Actually, now that I preview it, you can't really make out the tapered sliver of a pin on the bottom. I can't focus, is that a rhinoceros? This is cosmic.
I feel I have been overstaying my welcome at /i/ so I am just going to let that fade away for now. I haven't actively pursued anyone recently to draw, but if you know someone, or you yourself ever get bored, there are plenty of inkblots in The Collection for you to go to town on and mail to me at email@example.com.
I always wanted a "celebrity interpretation," but how would you even start that fan letter?
|By Anonymous.
Looks biblical.
|This is called "Fart-heart" by Tiptoeing dicks, which I believe
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While the market for coffee is dominated by Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc.(NASDAQ:GMCR), The coffee market in Europe is mainly lead by Nestle SA (PINK:NSRGY), through the Nespresso Capsules. The market scene for China, however, is looking very lucrative, and coffee companies are considering sending out branches to the country, to reap in the benefit of the growing consumer culture in the country. Following recent results at one of the locations in China, Nestle is hopeful of the fact that demand for coffee will soon start growing, and as such, the company has been bracing itself to spread out in the country. The scene is looking lucrative for the sales of portioned coffee of good quality.
There have been demands for more Nespresso machines, and the celebration of the year of the Dragon, being held in Hong Kong which has been ornamented by the luxury brand, Shanghai Tang, is also significant in this context. Starbucks is also planning on introducing the Verismo single-serve to China by 2013. This announcement by the coffee-chain was made during April, this year.
With the wealth of the people on the rise, comes a certain taste for all things expensive and exotic, and that is exactly what is happening in China. Despite lesser number of per capita consumption of coffee as compared to many other countries, there is a demand for luxury items such as coffee, even though the demand is latent. Especially in the bigger cities such as Shanghai, the demand is palpable. Other brands such as Mondelez International are also looking to set up their business in China.
The opportunity for companies has been illustrated with the help of statistics by various analysts. Euromonitor International is a research institute which pointed out that Coffee Pod sales have gone up over the last year, and that standard ground coffee is also showing levels of growth in terms of sales. The field is ripe for companies, and this might be the perfect time for them to sow in their coffee products and machines in the country. With the growth of the Chinese middle-class, China will also see a growth in the availability of coffee. Nespresso's expansion plans have not been revealed as of yet.


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Oh wow, I have a very neglected blog. My apologies! It's been a while, and so I am going to start with a beautiful family session I recently had at Timberline Lodge. It was a picturesque day with all the recent snow fall, and this family has some special memories attached to the mountain. It was absolutely perfect.
Monday, March 29, 2010
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Monday, February 6, 2012
Design 2405 - Howmar Twelve
The Howmar Twelve was introduced in 1982 as a smaller sister to the Howmar Designer's Choice, design #2349. Here are some images of the prototype.
Here's a good, comprehensive press release about the boat. Please double click for zoom.
Here is the sail plan.
3 comments:
- ME K-I-AFebruary 6, 2012 at 10:20 PM
There's a typo in your header. It's Howmar Boats.ReplyDelete
Yes! Thanks. Corrected.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 14, 2012 at 7:17 PM
Great to find this online - I love my Howmar 12!ReplyDelete
I bought mine used, are there any rigging diagrams available?
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The global petroleum resins market is anticipated to expand at a CAGR of above 7% from 2017 to 2021, according to a recent market research report from Technavio.
High demand from the automotive industry is one of the primary factors driving the market growth. Petroleum resins are specifically used in the automotive industry in tire rubber compounding as they enhance modulus of the compound, improve chipping resistance, and are compatible with natural and synthetic rubber. The application of petroleum resins has also increased in the tire industry because of its improved bonding and tackiness and its assistance in the proper distribution of fillers during tire vulcanization. Additionally, regions such as APAC are expected to witness high growth in the automotive segment due to the growth in per capita income, road infrastructure, and increase in per capita of vehicles owned, which will in turn drive the growth of the global petroleum resins market.
In terms of type, the global petroleum resins market is segmented intohydrogenated hydrocarbon resins, C5 resins, C9 resins, and C5/C9 resins. The C5 resins type dominated this market in 2016, and is likely to maintain the dominance during the forecast period. Factors like wide-spread usage in the end-user industries such as construction, automotive, and personal care drive the segment's growth in this market.
In terms of application, the market is segmented into paints and coatings, adhesives and sealants, rubber compounding, tapes and labels, printing inks, and others. The adhesives and sealants application segment reportedly led the global petroleum resins market in 2016, and is expected to continue the lead in the next four years. The rising demand for adhesives and sealants for various applications in industries such as automobiles, construction, and chemicals will fuel the growth of the market in the future.
In terms of geography, the market is segmented into APAC, Europe, North America, and ROW. APAC dominated the market in 2016 and is expected to maintain the dominance during the forecast period. The increase in demand for petroleum resins by automotive and building and construction industries and the increased per capita income in countries such as India, China, and Thailand, will be the major factors accelerating the growth of the market.
Key players in the global petroleum resins market are Arakawa Chemical Industries, Eastman Chemical, ExxonMobil, Kolon Industries, and Total Cray Valley. Other prominent players include Lesco Chemicals, ZEON CHEMICALS, Puyang Shenghong Chemical, Innova Chemical, Anglxxon Chemical Products, Shandong Landun Petroleum Resins, Puyang Tiancheng Chemical, and Neville Chemical.
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Wednesday, 24 February 2016
Why I Don't Donate Money To Charity
I often get asked the question whether I donate money to charity. Many people seem to view this simple act as a sign or as proof that someone is a generous, loving person. If you don't donate to charity, people may label you as greedy, selfish or stingy. But there are several reasons why I, and many others with me, don't donate money to charity and none of them have anything to do with being an ungenerous person.
