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Yet another BSJ
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Labels: baby surprise jacket, BSJ
Labels: baby surprise jacket, BSJ
Great looking jacket! I am almost done EZ's Totem Jacket for me and I want to I-cord all around it but I can't figure out what part of the cast on "stitch" (at the bottom edge)to pick up in order to do the applied I-cord all around. What did you do? Anyone else have any suggestions?
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I love the cuffs, and the crochet at the shoulders is a nice touch. Well done!
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Thanks! I tend to try and rip a lot. I am not sure what I ended up picking up in the final results. I did learn after this was finished that it might have been better to knit the I-cord from the wrong side rather than the right.
That is a lovley BSJ! I just love the color combination. Great job!


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Title: AN
Authors: Beth Wiseman, Kathleen Fuller, Tricia Goyer, Vannetta Chapman
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
March 2014
Genre: Amish / romance novellas
Gardens are a place to rest, to draw near, and to heal.
"Where Healing Blooms" Vannetta Chapman
Emma discovers a run-away teen in her barn, and the bishop asks her to provide a haven for a woman and her two children. Then her mother-in-law reveals a secret about her garden. Will Emma choose loneliness or learn to accept God's gifts?
"Flowers for Rachael" Kathleen Fuller
Rachael's garden is beautiful, but she is lonely. Gideon is in love with Rachael, but when Rachael finds her garden in shambles after a crisis, she rejects his help. Will she realize she doesn't have to do everything on her own?
"Seeds of Love" Tricia Goyer
When a corporation shows interest in buying Sadie's heirloom seeds, she panics. They are all she has left of her Dat and Mem. Eli believes he can help Sadie, but a misunderstanding leaves her heartbroken. Will she trust him again, and will the seeds of a new relationship take root?
"Rooted in Love" Beth Wiseman
Rosemary is doing her best to run her family's household. She excels at all her tasks except one: gardening. Saul has been interested in her for years, but Rosemary has turned him down repeatedly. Saul begins helping with her family's garden, but someone is sabotaging his efforts—and keeping a secret that could change their lives.
I enjoy these collections of four Amish novellas that Thomas Nelson has begun putting out. And I was so excited when this collection came up for review with Booklook (formerly Booksneeze). I was glad when it arrived as I was most anxious to read it. And even though I had a zillion things to do today, I picked this book up and was immediately lost in Amish country, surfacing only to tend to immediate needs.

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Thursday, February 06, 2003
Dean Meetups are a huge success! http://dean2004.meetup.com
Hi everyone,
This is William from Meetup.
I wanted to let you know about last night's Meetups and their huge success. From the polls I've been receiving; it seems that the New York, Boston, Minneapolis, and Baltimore Meetups have essentially declared themselves as field offices for the campaign. THIS IS AWESOME!!! TRULY, TRULY GRASSROOTS! New York has even started a Yahoo! Group 'NewYorkforDean'. I'm in awe of all of your resourcefulness.
Next month's Meetup promises to be even bigger now that the campaign is linking to us from their homepage. Please make sure to sign up for their mailing list, that's the only way that the campaign can maintain direct communication with all of you and harness your abilities.
If any of you are interested in publicizing your Meetups locally through flyers; please let me know, and I'll email you some signs.
Hope you can make it next month,
I'd like to offer some advice to everyone participating in these meetups: collect money! While it's fantastic that we're getting the word out, what the campaign needs most is donations, donations, donations! See, I'm using the old conservative tactic of repeating something until it sticks. ::smile:: My point is that while you are creating grassroots support, you should also be trying to get as many people as possible to support Dean financially. During the early stages of this campaign, raking in money is a priority. We all know that money talks, right? If the Dean campaign gets enough donations early on, they will be stronger in the long run. I would hate to see Howard have to drop out of the race early due to financial concerns. I'm not saying this is even an issue at this point. I'm just saying that I really believe in this guy, and if he's not the Democratic nominee I will be extremely disappointed. Seriously folks. Look at the other choices. Take a good hard look at them and ask yourself if they'll be able to withstand the Bush juggernaut. Yea, that's what I thought.
Now go donate!
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About Nation-Building
Nation-Building was founded by Aziz Poonawalla in August 2002 under the name Dean Nation. Dean Nation was the very first weblog devoted to a presidential candidate, Howard Dean, and became the vanguard of the Dean netroot phenomenon, raising over $40,000 for the Dean campaign, pioneering the use of Meetup, and enjoying the attention of the campaign itself, with Joe Trippi a regular reader (and sometime commentor). Howard Dean himself even left a comment once. Dean Nation was a group weblog effort and counts among its alumni many of the progressive blogsphere's leading talent including Jerome Armstrong, Matthew Yglesias, and Ezra Klein. After the election in 2004, the blog refocused onto the theme of "purple politics", formally changing its name to Nation-Building in June 2006. The primary focus of the blog is on articulating purple-state policy at home and pragmatic liberal interventionism abroad.


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Going Down Slow 4: 01 Trk 8
Champion Jack Dupree
Jack Dupree - vocal & piano
Ennis Lowry - guitar
Wendell Marshall - bass, Willie Jones - drums.
Album: 'Blues From The Gutter'
I have had my fun
If I don't get well no more
Yes, I had my fun
If I don't get well, no more
Get well, no more
Yes, my health is failing me
And I'm going down slow
Please write my mother
Tell her the shape I'm in
Ple-eee-ase write my mother
Lord, Lord, Lord
Tell her the shape I'm in
Tell her to pray for me
Forgive me of all my sin
On the next train south
Look for my clothes, home
On the next train south
Look for my clothes, home
(Oh yeah!)
If you don't see my body
All you can do is moan
(guitar & instrumental)
'Lord have mercy'
Mother, please don't worry
This is all in my prayers
Yes, mother please don't worry
This is all in my prayer
You do say you got a son
Out in the world, somewhere.
Lyrics taken from http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/c/champion_jack_dupree/going_down_slow.html


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With both sides under pressure to move negotiations along quickly, the Teamsters and UPS reached an agreement in October on a six-year contract for drivers and package sorters, and union members are expected to ratify the agreement.
According to many analysts, the agreement was unique in that talks began very early in the cycle — the contract expires July 31, 2008 — and it shows that both sides were eager to settle the matter for their own reasons.
UPS's Supply Chain & Freight Division, which includes LTL carrier UPS Freight, reported a third-quarter profit of $98 million compared to a loss last year in that period of $19 million. Some '06 losses were attributed to merging Motor Cargo and Overnite Transportation. LTL revenues grew 12.1% to $521 million compared to third-quarter '07, with more than 13% more shipments.
The forecast is not so rosy for LTL carriers, however. According to ATA chief economist Bob Costello, freight volumes could get worse, and may not improve until mid-'08. Speaking at ATA's recent Management Conference, he said tonnage had fallen 2.2% during the first eight months of '07 compared to the same period in '06. He pegged the downturn mainly on the impact of a soft housing sector.
Many stock analysts agree. A November report from R.W. Baird noted: "…demand trends were more mixed to start 4Q, with some signs of a worsening demand environment in October, typically one of the strongest freight quarters of the year. Importantly, outlooks from our contacts and the trucking company's on our coverage list have grown even more cautious on the timing of a recovery."
"One reason UPS was eager to settle the issue is that it did not want to scare away major customers with the uncertainty of a strike," said one analyst. "But the same could be said for the union. If UPS loses customers, they lose jobs." He noted that fearing a strike in '02, UPS saw customers defect as the Teamsters and the carrier reached agreement only weeks before the contact was due to expire.
Another, more important reason may be the pension issue. UPS was eager to get the Central States pension plan off their liabilities list and transfer it to the union. Some observers say the Teamsters were eager to dispatch the matter as well. "The Teamsters were under pressure to get something done by the end of this year because of the new pension law that takes effect January 1," said Arthur Hatfield, analyst at Morgan, Keegan & Co.
The Pension Protection Act of 2006 requires that under-funded pension funds be shored up. "The Central States plan was 70% under-funded and the Teamsters would have to do some radical things to change the financial dynamics of that contract," Hatfield added.
As part of the contract with the union, UPS agreed to make a one-time contribution of $6.1 billion to withdraw from the plan. "The net after-tax amount will be approximately $3.9 billion. We'll make this payment in the fourth quarter upon ratification of the contract," said Chairman Mike Eskew in a recent conference call.
UPS's pension decision is rippling throughout the industry: analysts view Yellow Roadway's pension liability — which was estimated several years ago as between $3 billion and $4 billion — as debt, while other carriers, such as Arkansas Best, may have pension liabilities ranging from $800 million to $850 million, according to Central States' calculations.
According to David Campbell, analyst at Thompson, Davis & Co., UPS was trying not to be confrontational towards the union because of the sensitive issue of union involvement at Overnite. "The union was able to see their way through a lot of the tough issues because of the company's willingness to let them gain control over those former Overnite operations. That, I think, set the table for an early settlement."
Analysts say both sides believe they got the better of the other, although the scale may be tipped slightly in favor of the union.
Added Hatfield: "If both sides are happy, usually it means it's a fair deal."


