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But Nicholas Payton has their number.
Though highly unlikely, let's say my audience in Eilat would be comprised of nothing but Zionist oppressors: Has anyone thought that perhaps those who most need to hear love in action through music are the people who think it's cool to fuck over others? Why should all attendees of the festival be punished for the actions of a few assholes in power? Sometimes you've got to go into the belly of the beast to make progress. If you always boycott and refuse to use your art to heal those most in need, what's the point? Not only am I an artist, but I'm a cultural diplomat. It is my job to open people's hearts and minds all over the world through the power of art.
By your way of thinking, I would never play another jazz festival or club again. Jazz itself is musical apartheid. It's the whitewashing of Black music. It was stolen from Black people who aren't still fully credited, and to this day, is not controlled by Blacks. White people make most of the money and the very existence of the White race—which enables White supremacy and privilege—is apartheid to all people of color. So any time I play a gig anywhere, I am serving The Colony. It's all dirty money. If I refused to play jazz venues or refused to teach at jazz schools, I would be doing the ancestors and the music a disservice. So whereas for you, "Eilat" may be a name that has an oppressive connotation, to me, the name "JAZZ" has the same effect.
I refuse to boycott Eilat and I refuse to boycott jazz venues, for your reasons, so those of you who are trolling me online about my decision to play the Red Sea Jazz Festival are just wasting your time trying to call me out. How much do any of you know about who I am, anyways? How many of my recordings do you own? How many of my shows have you attended? You appear to only be interested in using Nicholas Payton for your own personal, political narrative. I write my own stories. I don't allow others to define me and will not be pressured into feeling guilty about using my life passion to instill more beauty in the world.
Thanks, Nicholas Payton for calling out the hypocrisy of the BDS movement, and how counter-productive it is to target art and music for cultural boycotts.
The BDS holes, including social media regulars Tali Shapiro, Sylvia Posadas and Emma Rosenthal remain undaunted and continued to stalk Payton using a variety of sock-puppet accounts after their own accounts were banned
The BDS holes, including social media regulars Tali Shapiro, Sylvia Posadas and Emma Rosenthal remain undaunted and continued to stalk Payton using a variety of sock-puppet accounts after their own accounts were banned


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When I was taught about globalisation at school, I remember the economics part, which explained how economies of scale would allow the world to buy more and buy cheaper. Yet, in today's society some of the most common products that are bought and sold every day are becoming increasingly more expensive. Yes, we must argue supply and demand affects the price as well and in a way it's part of the freedom of living in a capitalist society.
This is why I wanted to make you aware of the biggest rip-offs that currently exist in most of our lives. Firstly, this will hopefully make you extra cautious if and when you purchase them and secondly, becoming aware of these can also help you look for a better deal, find more suitable alternatives or simply ignore the pressure that marketing companies apply to buy them in the first place.
I have based the following information on a new book, which has been released by Nobel-prize winning economists George Akerlof and Robert Shiller, which delves into the economy as well as the regular purchasing encounters that we the consumer face. If you know a bit about economics then you may have heard of Adam Smith's term "invisible hand", which many economists consider one of the most powerful metaphors in all of economics.
The "invisible hand" implies that society can be better off through self-interested behaviour, which at the time was the most revolutionary way of looking at the free-market philosophy so many of us know today.
Yet, our perception of this is warped, argue Akerlof and Shiller, because although we all put our faith into free markets, to what degree exactly is the invisible hand actually controlling us? Similar to the American dream, so many live and die by that philosophy, yet over 95% of them never make reach the millionaire status they seem to believe is entirely possible with a bit of hard work.
Akerlof and Shiller best describe what I'm trying to say through the following statement:
"We see the cornucopia that free markets have delivered. But just as every coin has two sides, so do free markets. The same human ingenuity that produces the cornucopia also goes into the art of the salesman. Free markets produce good-for-me/good-for-you's; but they also produce good-for-me/bad-for-you's. They do both, so long as profit can be made. The free market may be humans' most powerful tool. But like all very powerful tools, it is also a two-edges sword."
So let's take a look at some of the most dangerous scenarios that we can get pressured into buying.
Purchasing a new car is among the most costly decisions many of us will make if we ever get the chance, which is also what makes it one of the most important. Yet, the most laughable fact is that the majority of us have such little experience buying new cars that we are immediately put at a huge disadvantage. Akerlof and Shiller cite in their latest book a study which states that new car buyers pay almost $2,000 more, compared to those who have a better insight into the true value of that vehicle.
The study also looked into how car salesman would use three effective strategies to get more money out of us:
- Convincing consumers that they needed the most expensive options
- Manipulating and negotiating the trade-in price of an older vehicle
- Selling the convenience of expensive long term leasing
A home is the single most expensive purchase any of us will make, again if we are lucky enough to be able to afford one. This is why along with the combination of our lack of experience, its one of the biggest rip-offs to exist. Most of us don't fully understand the construction and potential pitfalls of structural flaws. However, in Australia the average real estate fees that are paid sit at around 2.22%. The highest is in Tamsmania at 3.26% and the lowest is in South Australia at 2.07%.
Yet, you must ask yourself, are these fees justified? Nobody besides the agency can really say for sure, but how can we argue that point with them as they'll surely disagree. All I know is that in other countries such as the UK for example the average is 1% and I have seldom heard of my friends in England complaining about bad service.
Credit Cards
Those little plastic cards can quickly become eye-wateringly costly if not managed carefully, not to mention interest rates that would probably make our grandparents faint. Yet they are still so common in modern society, but why? You may be one of the good credit card owner who pays their debts on time every month and that's great for you, but you still might want to consider getting rid of it. Akerlof and Shiller analysed studies which showed that people with credit cards have a tendency to spend 50% more for common purchases like clothes compared to those who don't own one.
Akerlof and Shiller deem Hungry Jack's as a great example of how a company can captivate their consumers to want products that don't actually make them any better off. The worst product has to be the Ultimate Double Whopper that is possibly Australia's unhealthiest burger. Besides its huge 5040kJ per burger, it also contains an unbelievable 80g of fat and almost 2 days worth of sodium. Tactful marketing and strategically placed outlets allowed this company to go global due to its great taste and convenience based eating. We underestimate the effort and investment that went into understanding our weak moments and hunger traits.
These burgers along with a host of other fast food items aren't necessarily a huge financial rip-off, but combined with the toll that they take on our health they should certainly be considered more seriously.
Social Media
Capitalism makes innovation one of the most beautiful parts of our system, but not all innovation is created equally. Some can be miraculous and save lives across the planet, whilst others can simply be used to lure innocent customers into doing things that are harmful to themselves.
Akerloff and Shiller give a prime example known as Facebook. Yes, the website and app allows you to stay in touch with friends and family across the world, receive information about social events and news, but it also creates negative emotions too. Envy is a prolific sensation many users experience along with social isolation. The two authors draw from a recent study conducted by the University of Michigan which found that the more time people spent using Facebook, the worse they felt. Yet, even though this information is widely available, people still continue to sign in ever day by the hundreds of millions.