Here are some of my reasons.
It is unclear where the money goes
When you make a donation to your favorite charity, it is often unclear what the money will be used for, especially if you are donating to a large organization. I don't like these vague structures, because then you never know if you made any difference and what kind of difference you made. You don't get any direct feedback. Therefore it can give you a -possibly false- sense of accomplishment when you made a relatively big donation, or a misguided sense of insignificance when you could only afford to donate a relatively small amount.
If, on the other hand, you donate your time, energy and skills to a particular cause instead of donating money (and not just in an organized sense but also in your daily lifestyle), then the results of your efforts are a lot more transparent. Often you see exactly what you have accomplished, which is a tangible reward for your efforts and a very important part of the 'exchange'. It is also what motivates most people to keep on giving, or something that can help you discover your giving nature if you haven't already.
The use of money can have detrimental side-effects
A more recent additional reason for me not to donate money to charity is of course the moneyless lifestyle, as I am not spending any money on anything at the moment (with only a few exceptions). This new way of life has also given me a lot of insights. I no longer feel that I need money to make a big difference; in fact, there is more progress to be made by not paying for certain things. The only difference anyone can make is with their personal choices, in everything they do (including financial matters): the things we do and the things we choose not to do. All you need is an open mind and awareness to find out what is right for you in each situation.
Unfortunately, money can easily get in the way of this process of self-discovery. It can contribute to two of the most obstructive mindsets in the quest for freedom: entitlement and obligation. Entitlement can lead to destruction because you feel you have more right to something than others, and obligation can lead to destruction because you believe that you have no say in the choices you make and you have to do certain things just because others tell you to, or because others do the same things, or because someone thinks they have more right to make a decision about something than you do. Both mind-traps are equally dangerous, and these two mental constructs tend to go together in societies that are founded on principles of ownership. Unfortunately, this concept also seeps through in our personal relationships.
Money in itself is not a solution - Taking positive action is
In the end, what any cause needs most is more people to support and live by its principles. No cause needs more money. Endangered species do not need our money. They need their habitats and they need to be left alone. They need to be protected from hunters who kill for profit. In order to have clean drinking water, we don't need more money. We need to consume less so that we pollute less. And we need to get back to nature so that we use water more sparingly and regain our appreciation of natural resources instead of taking them for granted.
I am not saying money is inherently bad; money is neither good nor bad. And I am sure that sometimes big things can be achieved with fundraising campaigns and collective financial efforts. But even then, in the end what matters most is the efforts and intentions of the individuals to set the goals and make them happen. I aspire to be one of those first and foremost.
I am not saying that donating money to charity is a bad thing in and of itself and I might even start doing it myself someday. What I am saying is that your individual actions are your biggest contributions. The best way to change the world we live in is to start there. Become aware of what you are supporting with your spending habits, what you are contributing to through your lifestyle choices, and even what the consequences are of the beliefs and ideas you have about the world and other beings. This is where we can all make the biggest impact.
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Norma Yuskos had thought for decades about going on a safari. Earlier this year, she finally did it, traveling to Tanzania in February.
At Serengeti National Park, she photographed these timid zebras at a watering hole. "They would drink, scatter, drink, scatter, and repeat the pattern over and over," she said. "For a brief moment, amid the chaos, several zebra lined up perfectly and drank calmly before fear trumped thirst, and they again bolted."
The Encinitas resident used a Panasonic DMC-ZS20.
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I've long sought to provide information on emergency monies available to writers in times of crisis. This week I was able to add a new resource to the list-in-progress: PEN's new page featuring links to emergency funding programs for writers.
(This is one instance in which I hope you won't find yourself needing the resource I direct you to.)
Friday, June 29, 2007
Friday Find: PEN's List of Emergency Funds for Writers
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Have you ever thought of creating own network in the internet in future? If you answer is yes, you are welcome, if your answer is no, then be working for people, if your answer is may be, okay one day you will create one.
Let us consider places or sites to create network be it a social network, dating site, retired group, student network, affiliate network, MLM network. Their advantages and disadvantges. Some popular sites that provides these scripts are:
*NING NETWORK= If you create any network in Ning you will be charged monthly.
*DOLPHIN= If you create in dolphin you buy licence and pay one time but their network features is purely for dating sites.
*SOCIALGO= If you create network in sociago you will be given 1gd space free. As soon as you exaust, that or they have enough customers , you will be required to pay monthly subscription or loss you site, subscription of $9.+/m, For those following it happened in Ning network.
*PHPFOX= If you create network with Phpfox you have to pay one time, the have lite plan, start from $99, the have sound network with all features. See phpfox here get your network now
*WORDPRESS= If you create a social nework with wordpress is free for 1gd. You need to buy alot of widget, plugins, themes to make your site look okay and if you need higher network you upgrade monthly. So expensive.
*JOOMLA= Joomla has has good network with poor html and they run monthly upgrade.
My view is that since we are out to make network for people to connect and do business , you that created the network should be careful of where to create so that when you are providing this service you don't have waste your money on upgrading monthly, just go to phpfox network and get social network scripts for one time payment while your members upgrade monthly for you, you monetize your site, your run a campagin and many more.


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The new edition of the New Covenant Journal is now available.
This edition includes articles on the Old Covenant, the tribulation, church fathers and John Calvin.
The new edition of the New Covenant Journal is now available.
This edition includes articles on the Old Covenant, the tribulation, church fathers and John Calvin.
Calvinist site; might want to visit us.