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'The Race Card': Ford deplores the blame game
'The Race Card' Stanford professor advocates getting past the finger-pointing to the real problems
You want to pick a fight? Call someone a racist. Few labels hit so hard or bring up so many deep feelings. It's a dark stain on someone's character. Then-Los Angeles police Detective Mark Fuhrman was accused at the O.J. Simpson trial of using racial epithets, and after Hurricane Katrina, rapper Kanye West said President Bush "hates black people."
According to Stanford law Professor Richard Thompson Ford of San Francisco, the national dialogue on race needs to change. In his recently published book "The Race Card," he argues that when people talk about race relations, they too quickly try to ferret out racism without looking at the larger issues. In doing so, they leave open the possibility that opportunists will unfairly paint someone as a racist to further their political ends, while de-legitimizing some very real problems.
"I decided to write the book out of dismay and frustration with the way questions of racial injustice are typically taken up," Ford says. "Right now, we tend to deal with questions of race and race relations in the context of scandal. There's not much conversation about the day-to-day issues with racial tensions and injustices."
Ford takes apart some of the more prominent recent scandals, such as the treatment of Hurricane Katrina victims and the dispute between hip-hop mogul Jay-Z and the makers of Cristal Champagne. He also digs into older ones, like the Clarence Thomas/Anita Hill Supreme Court confirmation hearings and the O.J. Simpson trial, to show how complicated events got reduced to screaming headlines.
Particularly, his chapter "Racism Without Racists" explores how inequities persist without obvious villains. He finds West's quote, for instance, to be factually incorrect, because housing segregation lies behind the suffering of black hurricane victims - and neighborhood segregation isn't the work of one racist. And the facts frequently complicate what appears to be a simple case of racism: The widely circulated nugget about a Hermes store closing when Oprah Winfrey tried to enter is simply not true. The store was closed for the day. But people were quick to draw upon actual occurrences of retail store discrimination in putting it out there that even Oprah is refused service because of her race. The story resonated, even if it wasn't accurate.
In a post-civil rights era, "the racism of the past affects relationships today." But how to find ways around this uncomfortable subject if we can't find and punish specific racist individuals? (Ford doesn't dispute the existence of "old-school racists," by the way. He just says there are fewer of them than before.)
Ford says the adversarial stance between races would be eased if we didn't rush to labels. "We have to get rid of some of the defensiveness," he says. "The fact that I'm bringing up a racial injustice doesn't mean we have to find a racist. Maybe if we treat it more like we treat environmental pollution - it's a crisis that we are all part of, but doesn't require us to issue moral condemnations in quite the same way."
Richard Thompson Ford reads from his book at 7 tonight. Free. Cody's Books, 1730 Fourth St., Berkeley. (510) 559-9500. www.codysbooks.com.


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I love the extended end-of-year holiday season. I enjoy everything about it. Given a choice between the two major cultural-Christian holidays of Easter and Christmas, I'd take Christmas every time. Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying "humbug" to Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday. In the framework of western philosophical and religious thought, Easter – or its equivalent – is inevitable. Humanity is inexorably drawn to reminders of our imperfection and alienation, our struggle to define the sacred, our emptiness apart from something greater than our self. Easter is the perfect complement for such ruminations. .By contrast, the advent season is the antithesis of that. Christmas reminds us that the story of humanity need not be bound up in the existential angst of uncertainty and despair.
It's about innocence, new beginnings, gifts and celebrations. It's about family and community. When distilled to its essence Christmas is a proclamation of the good. It's a reminder that humility, truth, love, compassion - and all else that defines what is good and honest and true about us - is worth celebrating. It begins with an announcement from an other-worldly choir heralding "peace on earth, good will to all people". Angelic messengers usher in this season, their joyous song a reflection of what Deity thinks about us and envisions for us, and what we should envision for ourselves. It is not a time of doubt and estrangement but of faith and community. Fear not, we are told, for this is an occasion of good tiding, a time of great joy.
The miracle of Christmas may lie not so much in the fact of incarnation as in the expression of worth revealed in its effect - that the manger's babe is a child of humanity. Our merit, indeed our intrinsic value is revealed not in that God has come to visit with us but that He has become one of us, and more importantly, that he has become one of the least of us, a helpless child. By this simple yet profound act God affirms the value of who we are. Christmas is a reminder that life is pregnant with purpose and meaning and that each of us independently and as an organic whole is favored and deserving of good will and peace.


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Chase had some friends stop by so he decided to throw on a quick outfit and head out with them. I have no photographic proof of it, but he went as Shadow... I think another Legend of Zelda character. Yes, it's popular in our house right now.
With Tristan's advent to middle school, we had only one costume to buy this year. Carissa decided early on that she wanted to be Red Riding Hood, but she was pretty specific on what she liked and didn't like. I offered to make her a tulle skirt to go with this, but she adamately refused, saying that she doesn't like tulle skirts anymore. She was also insistent on having a long cape, not the short cape found with most Red Riding Hood Costumes. So in the end we pieced this together. The cape was for an adult but I cut it down to size for her. The skirt was hers already (score!) and the button up collared shirt was a thrift store find. I made the apron for her and bought her the boots (which she now wears to school and horse riding lessons as well). In the end, she was beautiful and unique. It really was just the perfect costume for her!
Oh, and not to be forgotten... here are our Jack-O-Lanterns this year. Chase made the funny face, Carissa made the evil cat and Tristan made the ghost and flames. Oh, the little Mickey head pumpkin was Carissa's too.


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I was in Starbucks at lunchtime, sitting in one of their purple easy chairs, reading "Health Plan Opponents Make Voices Heard", an article about the latest brouhaha at the healthcare town halls, when I laughed out loud, startling the people around me.
It seems there have been sitings of small bands of people all around the country lately, including some of those who will tell you "I believe in creationism" without blinking an eye, who have suddenly done an ideological about face, claiming with the utmost sincerity that the madcap antics they are fomenting at the healthcare town hall meetings sponsored by the White House are all the result of "spontaneous generation".
I haven't written anything about the crazies - the Glen Becks, the Michelle Malkins, the Ann Coulters, the Michael Savages - and their followers since the great Teabagging Experiment, mostly because they are so predictable. Chasing ratings numbers or hit counts can make this crew do strange things.
I had a few thoughts today about healthcare reform after reading that article, but when I looked over what I'd written, I realized that I might need to let those ideas simmer a bit more before posting them here.
In the meantime, you might want to check out my man Bill Campbell's idea, which he described below to me in an email last week.
Hey Brown Man,
This month I'm trying to dedicate my blog, Tome of the Unknown Writer, to health care stories from America and countries with universal health care. Since we're going to be inundated with propaganda from all sides, I thought it could be enlightening just to hear from regular people how they feel about our health care system. So, I'm looking for stories about their experiences, their views on health care, what they'd like to see happen in the future, stuff like that. Then I'll be posting each story as I get them. I don't care if they're pro or con. I only care that their honest.
If you could possibly contribute and/or spread the word or know someone who would be interested and pass it along, it would be greatly appreciated.
For further instructions I put up two posts:
Health Care Stories: International
Health Care Stories: America
Thanks for your time and consideration. I hope to hear from you.
Bill Campbell
Tome of the Unknown Writer
You heard the man - if you've got a story to tell, Bill will publish it, warts and all, on his blog. If you've got a blog, post a link. It's our turn to expand the narrative. Who knows - maybe a compilation will find its way to the offices of a few Congressman, or even the president himself.
There's nothing like that "spontaneous generation" - you never know what you might end up with.