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Not much is private anymore. I haven't had a baby in 13 years and 13 years ago technology and the access to the Internet was NOT on this level. Did I even have a cell phone? I had no cell, no digital camera, I was not on a Facebook, there was no Twitter, for sure no IG and no one was "sharing" or "hash tagging" or tweeting or blogging their every thought. So my life with a brand new Kai girl was private, void of pictures (other than the ones that landed themselves trapped in a drug store bought, roll rewind, disposable camera. No one expected her picture in the first 24 hours of her life or wanted to know the details of her birth or expected to get the announcement she arrived while the doctor was still stitching my va-j...
So now that baby Kai, my second born, only boy is here, I just want to keep an element of him to myself for as long as possible. Yes, I am aware that I am responsible for the curious hype surrounding his life. I am the one who overshared the details of my entire, frustrating pregnancy. I am the one who drew everyone in and made them hopeful for a baby that they may never meet. But... I just want to keep a piece of him to myself for as long as I can. I take full responsibility for the buzz I created and hope that my FB status update and less than head shot photos of him were enough to suffice any initial curiosities. Yes, I know I have you all like... "We want more!" But for now, just for a small moment, I just want to have him all to myself and I promise to give the people what they want... in time, on my time, some time "soon".
For the record, I think he is beautiful. He has the most perfect eyes and beautiful lips and he looks just like Mr. Brawner :). I'm hoping his little brown freckles are a sign of some color to come cause I'd like to walk around with a brown baby who resembles me in some small way. But if he stays the color of corn, I'll love him just the same.
So I appreciate your cyber love for him, I hope you all really get to meet him in real life sometime because I have this problem where I love people I social network interact with daily. I feel like you all apart of my real life and I am bff's with people I haven't shared air with in 15 years or EVER in some cases. And I'd love for you to know him as well. But for now, I just want to hold him close and keep him to myself.
Just not enough is private anymore, but I promise to catch you up on Baby Kai soon. For now though. Baby Kai aka...
Malakai Julius Brawner
Born: August 6, 2013
Weighing: 7lbs 11oz
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Friday, July 3, 2009
Candid: Rihanna Headed To 1 Oak Nightclub
Here are some candid shots of singer Rihanna on her way to 1 Oak nightclub Monday night (Jun 29) in New York City to help Allegra Versace celebrate her 23rd birthday.
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First off I would just like to say that we had an awesome driver today! He might have scared the living crap out of us by driving so fast but he was super nice and reminded of the New Yorkers you would see on TV. At one point he actually rolled down his window and yelled at people and he would also honk at people. When we were driving back to the hotel he turned the mix up really loud and started flashing the inside lights, it was like having our own little party! Cool!
So besides having a really awesome driver, we visited the Council Foreign Relations or CFR. In the meeting with CFR with spoke with Ed Husain. Mr. Husain specializes in the Islam foreign relations and I learned a great deal about the events that have occurred over the last year in the major Islam areas. It was great to learn the Tunisia actually started the power of over throwing the government. The surrounding countries felt that if Tunisia, a little man, could do it then why couldn't they? While there we were allowed to take books and I actually took three. One is about the education reform in America. Another one is about the drug wars occurring in Mexico. Finally the last book is about the violence in Central America. I look forward to reading all of these books, especially the education one because I believe it will help me with Elementary Education major.
The second place we saw today was the Intrepid. I thought this place would have been interesting then it was. It was interesting only because of the military background I have. Also my uncle is retired Navy so it was cool to take pictures and send them to him. I sent him on of an old missile and he said he actually had the chance to see a real one be blown up. Also, I saw the airplane that Will Smith hit golf balls off during the movie I Am Legend. We started to get hungry and decided to walk across the street and get some food from a street vender. Let me just say this, this is the worst experience I had New York while here. I don't have much to complain because if this is the worst it was for me, then I think I made off pretty well. Anyway the street vendor ended up charging four dollars for a tiny hotdog and five dollars for a bottle of water. It was beyond ridiculous considering I had previously paid four dollars for TWO hotdogs. Needless to say I will never eat at this street vendor again and told all my friends not to eat there as well.
After that angry experience we went to pick up our tour guide and headed over to China Town. If you ever get the chance to come to New York you have to go China Town. It is whole another experience. It smells extremely weird and you feel like you're in foreign country rather than the other way around. I bought a pair of pants for ten dollars in China Town that would have costed 20 dollars in Times Square. DEAL!!!
Before dinner we went and walked around Saint Patricks Church. This is the second biggest church in New York and where Jackie Kennedy attended church when she was younger. Her family even donated a alter to the church which is prohibited from being photographed. : ( We didn't spend much time in here because we were on our way to the Rockefeller Center to go to the top of the rock! I for one did not like the elevator up or down! We had to ride the elevator all the way up to the 67 floor! It was crazy! Once we reached the top it was beyond amazing! It was seeing New York from a whole new persecutive. We could see all the places we had been in the past three days and all the places we hadn't been. We could even see New Jersey. Being at the top of the rock is probably one of my favorite experiences of the trip. Today was defiantly my favorite day of the trip though. Although my the end of the day I was ready to just sit down and stop walking on my feet. I never knew my feet could hurt so bad from this much walking. I have no idea how people do it here.
After the top of the rock we and ate at Mama Sabarro's. It was an Italian buffet, which was delicious! It also provided us with plenty of food to last us the next day also but we weren't able to save any of it. When dinner was done we went and walked around Times Square and had a blast on our last night! I can't wait to return sometime again! New York truly is an awesome place to visit.


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Very exciting!!! I received my first letter from Cody! It was such a happy surprise today!
If you want to mail him a letter or postcard, here is his addy and it must be EXACTLY as this:
Recruit Bradley, Cody J
3rd BN Kilo Ptl 3225
38990 Midway Ave
San Diego, CA 92140-3225
He cannot receive any packages or gifts, and any pics sent are shared with everyone!
I will write more later. I am off to mail letters out to Cody!!
This video is from the last day Cody was home when we headed off to take my son and his best friend to camp!!
Friday, August 24, 2007
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- Chris Theux said...
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- August 29, 2007 at 10:44 AM
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text: Heavy rain combined to numerous neon signs made Manhattan and Times Square look like an endless sea of lights, as the puddles of water mirrored colours spreading along the streets. Tourists strotting around Times Sq. were hiding under their umbrellas, trying to find a better shelter from the rain. We took advantage of the awful weather and put our camera ready for some great nighttime photos. I was holding an umbrella, trying to protect the camera while Markus was taking the photos. Finally, when the rain stopped and the streets looked even more beautiful – our camera decided to run out of battery. Maybe it was a sign, that not all moments are meant to be photographed.


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It is a weekEnd anyway....Want to surf with me ? but it isn't on the beach, it is on outer space. Don't be suprise like that buddy...Well we know that there is the special one that can do that thing. It is Silver Surfer. Want to know more...??
Lets do surfing to other planet with me....!!!
Lets do surfing to other planet with me....!!!
Devour him into your collection!
Don't let him roam from your sights!
Highly detailed!
From Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer comes this 1:6 scale Silver Surfer Fine Art Bust. The "Sentinel of the Spaceways" measures 9-inches tall. Entering into a devil's bargain with Galactus in order to spare his own world, Norrin Radd would become the devourer's herald searching out planets for his master to destroy.
In the film, the Surfer scouts the Earth, running afoul of the Fantastic Four and the villainous Dr. Doom, yet repents and fights for Earth, battling Galactus himself! Sculpted by Sejiro Manabe, Silver Surfer leans forward, clutching his cosmic surfboard with his right hand, his left outstretched for balance. The hero's skin is smooth metallic silver, exactly recreating his appearance in the blockbuster film Surfer rests atop a deluxe marquee-style based with the movie logo that actually lights up! Furthermore, each bust in this limited edition has a hand-etched number on the back of the base.
Kotobukiya did a great job here...
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In 2011, gourmet burgers, cupcakes and frozen yogurt topped the list of popular franchise trends. To start the New Year, The Sixth Annual Franchise Expo South returned to South Florida on January 20-22, 2012 where visitors were offered a unique opportunity to see what the future of franchising holds. From the basics of buying a franchise to launching a brand internationally, the show addressed today's hot topics and brought in thousands of entrepreneurs, current franchise owners, and veterans interested in owning their own franchise business. Sponsored by the International Franchise Association, the Expo was held at the Miami Beach Convention Center and featured educational seminars and conferences, several of which had been approved for Certified Franchise Executive (CFE) accreditation, in addition to the franchisor exhibits on the tradeshow floor.
"Franchising is very important to South Florida's economy, as it creates business opportunities for entrepreneurs and more local jobs, especially for the thousands of American troops who will be re-entering the workforce next year," said Tom Portesy, president of MFV Expositions, producers of Franchise Expo South. "In fact, more than 825,000 franchises support 18 million U.S. jobs and contribute $2.1 trillion to our nation's economy, proving that franchising has a significant impact."
After three years of restrained growth, due to the recession and its lingering effects, franchise businesses show signs of recovery in 2012, with establishment growth forecast at 1.9 percent, according to a new report by IHS Global Insight for the International Franchise Association Educational Foundation. The Franchise Business Economic Outlook: 2012 forecasted modest growth in the number of establishments in each of the 10 business lines in the report, including automotive, business services, commercial & residential services, lodging, personal services, quick service restaurants, real estate, retail food, retail products & services and table/full service restaurants.
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MFV produces the leading franchise events worldwide. These global events consistently bring together franchise concepts, at all investment levels, with the most qualified visitors seeking to own their own business. For access to online franchise opportunities, MFV also offers web-based resources, lead management tools and solutions for generating sales. For more information about MFV Expositions, visit www.mfvexpo.com or call 201-226-1130.