And forget "conservatism," please. It has, operationally, de facto, been Godless and thus irrelevant. Secular conservatism will not defeat secular liberalism because to God they are two atheistic peas-in-a-pod and thus predestined to failure. As Stonewall Jackson's Chief of Staff R.L. Dabney said of such a humanistic belief more than 100 years ago:
"[Secular conservatism] is a party which never conserves anything. Its history has been that it demurs to each aggression of the progressive party, and aims to save its credit by a respectable amount of growling, but always acquiesces at last in the innovation. What was the resisted novelty of yesterday is today .one of the accepted principles of conservatism; it is now conservative only in affecting to resist the next innovation, which will tomorrow be forced upon its timidity and will be succeeded by some third revolution; to be denounced and then adopted in its turn. American conservatism is merely the shadow that follows Radicalism as it moves forward towards perdition. It remains behind it, but never retards it, and always advances near its leader. This pretended salt hath utterly lost its savor: wherewith shall it be salted? Its impotency is not hard, indeed, to explain. It .is worthless because it is the conservatism of expediency only, and not of sturdy principle. It intends to risk nothing serious for the sake of the truth."
Our country is collapsing because we have turned our back on God (Psalm 9:17) and refused to kiss His Son (Psalm 2).
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Happy New Year 2016!
Old Williamsburg Colonial Christmas Eve Drum and Fife Performance/Event
Christmas Eve Candle Ceremony at Williamsburg
I remember my first P-day at the MTC. What an incredible, crazy, whirlwind of an 18 months it has been.
Yesterday before church I had my exit interview with my mission president. We talked a lot about the spiritual truths the Lord has taught me about the gospel, about myself and all the Christ-like attributes He has helped me develop. Basically my goblet of gratitude is over flowing.
I was asked to bear my testimony in sacrament yesterday. Something that before my mission, I NEVER did. I don't know why...I think felt I a little inadequate, like I didn't know how to put my feelings into words or that I didn't know enough. Now I realize, I think we all feel like that.
There are things that I still don't comprehend about the gospel. I do know that the gospel works!! I know that Jesus is the Christ; the Savior and Redeemer of the World. I know that He loves me. He wants what's best for me. And he is going to be there every step of the way with me. I know He suffered for not only my mistakes and sins, but my sorrows, my trials, my pains and afflictions. I know that because He loves us He has made it possible for us to have his authority on the earth and that that all began in the spring of 1820 when a young boy had a question and had the courage to say a prayer and ask our loving Heavenly Father. I know that Joseph Smith saw our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. I know that he translated the Book of Mormon through the Power of God and that the accounts in the Book of Mormon are all true. I know that God answers prayers. I know that He wants us to be successful and eternally happy and He has given us every resource we need in order to reach our full potential. I know that faith and repentance change lives and that we can become better every day!
I am living proof of imperfection but someone strengthened, uplifted, and forgiven through the atonement. I testify that because of Jesus Christ, there are no real endings. I love this gospel and I am so grateful for the time I have had to dedicate my life to the One who gave his life for mine.
Signing off for the last time,
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After a four-year interval, Helder Moutinho returns with a new album entitled "Que fado é este que trago?", a successor to the award wining "Luz de Lisboa", released in 2004 (Amália Rodrigues Award 2005).
Produced by António Pinheiro da Silva, with musical direction and arrangements by the young and talented guitar player Ricardo Parreira, the album also features the participation of several musicians from the new generation of Fado artists.
In "Que fado é este que trago?", Helder Moutinho is our guide on a journey through an imaginary history of Fado. This journey takes us through 15 songs divided into three different stopping places: first we have the classic/traditional Fados, then the Fado-songs/descriptive Fados, and finally the present-day original Fados.
The opening track, after which the album is named, "Que fado é este que trago?" introduce us to the world of one of the three great classic Fados, that together with Fado Mouraria and Fado Corrido represent the classic trilogy of Fado. The song begins with a musical introduction inspired in the Fado Menor, which then merges into an original melody written by the Portuguese-Angolan musician Nando Araújo, aka Yami. The song poetically depicts the different elements that characterize the Fado of the past and the Fado of today, leaving us with a timeless and endless question: "where did the Fado come from, where has it been, and where is it going…"
"Perdi-me nos olhos teus", with lyrics by Helder Moutinho and using the melody of Fado Mouraria, reveals to us some of the introductions created for this Fado by the most emblematic Fado guitar players throughout the history of this musical genre. Great Portuguese guitar players have created their own unique way of interpreting this Fado, both instrumentally and regarding the musical accompaniment. The history of Fado Mouraria also includes a way of writing that was widely favoured by popular poets between the early 20th century and the 60s.
In this Fado, Helder and his group present us those different interpretations as a tribute to the old poets and instrumentalists; by following the poetic concept that determined the way those poets wrote, but using original words, Helder tells us a story inside the story, as if it was "One more Fado inside the Fado".
Next, we can hear "Labirinto ou não foi nada", with lyrics by David Mourão Ferreira and music by Helder Moutinho (Fado Labirinto). If in the past, some of the most important composers have written traditional Fados during their careers, nowadays we can still keep on creating traditional Fados, respecting their structure: quatrains, decasyllables, sestets, quintets, versicles, and alexandrines with melodies without refrain. In "Labirinto ou não foi nada", we have quatrains in a new traditional Fado.
Our journey proceeds with "A Saudade", a traditional Fado from the second half of the 20th century, with a poem written in a popular and traditional language, and with music by the guitar player Fontes Rocha.
"A cor dos olhos" was written using the melody of the traditional Fado Artilheiro, an old Fado in terms of its music and lyrics. Performed by the classic Fado trio, in this Fado we can also hear percussions and accordion, challenging the listener with the following question: how many other instruments can we add to the traditional Fado without it losing its whole essence?