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At no point in this piece did the reporters note the Clintons, too, have a complex relationship with the Confederate flag. A Clinton-Gore button from 1992 graced with the Confederate battle flag has led many to wonder if Hillary Clinton's husband's campaign endorsed it. But the likely Democratic standard-bearer's campaign has thus far refused to comment on that matter. How courageous.I remember how the Confederate flag was used to beat up on George W. Bush about not taking a strong stand against the flag in the South Carolina primary in 2000. Yet no one asked Al Gore about the statues commemorating Nathan Bedford Forrest in his home state of Tennessee. Forrest was a notorious slave-trader before the war, a vicious cavalry leader during the Civil War responsible for the massacre of surrendered black soldiers at Fort Pillow and a founding leader of the KKK. There's a bust of him in the Tennessee statehouse and a big statue put up in 1998 that is visible from the highway on private land designed by one of the lawyers for James Earl Ray, the assassin of Martin Luther King. I was struck then about the double standard of making Bush somehow answerable for South Carolina's flag when he wasn't even from there, but no one seemed to think that Gore should take a stand on the tributes to Tennessee's notorious hometown figure. I also remember the media talking about Gore's dog at the time which was named Shiloh and I wondered if the dog was named to commemorate a Tennessee Civil War battle and why he would have chosen that name. For myself, I don't see why politicians of today should be forced to make symbolic protests against the choices of politicians of another era. But that is the sort of game that is played in racial politics these days. It's just rather notable that those aren't the sort of questions aimed at Democratic politicians when it was Democrats who enacted and celebrated those racist policies in the first place.
There are reasons to believe that Bill Clinton might have embraced this and other campaign buttons that cast him and his Tennessee-based running mate as sons of the South. As governor of Arkansas, Bill Clinton signed a bill affirming that one of the stars on his state's flag would stand in commemoration of the Confederate States of America. Even former Clinton advisor Paul Begala insisted that Hillary Clinton "absolutely" has to answer for standing by her husband's decision on that matter all those years ago. The Post, however, seems unconcerned with Clinton's silence on this issue, too.
As narratives go, the Post's reporters made a conscious effort to embrace one over another equally compelling version of the aftermath of the Charleston shootings. The reporters spent an inordinate amount of time, perhaps reluctantly, noting that Clinton was forced after lagging behind events to praise Republican South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley for having the real courage to defy her constituents and demand that the rebel flag be furled forever. Haley is, after all, a Southern Republican governor — a woman and a minority — taking down the flag that was erected first by one of her Democratic predecessors in 1962. Republicans purged the South of the scourge of slavery amid a bloody civil war; Republicans oversaw the dismantling of Jim Crow and the desegregation of the Deep South; and now Republicans, from South Carolina to Mississippi, are flouting some of their more recalcitrant voters and ridding the South of that symbol of rebellion once and for all. The last time Clinton called for the Confederate flag to be lowered in the South was, her campaign insists, 2007. Such bravery.
This narrative didn't seem to interest the Post's neutral and dispassionate political reporters. Instead, what captured their imaginations was a speech Clinton gave to a room full of liberal supporters where she lamented persistent racial tensions and gun violence in America. What courage is there to be found in a liberal telling a room full of like-minded fellows what they already believe? It takes an empirical, objective political reporter to see it. For Rucker who was among the many reporters seen celebrating at the wedding of a Ready for Hillary staff member and her campaign's director for grassroots engagement over the weekend, you would think he would display a bit more decorum. Apparently, modesty and an adversarial relationship with those on whom you are required to report is no longer a value that the nation's journalistic class is prepared to uphold or enforce with much vigor. Unless, of course, that subject is a Republican.
Well, not all writers at the Washington Post are as ignorant of how the Clinton-Gore campaign portrayed themselves in the South during the 1992 campaign. Philip Bump reminds us of a couple campaign buttons for Clinton-Gore. One was superimposed on the Confederate flag and another depicted both men in rebel uniforms and called them "Sons of the New South." Bump questions whether either button were official buttons of the Clinton-Gore campaign. But it is true that they played on their image as Southerners to try and win Southern states without which no Democrat up until 2008 was able to win the presidency. Of course, those were the days when Clinton and Gore enjoyed portraying themselves as New Democrats and we know how that is no longer possible for any prominent Democratic politician.
Ronald D. Rotunda writes in the WSJ about a new movement by liberal legal forces to redefine what assault is.
A group of judges, attorneys and law professors recently voted to make tapping the shoulder of a Muslim woman to ask for directions potentially punishable in a U.S. court of law. This group, the American Law Institute, is an elite private organization that includes the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, the chief judges of the U.S. Courts of Appeal and the highest state courts, most law school deans, some law professors and private attorneys.This is very scary stuff. But in this universe where the University of California is warning professors not to make statements about achievements being based on merit or that America is the land of opportunity, we live in a very topsy-turvy world.
Here is the background. The American Law Institute periodically issues "restatements" that attempt to codify the common law—but also shift the law in the direction the institute wants it to go. In 1964, for example, the institute's Restatement of Torts established the liability of sellers to consumers for defective products regardless of fault. At the time only 16 states had taken this position. Now it is the law everywhere.
The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that American Law Institute restatements are law in all subsequent decisions when there is no state statute to the contrary. The U.S. Supreme Court on average cites the institute at least once a month.
On May 20 the American Law Institute approved, by a very close vote, significant changes to the section of its new Restatement of Torts dealing with assault and battery. The changes will have far-reaching, and extremely troubling, social and legal ramifications—including favoring some religious beliefs over others.
The institute's restatement defines the tort of battery as any contact with another person that "offends a reasonable sense of personal dignity" or—the new addition—contact that is highly offensive to another person's "unusually sensitive sense of personal dignity, and the actor knows that the contact will be highly offensive to the other."
To be a battery, the contact or touching must be offensive. That's to exclude the occasional bumps we experience walking through a crowd. And the law always measured what constituted an offense based on the views of a reasonable person. That way a judge can dismiss a frivolous claim. However, the American Law Institute now proposes that personal contact is a tort if the defendant knows that it will be offensive to someone who is "unusually sensitive."
This is dangerous. To understand why, suppose a patient tells a hospital, "I don't want any Jewish doctors or nurses to touch me." An earlier draft of the institute's restatement said, "if the patient had demanded that she not be touched by a nurse or doctor of a particular race or religion, the hospital and medical staff have no obligation to respect that preference" because it violates "public policy." But the final accepted draft eliminates the words, "or religion."
So if a hospital does not obey a religious bigot's demand, it risks a lawsuit, jury trial and punitive damages. And insurance does not often cover a battery. Thus if the trial takes place in a community with a significant Muslim population, the hospital will be more likely to settle—an outcome that will encourage religious bigotry.
Chris Cillizza is not impressed with President Obama's complaints that he just hasn't been able to accomplish what he would have liked to because...Washington. Obama said that he never told us "Yes, I can," but instead "Yes, we can." Well, not exactly. That's not what he was telling the gullible masses in 2008.
The entirety of Obama's candidacy was premised on the idea that choosing politicians with familiar backgrounds had gotten us into this mess and that the only way out of it was to choose someone, like him, with a decidedly nontraditional background.Notice, that neither of these qualifications were based on his actual accomplishments or skills, just on the fact of his being who he was. But he didn't govern that way. Instead he insisted on doing things his way and taunted the Republicans by saying "I won." He didn't need to work with them to get the stimulus or his health care passed. He didn't need to compromise and gosh dang it - that's that way it should always be in his mind. Now he's disappointed and frustrated that he can't ram through everything he'd like to. Perhaps if he'd had a better grasp of American political history and the way our government works he wouldn't have been so arrogant in the first place and wouldn't be so disappointed in America now.
Implicit — and sometimes explicit — in Obama's pitch to the American public was the idea that he was uniquely able to solve the unsolvable problems that had vexed Washington through Democratic and Republican presidents alike. (Remember that he ran hard against many of the principles that defined the presidency of Bill Clinton, a tactic that drove the former president nuts.)
That unique ability was based in two ideas: 1. Obama's background — he is the son of a white mother and an African father and was raised by his grandparents in Hawaii — had created a person who understood how to move between various groups, how to talk the talk and walk the walk of the various segments of society. 2. Obama's entire life — particularly his relatively short time in office — was proof that he could unite un-unitable coalitions and, not for nothing, persuade people far outside of the Democratic base to support him. (He carried Indiana, for Pete's sake!)
The Washington Post profiles Kirsten Powers and her unique position as a pro-life, evangelical Christian who is also a liberal. Her experience occupying that ideological middle ground while also being a pundit on Fox News is the basis of her new book, The Silencing: How the Left is Killing Free Speech.
For Powers's liberal friends, following her arguments can seem like tracing a winding river, marked by unexpected tributaries and confusing crosscurrents. She supports same-sex marriage but defends those who oppose marriage equality because of "a sincere belief often grounded in a Christian worldview." She is a Christian herself, but she also chided small-business owners who, in the name of faith, balk at making wedding cakes or providing flowers for gay weddings. Jesus would bake the cake, she says. She opposes abortion rights but supported the Affordable Care Act. She would like immigrants who are in the country illegally to have amnesty. She opposed the Iraq war.She gets flack from both sides, but only one side seems disbelieving that someone like her can actually exist when she's probably more in alignment with many Americans than either those on the extremes of either ideology.
Some liberal activists doubt her allegiance to progressive causes and call her a turncoat, while conservative commenters on her Facebook page love to tease her. One posted: "You've lost that liberal feelin' . . . Whoa that liberal feelin'."
Powers describes the reaction to her commentary bluntly, the way she describes everything: "I'm perpetually confused. Just the fact that I'm on Fox News means that somehow I'm not a liberal? I can't figure out if it's just ignorance or if there's something more nefarious about it. Wouldn't you determine whether I'm a liberal based on what my views are?"
Conservatives love to bash Mitch McConnell, but today Bob Dole and Trent Lott pay tribute to what McConnell has been able to accomplish in just six months as Majority Leader. The contrast to Harry Reid is remarkable.
In only six months, the progress has been dramatic. Committees are up and running. Senators in both parties are debating and amending bills. Since January, the Senate has passed 30 bipartisan bills, a feat that required skillful leadership and real consensus-building. Not only is legislation now passing, bills are actually making their way to the president's desk.And meanwhile, the President whines that he hasn't been able to accomplish those things that he wants to do and acts as if nothing has been accomplished by Congress since the Republicans took over the Senate. He would have done better to have learned from McConnell's example.
The very first bill of the new Congress was a bipartisan proposal to approve the Keystone XL pipeline. In one week senators voted on more roll-call amendment votes to Keystone than they had voted on in all of last year, a welcome development that has been rightly cheered by Republicans and Democrats alike. After President Obama ultimately vetoed the bill, even an unsuccessful attempt to override the veto was bipartisan, with eight Democrats joining in.
Following an important but frustrating debate over the president's unilateral actions on immigration from last fall, and a skirmish over a human-trafficking bill that eventually passed unanimously, Mr. McConnell helped shepherd through the Senate's first budget in years.
Already, the Senate has resolved a thorny Medicare reimbursement issue that bedeviled both parties for years. The Senate also passed the Iran Nuclear Review Act, allowing crucial congressional oversight of any nuclear deal the administration strikes with Iran.
This month the Senate turned to the annual appropriations bills six months earlier than in recent congresses. And the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) made it to the Senate floor after intense scrutiny from both parties in committee and an overwhelming bipartisan committee vote of approval that foreshadowed a robust debate on the floor.
Indeed, the Senate considered more amendments on this year's NDAA, passed with a significant bipartisan vote last week, than it had during debates over the same bill in the past two years.
When the Senate almost assuredly gives the president final fast-track approval this week, it will be an important step toward the successful negotiation of free-trade agreements that will give a boost to U.S. economic growth while enhancing national security....
There was never a lot that a Republican-led Senate would be able to agree on with President Obama, but Mr. McConnell has been wise to identify the handful of matters where agreement is possible, and he has been tenacious in ensuring that the legislation earned bipartisan support. He said his Senate would focus on results, and it has. That's a sign of real progress—not only for the public but for our politics as well.
Awww. Nino and the Notorious RBG are still very good friends.
Say it ain't so, Whole Foods!
Rip-off on aisle four.
The city [New York city] has launched a probe of Whole Foods Markets after investigators nabbed the upscale food purveyor for routinely overcharging customers on groceries during dozens of inspections dating back to at least 2010, the Daily News has learned.
The most recent spate of violations came during a sting operation the Department of Consumer Affairs conducted in the fall that specifically checked the accuracy of the weight marked on pre-packaged products.
Inspectors weighed 80 different types of items at Whole Foods' eight locations in the city that were open at the time. They found every label was inaccurate, with many overcharging consumers, agency spokeswoman Abby Lootens told The News....
Whole Foods, according to the city, wasn't the only bad apple. The sweep included 120 grocery stores citywide, and 77% were hit with one or more violations.
But the notoriously pricy chain was the most egregious offender — leading DCA to open a full-blown investigation of its pricing practices last year, said Commissioner Julie Menin.
"Our inspectors told me it was the worst case of overcharges that they've ever seen," Menin said.
The overcharges ranged from 80 cents for a package of pecan panko to $14.84 for a container of coconut shrimp, Lootens said.