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PICTURE HEAVY POST...you have been warned!
We ventured off to Stearns Wharf in Santa Barbara. What started out as something that sounded fun, from our google search, the previous night in the hotel room, turned out to be a fantastic find! One of the selling points for us during our search was the Ty Warner Sea Center that offers interactive exhibits, hands on tanks to touch sea creatures, and a "research center".
Driving onto the pier. The girls LOVED this. It was fun to hear their squeals and giggles as the boards moved and creaked as we drove across!
My squinting family!!
We are crab fisherman!!
While eating lunch we had a view of the end of the pier. I saw this boy casting a net and a few minutes later pulling it up, a few times there were crab in it. He didn't seem to be "fishing" as he kept throwing them back in. I asked Erik if they rented fishing supplies on the pier. He doubted it and was just over come with joy when I said we needed to find out! As soon as we finished lunch I made a bee line towards the little shops and sure enough I found the Bait and Tackle shop. I marched in, leaving Erik and the girls perplexed outside, and asked the man behind the counter if I could rent a crab net. He didn't think I was crazy, just asked for a 20 buck deposit and told me I had to buy bait!! Easy enough, hook me up! After asking where the best place to catch some crab would be, after all I didn't want "the girls" to be disappointed, we headed down the pier. By now the girls are excited, Erik is still wondering why he married me, and I am tying my rope to the ladder! Melody tosses our net into the water and all three girls immediately plop down on their bellies on the pier to watch. We waited about ten minutes, pulled up our net and SUCCESS!!! We caught three soft shelled crab and two decorator crabs. Now Erik is having fun! The girls are having a ball chasing the crabs, other tourists come over to check out the catch and I am just loving it all! We spent a good hour crabbing and it never got old!
The decorator crab. They pull seaweed, dirt and whatever else strikes their fancy from the ocean floor and rub it onto their shells. Their shells are rough like velcro so everything sticks. They were fascinating! Some where more extravagant than others.
This fun little pier is definitely getting a return visit from us!


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Ghostly Echoes is the third book in William Ritter's Jackaby series that follows R.F Jackaby, Abigail Rook, and their friends, as they try to solve mysteries in late 1880's New England.
I love this series and a large part of what makes me love it are the characters. Jackaby and Abigail are so well written and likable that you can't help but continue to turn the pages to see what happens next. Over the three books, their backgrounds have slowly been shared so that, as a reader, I feel like I know them and I am invested in their lives. Even Jenny, Douglas, and Charlie have captured my heart.
There are a couple of mysteries being investigated simultaneously in this third book. We have the ongoing mystery of what happened to Jenny plus an additional investigation that actually ends up connecting to Jenny's story. It's all very engaging, with a mix of drama and quirky humor and just a tiny bit of romance. I'm really looking forward to the next book.


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|Beware the contents of the chained coffin...
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Great work there! Clicked over to see who won and shocked to see my name in second place!ReplyDelete
Congrats mate! The Captain Morgan's van was worth every penny!Delete
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No 1. Hip Getaway – Kairali Ayurvedic Health Resort by Elle
>> Wednesday, February 15, 2012
'Elle world's largest selling fashion magazine released a list of top hip gateways of India, in its Feb-2012 issue. Elle take into account a lot o features like while selecting the top destination like location, services, food and price etc.
According to Elle Feb-2012 issue this year Kairali – The Ayurvedic Healing Village Palakkad, Kerala was the No. 1 HIP gateway (HOT STAY) followed by Udaivilas Udaipur and The Leela Place New Delhi.
According to Elle Kairali's wonderful location, ancient Ayurvedic treatment, luxurious stay and services, healthy environment, organic food makes it stand out and the treatment is so soothing that you will feel the effects long after your have returned.
Elle wrote Kairali – The Ayurvedic Healing Village nestled amidst picturesque mountain of Palakkad dist, Kerala. It's 30 luxurious unique villas designed with the theme of zodiac sign divided in four categories Deluxe, Classic, Royal and Maharaja. The food serve to the guest is made of pure organic herbs grown in their own farms without using any chemical fertilizer. The cuisine is authentic Malayali home cooking, even the water provided in room helps to cleanse your system.
Other than its irresistible beautiful location and delicious food its main feature that helps Kairali to get this crown is its awesome ancient Ayurvedic services. Kairali special Ayurvedic packages and Ayurvedic massages are customized as per each client's goal and body constitution for potent results. Only medicated oils and herbs are used in treatments and massages, that have no side effects.
For More information please read the Elle –Feb-2012 Issue.


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7/29/10-Back Again
Let's hope I'm not making a habit of this, but I'm back at good ol' UWMC for a few days. I'm in a room I've stayed in before, so this does feel pretty familiar.
Let's start with the reason I'm here...
So you'll remember last Tuesday I had my shocking Sparky adventure which was a result of an episode of ventricular tachycardia (VT). Well, wouldn't you know it, this Tuesday, I had VT again!
I had just gotten to the office about 5 minutes before and was talking to my friend Stacey in my cubicle. All of a sudden, I got super dizzy and felt my heart speed up incredibly fast. I told her "it's happening, it's happening". I could still hear and talk, but I coudn't see a thing. After a few seconds, I felt three firm "thumps" in my chest. That was Sparky using his pacemaker function to override the bad rhythm and get me back to normal. After a few seconds, I could see again, and my heart started slowing down.
Stacey looked at me- wide eyed- and asked what she should do. I told her if I black out to call 911, but by that point, I was pretty sure the episode was over. She later told me she'd never seen me be so serious and direct with instructions. :) I was lucky that Sparky paced me out of the VT before I got a shock. And I was lucky Stacey was there to help if anything went astray! She was so calm and composed, probably not the reaction she would get from me if the situation was reversed. : ) Thanks Stacey!
I called Nick to come get me after my grueling 22 minute workday, and when he got there, Stacey and Lindsay escorted me to my car. I felt like a celebrity with an entourage (or a prisoner being transfer to another facility. One of the two).
When I talked to my doc's nurse, she said I should come in the next day (Wednesday) to have Sparky interrogated and to get a check up. So on Wednesday, we head to UWMC and after the nurse runs the interrogation, the doc comes in and tell's me we need to start me on a new drug, amioderone. It's an anti-arrhythmia drug to help prevent more VT. The downside is it can have lots of side effects-the most common being nausea. Some other long term effects concern the lungs and eyes. So the docs will keep a close eye on all my blood work to make sure those effects aren't kicking in. She also said I had to be admitted for a few days to make sure I could tolerate the drug-so here I am!
I've talked to the docs this morning and everything is going fine with the new drug-I'm not even feeling sick to my stomach. They also decided to add 2 more drugs to my list, so I think that's a grand total of 9 now. Good grief.
While I was talking to the docs this morning, we had a bit of a heart to heart (heh) about the current state of affairs. They are very glad to hear my heart failure symptoms are pretty under control, but my ejection fraction of 18 is lousy. The meds are not improving my heart the way we'd all hoped they would.
I was very upfront as I told the docs plainly that I was ready for something to happen. While I'm thrilled I'm not constantly in the hospital for congestive heart failure symptoms, my life is still not where I want it to be. I can barely work at all, I can't drive, I can't walk for normal distances, and most importantly, Nick and I can't even think of starting a family while I'm like this. Even if we wanted to adopt, I can't chase a baby around the way I am now, and most adoption agencies won't allow a very sick person to apply. So I'm ready to do what it takes to get some semblance of a normal life back.
The doctor agreed that we need to start actively pursuing heart transplant. That doesn't mean I'm getting listed right away, but he is ordering the remaining transplant evaluation testing be done. I may do some of it while I'm here today or tomorrow, or some of it may be done as an outpatient.
His thought was to see what these new drugs do for me for a month or two and then have another discussion in early September. That timeline sounds fine with me. I'm just very glad to have the docs ready to make some changes. I felt like we were beating a dead horse and I was sick of it.
So that's the story for now...I'll keep you posted! The docs expect to let me out of here around 3pm tomorrow so I'll get to spend the weekend at home! Good news.
Thank you all for the sweet notes and messages. You guys are the best!
Love to you all,
7/22/10- It was shocking alright!
Tuesday, I decided to stop being a lazy bum and go back to the YMCA (I hadn't been in 2 1/2 weeks). I did my 12 minutes on the treadmill fine, although I was feeling some weird heartbeats, so I slowed down a little. Then I went to the Precor stationary bike machine in another room and got going. There was one other person in there, but she left right as I was getting on the bike. After about 3 minutes, I decided I was hot, so I turned on the fan at the other end of the room, and then I got back on the bike. Then it happened.
All of a sudden, I felt crazy dizzy and I started to breathe deeply to clear my head. Next thing I know, I woke up on the floor.
When I woke up, I felt like my heart was going to explode and I didn't know where I was. Then I realized the huge bike had fallen on me and the full weight of the top of the machine was on my chest (right on top of Sparky, no less).
I screamed for help 4 or 5 times, and then people started pouring into the room. I told the YMCA people that I had a heart condition and that I blacked out. The next few minutes are kind of fuzzy, but the ambulance got there in about 2 minutes (nicely done!), and I had paramedics asking me a million questions, strapping me to a backboard, putting me on a stretcher, and getting me in the ambulance within just a few minutes.
Let me interject here with what we've determined actually happened. It took a few days to patch this together, using the paramedics notes of what they saw, the YMCA employees stories, what I remember, and the information we got from Sparky's readout. It seems that while I was on the bike, my heart went into ventricular tachycardia (VT). That's where the top and bottom chambers of heart beat out of sync and go really fast. It doesn't always cause sudden cardiac death, but it's pretty common that it will, so that's the reason I have Sparky.
My heartrate got up to 250 beats per minute (I'm normally at 80 these days). Because my heart was freaking out, my brain didn't get enough blood, and I blacked out within 2-3 seconds of the VT episode. Then I fell off the bike, but since my feet were still in the foot straps, I pulled the bike over on top of me, slamming the handlebars right into my chest (mostly on Sparky. What are the odds?). Then while I was on the ground, Sparky shocks me to get my heart out of that dangerous VT episode. And then I wake up. I think I was out for about 3 minutes, because my iPod had gone past one whole song from the time I blacked out to the time I woke up. (fyi, the song I missed was 50 Cent's "In Da Club" which I'm bummed about. "...come give me a hug.". ; ).
All in all, it was a lousy 3 minutes.
When I got to the ER, the docs actually didn't think I'd had a shock. But when they downloaded Sparky's information several hours later (they call it interrogating him. Hee hee. I imagine a spotlight and a bad cop with a cigar screaming at Sparky) they found the VT and that ol' Sparks had done his job. Even after a 200 lb bike fell on him. Sparky, you've earned your keep. Also, note that I do recognize the irony that I was hit by a stationary bike. ; )
While I was in the hospital, they also did another ultrasound of my heart to see how's it functioning. Bummer news-it hasn't improved over the last 6 months. It's actually gone from 22% to 18%. Grr. The goods news is the docs say is not enough of a change to make a difference in how I feel. The bad news is they really hoped that 6 months of high doses of my meds would have caused that number to jump a lot. So we may be having more serious conversations again soon. I'll keep you posted on that.
They released me yesterday, with scripts for potassium, more beta blockers, and then they told me I can't drive for 6 months. And that's when my jaw dropped. Evidentally, when you black out and have an ICD shock, others don't want you on the road with them. I'm being a smarty pants, but honestly, I completely agree. If I had been driving when this happened, I could have killed myself and who knows how many others. I didn't have enough time from the time I started feeling dizzy until I blacked out to pull over. In the past, I had been told I should have plenty of time before I passed out, but it turns out with my lousy heart function, I black out sooner than most people would in the same situation. Argh. So I will be bumming rides from people a lot more often...friends- beware!
I love you all!
7/10/2010- Oh the heat!!
We've had the most mild spring-too cool by Seattlite's standards. And I've loved every dreary, 62 degree day. However, a few days ago, we hit "Summer". All 97 degrees of it. And here's the problemo-No one in Seattle has air conditioning! That's a brutal combination.
Well, Nick was a genius and got us an air conditioner for our bedroom, but with that heat, it was still almost eighty in the dead of night.
And that's when the full heat effects took their toll on my poor little (well big) heart.
I just hadn't been feeling right all day (I was dizzy, and overheated, and weak). So as I tried to go to sleep, those things just got worse. I started gasping, feeling pukey, and if I even touched my stomach lightly, the pain was really bad. These are classic heart failure symptoms, all due to water retention around my heart and other organs. Blast.
We put a cold towel on my forehead and I ended up taking a lasix (diuretic) at 2:30am and peed all night. So it was a lousy night's sleep, but by morning I felt quite a bit better. The scary thing was I hadn't felt that bad with heart failure stuff since right before I was diagnosed. So all the bad memories came rushing back and for a little while, we thought we were going to have to head off to the ER. But we made it through the night!
I went to the cardiologist the next day (yesterday) for a regular check in. She ran all my labs and said they were a little high, but not terrible. The lasix did the trick!! Her main advice was to be extra cautious in the heat, stay hydrated, take extra lasix if needed, and don't push it. I'm not fabulous at "not pushing it", but I'll do my best.
Other than stumbling through the heat like a zombie, things have been good! We're headed to a party tonight at our friend Jillian's house- and she has a pool!!!!! I knew I was her friend for a reason. ; )
Oh, for a quick "what's the big picture look like" update- We are really close to having me on the full doses of my heart meds (it's taken 8 months to get there). I should be fully dosed up by August and then they are going to do another ultrasound of my heart to see how my heart is functioning with those meds. At last ultrasound, it was pumping at 20-25%. Normal is 70%. So I can't wait to see what it is!! My guess is 35%. 50% would be just dreamy though. :)
After that test, I'll meet with my doc and we'll determine the next course of treatment (maybe some new drugs). If the function isn't improving much, we will probably have to start kicking around the idea of a transplant sooner than later, but I have a feeling that won't be the case. PMA (Positive Mental Attitude)!
Anyway, I hope you all are having a great summer! Texas friends- come up and see us to cool off! Next week is supposed be lovely and in the 70s!
Love you all!