In our second stopping place, we encounter Lisbon, muse of the great poets of Fado, and of its traditional neighbourhoods, in two Fados-songs/descriptive Fados: "Rua do Meio", a Fado composed by Helder Moutinho together with guitar player Manuel d´Oliveira; and "Vielas de Alfama", a fruitful partnership between Max and Artur Ribeiro. These two Fados take us through Alfama, Madragoa, and Lapa. In "Rua do Meio", Helder recalls the time when he lived in Rua do Meio à Lapa, next to Madragoa, the neighbourhood where his father was born and raised.
With the eighth track begins the final stop of the journey proposed by Helder Moutinho: a musical walk through the original songs of our time, the Fados of the new generation of composers. "Fado à janela" composed by the young Fado singer Marco Oliveira is the first of this group of six songs; "Diário que me resta" is an original composition by the talented "viola" Diogo Clemente, and "E num segundo" is a theme composed by Luiz Caracol, a member of the pop group "Luiz e a Lata".
The remaining songs result from collaborations of Helder Moutinho with other musicians of the new generation of Fado, such as the bass player of his trio, Nando Araújo in "À espera de uma paixão", Miguel Monteiro ("Caixinha de música"), Ricardo Parreira ("Esta voz"), and two further partnerships with the guitar player Manuel d´Oliveira: "Tenho uma onda no mar" and "Nem ventos nem madrugadas".
Between the album's opening track, which may be considered as a foreword in a book, and the final song, which may be seen as a conclusion, we can find a question and an answer.


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When it comes to KINDNESS our esteemed govt leads by example:
1. They give the poor who are on PA $290 per month so they can afford 2 out of 3 meals a day. The PAP is 66.6% (2/3) kind to these poor and disabled folks. They expect 33.3% of the kindness to come from our charities. Although some of those on wheelchair might have problem travelling to the temples and charities collect their 3rd meal, the PAP probably figured out that these people don't burn much calories and only need 2 meals a day.
2. 66.6% of the voters seems to be able to appreciated the PAP govt's kindness during election time. The other 33.3% are just ungrateful and refuse acknowledge the PAP's kindness of offering estate upgrading to those who vote for them.
3. When it comes to showing kindness to those with alternative ideas, nobody can beat the PAP. These people are quickly silenced so that they don't waste anymore of their time on these ideas that are considered inferior to that of our elite leaders. That will free up their time for shopping if they stop pursuing these alternatives provided they don't get bankrupted.....
4. Of course, besides showing kindness to the ordinary people, the PAP is so considerate they remember not to leave anyone behind especially themselves. PAP ministers show kindness to thmeselves by having their pay hiked to compensate for their painful sacrifice.
5. The PAP govt is very kind to start all these GLCs that provided us with housing, water, electricity, telephones, transport, taxis, groceries (NTUC), insurance, medical care, air travel etc etc. Although many are monopolies, they are efficiently run and have made so much money they can spread their kindness by expanding overseas.
6. The PAP shows kindness to the elderly in Singapore by motivating them to work harder, work longer and retire later. The PAP is so kind to ensure that Singaporeans remain useful and productive to Singapore Inc instead of idling in parks, looking after grandchildren or wasting their time on ballroom dancing.
Singaporeans are so lucky to have such a kind govt that leads by example. I really feel sorry for those people living in countries without the benefit of such a kind govt.
If you read PM Lee speech carefully, I'm sure you can see the wisdom and the true meaning of his speech. PM Lee felt kindness when he was given less satay than what he asked for. See how the PAP govt expresses kindness by giving less than what the needy ask for. This is because the PAP is an experienced govt and know what is enough for the needy people of Singapore. ...if they get less it is because the PAP is thoughtful and kind towards them.
PM Lee launches Singapore Kindness Week
Wong Siew Ying, Channel NewsAsia Posted: 19 May 2007 2012 hrs
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PM Lee launches Singapore Kindness Week
SINGAPORE : All the efforts put in to transform Singapore into a vibrant global city will be in vain if there is no social development, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
Launching the 10th Singapore Kindness Week on Saturday, Mr Lee also shared findings from a survey on what constitute kind and courteous behaviour.
The courtesy jingle and the Singa mascot would be familiar to many people. And this year, the Singapore Kindness Movement is putting a new spin to an old message by jazzing up the song. It has also conducted a survey of 1,000 Singaporeans and expatriates to find out what being kind and courteous mean. Speaking at the event, PM Lee said one of three key findings is the simple act of greeting one another. And minding your please and thank you's. Another is to be considerate, like giving way to others or giving up seats to those who need them more. Acts like clearing the table and returning food trays after a meal are also appreciated.
Mr Lee said: "As we grow and globalise, the values of care, compassion and neighbourliness will become even more important. No society can survive, let alone prosper, if its people are only concerned with pursuing material wealth. Kindness is the thread that runs through our social fabric, making it stronger and more cohesive." And although the Kindness Movement has made good progress over the last 10 years, everyone must continue to do their part to work towards a more gracious society. PM Lee said: "We can't legislate courtesy and kindness by law. You must smile, otherwise $5 fine. You must laugh, otherwise $10 fine. The government can encourage and promote but the people have to respond and to practise, and so set the right general tenor of behaviour in society."
More than 100 examples of such kind behaviour were published in the second edition of a book of kindness stories. The Prime Minister himself contributed a story as well. Mr Lee shared how he and his wife were touched by the thoughtfulness of a satay man in Malacca. They had ordered 40 sticks of satay but the experienced hawker only served them 25 sticks, as he knew that would be enough. Over 400 kindness-related activities and programmes will be held across the island throughout the week to encourage people to make kindness a habit and put a smile on someone's face. - CNA/ch


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Hi lovelies, what a beautiful week it's been although the weather is changing real fast and the heavens has been pouring. I only wish summer could stay a little while longer. Anyway, sorry about the late post. I wore this outfit on Sunday and it's my interpretation of boy-ish look plus i'm spotting a new hair do so it all goes well together. I don't know what it is with me and blue lately, i find myself wearing loads of blues. Anyway, i've had this shirt for years now and it's funny how i buy things and totally forget about them. I decided to pair it with a tampered pant, black pumps and accessorised with a red bag and Hermes scarf for a pop of color.