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Tea is an online clothing store that offers a wide selection of fashion collections for children (newborn up to size 12) and women.
Before creating clothes, Tea's design team travels internationally and gets inspired by everything they see out there - local textiles, colors, architecture, aesthetics, and design practices. When you wear Tea's clothes, it's like if you were travelling around the globe!
Tea also supports the Global Fund for Children - in fact, all proceeds from their Little Citizens line of clothing go to this non-profit foundation.
Now you may be wondering "Why the name Tea?" The drink tea is shared in almost every culture and Tea wanted to interprete and translate this in their collection: experiencing life together, even when we're not in the same place and thus, bringing us closer. Isn't it an awesome philosophy?
Tea is mainly a children's clothing store, but the women's collection was launched in the fall of 2010 in that same spirit - easy-going, culturally-connected styles designed to fit your life. Here are some interesting items I found - although I could never afford any of them:
How gorgeous is this faux-fur scarf on the right?
At the moment Tea only ships to the 50 US States and territories but they do have stores in Australia, Canada, Jamaica and Saudi Arabia. Tea offers free shipping on orders over $150.


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Canning is a love/hate relationship for me!
Tis' the season when my kitchen is a little too warm and my floor is a little too sticky! I've been canning away like crazy these past 3 weeks. Last year was my first year to "get my feet wet" and see what it was all about, and I fell in love. There is no better feeling than seeing the gleaming full fruit jars sitting on your kitchen counter. It truly makes me happy. But this year, I've decided it's a love/hate relationship. I love the end result but hate the time and mess that goes into it. Does this stop me? Nope! I just keep on plugging away, because this winter, when it's freezing cold outside, I will love pulling out a jar of fresh peaches and eating away!
As a company, we wanted to share some of our favorite canning recipes wtih you. My new favorite this year is Plum Syrup. It truly is to die for! I'm not a big plum fan and didn't know what to do with all the free plums that were given to me. I did a little research and found this simple recipe. I promise, you'll love it!
Plum (or any fruit) Syrup
8 c. plum juice
2 c. corn syrup
12 c. sugar
Combine all 3 ingredients into a large pot. Bring to a boil. Boil for 15 mintues. Turn off heat, skim foam, and pour into sterilized jars. Process for 25 minutes (this is for Utah elevation) in a hot water bath.
Posted on September 22, 2009, in Food Storage, Food Storage & Emergency Preparedness and tagged canning recipes, Recipes. Bookmark the permalink. Leave a comment.


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Artificial Intelligence.
An intriguing idea, isn't it? To imagine a machine which can replicate a human's ability to think stirs the mind in so many ways. Indeed, AI has been a darling of science fiction for decades. With it, we've created terrifying villains, like HAL from 2001 Space Odyssey. With it, we've met some endearing characters, such as Data from Star Trek and Disney's Wall-e. It is a concept that simultaneously intrigues and terrifies us, and the repulsion-attraction has only grown as the possibility of achieving AI seems to draw steadily closer.
Now AI presents many moral and ethical issues in the general realm. Indeed, those issues and questions are the cornerstone of many secular works, from Star Trek and Blade Runner to Terminator and Person of Interest. But for the Christian, AI seems to present special problems: What is an AI's relationship with the spiritual realm? Does their sentience mean we would need to evangelize them? How should we, as children of God, treat them—like a tool? an animal? on par with a human?
It's tough. I openly admit that. AI isn't directly referenced in Scripture, and complicating things further, many of the questions have far-reaching implications for here and now: What makes us human? How far does the grace and sovereignty of God extend? To whom is salvation offered? Why did God create?
As a result, I will be taking the next few weeks to look at Artificial Intelligence and some of the unique questions AI raises specifically for the Christian.


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Chai tow kuay ("fried carrot cake" in Teochew or Hokkien) ~ my all time favourite Singapore food. I remember my dad would occasionally ta-bao ("takeaway") this home for supper if he works late. My brother and I would hold our blunt toothpicks (the old-fashioned kind) and wait anxiously for mum to line the table with newspaper and open the ta-bao brown paper for us. The big pieces can be easily picked up by the toothpicks but I never liked them, what I liked were the salty, tasty small pieces of kuay and chai poh (salted radish), which can be quite challenging to pick up with those toothpicks (haha..). Sometimes I would mistaken the garlic as chai poh, but I still liked to try my luck and pick on those tiny pieces cos they had more flavour than the big ones. ^ ^
It never occurred to me that I should ask my dad where he bought it from. But as an adult, I found my favourite chai tow kuay stall at North Bridge Road Hawker Centre. When I was working in town, Mr Tofu would send me to work every morning. We would drop by this hawker centre for breakfast whenever we had extra time to avoid the ERP. The carrot cake used to taste better, sometimes, the ah-em would leave the egg a little runny (not sure if it's intentional). But since the stall owners passed their skills to some not-so-young ah-bengs, it doesn't taste as good as before. Luckily, the ah bengs did not increase the price after they took over, so it still stays at a very low SGD1.50 per plate (you can't get this price anywhere else in Singapore!).
Needless to say, one of the goodies that I 'imported' to Beijing is this packeted carrot cake (for stir-fry) from NTUC! ^ ^
Chai Tow Kuay (Fried Carrot Cake 菜头粿)
(serves 2)
1pkt Ready-made carrot cake (cut into cubes)
3cloves Garlic (chopped)
1-2tbsp Chai poh (chopped)
1-2tbsp Oil
1tbsp Fish sauce (use regular soya sauce if you don't have this)
1tsp Chilli paste (optional)
3nos Egg (or 4 if you like)
2stalks Spring onion (chopped)
* Fry garlic and chai poh till fragrant
* Add carrot cake and pan-fry till least two faces of it is lightly browned and crispy
* Drizzle fish sauce and chilli paste and stir fry thoroughly
* Spread browned carrot cake evenly apart in pan
* Beat eggs lightly and pour mixture over carrot cake
* Flip carrot cake when egg is almost set (never mind if it's not a perfect flip, it's fun to be imperfect)
* Sprinkle chopped spring onions as a garnish (I ran out of it)
North Bridge Road ah beng's chai tow kuay ~
Now that my 'imported' chai tow kuay is used up, I can only go to Lau Pa Sak restaurant to satisfy my cravings (^ ^)b
Costs abt RMB35-40 per plate.


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Surprisingly well executed Death/Thrash. There's a limited new sound but nothing that kills the vicious atmosphere created by the razor-sharp guitars and pounding drums. There's stuff here that could have come out of the early 90's. This is not to claim it a rip-off but to say something about the quality of the actual songs. For those who still believe in the extreme metal scene need to give this band a try. The songs are equally brutal with such a killer sound there's nothing to do but turn up the volume until your ears bleed!
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For me, the best way to deal with bad days is to isolate the situations. Instead of thinking of it as a bad day, it's a less than ideal situation. Making that semantic switch can also shift your attitude and let you salvage the remaining hours. Instead of making you grumpy/angry/a pain in the butt for everyone you encounter, a bad day can serve as an opportunity to indulge in life's little pleasures. Some of my favorite cures:
1. I don't know a single girl who isn't happier when she has a fresh manicure. I'm loving Essie's latest collection, especially this shade.
2. To quote Elle Woods, "Exercise gives you endorphins. Endorphins make you happy. Happy people just don't shoot their [boyfriends, roommates, noisy neighbors...]." Go for a run, go to yoga, whatever. Taking your frustrations out in the gym will lift your spirits and be a healthy way to channel your negative energy into achieving a positive result.
3. I really love reading, especially nonfiction and classic literature. However, nothing says bliss like flipping through some glossy pages with pretty pictures and effortless reading.
4. When all else fails? Wine. This chardonnay from Cakebread Cellars is my current favorite.
5. Develop a plan to make tomorrow better. With every mistake or bad situation comes an opportunity for improvement. This kate spade notepad is always on my desk, and gets lots of love.
How do you recover from a bad day?