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A couple days ago, in the case of Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission et al., the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a unanimous decision that a teacher fired by a religious school could not sue her former employer for workplace discrimination because of the Constitution's protection for religious freedom. Although Cheryl Perich taught mostly secular subjects at her Michigan school, but she also taught some classes in religion and had received some religious training. This, in the eyes of the Court, justified a "ministerial exception" to government oversight of employment on the grounds that religious groups should be free from intervention by the state.
In an editorial, the New York Times has criticized the ruling for having an excessively encompassing conception of the ministerial exception and suggested that "it's [the Court's] sweeping deference to Churches does not serve them or society wisely." I'm inclined to agree with the Court on this one and to disagree with the Times. The Americans with Disabilities Act, the anti-discrimination law that provided the grounds for Ms. Perich to sue when she sought to return to work after a period of sickness, was itself fairly sweeping in its extension of federal authority. The ministerial exception at least establishes some limits to that authority by excluding religious organizations and religious activities from federal interference.


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DrupalPosted: August 31, 2010 Filed under: CMS, Drupal, IT Survival, Open Source Leave a comment
Download the Drupal code and install it to /var/www/drupal
All the prerequisite are the same as for OpenPublish. Please see these before you start, this includes creating a database.
Just a note, once you have the system up and running, you will probably remove the login box, the URL to allow you to logon and administer the site is
The admin page is http://x.x.x.x/drupal/?q=user
Navigate to /var/www/drupal/sites/default
mkdir files
chmod o+rw files
cp default.settings.php settings.php
chmod o+rw default.settings.php
chmod o+rw settings.php
This will start the installation.
Once done you will have an empty web site. One useful tool to have is a Wysywig creator for you content, I am lead to believe that
Wysiwyg with TinyMCE is a good bet
Download from the respective sites.
Copy or move the
cp -R wysiwyg /var/www/drupal/modules/wysiwyg
Copy or move the tinymce directory into the all/libraries
cp -R tinymce /var/www/drupal/sites/all/libraries/tinymce/
Go into the Drual configuration and enable the wysiwy module
Administer –> Site building –> Modules
Go to the bottom and enable the module.
To check if everything is OK
Administer –> Site Configuration
You should see the Wysiwig menu at the bottom, try logging out of the web site if this does not show.
Choose the Wysiwyg menu as you need to now enable the editors in the site, this area also allows you to download other editors. The choice is entirely yours.
You should be up and running, I now just have to figure out how to use the bloody thing 🙂
Drupal – OpenPublishPosted: August 31, 2010 Filed under: CMS, Drupal, IT Survival, Open Source Leave a comment
OpenPublish is build on Drupal and is my first foray into the world of Drupal.
I have not started with the core Drupal product as I need to quickly evaluate a CMS for an intranet project. This appears ideal for the this so here goes.
OpenPublish requires GD installed and configured
apt-get install php5-gd
Restart Apache
/etc/init.d/apache2 restart
You also need a MySql database configured before you can start the install, Install PHPMyAdmin and follow the instruction on getting it to work.
When it is on your system open the web site http://x.x.x.x//phpMyAdmin
logon on with your normal credetials and then choose database
Create new database
The download of OpenPublish at the time of writing was here.
Download and unzip and un-tar
copy the result into the /var/www forlder.
cp -r openpublish /var/www/openpublish
Some of the directories need write privileges for setup these are as follows:
cd /var/www/openpublish/sites/default
chmod -R o+rw files
chmod o+rw default.settings.php
chmod o+rw settings.php
Some of these will need reseting back to a more securesetting when finished
Open a web browser and navigate to http://x.x.x.x/openpublish/install.php
Keep pressing next, it will check various things, as long as you follow the steps above you should not get any errors
Once installed you need to remove the write permissions to the settings files
chmod o-rw default.settings.php
chmod o-rw settings.php