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We all experience moments when everything seems perfect | We're here to share them
Sunday, April 27, 2014
Memory: When the head lets go, the heart holds on
My mother-in-law is fading. She has Alzheimer's.
It's OK. She's happy. She remembers her kids, when to go to meals, the walking route around her complex.
She remembers she loves a cup of tea, and R&B, and riding in the car. And most of all she remembers her husband, the love of her life who's been gone since 1996.
But a few weeks ago, she forgot me.
I hadn't been by to visit for a couple of weeks and when my name was brought up, she was a little fuzzy on just who I am and what I mean to the family.
I picked her up on the next Saturday morning so she could spend some time with me sitting on the porch, reading and drinking a cup of tea. When I first appeared, she cocked her head looking a little unsure and asked "What's happening?!" She was ready to go for a ride, but not quite sure who she was going with.
The confusion didn't last long. Once we were in the car and heading toward home, Iris relaxed. We made that cuppa and then sat for hours, justing hanging out in each other's presence.
And family told me that she talked a lot that next week about the fun morning with Robin sitting on the porch. That was her Perfect Moment.
My Perfect Moment was when Iris truly did remember me again.
Robin, Phoenix
Posted by Robin J Phillips at 4:00 PM
Labels: alzheimer's, children, family, health, love
2 comments:
- Lori Lavender Luz said...
How lovely to BE someone's perfect moment!
I'm glad you and Iris made some memories together.
- April 27, 2014 at 4:44 PM
- Robin J Phillips said...
Thanks, Lori.
That's Sue's strategy these days ... trying to make new memories as fast at the old ones disappear.
This is a special Mother's Day for Sue. Her mom knows her for this one.
- April 27, 2014 at 7:06 PM
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FLOWERY BRANCH – The Falcons released their list of 20 undrafted free agents that have signed with the team on Monday.
We had 17 of the 20 names for you on Sunday. The three additions are Arkansas State wide receiver Julian Jones, Kansas State wide receiver Tramaine Thompson and Wisconsin tight end Brian Wozniak.
Here's the list of players:
Geraldo Boldewijn, WR, Boise State, 6-4, 220: Started each of Boise State's 13 games during his final collegiate season…was the Broncos' third-leading receiver…caught 39 passes for 528 yards on the season, both career highs.Brenden Daley, LB, Hawaii, 6-3, 250: Named honorable mention All-Mountain West…appeared in all 12 games, making nine starts at middle linebacker…led the team with 90 total tackles, including 13.0 for loss.
Nosa Eguae, DL, Auburn, 6-3, 282: "Atlanta reached out to me in the seventh round and told me and they were interested and they reached a deal with my agent and I feel that's a good fit for me," Eguae told the Opelika-Auburn News. "I'm looking forward to everything. It's a great organization and they're great people and I'm familiar with the area, so it's something I'm looking forward to."
Devonta Glover-Wright, CB, Utah State, 6-0, 174: Former Campbell High Spartans quarterback. Played 27 games at Utah State after starting his career at Eastern Arizona Community College. Finished the year eighth on the team with 52 tackles (31-solo, 21-assist), while ranking second on the team with 10 pass breakups and tied for seventh with 5.0 tackles for loss… Returned 19 kickoffs for 429 yards and that average of 22.6 yards per return ranked sixth in the Mountain West and 58th in the nation.
Maurice Hagens, FB, Miami, 5-11, 250: Played in all 13 games, making five starts at fullback … Also played on special teams … Had five rushes for 22 yards and seven catches for 83 yards.
Julian Jones, WR, Arkansas State, 6-0, 202: pounds: He caught 69 passes for 1,123 yards (16.3 yards per catch) with 11 touchdowns in four seasons at Arkansas State. He set career-highs with 52 catches and 641 while adding four touchdowns in 2013.
Freddie Martino, WR, North Greenville: He was a four-year starter for the Crusaders. He played in 48 games, catching 296 passes for 3,766 yards and 26 touchdowns while also scoring 5 times rushing.
Jeff Mathews, QB, Cornell, 6-4, 225: "I'm just very happy to be going to Atlanta," Matthews told the New York Post. "It's a great opportunity to go down there to a very good team and franchise. Matt Ryan is someone I can learn from." Mathews set 47 school records at Cornell.
Walker May, DE, Vanderbilt, 6-5, 250: Co-captain started every game at defensive end, running his consecutive starts streak to 33 games…Finished with 25 solo tackles, 41 total tackles, four quarterback sacks and 9.5 tackles for loss.
Kimario McFadden, S, South Carolina State, 5-11, 197: He's from Riverdale. He was a second team All-MEAC selection last season. He recorded 57 tackles, 2.5 sacks and one interception last season for the Bulldogs, who lost to Furman in the FCS playoffs this past fall.
Roosevelt Nix, FB, Kent State, 5-11, 260: First player in KSU history & fifth player in MAC history to earn first team all-conference honors in four seasons
Jacob Pederson, TE, Wisconsin, 6-5, 240: Finished career ranked No. 7 all-time at Wisconsin with 17 touchdown receptions, the most by a tight end in school history … also finished career ranked No. 16 in receiving yards with 1,394.