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Lakers Nation Account: Whatsa
XBOX Live Gamertag: Emblazen
Games: Halo 3, Call of Duty 4, Grand Theft Auto 4, Gears of War, PGR 3
Lakers Nation Account: Critter
XBOX Live Gamertag: Andrew4991
Games: GTA 4, BA 2k8, CoD44
Lakers Nation Account: Imadogg
XBOX Live Gamertag: Imadogg
Lakers Nation Account: Cooleo
XBOX Live Gamertag: cooleo24
Games: GTA 4, NBA 2k8, COD 4
Lakers Nation Account: The Nugget
XBOX Live Gamertag: nugge7
Lakers Nation Account: Mr.81
XBOX Live Gamertag: Lairan
Games: NBA 2K8, COD4, GTA 4, FIFA WORLD CUP 2006
Lakers Nation Account: Aceis2fresh
XBOX Live Gamertag: XFateiLLKiLLaX/KiLLaFresH23
Official XBOX 360 Thread - Post your Gamertags/Games here!
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Lakers Nation Account: Whatsa
Posted July 24, 2008 - 02:21 PM
Live accnt: x******y305x , xD33z****x3005 --> can't just give it out like that, if yall aint on no weird sht then i might.
Games: None, i aint stupid, I rent. so right now I got Battlefield: Bad Company.
my hookup for free games got fired so now i rent.
- Nuggs
comin' to a neighborhood near you!!!
Posted July 24, 2008 - 02:37 PM
games: gta 4, nba 2k8, cod 4
Posted July 24, 2008 - 02:52 PM
You can check what games I have on my gamercard lol
Posted July 24, 2008 - 03:05 PM
COD4,Maddan 08, halo3.
gt: cooleo24
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Games: NBA 2K8, COD4, GTA 4, FIFA WORLD CUP 2006.
Click here to find out!
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who F**K w/ Fresh
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Halo 3, NBA 2K8, COD 4 (just started)
R.I.P. to my grandmother, 4/17/07 : (
Posted July 27, 2008 - 05:55 PM
I've been letting my friend borrow my Xbox for a while so I don't have it now but he's giving it back sometime this week.
I don't play much but when I do, Call of Duty 4, Halo 3, and Gears of War
Posted July 28, 2008 - 09:39 AM
they gave us a castle crashers release date!
* July 30: "Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2" – The latest version of the wildly popular retro shooter offers screen-melting intensity and insane new features, including six action-packed gameplay modes, new enemies, scoring strategies and a diverse list of exciting Achievements. "Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2" is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB and will be available at 800 Microsoft Points.
* August 6: "Braid" – From acclaimed developer Jonathan Blow, "Braid" is a mind-bending and artistic puzzle-platformer where the player manipulates the flow of time in strange and unusual ways. "Braid"is rated E10+ for Everyone 10+ by the ESRB.
* August 13: "Bionic Commando: Rearmed" – The classic 8-bit side-scroller reports back for duty in a stunning remake, complete with all-new HD graphics and features that put 2D gaming back on the map! "Bionic Commando: Rearmed" is rated M for Mature by the ESRB
* August 20: "Galaga Legions" – The legend lives on with "Galaga Legions," a reimagining of the classic arcade shooter. Featuring table-turning game dynamics and updated graphics, the game was created by the team behind the bestselling "PAC-MAN Championship Edition" from Namco Bandai Games. "Galaga Legions" is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB.
* August 27: "Castle Crashers" – Award-winning studio The Behemoth brings red hot arcade adventure to Xbox LIVE Arcade with "Castle Crashers," featuring hand-drawn characters and an array of weapons to choose from as you defend your kingdom and save the princess. "Castle Crashers" is rated T for Teen by the ESRB.
Play the trial or full version of the featured blockbuster Summer of Arcade game of the week and receive one entry into both the weekly prize drawing and Grand Prize drawings:
* Grand Prize (x1) – 100,000 Microsoft Points, 12 month Xbox LIVE Gold subscription and an Xbox 360 Elite console
* Runner-Up Prizes (x2) – 10,000 Microsoft points and a free 12 Month Xbox LIVE Gold subscription
* Weekly Prizes (x5) – 4000 Microsoft points
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-Remember that the goal of conspiracy rhetoric is to bog down the discussion, not to make progress toward a solution"
Posted July 30, 2008 - 01:29 AM
many games lol
I see faith in your eyes
never you hear the discouraging lies
broken is the promise, betrayal
the healing hand held back by deepened nail
follow the god that failed
Posted July 30, 2008 - 07:59 PM
i need competition on my friends leaderboard damnit!
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NCAA president Myles Brand died Wednesday after a nine-month battle with pancreatic cancer.Wow.
Brand, 67, was diagnosed with the disease in January.
"Myles Brand was a dear friend and a great academic leader. He was a tireless advocate for the student-athlete," Michael Adams, University of Georgia president and the chair of the NCAA executive committee, said in a statement. "Indeed, he worked to ensure that the student was first in the student-athlete model. He will be greatly missed."
Brand has been the NCAA's president since 2003.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Cancer claims Myles Brand
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Tag Pin wheel Card
I have always liked the look of pin wheel cards but have always thought that they took too much time. Well I was wrong. This card was so simple and fun to make. I punched out seven small tags with my Stampin up tag punch. It is kind of hard to explain how to fold the punch. Start with the bottom left corner of the punch and fold it to the upper right corner. Then you will fold it back over. Hope that makes sense. You can look at the picture and tell what I did. I put ZIP Dry Paper glue by Beacon under the folds to keep them down. I then attached each tag to the cardstock and attached a flat back pearl to the center. Send me a copy of a card you made like this. I would love to see your different designs. It is amazing how every one can make the same card but it will look so different.


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I simply can not fathom it is the sixth month. This year has flown by. As I sat this evening watching the young heifers we are retaining I looked at a show heifer and realized by the third week of June she had to go out with Peyton. My goodness she grew up quick!
I thought I would divert for a post on cattle. Oh yeah, I already mentioned them. Yesterday, I spent working on a couple of layouts. Finished them both and uploaded them to the Challenges I entered them in at A Cherry on Top. My last layout is my favorite of the twelve I did during May. My subject was AC, a gelding we owned a long time ago and is now owned by a good friend. He's 24 this year. His full brother is in our pasture here at the ranch along with another gelding hubby rescued. I don't talk very much about our horses, although they are a part of my soul. I could never be without one to love. Back to the layout. This is AC as a yearling being shown at a show under the capable hands of Tom McNair at Great Southwest Equestrian Center. He has a decorated career in halter as a colt and a couple of get on the ground. I used Basic Grey Lillykate Collection. I've learned over the last several months "AC" has a Black Beauty story over his life. I chose the paper because he is now in his forever home with lots of love. He deserves to always have green pastures surrounded by Texas Wildflowers.
AC aka Abcar Ibn Tammen (Tammen x Zubaydahh) who's name means "first born son of value." He's a straight Egyptian Arabian of Glennloch lines.


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Thursday, July 15
Brian Park
I wanted to continue showing the beautiful photography of Brian Park after my post on Restoring a House in the City here. So here are some more mouthwatering images from his website, taken for the book.
Brian Park Photo
Labels: Brian Park, photography
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Although patties are originally made of meat, sometimes I concoct meals and I'm happy doing that. Tuna instead of beef. I mixed in minced purple onion, honey maple syrup, evaporated milk, soy sauce, salt, sugar, a large egg and butter cake flour.
Food Friday * Favorite Things Hop * Share the Joy * Color Connection * Blues


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It's finished!
Soon, soon, soon... the pattern will be available.
And in other news,
Some of you will have noticed that I have started to design for subscription clubs like the Year of Lace 2008. I had a very good experience with that one, and that has encouraged me to do more this year.
One such club I that will be contributing to in 2009 is the "Embrace the Lace" club from Woolgirl, who is planning a lineup of lace beauties for your knitting pleasure.
The club will run from March 2009 to March 2010, and features a total of 8 shipments, 8 well known lace designers, and 8 different handdyed yarns with custom colorways, all based upon the theme of "Seven Heavenly Virtues" of lace, which include Faith, Hope, Charity, Fortitude, Justice, Temperance, and Prudence.
Enrollment has been very good, according to Jennifer (Woolgirl's owner), and there is still a little bit of time left if you would like to sign up for the club. Enrollment is open for two more weeks so be sure to investigate the club if you think you may be interested.
I think it has been said that you can never have enough lace projects in the queue...
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
More Mystery
It's finished!
Posted by sivia harding at 5:19 PM
Labels: new patterns, new projects, upcoming events
2 comments:
- Melanie said...
The neckwarmer/hood looks devine, and I'm sure it will be a fun knit.
So, which of the Seven Heavenly Virtues will your design embrace?
- November 21, 2008 at 7:44 AM
- Cathy said...
Oh, that's lovely!
- November 25, 2008 at 1:39 PM


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DETROIT — It's a building to hurry past: dingy, deserted, with dark, jagged holes of broken windows scattered across its 13 stories. "Hey, crackhead" is spray-painted on the black granite facade.
This was once a grand department store, but it's been derelict for a decade. Which means Lucas McGrail can't wait to get in.


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We got up Tuesday morning and did a little sight seeing around Savannah. It was a beautiful city. We were even able to find parking for the van. We went down to Factor's walk and saw where the cotton ships used to come in. We also saw several monuments, and a Revolutionary War Cemetery. I love this sign about the historic steps. I am sure if Bethany had been with us she would have take a picture of it, so I took it for her.
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Sub-Saharan Africa: Generally an open Net
A new report from the Open Net Initiative (in which the Berkman Center is a participant) says that among Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Uganda and Nigeria, only Ethiopia does any substantial amount of blocking of sites:
Filtering in Ethiopia was found to be substantial in regard to both political and conflict/security sites. Ethiopian authorities have also blocked two major blogging platforms, Blogger and Nazret, suggesting political bloggers are the prime targets of censure.
The full report is here.
Categories: censorship, open access dw


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I'm a little late but we had a great Father's Day. We went to church, then Michael picked
our (really just his) lunch choice, Panda Express. I'm not a fan, but it's Father's Day and that's what he wanted!
Harper slept for 4 hours, so Michael did a lot of napping and watching Golf :)
After dinner and a bath Harper gave Michael his gift. She got him a Swinging Pistol Pete Golf shirt, it matches his hat she got him for Christmas!
Harper is beyond blessed to have a daddy that is always willing to play babies, run through the sprinkler, color and forgo his show for Bubble Guppies! He sure does love her and she is pretty smitten with him!


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Sunday, June 4, 2017
Third Act
5 comments:
- Elephant's Child said...
In your Third Age you are providing a spark for others. Which is a lovely thing to do, and an aspiration for us all.
- June 4, 2017 at 3:51 PM
- DJan said...
I echo EC's sentiments. You are making a difference, there's no doubt. One of the Buddhist exhortations is to always remember that everything leaves us, except our actions. Our actions are the ground on which we walk. Yours will last for a long time. Blessings to your friend who is suffering.
- June 5, 2017 at 8:45 AM
- Abbie Taylor said...
Glenda, I'm like you. I plan to make my life matter for as long as I can. I hope your friend can follow through on her plans. You're both in my thoughts.
- June 5, 2017 at 10:10 AM
- Glenda Council Beall said...
Abbie, you certainly use your time and talents to help others and make a difference in this world. Keep on doing what you do.
- June 5, 2017 at 3:13 PM
- Glenda Council Beall said...
DJan, thank you for good wishes for my friend. She means so much to many.
EC, I hope my health will hold up to give of my time and support to writers in our area. Today I began a program of water exercises that I think will help me tremendously.
Thank you both for your comments.
I know you both have health issues and you keep on going. You are inspirations to me.
- June 5, 2017 at 3:17 PM


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5 Questions
1. Can a viewer look past the object and see the art of it?
2. Can a readymade artwork trigger cultural metaphors and personal associations and different reactions to a wide range of viewers?
3. Does a readymade add or gain value when more than one is used?
4. Does the readymade reflect more of our consumer culture than the artistic process?
5. What does the junk aesthetic say about the large amount of waste our culture produces?
Greg Colson, Six Intersections (Schools), 2004, Oil, enamel, acrylic, and pencil on wood and metal with objects, 32 x32 21 in.
Anthony Haywood, Broken Family, Household Waste