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Click here for a copy of the federal grand jury indictment.
"The Burnes Indictment"
Shocking charges of gun trafficking leveled against five people have been the subject of coverage in local mainstream media, and more granular in-depth coverage by JNS guest blogger Jordan North. Now, quite unexpectedly and without a lot of effort on my part, the federal grand jury indictment has fallen into my hands, see the link above.
The document provides some...
...further degree of insight into the charges, though Star Tribune and other local media have covered the story fairly well. Angela Carter and Jacquelyn Gina Burnes are accused of being the straw buyers in the transaction and--for what this is worth--the document forwarded to me bears the name "Burnes Indictment," which seems to tell me whoever named that document thought Burnes had some kind of lead role? Or, then again...
"Burnes" comes before "Carter" in the alphabet?
Angela Carter has gotten a lot of the attention in this case due to her role as a former Hennepin County security guard and then a South Minneapolis school employee. But looking at the allegations in the indictment Carter is alleged to have purchased two pistols; a Ruger and a Glock, as well as a 15 round magazine and two boxes of ammo for the Glock.
What did Burnes purchase? Allegedly?
Box of ammo. A Ruger pistol. A Glock and a 33 round magazine. In terms of buying stuff, allegedly, there isn't a lot of difference between Carter and Burnes.
And where did this stuff end up? Allegedly in the hands of the other defendants who were the true and intended owners:
Keniko Duane Bland. Diontre Ramone Hill. And Raheem Abdul Watkins, who isn't even allowed to posses a firearm because he's a felon.
Bill's Gun Shop And Range, And God Bless America
The purchases were allegedly made at Bill's Gun Shop and Range. I assume this means the location in Robbinsdale, which sits not far from where North Minneapolis shooting victims routinely die at North Memorial Medical Center. But this blog isn't going to be hard on Bill's, which is a fine gun store. The way I read the indictment, somebody at Bill's could smell "straw buyer" from the beginning and put the feds on the case.
Nothing says so directly, and admittedly I'm just going with my instincts, here...
But JNS blog has no criticism to make of the role of Bill's Gun Shop and Range. Generations of violent criminals in North Minneapolis have known better than to walk into Bill's--since Bill's caters more to decent people seeking home protection in North Minneapolis than violent criminals--but every generation apparently an object lesson is needed.
I'm guessing that object lesson would be Burnes and Carter, who just didn't have enough sense to drive a little further to, for example, the many pawn shops in St. Paul selling a variety of used guns. Furthermore, according to the indictment, Burnes tried to report her firearm had been stolen THREE WEEKS EARLIER.
What a comedy of errors. Were these suspects HIGH? (Allegedly?) The time to report a straw-purchased weapon stolen is not after it turns up where it's not supposed to turn up. You report it stolen THE VERY DAY YOU TURN IT OVER TO A CRIMINAL, if not sooner. That way somebody actually BELIEVES you. It's what Oliver North called "plausible deniability" during the Reagan Administration.
Which leads me to a frightening point. These straw buyers aren't even very skilled at straw buying. As far as finding the people putting guns upon our streets...
These are NOT those people. These suspects may be caught up in a high-profile criminal indictment for straw buying and gun trafficking, but they completely lack the skill set to succeed in the world in which they find themselves. At best they serve as an example of what happens when an amateur tries to act like a straw buyer. Who has the real skills, here?
The men who put these two women up to making the purchases.
Connecting Alleged Crimes With Addresses--NOT!
The federal indictment is a disappointing document in some ways, because it lacks addresses connected to the suspects, talking about "a particular address" upon such-and-such a street.
Like, really? Is this a federal indictment or an episode of Gossip Girl? The Hennepin County criminal complaints don't lack this information and make it easy to connect criminals with problem property owners. Worse yet, none of the folks named in this indictment are sitting in the Hennepin County Jail (I checked) because these are federal charges.
So I can't find their address THAT way. Keniko Bland does turn up, however, in an old Hennepin County Jail Roster:
And Diontre Hill turns up the same way:
In the case of Hill, who is listed at a North Minneapolis address, that gives me a better trail of information which leads to the Plymouth Townhouse Apt Association, who are located in Pasadena, California. The taxpayer for the property is listed as follows:
|Legacy Vlg Twnhms & Apts
7151 York Ave S Edina Mn 55435
As for Raheem Abdul LEE Watkins, I actually had to dig as deep as something cached in Google, not turning up an address but determining his birthday is 1/4/1993. He was in jail on April 29 but was released May 5 of this year on a "Department of Corrections Hold." I assume the current charges made his supervised probation more difficult? The MN DOC website shows Watkins currently on "supervised probation."
I'll bet.
As Always, More Info Is Sought
As much as I enjoy a new kind of document from an exciting and sophisticated new source, I must say...
I am left hungry and wanting more. So if anybody has further information about this case of alleged illegal firearm procurement, well, to use a quote from Starship Troopers:
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Shhh, Even The State Department Is Doing It!
The WaPo's Walter Pincus has an interesting story up about how the U.S. State Department has started using "digital outreach teams" to play communications offense/defense on "influential" Arabic blogs.
Which is good.
Because someone has to explain (away?) Fortress America to the internet class.
Ah bloggers and blogging.
We're growing up so fast.


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What makes a town great? World-class shopping? Outstanding cultural opportunities? Proximity to the outdoors? Hamilton County, Indiana and its eight great cities and towns offer all of this and more.
Located just north of Indianapolis, Indiana, each community possesses its own distinct personality, from the historical allure of Fishers, Indiana (with Conner Prairie) to the shopper's paradise in Carmel, Indiana, the quaint downtown square in Noblesville, Indiana, and the sports mecca of Grand Park in Westfield, Indiana. Combine that with easy access to major interstates like I-69 and I-465, and you have a destination that's unlike anyplace else.


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Zimbabwe's ambassador to Australia has requested asylum there, claiming that it is not safe for her to go home.
Jacqueline Zwambila, whose term ends on Tuesday, said she had been smeared and threatened by supporters of Robert Mugabe, the president of Zimbabwe.
Zwambila was appointed by the Zimbabwe unity government, which included ministers from the Movement for Democratic Change, of which she was a member. "Once the elections of 31 July were stolen by the current government – which is illegitimate – I knew that this was the end of the line. End of the line for the people of Zimbabwe … and for people like me, who were appointed by the ex-prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai," she told Fairfax Media.
"Back home the ministers are no longer there. It is not possible for me to return after all the things that have happened – the smear campaigns and threats. There is no way I will feel safe to go back."
She said she was appointed by the unity government to repair relations between Australia and Zimbabwe, which had been poor for more than a decade. "When I started, there was no aid from Australia to Zimbabwe. Now 25% of Australia's African aid goes to Zimbabwe," she said.
In the July elections, Mugabe and his Zanu-PF party won the presidential and parliamentary elections, which meant they did not need to govern in a coalition with the MDC.


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One of the many things I don't like about the store-bought calendars, though, is that they're all chock-full of treats, mostly chocolates, and not even good chocolates at that.
|Numbered stickers applied and
good deeds taped to the back of ornaments
It's the fact that the holiday season, a time during which we're supposed to be emphasizing and re-instilling the concepts of gratitude and generosity and giving, is being counted down to the biggest children's gimme-gimme-gimme day of the whole friggin' year by a calendar that only reinforces that sense of entitlement and unearned rewards on a DAILY basis. And it's just beyond my understanding. Or acceptance.
|Our final finished product!
And yes, I do realize there are other advent calendars out there, but while we do teach our children about the various religions and the true meaning of Christmas, and that the underlying meaning of the word "advent" in this instance is actually about the coming of Christ, I don't really wanna be lectured and preached to every single morning through the month of December by a self-righteous calendar. (I much prefer to be bullied and guilted into a false sense of happiness and contentment by the overcommercialization of spirituality provided by the magical ratio of the number of light bulbs on my house to the number of bows under my tree.)
|The garland and ornaments was quicker and
easier for me than the traditional cardboard calendar,
but that's always an option, too
So with zero time and just under $30 between Michael's and The Dollar Store, here's what I did:
- half-priced garland for $8
- plastic ornaments at 4-for-a-dollar
- ornament hooks
- numbered stickers
|One of Saia's "notes to a sibling" :)
But then I found some fantastic stuff! Some great examples were, "write 3 kind notes to your sibling and hide them around the house in places they'll find them." And "bring in a neighbor's waste bins" (which, of course, you have to then time with the garbage collection days). But some were as simple as "hold the door open for everyone behind you today" or "smile and say hello to every single person you pass by today." (For a full list of the 25 good deeds I selected for this year's calendar, CLICK HERE.)
|Completed good deeds are piled in a bowl
So far, every morning they've remembered about the calendar and asked to see what that day's good deed was going to be without my having to mention it.
And no, it hasn't suddenly made the whole world a better place.
And it hasn't even made our own little household tantrum-free, yelling-free, or tattling-free.
But...I'm hopeful. That a little tiny bit of the message, a realization that they have to contribute to and appreciate the world around them, that there's more to the season than just getting, and that random acts of kindness can and should be incorporated pretty easily into your everyday life with little to no effort sinks in.
And sticks.
And sticks.


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But please don't be under the impression that I acknowledge your wonderfulness simply because I was deprived of you for a week. No no, I always knew you were wonderful. I knew what I had before I lost it, I didn't need a week without to know how amazing you are. It wasn't my intention to leave for a week, and I hope we'll never have to part again. Plus, it was just bad luck that my Blackberry wasn't working properly the same week I was disconnected from you, but I learned from the experience and I promise to ensure my phone is in good working condition if I ever have to part from you for more than a few hours.
And so, Internet, I've begun catching up on the things I've missed and will be back to writing about silly, stupid or consequential things that annoy me in no time. I'm so glad to have you back.


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Reviewer Wally Wood: Wally is a a professional writer and a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors. He holds a master's degree in creative writing from the City University of New York as well as a bachelor's degree from Columbia University where he majored in philosophy. As a volunteer, he has taught writing in men's state prisons and to middle-school students in his local library.
His first novel, Getting Oriented: A Novel About Japan received positive reviews even from people who do not know him. As a ghost-writer, he has written 19 business books, all published by commercial publishers. He has recently published The Girl in the Photo which is currently available from Amazon and Barnes & Noble as a trade paperback or Kindle download.
Author: Alexandra Burt
Publisher: Berkley
I requested a review copy of Alexandra Burt's novel The Good Daughter because the premise is interesting: What do we really know about our parents? "Dahlia Waller remembers an early childhood filled with stuffy cars, seedy motels, and traveling the country under assumed names before mysteriously settling in Aurora, TX. But as an adult, having distanced herself from her mother, she has so many questions." The novel slowly, slowly, slowly answers those many questions.
When the book opens, Dahlia is in her early 30s having returned to Aurora after fifteen years away. She and Memphis, her mother, had settled in Aurora when Dahlia was about twelve after a childhood on the road, home schooled, and regularly taking off in the middle of night for another town, another state. Her mother would not enroll her in public school because officials wanted "paperwork" and Memphis had no paperwork, wanted to answer no questions.
In chapter one, Dahlia goes jogging in the woods near their rented house and comes across a beaten and partially buried young woman and is apparently attacked herself. The young woman is in a coma for most of the book, and whenever the action flags, we're reminded that she's in the hospital waiting to awaken and reveal who she is and what happened to her.
Dahlia narrates her own story throughout the book, but Quinn's story is told in the third person. While Burt is coy about revealing Quinn's relationship to Dahlia, most readers will have twigged to it long before they're told. We read about Quinn's sexual initiation in a loving, blissful scene in the woods with a Hispanic boy who eventually becomes Aurora's sheriff. The boy leaves 17-year-old Quinn in post-coital languor, and three violent, filthy, brutal hunters find her, beat, and gang rape her. One consequence is that Quinn becomes infertile.
Nevertheless, Quinn marries, Nolan, the dissolute son of a decayed Texas family who wants nothing more than a son and heir. They live together for ten years in the family farmhouse a ways outside of Aurora and Quinn apparently never tells her husband she cannot conceive. One evening in the middle of a hurricane, a feeble-minded and pregnant young girl, Tain Fish, shows up at the farm. Quinn takes the girl in, and buries the stillborn fetus not far from the farmhouse in which she and Nolan live.
Now living on this isolated farm: Quinn, ten-year married who cannot have a baby; Nolan, soured on his marriage but wants nothing but a baby; and Tain, a simple, compliant young girl who has demonstrated her fertility. What do you think happens?
I do not what to give away much more of the story. Perhaps other readers will be enchanted by the improbabilities, coincidences, and cliches that fill The Good Daughter. For example, if the mother had a loving sexual experience with the sheriff as a boy, wouldn't you expect the daughter to have a loving sexual relationship with the sheriff's son, now a cop? I would and she did.
I had no problem with the switch in point of view from Dahlia's first person to Quinn's third person. I did have a problem late in the book when Quinn is abruptly telling her own story. I do not understand the function of Aella, a conjure woman who lives alone in the woods, tells fortunes, and concocts herbal potions and creams. I found her unnecessary to the story and a distraction. I also had a problem with the last fifty or sixty pages of a very long—368 pages—book by which time I had figured out Quinn's story but which she tells Dahlia in dribs and drabs and teases the reader. On page 282: "She has been holding on to it [the story] for many years, and now it is her obligation to release it from her memory." But she doesn't for another fifty pages or so.
I'm afraid that after the first couple chapters, I found neither the characters nor the situation plausible. I did read The Good Daughter to the bittersweet end, but I also found it easy to put down. But that just may be me; other readers may find Dahlia, Memphis, Tain and the rest of the cast both believable and engaging.


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~I received this for my honest review, all opinions are 100% my own.~
I was very impressed with this GrillFella BBQ Wok from the moment I opened the box. It's made of carbon steel and has a lovely copper finish. My only lament is that it's been too cold to grill. So I used it inside instead. This comes with Silicone Heat Pads, the wok, two s hooks and the divider inserts.
I love the removable inserts. You can divide your food from one to four sections depending on what your cooking. Not to mention that this makes clean up of the wok super easy. The sides on this wok are high enough to toss around your meat or veggies without them ending up in your grill or on the ground.
They also included little heat pads for free. Those come in so handy for removal from the grill. No burns happening here. They make excellent jar openers also because they have a large grip on them.
The holes on this GrillFella BBQ Wok are pretty small making veggie or meat loss pretty much none existent.
You can buy the GrillFella BBQ Wok on Amazon and it comes with a 1-Year No-Hassle Free Replacement Guarantee. Oh and did I mention that the price is as awesome as the wok!


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Here is a little look at what I've been working on, as I'm now home but my mind is still at sea I thought I'd use that a little to make these. I think they need a wider frame, and perhaps some with colour behind? What do y'all think?
'Take me here' and 'Take me there' map papercuts. Handmade by me. With help of friend, Steve. London sold at Kraftbomb on Sunday, so at the moment I have Helsinki, Paris and Barcelona, more to come.
And the rest of the maps I didn't want to go to waste so handmade some envelopes in various sizes too.
I'm doing the Devonport Craft Market this Sunday for the first time, so hope to have more of these to sell and some other goodies (like the desktop chalkboards below) as well as the owls of course. Hooray for another great regular market. Hope you can make it along!


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All research shows that women are much less likely to vote for the BNP than men, with some studies indicating by as much as two to one. That is why we are focusing on encouraging women to vote in next month's elections.
Last weekend hundreds of HOPE not hate supporters were out delivering newspapers and leaflets into our key wards. Since the beginning of the year we have distributed over 500,000 pieces of literature in the wards the BNP hope to win. Now, with help from Unison and the Daily Mirror, we are about to become more targeted.
We have produced a leaflet aimed at encouraging women to turn out and vote next month but we need to raise the money to get it printed and distributed. The public sector union Unison are willing to match-fund any money we raise from our supporters.
Can you help us get out leaflet out?
Our women's leaflets can make the difference between the BNP winning and losing a seat. The more women we can encourage the vote the harder it will be for the BNP to win. The more money we raise the more leaflets we can produce and the more council wards we can cover.
Last year Nick Griffin, speaking on BNP TV, acknowledged that our women's leaflet was the most effective single piece of anti-BNP literature distributed in Barking and Dagenham. It made the difference last year and it can again this year. We have identified 35 key wards where we need to stop the BNP.
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Federal government shutdown means Antarctic research stations close as research season begins | Star Tribune
WASHINGTON — The federal government shutdown is reaching all the way down to the South Pole.
The NSF runs three stations in Antarctica spending just under $400 million a year there. It often takes weeks for some 1200 researchers who spend Antarctic spring and summer there to get to the southern continent by boat or plane.


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Monday, February 1, 2016
I decided to look back through some older pictures and catch up on scrapping them. We made a couple hour stop in Baltimore in the Inner Harbor area on our road trip to New York City. I had been there one other time and just loved the area and wanted to go back again and just walk and see a few things. We got there early, about 8:30 and had planned to be there for lunch but after walking around and seeing all we wanted and of course taking a few pictures. Before 11:00 it started to rain and get windy so we decided to just head out and eat on the road as we weren't ready for an early lunch. But we got to see a lot and I'm glad we stopped. It's always a great area to stroll through.
I decided to put some of the snapshots together into a double page layout and this one just posted
on February 1 at "LET'S SCRAP" was perfect to use. Loved using a variety of dollies in different colors and also make some banners. Some favorites of mine all together. Plus got to use some of my road trip paper I've been hoarding.
Check out all the details for the challenge HERE.
1 comment:
- Tina Campbell said...
Fantastic take on the sketch :) Oh what wonderful pictures of the trip and love the pennant action you got going on too. A fun variety of doilies too :)
- February 2, 2016 at 9:58 AM
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Studio Rendering Disclosed Best 3D Illustration and Animation Agency by bestwebdesignagencies.com for March 2014
(PRWEB) March 10, 2014
The independent authority on mobile development, bestwebdesignagencies.com, has awarded Studio Rendering the best 3D illustration and animation consultant for March 2014. Studio Rendering was awarded the top 3D illustration and animation consultant due to their efficient performance in the systematic evaluation process. Thousands of mobile development services are considered while only the 10 top are showcased in the ratings
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To create a more unique or an dynamic site, you need to know something about html. All sites on the internet are written in html (Hyper Text Markup Language). All sites consist of html elements: title, head and body.
Your site's title is placed in the title element.
The title element, and other server related information is placed in the head element.
Content: text and pictures are placed in the body element
You can create a site in html in any text editor like notepad, Word, etc. , but my recommendation wuld be Dreamweaver.


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"'Duck Dynasty's' Phil Robertson on Indefinite Hiatus Following Anti-Gay Remarks" (Hollywood Reporter, December 18, 2013):
The news comes after Robertson compared homosexuality to bestiality in an interview with GQ magazine....
"It seems like, to me, a vagina -- as a man -- would be more desirable than a man's anus," Robertson says in the January issue of the men's magazine. "That's just me. I'm just thinking: There's more there! She's got more to offer. I mean, come on, dudes! You know what I'm saying? But hey, sin: It's not logical, my man. It's just not logical.
... "Start with homosexual behavior and just morph out from there," he says. "Bestiality, sleeping around with this woman and that woman and that woman and those men."
He goes on to paraphrase Corinthians: "Don't be deceived. Neither the adulterers, the idolaters, the male prostitutes, the homosexual offenders, the greedy, the drunkards, the slanderers, the swindlers -- they won't inherit the kingdom of God. Don't deceive yourself. It's not right."


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Title: UNRAVELED (The Gatekeeper Chronicles, #2)
Author: Dina M. Given
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Release Date: August 31, 2015
Cover Design: By Hang Le
It's not always easy to differentiate between the good guys and the bad guys, especially when your heroine is a trained killer and she may be falling in love with her evil hunter… Emma Hayes, a former military Special Forces Operative turned mercenary-for-hire, finds her tightly controlled world turned upside down when she is attacked by horrible monsters. Emma must use every skill in her arsenal to stay alive as she tries to solve the mystery of why she has been targeted. Her list of enemies keeps growing - from Zane Shayde, an evil Mage, to a secret branch of the US government - and she doesn't know if there is anyone left she can trust. To complicate matters further, Emma is inexplicably drawn to Zane in a way she doesn't quite understand, even knowing her life is forfeit if captured. Who is he and why does he have this affect on her? How can she fight a being that calls to her, body and soul? Emma is left haunted by questions, doubts and fears as to why she has been targeted, when they will come for her next, and how she will possibly be able to survive against an enemy she doesn't understand.
About the Author
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short video on the spot gold market using Japanese candlestick charts. In this new video we show you some important elements that you would not necessarily see using traditional Western charts.
We invite you to take a look at this new video with no registration and no charge. And whether you agree, disagree, or just want to comment on this video, please feel free to do so.
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text: LinkedIn has, just in the past few years, re-emerged as the most important social network for professionals. At the same time, use of LinkedIn by academic has expanded at an accelerating rate. Find out what you need to know about making an effective LinkedIn profile, and using the social network as an important piece of your online professional identity.


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1. Choose at least two of the tools from the above list. Create an account for each (if required) .
I created an account for both Today's Meet and Poll Everywhere.
2. Use each of the tools you choose to create a sample of how you would use it in your classroom.
I have created samples using both Today's Meet and Poll Everywhere.
3. Embed the sample (preferred) or link to the URL.
Here is the URL link for my Today's Meet online World History class. http://todaysmeet.com/Jasek
I also used Poll Everywhere to create a few polls. Here is the link. http://www.polleverywhere.com/my/polls#!/my/polls
4. Share your thoughts on how you see the tools being integrated into your classroom. How do you see them encouraging participation?
I think that the kids would really enjoy the Poll Everywhere tool. This is a way that they can interactively give some feedback to start class as a warm up. This could be used after certain pieces of the lesson have been presented in order to get a grasp of what the students have learned or may be confused about. I like the idea of Today's Meet as a tool for kids to share their ideas after reading the text. This will allow students to share what they think and develop some thoughts on the material to share with their peers.


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The National Weather Service forecast this morning looks quite different from yesterday – it features high winds, especially Monday, and probable snow through at least the first part of the week.
It was snowing earlier this morning in Renton, Maple Valley and along Hood Canal.
Cliff Mass, at the University of Washington, says Monday could feature a major wind event. "Although powerful, this system is NOT in the same class as the Inauguration Day Storm (1993) or the Chanukah Eve Storm (2006)."
The snow starts as soon as tonight, at 1,000 feet or higher, and by Monday night drops to 400 feet. The forecast calls for accumulation of less than an inch, though.
Maple Leaf, the third-highest hill in Seattle, tops out at 466 feet up on Roosevelt Avenue Northeast by the Blue Saucer.


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Year: 2009
Keep is a fresh California-based company specialized in producing classic, clean, vegan and cruelty-free footwear. It's cool to have independent businesses come together, inspire and create. For the Keep collaboration we used earth tones like brown, tan, grey and blue on the unisex Benten Boat Shoe. The sleek upper has moccasin toe detailing and features 100% synthetic suede to stay true to Keep's philosophy. The tongue subtly carries a tonal embroidered Patta-logo to make them official. A large and sturdy canvas tote bag was included with each pair.
Patta x Keep Benten Boat Shoe
Year: 2009


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For your consideration is a 4qt dutch oven with serving tray, metal rack and pamphlet by Corning Ware. This wonderful dutch oven is made of ceramic and is marked Corning Ware P-34_* 4QTS Made In U.S.A. It is approx. 12" by 11-1/2" in size and has a glass lid that is marked P-12_C. The serving tray is approx 14" long by 8-1/2" wide and is made of metal with a wood handle. The metal rack is approx. 8-1/2" by 8-1/2".
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Marilyn Monroe graduation photo auctioned in Stockport
A rare photo of Hollywood star Marilyn Monroe at her school graduation has sold for £990 at auction in Greater Manchester.
The 8in x 24in (20cm x 60cm) photo from 1941 was sold by a man who had bought it from one of Monroe's classmates.
It was taken at the Ralph Waldo Emerson Junior High School in Los Angeles.
Karen Fairweather, of Omega Auctions in Stockport, said the only other photo from the event had fetched £15,000 because it boasted Monroe's signature.
The photograph, which sold to an online UK bidder, had belonged to one of the actress's classmates called Barbara Chapbaum, who had it signed by several of her friends but not the future Hollywood legend.
A collector from the North East of England bought it off Ms Chapbaum several years ago and has now sold it.
At the time of the photograph, Monroe, then aged 15, was a brunette whose real name was Norma Jeane Baker.
Five years later she began modelling which eventually led to her acting career which saw her star in such movies as Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, The Seven Year Itch, Some Like It Hot and The Misfits.
The star died on 5 August 1962.


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I made Chicken Schnitzel for dinner tonight as requested by my eldest daughter. I also cooked some mashed potatoes, steamed green bean and carrots plus a wholemeal breadroll. My eldest girl, prefers Western style meals.
Chicken thigh fillets - flattened
Breadcrumbs - using stale bread whiz in food processor
Lemon rind, grated
Salt and pepper
Egg wash
Plain flour, to dust the meat
1. Flattened the chicken thigh fillets with mallet.
2. Season the meat with salt and pepper.
3. Place stale bread in the food processor and process till like crumbs. Add in the parsley and grated lemon rind. Process together till well-mixed.
4. Dust the meat with plain flour. Dip into the egg wash. Coat the meat with breadcrumbs.
5. Shallow fry the schnitzel till golden brown.
6. Serve with vegetables and mash. (You might want to make gravy for the mash. I just used the instant powder).


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In fact, it was a former Friends of the Everglades director, Joe Podgor, who first stated the Everglades restoration theme that President Obama is likely to echo next Wednesday: "The Everglades is a test. If we pass, we may get to save the planet."
According to press releases, President Obama will be in the Everglades on Earth Day to draw attention to both the Everglades and the massive economic consequences of global warming and climate change.
In various forums and turns of phrase, Democrats have been deriding the GOP's years of climate change denial.
Obviously, that denial resonates with a big segment of American voters and in Miami where Air Force One will land. Here, $24 billion in new nuclear reactors is being planned by Florida Power and Light, the biggest subsidiary of NextEra Energy, at sea level. Paradoxically, new nuclear is a big piece of the climate change puzzle. Only the piece doesn't fit in a region likely to be inundated at severe cost to the FPL ratepayer base.
I recall more than twenty years ago as Everglades restoration was just gaining traction, at an annual meeting of the Everglades Coalition a booth was manned by one of our climate change activist leaders, Professor John Van Leer from the University of Miami. At the time, Everglades activists skipped by the global warming informational display as though it was a pariah: everyone was focused on getting a restoration plan moved forward through federal and state government. Climate change? A distraction.
In the two decades since that moment, science filled in the blanks. What science is telling us, simply, is that we have raised global warming gases in the atmosphere to a level that hasn't been experienced since the age of the dinosaurs. And we know how that worked out for the dinosaurs.
President Obama is not going to go there, although he may go so far to describe climate change and global warming as the UK Guardian is calling it: "the biggest story in the history of the world".
So what does this have to do with the Everglades?
For many years, scientists have proposed that the only way to guarantee that fresh drinking water is available and affordable for millions of South Floridians is by restoring water flow through the historic Everglades. The basic theory is that as salt water presses in from both coasts, the pressure created by massive volumes of fresh water from Lake Okeechobee through the center of the state will protect drinking water wells. (Some of those wells, near the Atlantic coast in Broward, have already been abandoned because of salt water intrusion.)
This is the direction that President Obama is likely to go: how Everglades restoration meshes with climate change adaptation.
But if he really wanted to provide insight, he would not stop there. He would go on to explain how right now, the Florida legislature is jamming the last, best chance we have for the Everglades and climate change adaptation.
The obstacle is Gov. Scott and the GOP led legislature's obstinate refusal to exercise the option for US Sugar lands, that could begin the process of land acquisition as Florida voters wanted, through a 75 percent majority vote last September, to protect our environment.
Florida's sugar cane industry dominates the land ownership pattern south of Lake Okeechobee. Big Sugar -- as I have written about extensively -- is the political third rail of Florida, and so it will be interesting to see if President Obama comments, directly, on the controversy enveloping Everglades and civic activists, Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida legislature.
What President Obama could say, is that the big shadow hanging over the Everglades and the sustainability of the planet is the failure of political will. That failure is driven by crony capitalism. Sir Nicolas Stern, the British economist, has called global warming, "the biggest market failure in history".
Being a hope and change president, Mr. Obama is likely to put a more positive spin and thank the activists and citizens who have spent so many years in such difficult circumstances to protect and restore America's Everglades, talking about the Everglades as an example of what can be accomplished.
But I hope he doesn't gloss over the obstacle: in particular, how campaign finance law obstructs efforts to combat climate change. On Earth Day, he could use the Everglades as an example and call on political candidates to "take the no money from sugar pledge". If you are going to stir the pot, Mr. President, that would be a very good place to start.


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Okay, so I gotta write it fast while the hysteria still linger around...
Oh my God, I'm practically hyperventilating now. Heaven knows how obsess I am towards the life of Princess Mia and friends. Besides Harry Potter series, Princess Diaries is another number that I'm literally growing up with. I started reading it when I was 14 years old (exactly the same age with Mia when the series begin, thank you very much) and it goes on and on throughout the year until the book taken a hiatus—eventhough I'm not gonna lie, I thought that was the end and boy did I cried my eyes out back then—around 2009 if I'm not mistaken.
And now, 6 years later… boom, there comes the 11th books of the series titled Royal Wedding. The first adult installment of Princess Diaries. Yes, it's Mia Thermopolis 6 years later, 25 years old (and here I am again, in exactly the same age still).
I actually have no idea that Ms. Cabot ever have any project to continue the series, trust me for a first view years after book number 10 I stalked her like crazy, hoping that she will release the next book. But no… no next book.
So you can imagine how shock I am when few days ago I was casually browsing for an interesting book on Goodreads until I found out a bunch of new reviews about new Princess Diaries novel. I bought it online right away—God bless Google play—and it cost me around 145IDR, totally worth it!
And last night I binge read it, 448 pages nonstop! And impressively done in one night, with no sleep at all.
Now let's spoil it, so for those who not willing to know the goes of the story, you can stop reading this and go ahead read it by yourself. It's awesome, as always.
So the story starts a few days before Mia's 26th birthday… and with the usual Princess Diaries' antique: a total big problem emerge right away. This time it's because Mia's dad caught by the police for car-speeding, totally ruined the condition where he's actually currently in a run for the new Genovian prime minister. But other than that, Mia have her own problem, that is Michael, oh yeah… after all this time, it's still Michael. And Mia being slash by media for having a too long relationship and why the hell Michael haven't popped the question yet.
Mia now living at Genovian consulate office, in the apartment locate in the top floor of the building. And of course with Fat Louie! Although he's an old one now, but still as Louie as ever.
And here comes the first twist in this book, we found out that Frank Gianini alias Mr. G alias Mia's algebra teacher alias Mia's stepdad has passed away. Soooob! So that makes Mia's mom now a widow, raise a 10 years old Rocky by herself.
He dies because a sudden heart attack and as Mia's token to remember him, she build a teen help center under Mr. G's name where there work Perin and Ling Su—who are now in relationship, if you don't know yet.
And Mia's other friends are in the book too! Lilly, now a law student who currently try to pass the bar test. Tina Hakim Baba, a medical student at NYU, almost graduate. And Boris, OMG, or Boris P. as he now widely known is a superstar and a teen heartthrob! He even got his own fanbase, Borettes or something… complete with insane fangirl and stalker.
The second twist in this book is… Michael. That after 8 years long relationship with Mia finally propose! EEEEEK! Yes, Michael and Mia now engaged—and married at the end of the book! I mean, this is madness, I still remember Mia as a dramatic 16 years old who stubbornly only want to lose her virginity on prom night—which she did. And now, she's a lady… a real princess, not a princess in the making/training anymore. And the proposal event Michael held, was beyond beautiful!
And of course, guess who went gaga after hearing the news of Michael and Mia's engagement? Grandmère. Oh yes, she still alive and healthy as ever… not only her, Rommel too!
The next twist of the book is, and this is the big one… Mia found out she's pregnant! Wait for it… with twins!!!!!!!!!
This is no kidding, this book contain so many stories it almost like the author gets back at us with all might she have to pay for those 6 years hiatus. Which is awesome, but also give me a shock multiple times.
Because not only that, there are still two big plot that change the story forever. First, that Mia is actually having a long-lost sister. Whaaaat?! So it turns out that exactly 14 years ago, Mia's dad was fell in love over the heel with one woman and despite the fatal cancer that made him, supposedly, fertile. Magic happened, he still able to impregnated that woman. So that's that, Mia has a sister, a smart and beautiful 12 years old sister name Olivia, Princess Olivia Grace Clarisse Mignonette Harrison, the other princess of Genovia… oh, and I almost forget, that kid is African-American-Genovian. Not that anyone have a problem with that… only, shocking!
And second shocking plot is, almost at the end of the book Mia's dad and Mia's mom are getting back together!! Yes, I know, it's crazy. Of course I always think Helen Thermopolis and Prince Arthur Phillipe are never stop loving each other. What I don't know is after 26 years of Mia's life and after almost 15 years long series… it finally does happen.
Well played, Ms. Cabot, well played. *Bow down*
And of course, Ms. Cabot doesn't bring us down, Princess Diaries: Royal Wedding still accessorize by load amount of slick pop culture references. Only this time it's less Britney and Buffy the Vampire Slayer and more social media related thingies. Which totally make my dream come true, to be able living inside Princess Mia's world in today's generation era.
Obviously, there are still a lot of details of the book I don't spoil here… because I'm a lousy review/spoiler writer as you all know. But yes, the feeling—my feeling is overwhelming.
So if you happened never yet read Princess Diaries, do read. It's so good.
Well for some people this kind of literary genre is sort of lame, but hey… it's my favorite genre, it's all about YA-chicklit-romance-epistolary-with a touch of slapstick humor. It's a perfect easy read!
Now I can't wait for the next book, now that Mia is pregnant she have to give birth and raise her kids, right? Right!
Now I can't wait for the next book, now that Mia is pregnant she have to give birth and raise her kids, right? Right!
In sort: It's 10/10 stars!
"Why delay happiness, even for a matter of principle, if you can have it right away?" — Princess Mia