Bernard Reedy, WR, Toledo, 5-9,175: He played in 50 games for the Rockets and caught 195 passes for 2,743 yards and 23 touchdowns.
Donte Rumph, DT, Kentucky, 6-2, 337: Three-year SEC starter. He's as space eater.
Jacques Smith, LB, Tennessee, 6-2, 258: Smith played defensive end and outside linebacker during his UT career, finishing with 92 total tackles, 19.5 tackles for loss and 4.5 sacks. "The Falcons called to say they had worked out the details with my agent and for me to fly to Atlanta [today] to sign the paperwork and get ready for the rookie mini-camps coming up. I'm going to work really hard to learn as much as I can and earn a spot on their roster, Smith told the Chattanooga Times-Free Press. "I think the fact that I played in both the 4-3 and 3-4 and had to be versatile as an end and linebacker will really help now, because I'm versatile enough to be that speed rusher coming off the edge and I can drop back into coverage
Jerome Smith, RB, Syracuse, 6-0, 226: Ranks 13th on the Syracuse career rushing yards record list … Tied for ninth in program history with eight 100-yard games.
James Stone, OG/C, Tennessee, 6-3, 291: Has agreed to a deal with the Falcons. He started 39 games during his career with the Volunteers.
Tramaine Thompson, WR, Kansas State, 5-8, 167: He had 109 receptions for 1,673 (15.3 yards per catch) with 10 touchdowns in four seasons at Kansas State. In 2013, He caught 32 passes for a career-high 551 yards (17.2 yards per catch) with five touchdowns.
Brian Wozniak, TE, Wisconsin 6-4, 255: He played in 47 games, including 21 starts over his final two seasons with the Badgers. He finished his career with 15 receptions for 127 yards and four touchdowns.
Matt Yoklic, P, Pittsburgh, 6-4, 220: Averaged a career-high 43.0 yards per punt to rank third in the ACC…totaled 70 punts for 3,008 yards…had 19 total punts downed inside the 20 and 19 punts of 50-plus yards last season.
Round 1 / 6 -- Jake Matthews, RT, 6-5, 308, Texas A&M
Round 2/37 – Ra'Shede Hageman, DE, 6-6, Minnesota
Round 3/68 – Dezmen Southward, FS, 6-0, 211, Wisconsin
Round 4/103 – Devonta Freeman, RB, 5-8, 206, Florida State
Round 4/139 – Prince Shembo, LB, 6-1, 253 Notre Dame
Round 5/147 – Ricardo Allen, CB, 5-9, 187, Purdue
Round 5/168 – Marquis Spruill, LB, 6-1, 231, Syracuse
Round 7/253 – Yawin Smallwood, LB, 6-2, 246, Connecticut
Round 7/255 – Tyler Starr, LB, 6-4, 250, South Dakota


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You may remember this couple from their engagement shoot, and their awesome K-9 Officer, "Ike."
These two love-birds were married last month, and had their wedding reception at The Hassayampa Inn.
Veronica and Dave are such a playful couple, and what could be more fun than getting flirty with an old piano. I love Veronica's facial expressions in these shots!


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Dogs love to run. There is no doubt about it. Now that I am running shorter distances on most of my runs, I am more often able to include one of my favorite running partners, my dog. Yesterday she even did a sprint workout with me. For the first 3 or 4 sprints, she challenged me to keep up. After the first few, however, I had to shout words of encouragement ("Let's go girl, come on!) to keep her motivated. Then on the last sprint (8 total, about 120 yards each), she surprised me and stayed ahead of me. Or maybe I was slowing down more than I thought.
If you have a dog, and he or she is healthy enough to run, give it a shot. Be sure to break her in slowly, and just as you would a new runner, pay attention to her response and know when it is time to quit. Here are some more tips for running with your dog.
- Have her checked out by a vet first. Make sure there are no conditions that would limit her.
- Start out slowly and with short distances. I hear of people who take their dogs on very long runs. My Spots is only good for 3 or 4 miles right now.
- Bring some extra water, a bowl, and some treats/snacks. I find with Spots that if I can take a break and allow her to play in a creek for 2 minutes, she's good for another uninterrupted mile.
- While your dog might be obedient enough to run unleashed (mine is not), keep her leashed anyway. If is for her (and your) own good. But be mindful of where she is. If you go on one side of a tree, and she goes on another... you get the point.
- Watch for signs of overuse. Check your dogs foot pads regularly. If they appear torn or raw, stop running and see a vet. There are sprays and even boots that your dog can wear if this is an issue. If your dog appears sore (trouble getting up stairs, etc.), it could be a sign of arthritis or pad wear. Take it easy for a few days, and if it does not improve, see a vet.
- Watch for signs of overheating. Excessive panting, vomiting, drooling, are all signs that you should stop, rest, and hydrate.
Have fun out there with your dogs!


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Monday, July 28, 2008
Darkness is the separation from light. In the Bible, Christ mentions that we must be in the light, as he is in the light. A life of sin is in the Darkness of the world. Life can be confusing and as a christian you can lose your path and fall into the darkness. The difference is, that if you slide back into the darkness there is hope. The debate has been going on for years over the security of salvation. From personal experience i know that this not likely possible. As far as we run, as dark as we get, as much sin that we may perpetrate, if we have truly tasted and seen the glory of the Lord, the sweetness of his nectar of life that holds the grace and love that we long for, we will return to him. There is a difference in falling into the darkness and never have been in the light. I strongly feel that the glory of the Lord, once seen at conversion, is the beacon in the darkness that we must seek. As a struggling believer it is easy to reach into the word and partake in the pleasures of the world, but knowing in the back of my mind that Christ is so much better and is all i need to satisfy the longings i have. Reading Piper, he brings up some great points that have helped me tremendously and lay out what i have always known in a few paragraphs.