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Gutiar Pro Tab "Sails Of Charon (Solo Played by Chris Zoupa)" from Scorpions band is free to download. Tablature file Scorpions - Sails Of Charon (Solo Played by Chris Zoupa) opens by means of the Guitar PRO program. This program is available to downloading on our site.
Welcome to gtptabs.com! Here you will find free Guitar Pro tabs.


text: Skeleton Yields Oldest Known Case of Cancer Disease killed man 3.2K years ago By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff Posted Mar 18, 2014 2:46 AM CDT 16 comments Comments The body was found in a tomb at the Amara West site in the far north of Sudan. (British Museum) (Newser) – Scientists hope the skeleton of a very sick man from 3,200 years ago will give new clues to the evolution and causes of cancer. The remains found in an ancient Sudanese tomb bear traces of what is believed to be the oldest case of metastatic cancer ever found, reports the International Business Times. Lesions on the bones show that the man buried in a painted wooden coffin suffered cancerous damage to his pelvis, spine, shoulder blades, breast bone, collar bones, and ribs. He was 25 to 35 years old. With factors like smoking, obesity, and longevity absent, researchers believe the rare case of cancer from thousands of years ago could have been caused by an infection, genetic factors, or carcinogens in wood smoke. "This find is of critical importance, as it allows us to explore possible underlying causes of cancer in ancient populations, before the onset of modernity, and it could provide important new insights into the evolution of cancer in the past," the lead researcher tells the Independent. My Take on This Story Report a story error Show results without voting | 3% Hilarious 78% Intriguing 1% Depressing 11% Brilliant 1% Scary 6% Ridiculous


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"Midnight in a Perfect World" coming Nov. 15
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condescended linguistic play
Did you mean to type "condensed linguistic play?" If so, I see it. If condescended is what you meant I'm trying to wrap my head around it.
nice article...
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How to Study During Engineering So That You Pass in Exams
Three Methods:Preparing for a New CourseManaging Coursework During the SemesterPreparing for a TestCommunity Q&A
Engineering is a notoriously demanding field of study. In order to do well, you will need to learn how to pace yourself throughout the semester, manage your overwhelming amount of coursework, and build effective study habits.
Preparing for a New Course
1Work closely with your advisor to balance your course load. If you are planning to take 12 course credits, make sure they aren't all engineering courses. Give your brain a break from math by adding a humanities course to the mix. Your advisor can help you to balance your schedule between engineering and non-engineering courses. [1]
2Understand how much time you'll need to spend studying. Most professors expect that for every engineering course credit you take, you will spend 2-4 hours studying. So, if you have two engineering courses in a standard semester, that's six credits. That means you will need to spend an average of 18 hours studying outside of class per week. Make sure you have the time before you commit to the courses!
3Read your syllabus carefully. Find out up front what the expectations will be. Make a note of important items, such as:
- The policy on tardiness and absences. If a professor will fail you after three tardies or unexcused absences, you'll want to pay close attention to be present and on time.
- Assignment due dates. Is there homework due weekly? Daily? Make sure you understand how the coursework is structured.
- Tests and test dates. If you aren't a good test-taker, and the course grade is solely based on three test scores, this might not be the right class for you.
4Sit in the front of the classroom. This will eliminate the urge to fall asleep or get distracted. You will also be able to see and hear better, and it'll be easier to ask questions. Your professors will also be more motivated to see you succeed if you appear to be making an effort.
5Take advantage of your professors' office hours. You can usually find these at the top of your syllabus. Don't be afraid to connect with your professors and ask them questions! They want to help you learn. And sometimes they can give you extra clues on what to expect to see on the test. [2]
Managing Coursework During the Semester
1Take good notes. Don't try to rely on your memory! You will be able to refer back to those notes later when you get stuck on a homework problem or while studying for a test. You can also highlight any parts that you might need to discuss with a tutor. [3]
2Read ahead. Come to class having already read the material that will be covered. This will give you an opportunity to ask more effective questions, and go back over anything you didn't understand while you were reading through it. But, you don't necessarily need to understand it all during the first read-through.
3Attend class and pay attention. Even if you don't understand everything that is covered, you'll be able to take notes and ask questions, and it'll make more sense when you go back over it later. You will learn more by being present than you will by trying to catch up later. Engineering is a language of its own; the more time you spend listening to it, the easier it will be to understand it over time.
4Study the material that is being covered, as you go along. Don't wait until just before a test to begin studying. Engineering classes build progressively, and tests tend to cover both old and new material -- if you don't understand something, address it immediately and work to fully understand it before moving on. This way, the days before a test can be spent going back over the things you need the most help with.
Preparing for a Test
1Study with a group. Chances are, some of you will understand things that others don't, and vice-versa. In a group, you can trade knowledge and help each other through things. It will also help you stay alert and focused.
- Talk to other students in your class, fraternity, or sorority to form a study group, or contact the Academic Services office at your school to find other students who are interested in forming a group.
- Meet in a quiet, private place where your group can focus.
- Come prepared to your group meetings, with an idea of the content that needs to be covered.[4]
- Be an active participant -- listening to others work through a problem will not prepare you to work through it yourself.
- Offer your knowledge. Teaching someone else how to work through a problem can cement your own understanding.
2Prepare study materials. Engineering courses range from calculus to chemistry, and require different tools depending on the information you need to study.
- Use flash cards to memorize definitions.
- Keep a "cheat sheet" of formulas that you can memorize and refer to as you're working through practice problems.
- Draw and study any relevant diagrams.
3Do as many practice problems as you can. You can't rely on memorization for engineering and science classes. Repetition is key; how you work through problems in practice is how you will work through them on the test.
- Work through as many types of examples as you can to make sure that you can apply your knowledge to multiple scenarios and variations. You can rework assigned homework problems or look for extra problems in your text book.
- Assess each problem to determine what kind it is: general derivation, straight calculation, or design problem.[5]
- Determine what formulas you need for each problem.
- Engineering problems tend to have multiple parts. If you get stuck on one, identify and solve for any elements you do know.[6]
- Always double check your math, including the numbers you're working with and any units of measurement.
Community Q&A
How do I concentrate when I am studying?wikiHow ContributorIdentify weaknesses, the things that distract you like, TV, music, friends, food, internet - remove these things. Then, create a clear timetable, a plan with measure-able goals to set your study against.Then, re-read your plan; as from your question, there is evidence you need to double check your spelling.
How to study during study leaves when there is a lot of material to cover?wikiHow ContributorGet in a routine. Don't study for more than 3 hours at a time without taking a half hour break. Keep at it. Don't get distracted by any social media or TV. Try and eat healthy natural foods and get a good night's sleep.
How do I get my mind ready to study?wikiHow ContributorRemove distractions, get good sleep, and small bit of exercise. Make a study plan. Schedule small rewards for meeting short terms goals such as a piece of chocolate, 5 minutes on music etc.
I'm not very good at math. Can I still do well in engineering?Liza GaylordA strong basis in math and physics is critical for being an engineer. If math is not your subject, this probably isn't the career for you.
Is it necessary to memorize it as it is in the text in engineering courses, or should I produce answers in my own words?Liza GaylordThankfully, most engineering is not about memorizing. Answers in your own words are generally better.
- Try to meet a couple of people in each course who you can bounce questions off of and study with.
- Stay organized from the beginning. This will eliminate the need to catch up later.
- Stay connected. Join social groups and clubs that focus on your field of study, such as Women in Engineering (WIE) or American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
- "Measure twice, cut once." The old carpentry adage applies to engineering, too: check and double check your work before you turn it in.
- Study daily at least for one hour.
Sources and Citations
- ↑ https://www.cpp.edu/~rosenkrantz/skills2.htm
- ↑ http://mintaka.sdsu.edu/faculty/wfw/CLASSES/WISE/strategies.pdf
- ↑ http://www.colorado.edu/engineering/academics/support/success-tips
- ↑ http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/Columns/Surviving-School.html
- ↑ https://www.utdallas.edu/~dlm/How%20to%20get%20an%20A%202006.pdf
- ↑ http://www.sfjohnson.com/acad/studying/studying.htm
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I bring new and adorable stylish fingerless gloves for you. This is special for spring season and wearing for other occasions, when you to wear colorful outfits and you wear the chunky gloves too you are looking a great personality to others. this is a best choice for the girls who are going to schools and out in the morning for their other works when her hand are cover with a beautiful fingerless gloves she feel better than working.
Anyway today I get to share my pattern the fingerless gloves. This perfect violet color is favorite color of all those who love and want to carry wonderful bright colors to match their outfit I hope you will be enjoy this easy pattern and follow to make for your own or gifted to others in many occasions. It can be easy to change in other sizes; it is the medium size gloves to fit in normal hands I made a head band to match the gloves.
I making different things whole of the year, I made many of the things for home decors, some of the baby design and many of the adult. I made many of the glove design and share with you; I hope this pattern is the perfect for the gloves loving friends. I am using a cotton DK yarn for these gloves and make the same video.
This tutorial help you easy to understand the design I made how the thumb section and how I working in the thumb again. I added a 3 double crochet stitches in same stitch. The edges I am using a single crochet stitch.
Enjoy this easy granny type fingerless pattern and write about me as a friend. If you want more help so please join my face book page. Write me about the pattern you like and appreciate. You also share me to the email i will help.
Gauge: (6dc x 3 row = 1 inch)
Size: medium
Item to be need:
Violet Dk cotton yarn 4ply
Crochet hook 3mm/ D3.25mm
Crochet needle
US term abbreviation:c. crochet
ch. Chain
sc. Single crochet
dc. Double crochet
slst. Slip stitch
st. Stitch
sts. Stitches
rnd. Round
rpt. Repeat
sp. Space
sps. Spaces
skp. Skip
Special stitch: 3 double crochet in same stitch (see how to make the stitch)
Rnd1: ch14, sc in 2nd ch from the hook, sc in each ch across, turn. (13)
Rnd2: ch1, sc in same st, sc in each st across, turn. (13)
Rnd3-28: repeat Rnd 2 (13)
Note: Do not fasten off sew two ends together to form a cuff into the wrong side, slst in
each st across, come out the front and begin the next round by crocheting along the edge
of the cuff to start the hand part of the glove.
Work in the round, joining at the end and continue work the same direction.
Rnd1: ch1, sc in same st, pick up 27 sc more along the edge, slst to join in 1st sc. (28)
Pattern round:
Rnd2: ch3 (as count dc), 2 dc into the same st, *skip next st, 3 dc in next st*, rpt *to*
around, slst to join in 1st st, slst in next 2 sts, slst in next sp.
Rnd3: into sp ch3 (as count dc), 2dc in same sp, 3 dc in next sp, rpt 3 dc in each sp around,
slst to join in 1st st, slst in next 2 sts, slst in next sp.
Rnd4-5: repeat Rnd3.
Make thumb:
Rnd6: into sp ch3 (as count dc), 2dc in same sp, 3 dc in each next 3 sps, skip next 3 sps for
the thumb, 3dc in next sp, rpt 3dc in each of the next remaining sps, slst to join in
1st st, slst in next 2 sts, slst in next sp.
Rnd7-10: repeat Rnd3.
Rnd10-11: ch1, sc in same st, sc in each st around, slst to join in 1st sc. Fasten off
Working around the thumb:
Rnd1: join yarn into the corner sp facing you, into sp ch3 (as count dc), 2dc in same sp,
3 dc in each of next 3 sps, 3dc into the opposite side corner sp, slst to join in 1st st.
Rnd2-3: ch1, sc in same st, sc in each st around, slst to join in 1st sc.
Fasten off weave in end.
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Taken from Great Moments in Framing. Read the article, if you don't think the picture justifies my title.
Also see a very interesting post by Scott Aaronson, from where I got the link in the first place:
Consider the following template, which (with small variations) might describe a third of the world's movies and novels:
- Girl, the protagonist, is set to marry the well-off, educated Dependable Guy, who does something insufferable for a living such as working. Girl's parents strongly favor this union.
- Girl meets (or re-meets) Dashing Artist Guy, who steals her heart away. In the closing scene, Girl and DAG walk happily into the sunset; Dependable Guy is not shown.
[…](The writers stack the odds)
in Dashing Artist Guy's favor by making Dependable Guy some combination of mean, old, lecherous, ugly, humorless, or vengeful, or by making Girl's marriage to him a forced one. (Think of Cal in Titanic or Lazar Wolf in Fiddler on the Roof.) In the more interesting variants, Dependable Guy might have none of the negative qualities, and Girl might be shown agonizing over a genuine choice—but she still always goes for DAG in the end.
Interestingly, the writers invariably stack the deck further by portraying DAG as 100% committed to Girl—even though a realistic assessment might find that if DAG stole one heart, then he can and will steal plenty of others as well, and thus the notion of Girl and DAG living together happily ever after may simply represent audience members' wish-fulfillment fantasy. Indeed, skepticism about DAG's long-term motives might be the reason Girl's parents favor Dependable Guy.
I find it a little ironic that I'm supporting something that holds up what is a de-facto arranged marriage as a more sensible alternative, but I console myself by thinking that people who know me (or regular readers here, for that matter) will understand the nuances of the situation.