"...faith, having tasted the all-satisfying sweetness of the living Christ, will never forsake him in preference for the broken cisterns of the world. There may be temporary strayings and backslidings. There may be great soul-conflict. But once the soul has truly tasted the water of life and the bread of heaven, it will never finally forsake the Lord."
There are times, such as my current state, when we are deep in the darkness. The remedy is nothing more than Christ himself. The darkness we face post conversion is more like a blindfold that slowly creeps over our eyes and no permitting us to see. To remove it we must surrender to Christ and allow him to remove it. It is not an instant or easy process. As we all know when you are in the dark and the light comes on, it is painful and we must adjust. Same with our Christian walk. When the blindfold is removed, we dont want to see the light, we shield our eyes. But we know that to be in the light, we must adjust to the light. Christ does this through transforming our hearts and conforming our minds to His. As i said this could be a long and painful experience as many things must be purged from our system. The light sheds the veil and allows us to see our brokenness and the sin enveloping our midst. These things must be dealt with in order to restore a right relationship with God. Our will must be defeated, and His raised up. This process is dangerous, as we relinquish control, we must obey all that God says. Not out of obedience, but out of Love. Love is what should motivate us, actions come from love. I pray that this process goes as God will's for me, and for anyone that is at the same point in their journey. The last thing i leave you with is that God does not forsake those who truly love and know Him. Taste his glory, run to Him...he is waiting.
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It seems that we are on the mend. All of our household had the stomach virus this wee with the exception of Devin. Thankfully she stayed well and was able to help take care of some of the sick ones. Those in recovery mode yesterday slept most of the day as the virus really weakened us. Two were still have virus symptoms, so they were up and down all day. Jackson was still up a couple of times during the night, but is asking for toast, so I think he, too, is on the mend. Today we will catch up on laundry and cleaning the bathrooms, floors, doorknobs and light switches with Lysol.
Hope you all have a great Independence Day weekend!


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Last week was the opening of the New Practices New York 2010 exhibition at the Center for Architecture. 'Twas a fun and crowded opening party.
Winners of the AIA New York Chapters's biannual competition include:
EASTON + COMBS (highest honor winner)
SO-IL (Solid Objectives - Idenburg Liu)
The exhibition in the Center's lowest level was designed by LEVENBETTS, and it is unique for splitting the contents of each firm's presentation into three areas. A grouping of videos is along one wall; opposite are black and white supergraphics; the room in the back includes table and wall space for models. Below are a some shots from the last.
The above smattering of models shows a predilection for fields, atypical projects and presentation, and architecture as an armature for an expanded oeuvre. A comparison with this year's Architectural League Prize is apt: Both target young architects and both are featuring projects that veer from the traditional realm of architecture: buildings. This isn't to say that the seven NPNY and six archleague offices don't or wouldn't undertake building projects, but buildings are not the defining characteristic of most or even all of the offices. This reflects the diversification of young practices today (towards being recession-proof), the broadening scope of architecture and education explored by Rem Koolhaas and others, and the networking of practices and individuals that departs from the traditional office/studio setup. In particular I appreciate the emphasis on the small-scale, the tangible interactive pieces of environments, be it an installation, interior renovation or even--dare I say--a building.


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First and foremost, thank you to all of those who have given their lives for our freedom. Thank you to their families and to all of those who have fought for our country and to all of their families.
Today felt like the first day back from vacation. Between my friend's graduation earlier this week and then going right into the weekend I feel like I've just had a week off. It's been a very vacation-ish week with a lot of indulging and not enough exercising so this week I'm determined to balance that back out!
Saturday evening I shattered my phone but it turned out to be a blessing in disguise because I was able to enjoy the weekend with Dan and my in laws without the distraction of my phone. Yesterday was the perfect beach day but we spent it almost entirely indoors…at the Apple store. My laptop was long overdue for some servicing so since I had to be there anyway, I figured why not get it all taken care of at once! They deleted so much on my computer and I can't even tell you the instant clarity I felt when it was done! Even letting got of junk on your computer can be good for the soul.
Now I'm all about the physical detox….eating healthy, working up a sweat every day and drinking TONS of water.
Dan and I spent Friday and Saturday evenings baking for our Memorial Day BBQ at his parent's house. He made a blueberry crisp and I made this cherry pie. While I had high hopes for my pie, his crisp was definitely the winner.
Maybe it's because I was sipping a few too many of these while I made my pie?
We're still using our candle/antler centerpiece from winter…and I'm still loving it. Should I change it out? Should I update it to something more summery?
It may not have had the winning taste, but it certainly won in the looks department.
This combo! Avocado toast on a banana bread english muffin, topped with a sprinkle of red pepper flakes and a drizzle of honey.
Saturday's OOTD…which really is nothing special considering that cutoffs, boots and flowy sweaters have been my weekend uniform for the past month..
The cookie straw…the damn cookie straw. I have always LOVED dunking cookies in coffee and I just find this so, so satisfying. I wait until I finish the coffee to eat it so it's nice and soggy. Yup. Fun fact…I let my cereal sit in the milk for 20-30 minutes before I eat it too. Anyone else? Please tell me you're out there.
Poor Gatsby's allergies have been acting up AGAIN and they're quite bad this time. He's been pooped because of them and the other night Dan wrapped him up like a little burrito, even putting his favorite squeaky toy next to him. I can't take it.
Hope your weekend was filled with fun, love, great weather and amazing eats!


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Miaya and myself and Henry and Lete and Melanie in the background. I, of course, am the zombie looking creature.
Henry, seemingly surprised by his own strength.
Or something.