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I love scary movies. Not gory slasher flicks, but ghosts, portals to hell, and haunted houses (and a scene where someone has to look through microfilm to find old news articles.) But, I can't help but notice that they are getting a bit cliché. I've put together a list of suggestions if you ever find yourself in a scary movie setting. They could just save your life...
1. When a house tells you to get out, GET OUT.
2. Do not let your dog dig…anywhere.
3. If you have lost a loved one, by no means participate in any kind of ceremony to bring them back.
4. If you hear a noise in the middle of the night, instead of grabbing a baseball bat and walking around in the dark, grab your keys and leave.
5. Never walk into a cornfield.
6. If you and your friends are bored, go bowling. Breaking into the town's creepiest abandoned house is the last thing you should do. Actually, drinking in a cemetery is the last thing you should do.
7. Avoid little girls with braids.
8. Always, ALWAYS walk forward. If you must walk backward, at least look behind you first.
9. Never take the trash out after dark.
10. Add a priest to your speed dial.
11. You should immediately leave town if you experience any of the following:
An unusually large amount of crows, bees, or flies
A large hole which doesn't seem to have a bottom (and whatever you do, don't drop something in to see how deep it is).
A doll, ANY doll
Your new neighbors moving in after dark
A chair rocking by itself (not necessarily a rocking chair)
Your child's imaginary friend talking back
12. When searching for something or someone, never suggest splitting up.
13. And last, but not least, if you need to check into a motel in the middle of the night, look for a brightly lit Holiday Inn in the center of town. Evil has never checked into a Holiday Inn.
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Last weekend we switched my sons room {big} with our guest/walk in closet {small}. My son loves it even though it is small. It connects with our bedroom. It was designed as a Victorian dressing room in 1910, now it has a small bed and the floor is covered in legos. My has been battling wanting to sleep with us for a few years, so at least now we can open the door between the two rooms and he can see us. I am working hard to make these rooms cute so I will have pictures soon. I am trying to go room by room and declutter, paint moldings and just basically simplify and spiffy things up.
The only room 80% done is the living room.
{iphone picture-sorry. I also hope I don't get sick of this color combo. My entire downstairs is decorated in green, blue and citron}
See the window tables? Blog post on that this week, I left my camera at my shop this week.
I have been loading up on projects for the shop but my daughter has been sick and home with me. It is good to spend some quiet time with her and putter around the house getting little things done that I have been avoiding for years.
Hope I am not the next one to get sick, I want to get that window blog post for you!


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As Greece faces an uncertain future in terms of it's solvency and relationship to the European Union after an historic vote which may prove pivitol in the history of both democracy and international economic affairs I thought it fitting to play a slice of hiphop from Greece. Fortunately I stumbled fairly quickly over this hopefull sounding banger from Sins; a prophetic "Live as One" hook haunts the track as headknodding melodic flows referencing Cronus provide the subtance that at the moment is unfortunately elusive. Any translaters, or Sins if you are out there get at me to break the lyrics down!
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- This was a typical Wings game in so many ways. They sleep-walked through the first half of the game before deciding that it might be worth their while to actually try. In the end, it was too little, too late. Sure, they almost got away with it, but this is the Stanley Cup Playoffs and playing half games isn't going to cut it. Especially not against a goalie like Pekka Rinne.
- [Generic comment about how awful the officiating continues to be.] Seriously though, these guys were ostensibly chosen to ref the playoffs because they're the cream of the crop. It makes you wonder how bad the guys who didn't get the call for the playoffs are.
- Johan Franzen. I wanted to see Angry Beast Mule, not Angry, Stupid Mule today. I usually love it when he plays angry, but there's a difference between channeling that anger into energy and motivation and letting it get the better of you.
- How do those of you not in CBC broadcast areas cope? NBC was up to its usual level of greatness today. I delayed the switch to CBC for a long time because we don't get it in HD, but eventually I chose a high quality broadcast over a high definition one. During the commercial break after the Mule spear, it was pretty apparent from people on Twitter that those watching the NBC feed had no idea what was going on. We, however, had seen replays and were well into the yelling at Franzen stage by the time CBC cut to commercial.
- Pavel's goal was awesome. What was Rinne thinking about in that moment? Was he trying to remember if he set his DVR to record a show? Wondering where to eat dinner? We should make a list of the possibilities.
- The goal-that-almost-was at the end of the second was brutal. It was very apparent from the replays that it went in just a fraction of a second too late, but it's hard not to imagine all the tenths of seconds that were lost from the clock earlier in the period. The same thing happened to Team USA in the gold medal game in Vancouver.
- It was nice of Zetterberg to score so that the game was just close enough to give us hope for the last minute.
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Red Wings 2, Predators 3: Post Game Snipes...
Labels: Detroit Red Wings, Henrik Zetterberg, Johan Franzen, Nashville Predators, Pekka Rinne, playoffs, Shea Weber
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Final version finally. I like the bright pink against the green. It took a long time to sew the pink letters to their white background with pink thread with tiny stitches. I used 3 strands of my 6 strand embroidery thread to sew the white letter background onto the green and white cat. Going through 3 layers of the iron-on adhesive plus the sweatshirt with the embroidery needle was tough on my fingertips, but somehow I made it. ;)
Off to collapse into bed! Life is mostly cats and work, cats and work lately. Mostly I'm grateful to the 365 cat project for keeping me feeling balanced.


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All books at the Hogsmeade Literary Festival have had a tracking charm cast on them. This helps the various store owners and their assistants ensure that no-one is casting any doubling or summoning charms, as these would greatly undermine the books' market values.
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Kitchen Remodeling Denver
Basics and the top important things about kitchen remodeling
If each day you might be walking into your kitchen area just to be welcomed by outdated home appliances, worn-out cabinets and scuffed countertops, you are missing a whole lot and you will give some thought to purchasing kitchen remodeling to update your home. Renovating your kitchen will give you an easy way to produce a detectable difference on how your kitchen feels and a very good chance to align your 18th century kitchen design using the styles and themes in the 21st century. In addition, it's really a great way to lengthy kitchen an even flow with other aspects of your life. Otherwise, it doesn't sound right so that you can have tablets, laptops…and each of the latest and up-to-date gadgets along with you yet you're preparing your diet in an outdated kitchen you'll want your life moving together evenly towards re-discovering current technologies.
Kitchen Remodeling Denver - Fortunately, kitchen remodeling is certainly not much of a daunting endeavor which should supply you with the gumption you need started. However, in the event that it doesn't stir you enough to get going, here are several more reasons why you shouldn't delay anymore to attempt a exhilarating kitchen remodeling which will keep your property shining with luster.
First, kitchen remodeling will give you the freedom to create a kitchen that matches your choice, fashion and lifestyle. As an example, if you want a kitchen with ample space to lead you to move around easily, you can pick the open kitchen model which provides a sizable free living space in your kitchen. Conversely, it is possible to prefer to update or completely make positive changes to kitchen counter-tops and cabinets allow it a mood of your liking and preferably one which rhymes together with the overall decor of your property. To reduce the story short, kitchen remodeling gives you unique ways to modify your kitchen and align it using your preferences.
Unlike purchasing a new kitchen which restricts one to choosing only from the easily obtainable options, remodeling your kitchen makes you the king. You select how much to invest, whether to remodel the entire kitchen in order to only select and boost small volumes of, which what to use, when you start, recognize the business to employ to do the job etc. You may even choose to break the duty into small parts specifically if you are inexpensively. Perhaps, you will only be doing regular the counter-tops on this occasion round. Then next month you change the stove and also the fridge... It's all up to you.
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ok, some of those were unspoilered, ill fix that. atm, i am the only local mod here.
After seeing Loras sucking Ranly cock, it is a good moment to say 'I told you so'.
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:Through entire serial Ranly is depicted as being same as Robert in his youth both by looks and temper. So, no way gay.
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
I must shamefully admit that I completely missed the Renly and the Loras homosexual thing. Didn't even think about Loras being gay. I must re-read the books to get a better understanding.
Shields and swords will win you wars -
But in the end, the battle's for our hearts are fought by bards.
I had a lot of friends who didnt see that either so I explained that to them after the scene at the tourney where littlefinger points it out and then 10 min later BAM we get hit with the blatant and overly obvious gayness of Renly. I really wish it had been more subtle
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
read the quote and follow the link
At the tournament Littlefinger and Renly have some witty banter going back and forth. When they make a bet Renly says littelfinger could use the winnings to buy a friend. After he wins he tells littlefinger that its a shame because it would have been nice for him to have a friend. Littlefinger gestures to Loras and asks when Renly will be having him. (something like that)
Dont blame yourself. I can only remember that Renly was slightly effeminate (peaches, nice clothes, rainbow gaurd) Loras went into that rage after renly died and killed the gaurds and the fact that Loras said he took Renly's body to a "secret" place that only they knew about
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Check out my new LOTR fan(tastic) fiction here: The Accountant's Trial
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We saw lots of flooded fields, but never saw a flooded road. Since the flood walls were up, I don't even have any idea how high the river was.
Only one time were the crowds not tolerable and that was Wednesday morning when it was pouring rain. The Pavilion was shoulder-to-shoulder and I thought I was going to explode. Patience isn't one of my finest virtues, you know.
We exchanged little gifts the first night and here's what I received, a sewing machine table mat with pockets, a potato bag, a little change or credit card holder, a sewing kit case that will hold a small mat and notions, a notepad with pencils, ribbon and a button, a needle case.
I made mug rugs to give:
This is what I got into my Fabric Flurry zip lock bags. Most of the pieces are half-yards. There are a couple one yard pieces and one FQ. I purchased 2 ziplock bags for $1.00 each and got to stuff them with all we could. You had to close the bag all the way. I was certainly happy that I was at the front of the line and actually stood right at the table.
Other purchase included stencils, some swag rulers, heart ruler, some quilt hangers, and a couple mini wholecloths.
More to come tomorrow...
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Paducah 2011
Labels: fabric flurry, mug rug, Paducah, quilt hangers, stencils, swag rulers
3 comments:
- Jennifer said...
You got great stuff! My mom has some water/floodgates on her blog (knitstitchquilt). Glad you were still able to enjoy the show!
- May 1, 2011 at 10:10 PM
- Gari said...
Sounds like Paducah was fun and worthwhile. I hope to go next year: it will be a first for me.
- May 2, 2011 at 8:14 PM
- fiberobsession said...
The road at Big Bear to the marina was clear on Thursday but Friday was totally under water. By Sat. it had come up even more. Luckily, it never got to our abode.
I didn't even measure how much fabric I got. I didn't want to be scared. I, too, still bought much less than most of the others.
- May 3, 2011 at 9:21 AM
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|Image Credit: Lionsgate Films
If I might offer a few brief reflections about the movie, I would highlight 3 comparisons one can make between the farmer workers labor movement lead by Chavez and the call to Christian missions/ministry.
First, compassion. The film starts by Chavez quitting his previous position with the CSO (Community Service Organization) to live among Latino/a American farm workers, work with them in their back-breaking conditions, and encourage them to seek more for their families than the camp-like conditions in which they lived. We can't share the gospel unless we walk with people in their sufferings.
Second, sacrifice, fasting, proclamation, unity, courage, and creative wisdom are stronger weapons in the war against evil than violence. Here I would say: watch the film! See the kind of sacrifices that Chavez made, even straining his relationships with his wife and children (especially with his eldest son), his 25-day fast (and as a Christian, it's not enough to starve but I would add that prayer must accompany fasting), and his perseverance through some major disappointments over a long, painful 5-year strike. When you do, it is quite a challenge to the church to exercise the same moral courage and even go beyond this. Fear paralyzes, but faith can overcome fear.
Third, humility. Every leader needs to be able to take corporate responsibility for what his group or church does. There is a climatic moment in the film when Chavez addresses his closest followers and makes this confession: "I failed you as a leader." On the heels when some of his closest followers let the rage get the best of them and they resorted to violence, Chavez felt responsibility for what they did. Pastors need to be able to say: "I failed you" when our congregation sins, but also encourage them: "But let's repent together."
Cesar Chavez was not a perfect person in any sense of the word, nor does the film try to portray him as one. His very real broken relationship with his eldest son makes it all so clear how fragile human beings can be. But I don't think any missionary or pastor can ignore the moment (and the knife in one's heart) when Chavez's son shows how angry he is over his father's unavailability and absence. Chavez was just so busy with the mission at hand, he could not help his son when Fernando was viciously bullied at school for his father's work. Ministry, like movements, involves putting our families through tough situations. We see them suffer at times because of our callings. This film brings out vividly some of those moments. It made me theologically reflect on my call to ministry and ask what sacrifices I and my family have had to go through so we can all be faithful to the Lord and his people.
Hope you have a chance to see the film! It's well worth the effort to catch it in its limited engagement at the theaters.


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The Boston Globe Magazine Sunday ran a detailed article by Niel Swidey on some of the research on What Makes People Gay. I haven't seen most of the research — I'm suspicious of much of it, but more as a knee-jerk reaction than for real reasons — and so refer you to the relatively reasoned article. I did want to point out that the media these days has come to consensus: "gay" is the preferred term for "non-straight", in spite of the male bias. This is disappointing, as it reinforces a male norm and obscures queer womens' experiences. That said, Swidey's article does a good job of pointing out differences and similarities between male and female sexual orientation identification, and that there has been extremely little research on female non-heterosexuality.
I have, in fact, only one complaint about the article, and it's more a complaint about language in general than about this specific article. I wish that people would continue to use the phrase "sexual orientation identity" rather than "sexual orientation". It's slightly clunkier, but "sexual orientation" already fails marvelously to roll off the tongue. No, I want to preserve the word "identity" to remind people that these categories may change over time, both for individuals and for society. It is currently the case, says Swidey, that how (American) men identify has a lot to do with their sexual arousal patterns, whereas women's identities don't seem to correlate with arousal, since most women tend to be aroused by women and men. I would like to remind people that this is at least as much a function of how society has chosen to define the terms with which people self-identify as it is a function of individual biology and socialization.
Let me repeat myself: I have no doubt that prenatal biology, genetics, etc. have profound impacts on how people behave. But how people identify is an interaction between their actual behavior and the categories as defined by their specific society. There may be a gay gene, in the sense that there may be a cluster of genes that predispose someone towards identifying as queer in this society. But if the category weren't there....
And it is in our interest as activists to change the categories' definitions so that everyone can be queer. So that the default is non-heteronormativity.


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'I Have a Dream': Yearning for Dr. King's Interconnected World
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"Martin Luther King JR: Ecological Thinker"
I offer this in honour of Black History Month
And of our forthcoming coming conference in Lucca, Tuscany, 28 August-1 September 2018
'OUR SACRED EARTH: 'Spiritual Ecology, Values-led Economics, Education and Society Responding to Ecological Crisis'
"All I'm saying is simply this, that all life is interrelated, that somehow we're caught in an inescapable network of mutuality tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly. For some strange reason, I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. You can never be what you ought to be until I am what I ought to be. This is the interrelated structure of reality."~ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, 1965
"It really boils down to this: that all life is interrelated."
'Reading through his consistent references to the universe and the cosmos, to interrelatedness, interdependence, and connectedness, to mutuality and participation, an inescapable conclusion dawned on me: Martin Luther King was an ecological thinker.'
"We've played havoc with the destiny of the world," he said in his last months. "Somewhere we must make it clear that we are concerned about the survival of the world."
"Martin Luther King JR: Ecological Thinker"*
Read more: 'I Have a Dream': Yearning for Dr. King's Interconnected World


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Scientist: Bosnian Hill May Have Pyramid - Yahoo! News: "By AIDA CERKEZ-ROBINSON, Associated Press Writer
Sat Dec 3,10:27 PM ET
VISOKO, Bosnia-Herzegovina - With eyes trained to recognize pyramids hidden in the hills of El Salvador, Mexico and Peru, Semir Osmanagic has been drawn to the mound overlooking this central Bosnian town.
'It has all the elements: four perfectly shaped slopes pointing toward the cardinal points, a flat top and an entrance complex,' he said, gazing at the hill and wondering what lies beneath.
No pyramids are known in Europe, and there is no evidence any ancient civilization there ever attempted to build one.
But Osmanagic, a Bosnian archaeologist who has spent the last 15 years studying the pyramids of Latin America, suspects there is one here in his Balkan homeland."
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