Me and Miaya again. This day was an exhausting one. Mainly because of what happened after all these good times.
henry, lete, eva, melanie, bubba.
What a great pic. I didn't take it. :)
Oh yeah. so after all the fun stuff, we went back to the cars, and a lady was writing me a ticket. I was uber pissed. It was my first one, and it was a really stupid one. Oh whale.


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ADP Jobs Report: U.S. Companies Added 170,000 Workers in Jan
Companies added 170,000 workers to their payrolls in January, boosted again by a surge in service-providing sector employment, according to data released by ADP Employer Services Wednesday.
The 170,000 increase is down from a revised 292,000 jobs added the month before, and slightly lower than the 200,000 economists surveyed by Thomson Reuters were expecting
Employment in the service-providing sector grew by 152,000 in January, after rising a revised 241,000 in December. The goods-producing sector saw an increase of 18,000 jobs in January and manufacturing employment increased by 10,000, while construction employment advanced 2,000.
Over the last three months, the monthly gains in employment shown in the ADP national employment report have averaged 223,000, compared to 163,000 per month over all of 2011, said Carlos Rodriguez, president and CEO of ADP. This is a positive development that we hope will continue throughout the course of 2012.
Small businesses, those with fewer than 50 employees, made up more than half of the job gains by hiring 95,000 workers.
Large companies with 500 or more employees hired only 3,000 new workers, while medium-sized businesses added 72,000 to their payrolls.
The ADP report, which does not measure government workers, typically sets the tone for Friday's highly anticipated monthly jobs report, but its figures have traditionally been above the government's numbers.
The Labor Department is expected to report non-farm payrolls growth of 150,000 and an unchanged unemployment rate of 8.5 percent, according to Reuters estimates.


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Morgan, Alexis, Sage, Samantha, and Hannah. Yep those are my babies. Okay, I did not give birth to any of them, but I look at them all and see my own daughters. I see my children in their eyes. The only difference between my children and these young ladies... my children are still here with me. Do you think even one of the families directly linked to these girls thought that their little girl would come up missing or even worse murdered? No! No one ever thinks that something like this will shatter their own family. People think, it won't happen to us, that sort of thing happens to other people. But... what happens when you become those other people that these things happen to? What do you do? Do you roll into a ball and just give up? Or do you become an advocate to bring notice to other missing girls and educate other young people that there are very real risks in this world?
I do not know much about Sage or Samantha's parents and family. I would like to, I would love to see how they are since their babies vanished. Are they okay? Are they still looking? Are they silently raising awareness?
Then we see Morgan's parents Dan and Gil, and Alexis' family. Dan and Gil started Help Save the Next Girl. A wonderful organization that is a HUGE advocate of victims and such a great support to the families. Alexis' family is involved with HSTNG.
And now we have Hannah's parents. Going through the same thing as many other families. Not knowing where their daughter is. could you imagine the pain?
Dan and Gil are by far the strongest people I have ever seen. The man charged with abducting Hannah is linked to the death and disappearance of Morgan. Instead of being shattered all over again, they are so concentrated on finding Hannah. And we will find her! I can feel it! Whether she is still alive or has drifted over to a much better place. To me Hannah is a hero. Because of her, there is a Monster off the street ( I won't even say his name, he isn't worth it and all he wants is this attention). She has saved countless more girls and families from going through this heart break.
What can we do to save our children? We can educate and make them aware. We bring these beautiful, wonderful little people into this world. Raise them the best that we can in the hopes that we are preparing them for the real world and that one day that they will change it. And they can and do in their own way. The sad fact is that for every beast they take off the streets that are praying on our children, there are 2 more to replace them.
I remember being a teenager, I remember my 20's. I did a lot of stupid things, and learned lessons from them. I participated in underage drinking and wondered around town alone and drunk. I was raped. Looking back, I'm lucky that is all that happened to me. It could have been so much worse.
My children are still young, but there will come a day when they are out and about on their own. A time that I won't be there to watch after them to make sure they are safe. And I am petrified of that day! So in the meantime I am teaching them to to care for themselves in the safest way possible. I know that they will stumble and make mistakes. That they will think they are to old to listen to old Mom. But I hope these things will stick with them. Just because I do not think I can be like Dan and Gil. I wouldn't be able to advocate. My world would be shattered and I would just cease to exist.
But for now, I am advocating! I am doing all I can to help HSTNG. To support Hannah's family and the efforts to bring her home! She NEEDS to be home! All of these children need to be brought home! Not just for their families but for all of us. Because they are OUR children!
Personal safety for everyone:
- Travel in groups to avoid being out alone
- Always use the buddy system
- Always have at least one person not drinking to safely escort you
- Know your environment
- Stay alert
- Keep your belongings close to you
- Don't be a woman!!! (As in woman are often sympathetic and easily fall prey to the woe as me act)
- Make sure roommates/family know where you are at all times and who you are with
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Oh the weather outside is frightful…but my home is so delightful.
Thanks to winterizing, of course.
This is one of many aspects of the Red Cross mission to help you prepare.
When it comes to winter weather and winter storms, here are the three key areas to be prepared:
- What should I do?
- What supplies do I need?
- What do I do after the storm?
Winterizing tips such as storm windows, weather-stripping tape, covering windows in plastic – help keep the warm air in and the cold air out. That keeps you warm, and has the added bonus of saving energy and saving you money.
In addition to stay warm, many of the tips are about staying safe. What supplies do you need with you? Always have water, food, batteries on hand.
And after the storm or cold passes, you need to continue to focus on your safety, but we encourage you to check on the safety of those around you – maybe some elderly neighbors may need some extra help.
The Red Cross has all the information for you to be prepared. Visit redcross.org for more information.
Additional winter tips to have handy: