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Empire Kosher Poultry
Address: 1 River Rd, Juniata Cty, Mifflintown, PA 17059
Establishment No.: p1015
USDA Inspection Report: 15 Sep 2011
Code: 03J04
Violation: 381.65(e)
Citation: At approximately 1059 hours, while performing Poultry Zero Tolerance check on chicken carcasses from the Meyn Line, I observed fecal on one of the ten birds randomly selected from the line. The fecal was located on the inside breast cavity of the carcass and was aproximately 1/4" in diameter from each spot. There was also a fecal smear on the upper inside breast cavity. The color was brown and semi-paste like. Since there were no employees between me and the chicken soaker when I performed this check, it is reasonable to assume the contaminated bird would have entered the chicken soaker in violation of regulation 381.65(e), as well as the plant's HACCP plan, Chicken Slaughter CCP # 1. The line was immediately stopped and Mr. (First Processing Superintendent) and Mr. (Chicken Evisceration Supervisor) was notified.
381.65(e) Poultry carcasses contaminated with visible fecal material shall be prevented from entering the chilling tank.
Next Report: USDA Inspection Report: 15 Sep 2011
Previous Report: USDA Inspection Report: 13 Sep 2011
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I've never really liked many of the blog-network type blogs. Too contrived for me. But Valleywag has already won me over.
First, they've got pix of Larry Page's cute/babe girlfriend! And they've kinda got a Marissa Mayer stalker / fascination thing going. But even more appealing to me was this post:
So, please, let's just stipulate, already: Lloyd Braun is out of Yahoo. The rumors of his departure have been around so long that everyone's bored of them; we're promoting them to the status of fact.
You know I'm a sucker for any Lloyd Braun related snarkiness!

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JDeveloper: Like Aretha Sang...
Firstly, JDeveloper is not open-source, it's proprietary. Java heads tend to make a fetish of platform-independence, and so suspect anything that threatens to lock them into a single supplier. Of course, Java itself is proprietary: the IPR belongs to Sun, they just give the JDK away to all and sundry. To paraphrase the Free_Software_Foundation, Java is free as in free beer not free speech. But at least IDEs like Eclipse, by being open, allow everybody to get involved.
Secondly, JDeveloper is belong to Oracle. Famously, Oracle make an RDBMS. Java heads, by and large, loathe RDBMS. They may tolerate open source quasi-databases like MySQL but they utterly detest commercial big iron databases like Oracle. Partly this is because relational database design is orthogonal to object-oriented modelling. But also the concept of platform independence means that the persistence layer of any system can supposedly be a database or a flat file, so why sweat the details. Either way there is a general reluctance amongst Java programmers (and other OO practioners) to tangle with RDBMS. In its extreme this leads to half-baked ideas like Prevalyer or hand-rolled persistence packages. More common is the tendency to use dont-worry-about-the-database tools like Hibernate. In such a climate few people are going to look favourably upon a tool developed by an RDBMS vendor for the purpose of making it easier to build Java front-ends to database systems.
Like it or not, people will regard JDeveloper as a Java version of Forms, that is a tool for building front-ends to Oracle databases. The fact that it is genuinely platform independent, standards compliant, etc. will not sway them. I know people who switched from using JDeveloper to using Eclipse, simply because they thought using the de facto industry standard would look better on their CVs. As they are now ex-colleagues of mine I guess they bet the right way.
Of course, Duncan is correct to say people ought to be more respectful of other people's opinions but it ain't going to happen anytime soon. Probably the two largest demographic groups on the net (and certainly amongst the l33t h4x0rz who care deeply about IDEs) are
- potty-mouthed teenagers; and
- social inadequates who get on better with machines than with people.


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The ramblings of women from Idabel Oklahoma. We got a Black African American, a native American Indian, A white trash redneck and a damn republican. This blog is an equal opportunity blog. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, age, veteran status, or the fact your a damn republican.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Keyword Analysis is a Naked Whore!
You know how we love checkin' our Keyword Analysis.
Usually it's just keywords like,, drug bust in Idabel, murder in Idabel, where can you buy good pot in McCurtain County, "SE Oklahoma Jeff Keith Buttered Biscuit Butt". .... you know, just normal keywords people use when searching.
Anyway,, we went and checked today, and it looks like all the drugs, murder, and buttered biscuit butts have been replaced by.....
WE KNOW! Who would have thought that would lead you here.
But we got to thinking.. "Some Naked Whores in Oklahoma" is so much better than "Everytime I shat I get hemmoroids".
7 comments:
- Nadine Hightower said...
I get googled a lot for man purses. A LOT!
- August 25, 2009 at 2:49 PM
- Baloney said...
That is how I found you...
- August 30, 2009 at 9:12 AM
- Elaine Warner said...
For my blog it's "guys gone wild" -- a post about Mardi Gras in Cajun country. I considered putting porn references in every title to increase my traffic -- but decided I didn't want those kinds of visitors in my ehouse!
- August 30, 2009 at 11:23 PM
- Territory Mom said...
Too funny!!!!
- September 2, 2009 at 12:51 PM
- bARE-eYED sUN said...
we got by searching for "nekkid hoze"
- September 8, 2009 at 4:32 AM
- jenX said...
ahahaha! baloney's comment is funny!!
you know what - this is really sad. i've been busting my everlovin' hind end for a year blogging about gen x and you know what my most popular post is? birthday gifts for your 8 to 12 year old. my 11 year old wrote it. my hottest all-time post was written by my kid in five seconds. in addition, it was a total test - to see if i wrote to google code if the post would get a lot of traffic. if i blogged about thigns that didn't matter, i'd be famous!
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A book that disappointed you
Catcher in the Rye. Kristen enjoyed it and it's a book you read in school sometimes. I didn't read it in school so I read it on my own and I don't think it lived up to the hype. Then again, classics aren't really my thing either. It was meh.
~ Kelsey
Allegiant by Veronica Roth & Requiem by Lauren Oliver.
- Kristen


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From the author's website: "The weather in the city of High Scape has taken an unnatural turn. It's snowing in the middle of summer, and the townsfolk are desperate for Shield Dunleavy Mallorough and Source Shintaro Karish to fix it – which they can't, but try explaining that to an angry mob.
Meanwhile, there's a crazed killer targeting aristocrats. Karish has forfeited the Dukedom of Westsea to continue working as a Source, but Lee fears that technicality won't matter to the murderer."
I'm still amazed at how much I'm enjoying this series. While I definitely did not enjoy the continuation of Lee and Karish's story as much as the first book, this story gives us some great insight into why both Lee and Karish are the way they are (with conversations with both mothers), and it gives a good plot involving High Scape (the weather and its relationship to a bunch of aristocrat hate killings).
Lee frustrates a bit more in this book than she did previously. While in Resenting the Hero her inability to understand emotions or even feel them to the same extent others do is frustrating, in The Hero Strikes Back she comes across as obtuse or purposely ignorant, which is much worse. Still, this is only highlighted in her relationship with Karish. In other instances, her emotional decisions and responses seem more natural. Obviously this is to prevent Lee from realizing that Karish is madly infatuated with her, but it makes their scenes stilted occasionally.
On the other hand, I liked the mystery/action plot of The Hero Strikes Back just a bit more. First, we're kept in High Scape for the entirety of the book, which is nice since High Scape is supposedly an important city in the world. Second, both Karish and Lee feature in the majority of the book as opposed to Karish's disappearance for a good portion of the first book.
I hope Lee and Karish both get a better feel for their powers in the third book and that we find out more about what Lee is capable of after this second novel. I also hope that Lee gets involved with her new aristocratic friend since I doubt the author will be putting Lee and Karish together anytime soon!
Verdict: 7. I liked it, but not as much as I liked the first book in the series. Still, it was pleasant, easy to read, and fun. What more can I ask for this summer?
Thoughts: Still hate the name Taro. Still effing hate the covers.
Lee and Taro books
Lee and Taro books
- Resenting the Hero
- The Hero Strikes Back


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Greg Mitchell on media, politics, film, music, TV, comedy and more. "Not here, not here the darkness, in this twittering world." -- T.S. Eliot
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
The Road to Big Pink
Dylan's folks have posted a three-minute video travelogue meant to evoke his two-hour (actually it's a big less) from Greenwich Village to Big Pink upstate, to promote his new complete Basement Tapes. And it's narrated by Jeff Bridges. And we cross a bridge, the Tappan Zee, with my own home (Big Grey Blue) up on the hill overhead.
Posted by Greg Mitchell at 1:12:00 PM
is author of a dozen books (click on covers at right), including the new "THE TUNNELS: Escapes Under the Berlin Wall and the Historic Films the JFK White House Tried to Kill." He was the longtime editor of Editor & Publisher. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com. Twitter: @GregMitch
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It's International Boxing Day and can you believe our mom had to explain the boxing thing to us? That's right. None of us are big on boxes around here. We know! Crazy, huh? But our angel brother Seth was a Master of Boxes. He loved them more that just about anything!
Seth didn't care if it was a big box or a little box. If he fits, he sits was Seth's motto. Just between you and us, we think he had a serious cardboard addiction and Amazon boxes were his almost his favorite. Wanna know what his absolute favorite box of all was?
Egg boxes! Seth just loved those things something fierce! We don't get it but we still get a good laugh over seeing his old photos! Thanks, Gracie, for hosting this event and giving us the chance to see our angel brother again!
Thursday, June 19, 2014
International Boxing Day!
6 comments:
- Kjelle Bus aka Charlie Rascal said...
Awww , what a cute picture on Seth in the egg box <3
Happy InterCAtional Box Day to you too :)
- June 19, 2014 at 5:24 PM
- Marty the Manx said...
Thanks for sharing Angel Seth and his AWESOME 'boxes'!
Marty and Ralphie
- June 19, 2014 at 6:31 PM
- Cathy Keisha said...
HAH! An egg carton! Now you're giving TW ideas. Happy Box Day.
- June 19, 2014 at 8:11 PM
Egg boxes! WOW....I guess they must have made for a cozy "nest" or Seth wouldn't have enjoyed them so much! What great photos for box day.
Hugs, Sammy
- June 21, 2014 at 8:02 AM
- Crafty Green Poet said...
I love the photo of Seth on the egg box! I used to have a rabbit, she loved boxes too
- June 22, 2014 at 11:41 AM
- meowmeowmans said...
Seth, that looks uniquely comfy! :)
- July 6, 2014 at 10:37 PM
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text: March 11 – On this day in Montana History in 1962 "throngs were attending" the Building Material and Home Show in Billings. The show offered the latest in home building and furnishing materials. The want ads in the Billings paper of the day show how much things have changed. 3-bedroom homes were going for as little as $50 down and $71 a month. "Fabulous Colonial Casual" divan and matching chair was selling for $75 or only $7.20 a month. In contrast, the latest in "quality picture and stereo high fidelity" televisions were going for $328 – if you had a good trade in!!!!


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To grow shiitake mushrooms, plant spawn plugs in hardwood logs, seal the plugs with beeswax and place the log outdoors in a shaded location. Allow 12 months for the first fruiting to occur.Continue Reading
To grow shiitake mushrooms, cut live hardwood trees, such as oak or maple, into 5-foot sections. The wood pieces should be 3 to 8 inches in diameter. Purchase shiitake mushroom spawn plugs, and wait until temperatures are above freezing to plant.
To plant the spawn plugs, drill holes in the log using a 5/16-inch drill bit. Place a spawn plug into each hole, and tap the plug into place using a hammer. The holes should be at least 1 inch apart. Seal each hole with warm beeswax, and stack the logs in a square that is several layers high. Do not stack the logs directly on the ground.
After sealing the holes, place the logs in a shaded area, such as under pine trees. Allow the logs to remain undisturbed for at least 12 months. The spawn plugs naturally produce mushrooms in the spring and autumn, or when temperatures range from 45 to 75 degrees Fahrenheit, after the first year. To force fruiting, soak the entire piece of hardwood in cool water overnight, and then place the log in a shady location outdoors. The mushrooms should be harvested before the cap is completely open.Learn more about Gardening & Landscapes


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Clearer guidance on how to handle Social Security number mismatches, incorporating biometric technology and allocating sufficient resources for "cleaning up" Social Security Administration (SSA) records would go a long way to preventing the hiring of unauthorized and illegal
That was Austin T. Fragomen's message to a congressional subcommittee on April 14, 2011. He gave oral and written testimony as chairman of the American Council on International Personnel (ACIP) and on behalf of a coalition led by the Society for the Human Resource Management (SHRM) and ACIP,
HR Initiative for a Legal Workforce.
Fragomen spoke about the SSA's role in verifying employment eligibility to a
House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security.
The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 made it illegal for employers to knowingly hire immigrants who were not authorized to work in the United States. It required employers to examine documentation from each newly hired employee to provide identity and eligibility to work.
The hearing examined the employment verification systems available for employer use, including the largely voluntary, free, Internet-based E-Verify system that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services administers within the Department of Homeland Security in partnership with the SSA. In addition, it focused on potential burdens to employees, employers and the SSA; examined E-Verify's shortcomings, and heard suggestions on improving the verification process.
About 4 percent of U.S. employers—or more than 250,000— are registered to use E-Verify, which is scheduled to expire in September 2012 unless extended by Congress.
"While E-Verify has become very effective in matching a name with a Social Security number, it is not effective in making certain that the employee is who he or she claims to be on the I-9 form," Fragomen told the committee.
The I-9 is an employment eligibility verification document requiring employees to attest to their eligibility to work. Some states, the federal government and certain federal contractors and subcontractors mandate its use.
However, E-Verify is vulnerable to identity theft and employer fraud, according to a
Government Accountability Office report issued Jan. 18, 2011.
"It's very frustrating to companies that have to go through this process. They have to accept the document given to them by the employee, as long as it looks reasonable on its face. … If they ask for additional documentation they could easily be accused of discrimination," Fragomen said.
"It puts the companies in an extremely difficult position. And of course if it turns out the document is fraudulent, then the employer's whole business is at risk." Subsequent enforcement could cause them to "lose a big portion of their workforce" or even close their doors.
The employer community has seen "an unprecedented level of scrutiny" by
Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the past two years, Fragomen said in
prepared remarks.
"My point is not that the government should not conduct raids or audits," he said, but that it should explore why an employer completing all of the appropriate paperwork and using E-Verify can have unauthorized workers on staff.
It's also not necessary, he said, for all employers to reverify their entire workforce. That is required of all federal contractors and subcontractors. The idea of expanding that—which would be costly—is a major concern for many employers, observed Fragomen. Instead, the provision should apply only to new hires, he said.
Employers that obey the law but find that they have hired unauthorized workers want "a true safe harbor," he said. Currently, they lack clear guidance on how to proceed when informed that an employee's Social Security number does not match government records. Additionally, there is no assurance when it does match that the employees are not victims of identity fraud, he added.
It's also important, he said, to protect the rights of workers "who are legally in the workforce, regardless of appearance, accent or citizenship status."
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However, one subcommittee member, noting 2011 federal budget cuts and possible cuts to the SSA in the 2012 budget, questioned whether the SSA could "ramp up without sufficient resources."
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The New Jersey Devils had a rough time scoring on the L.A. Kings -- which didn't stop them from trying to go top shelf ... on a couple of chicks outside their party bus! What Stanley Cup defeat?
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Sunday, August 23, 2009
Islam: Mainstream Media Coverage
3 comments:
- Mark said...
Another great video, AA. I have placed it up on my website, too. Keep 'em comin'! :-)
- Sunday, August 23, 2009 at 6:07:00 PM EDT
Thanks for posting my video. At the moment I'm playing with a bunch of different software to see how I can make better videos. Glad you like them.
- Monday, August 24, 2009 at 10:59:00 AM EDT
- Ρωμανός ~ Romanós said...
Yeah, I did a little experimenting with this platform, but I don't have enough time to figure out how to get the good results that you are getting. The software still doesn't "read" non-English words very well, as to pronunciation. For example, dhimmis came out almost unintelligible on your video. And when you have the characters say Allahu akbar, it reads it a little bit funny. You might try spelling it phonetically.
I tried getting my character to read some short verses from the Hebrew Torah, and of course I used a transliteration, but depending on which nationality of character I chose, American male and German male were two that I tried, the reading went according to the phonetic rules for either English or German, and failed.
It is interesting that if you choose a non-English character, you can write scripts in the language of your character. In my case, German worked. (I speak German, French, Spanish, Greek, and a little Hebrew and Arabic).
Anyway, I hope your technique continues to improve. It seems to be a cool chisel to chip away little pieces of the "black stone" of the Kaaba of Islam.
- Wednesday, August 26, 2009 at 12:53:00 AM EDT


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Here's a San Francisco liquor store.
And the fire escape above it.
Utility workers installing fiber optic cable.
A typical San Francisco Victorian house, atypically reflecting back the sunshine on a warm day. It was cooler in the afternoon when the breeze picked up.
Lavender patch in the dog park.
I'm not sure what Kona knows about the little brother coming home any day now.
View of the city from B's hospital room.
We also had to stop at a high end baby store to get an insert for a stroller someone had given them. This is one of those industries spawned by regulation, that conservatives hate so much. And lots of lives have been saved. But I also think that in some cases both the industry and parents have gotten a little carried away. Like the stroller in the store for over $1000.


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Hello! I hope you had/are having a marvellous weekend ♥
The Mr & I had a rather uneventful and totally domestic one. Let me show you!
First of all, we went garage-saling and then to the local fruit wholesaler who is only open a few hours on Saturdays. We got lots of supplies!
The cat promptly claimed the box, as she's prone to doing.
Then our microwave went to microwave heaven, so we got a newbie. Very boring.
Then on Sunday i spent half the day perusing a few of my current favourite cookbooks…
…and then started on a few library books. Libraries are under-rated!
And that's about it! I'd love to hear what you got up to ♥ xx


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So, I got a job!
I am working part time as a library assistant at the circulation desk at a local public library; I started this week. I actually can't even tell you when I got it, because there was such a weird process surrounding the job offer. Well, not really: first I didn't get the job (although I was told it was very close), then I received a phone call from the library a few days later. Something had changed--someone who had been on leave for awhile had decided not to return, thus there was another opening. They couldn't just offer it; the public sector works much differently than the private one (and sometimes better), but this meant that they had to check with human resources about whether or not the job could be offered to me, OR if it had to be posted for the public. After a few days of phone calls from the library, I was officially offered the job (and accepted) and scheduled to start my training.
Back to the title of this post: Why I'm not broadcasting things on Facebook anymore.
When I got the job, I didn't want to say anything publicly. First: I would be working IN THE PUBLIC EYE. I didn't want any surprise visitors at work. I can't hide in a cubicle; I'm right there at the main circulation desk in the middle of a public building. Second: there are some unresolved issues with my former job, and I didn't want anyone on my "friends" list to report back. Might be paranoid, might be smart; whatever it is, I need to be safe. Third: if I say anything that's quasi-complaining about work, I don't want anyone to know who might rat me out. I've had that happen years ago, not with Facebook, but a message board. I need to keep things quiet.
I've been hinting on Facebook at the fact that I'm working again, and this morning, a very good friend mentioned that she must have missed the memo. I hadn't had many chances to tell all of my friends yet, especially with Easter craziness thrown into the mix. Plus, I'm not one to brag about things, and honestly, a part time job isn't really something to get THAT excited about. At least in my mind.
Then I realized that there was a another reason why I didn't say anything: I don't want people who haven't cared, who haven't reached out to me since I lost my job, to suddenly care about me and be all excited or happy for me. Where were you for the past four months? Maybe people were embarassed that they were still working when I wasn't, maybe they didn't know what to say, maybe we were just work friends...but still: their silence hurt and left me feeling very abandoned. Especially those people with whom I had worked for several years.
Of course, I will reach out to my friend and let her know what's up. She's been a good friend for a long time, and most of the important people in my life know the news by now. This unemployment experience shed light on who really matters in life and who will stick around; I don't want false friends or fake congratulations or a lazy "like" as people scroll through their feed. I'll still share small victories, especially with my weight loss progress, and I'll welcome those likes and comments. Big life events? Oh no, sorry. If you're not someone who will stick by me, you don't get to know everything.
[I've thought ahead to the future, to the someday news of a pregnancy. Nope, not going to do it, no matter HOW excited and happy I am. I've toyed with a few ideas, like waiting until after the child is born and posting a picture with the caption of "look what I did today." That would be so hilarous! Or, just posting some sort of "Dear Baby" comment, such as "Dear Baby, can you please stop making me puke all day? Love Mom," and then let the people guess!]


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A unique, hands-on experience will greet visitors to the Kansas Wheat display at the Kansas State Fair this year. Inspired by the Wheat Foods Council "Urban Wheat Field Experience" outdoor exhibit in New York City last fall, the Kansas Wheat Commission and the Kansas Association of Wheat Growers will unveil a new exhibit at the 2009 Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson.
The exhibit, "Wheat: From Farm to Fork," brings the farm-to-table journey of America's most-consumed grain to life with a miniature wheat field, functioning mill, moving displays, nutrition information. The display will showcase Kansas' many contributions to the wheat industry.
Kansas Wheat staff and volunteers will share educational information in the areas of wheat agriculture, milling, baking and nutrition, guiding visitors through each phase of the grain's life cycle engaging them in hands-on activities and demonstrations along the way.
This is the 46th year the Kansas Wheat Commission has had an educational booth at the Kansas State Fair, according to Cindy Falk, nutrition educator for Kansas Wheat. "This year we have enlarged our exhibit in hopes that we can share with others the strong tradition Kansas holds in being the number one wheat and milling state," she says.
The first component of the interactive Kansas Wheat exhibit features a wheat field highlighting the different growth states of wheat, with information about how, where and when wheat is grown. Fairgoers can hand-grind their own small sample of wheat into flour.
A nutrition display will showcase the nutritional proprieties of wheat foods and feature the 2009 Kansas Wheat Commission recipe books, which have become a tradition at the exhibit. This year the free, full-color, 20-page recipe book will contain the recipes from the eight finalists at the 2009 National Festival of Breads.
The Kansas Wheat Exhibit also features winning photos from the 2009 Wheat Photography Contest, free educational materials and a wheat trivia game. Additional time can be spent viewing the 2009 Kansas Wheat Variety display boards and the Market Wheat Show.
"The state fair is a grand event where Kansas Wheat can reach consumers, educators, producers and other professionals all in one venue," Falk said. "Our goal is to help educate our consumers of all ages about all aspects of wheat - how it is grown, harvested, milled and its nutritional benefits."
The Kansas Wheat exhibit will be located in the Pride of Kansas building between the Wheatland Café and the butter sculpture.
The 2009 Kansas State Fair begins Friday and runs through Sunday, September 20. More information on the state fair is available at www.kansasstatefair.com.


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Community Technology Center
Northwest is committed to improving access to computer technology for residents of northwest Rockford. Thanks to a generous donation from the Lello family, the center has developed a state-of-the art computer technology center to provide computer instruction and Internet access. Contact Nichol Fricks for additional information about use of the Lello Computer Technology Center, at 815.964.6885 ext 240
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Residents are invited to rent our facilities for meetings, parties, church services, retreats, and recreational activities. Rooms in both the main building and Corbett Building are available for a modest fee. For more information, contact Liz Gelacio, at 815.964.6885 ext 232


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Winds from the fringes of Hurricane Sandy knocked down four freshly planted palm trees overnight on Biscayne Island.
For part of Thursday night and Friday morning, the palms blocked lanes on the Venetian Causeway. By 7:20 a.m., workers had moved all of them into the new median, part of the Venetian improvements.
Meanwhile, high tides and rain from Sandy made West Avenue impassible between Fifth and 10th streets early Friday, and flooded the easternmost lane of Alton Road.
Cars parked on curbs had water above their doors, and drivers heading south toward the MacArthur Causeway had to turn around at about Eighth Street.


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Theater review: 9 to 5 at Seattle Musical Theatre features flawless performances
Sunday, February 21, 2016
|The Company of 9 to 5 at Seattle Musical Theatre
Photo by Jeff Carpenter
9 To 5
Music and Lyrics By Dolly Parton
Book By Patricia Resnick
Directed By Jessica Low
February 19 – March 13, 2016
"Tumble out of bed and stumble to the kitchen, pour myself a cup of ambition, and yawn and stretch and try to come to life …Workin' 9 to 5, What a way to make a livin'."
With lively songs written by Dolly Parton, 9 To 5 The Musical opened on Broadway on April 30, 2009. It is the "PG" rated, delightful tale of three working women, who manage the successful overthrow of their "sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot" boss.
|Jasmine Sim and Jeff Church
Photo by Jeff Carpenter
Judy Bernly (Melissa Fleming) finds employment after her husband runs off with his secretary. She becomes a secretary at Consolidated Companies. Violet Newstead (Jeannette LeGault) is the senior office supervisor, and she introduces Judy to the staff. Introductions include their sleazy boss Franklin Hart (Jeff Church), and his buxom secretary, Doralee Rhodes (Jasmine Jean Sim).
Hart mistreats his female subordinates, with backstabbing and sexist remarks. He exploits them at every turn, even taking credit for Violet's ideas and sexually harassing Doralee, then spreading rumors about an affair that never happened. He uses his sexist practices to pass over Violet for a promotion she was hoping to receive, which instead went to a man. You won't want to miss the humor, music, or lively action, as the women get their revenge.
|Jasmine sim, Melissa Fleming, and Jeannette LeGault
Photo by Jeff Carpenter
Each of these cast members gives an outstanding performance, with singing, dancing and acting. The entire Ensemble and Production Team worked flawlessly to insure that a very complex set of dances, songs and set changes became an enjoyable and memorable experience for their appreciative audience. As always at the Seattle Musical Theatre, the incredibly talented musicians add so much to the performance.
February 19 – March 13, 2016 - 7:30pm Friday - Saturday, 2pm Sun.
Added show: 7:30pm Thursday, March 10.
Seattle Musical Theater
7120 62nd Ave NE Building 47
Seattle 98115, located in Magnuson Park.
Tickets ($20-$35)


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Where Have I Been?
I've been raking leaves.
Sorry about the unannounced hiatus. A basement remodel and two computers needing repairs got the best of me. But I'm back now and holy cow, I've got a lot of leaves. I had better start drinking tons of coffee because it's going to take a good amount of coffee grinds to get that pile cooking. 10 feet by 5 feet sounded like a great size for a compost bin when I was setting it up. Oh well, I guess I'm going to be highly caffeinated until spring. At least I'll be able to stay up late and do a lot of blogging.
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- Katie said...1:25 AMHoly cow dude! If it wasn't so late in the year and nearly winter, I'd advise growing a cover crop so you have some greens/nitrogen to add to that pile.
Or an electric leaf chipper works great too.
Glad you're back.
Katie from GardenPunks
- Anthony said...10:50 AMHi Katie, I haven't been able to post but I've been reading. Thanks for keeping the garden blogging community buzzing with your comments about young bloggers. Good stuff!
A cover crop is a good idea but like you said, it's too late in the season. Don't worry, I always find a way to get my piles cooking.
- Annie in Austin said...6:04 PMAnthony, do you have a coffee shop nearby? Some of the Starbucks will recycle the bags the coffee beans come in by filling them with used grounds for gardeners.
On the other hand - those 2 AM posts may be interesting in a Hunter Thompson kinda way!
Annie at the Transplantable Rose
- steven said...8:32 AMAnthony,
Welcome back to the blogosphere! Your tidy compost set up has inspired me to think about cleaning up my unruly pile(s).
- Anthony said...8:50 AMAnnie,
Are there people who DON'T live near a Starbucks now a days? :)
Since my wife calls my compost bin "The Crap Box", I don't think she agrees with your tidy remark. But if you're feeling inspired, go for it. Makes spring cleanup easier when you do the work in the fall. :)


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I starting to love Sally Hansen! I'm too lazy at the moment to dig out my camera but here's some webcam pictures!(=
Here's my Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear collection...I know pretty small but I've been seeing swatches of more colors and I'm sure I'm out to get more soon!(=
This one's called Gunmetal and this is just from ONE coat! Pretty nice quality right? Ahem for nail polishes like this! No time to mess with a nail polish that needs two coats? Sally Hansen is your girl!(;
Am I exaggerating? Or does anyone else agree with my opinion of Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear polish?(=
PS: Sorry for the obnoxious kissy face pictures! Its the only face I can make without seeming like a total chipmunk....wisdom teeth! Ackk.


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You always hear the cliche, "Never judge a book by it's cover." With such great titles out there, how can you not? I've always been one of those people who judges a book by the cover. It's probably a sin to do so as a librarian, but I can't help it.
When I'm at the library or a bookstore, I browse the shelves and displays and see what jumps out at me. It is often the book covers that catch my eye. I'll add them to my LibraryThing catalog because I like the cover and want to read the book. Here are five book covers that I love.


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Day 25
The 2015 A to Z Blogging Challenge
Many Sundry Things
Y is for Years Passing
As we reach Day 25 of the A to Z Blogging Challenge I can't help but realize the reflective nature of some of my posts. It's only natural as I'm a reflective person. Reflection is a constant in my life because I don't want to get ahead of myself.
I've a birthday coming up. It's not one of the "milestone" birthdays, but it is significant. On my birthday last year I realized I was inside my five-year window for early retirement. The pension plan I'm in allows for pensions to begin at fifty-nine and a half. So mathematically you understand this birthday will put me into the four-year window of my target date.
For the first time in my life I'm aware of the years of my life passing. I see the changes in the people around me and realize those some of those same changes are happening to me.
I'm not saying I think the changes are a bad thing. They simply are. The years passing have brought me to this point. I've worked hard toward a goal, that of full time writer, and only the passing of years can bring that to fruition.
So what if I've got a few years under my belt? I can still dance naked in the moonlight on a summer's night if I so choose. The years haven't taken that from me. But what they've given me is the knowledge to put on mosquito repellant first.
I think it's an equitable trade.
KC Kendricks
Once again this year I have to do a little book promo along the way. You won't know about my books if I don't tell you about them, right?
Y is for Your Whisper in the Dark.
Kenzie Zahn is starting over as a single man. Left with few immediate options, he accepts a friend's invitation to visit and house sit. It's the perfect opportunity for Kenzie to put a little space between the past and present while figuring out the best path for his future.
Mason Hall enjoys the carefree single life. He works hard, plays a little harder, and doesn't think much about settling down. The right man will come along – or not – and he's content to wait. A night out to enjoy a little dancing leads to a hook-up with Kenzie, the kind of man Mason has only ever fantasized about. Mason can't let him get away.
Kenzie's smitten. Mason is irresistible, but home is a thousand miles away and a long-distance romance isn't workable. A strange twist of identity brings a linked past to light. Kenzie and Mason are brought to the realization that even when Fate arranges a man's destiny, he still has to take a leap of faith, or lose out on love.
Your Whisper in the Dark is now available at Amazon, iTunes, Barnes and Noble, Kobo and other online book sellers.
Book four of the Men of Marionville series.


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Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Product Placement
July fourth has always meant Wimbledon and if Novak Djokovic is on court (up Serbia!) or Serena or Venus is playing (Up dynamic, powerful young women especially if they're black!) I'm there on the couch. Well, this year Novak was out but there was Serena in the final and her young Polish challenger (Up ex-oppressed peoples of Eastern Europe! But I'm still for Serena.)
Being Wimbledon, you start with solemn words about tradition etc. and then the long walk of the two to center court through endless Wimbledonian corridors. But instead of bursting out into the sunlight in a cloud of smoke like the Hurricanes, the two paused to be given big beautiful bouquets and there they were- bouquets of vandas.
There, against the Wimbledon white, was the deep purple-blue of our Motes Indigoes, the two-tone tawny pink of the big Sanderiana- and some background blooms that were a deep pink like our Motes Hot Petunia and the same color as Serena's head band and her knickers!
The camera zoomed in, the two stood there, bouquets tilted towards the viewer ( a thousand and one! A thousand and two!...)- Then out onto the court and the orchids again front and center being exchanged for tennis rackets.
Oh yes, said Dr. Motes, vandas are all the rage in Europe now.
Is it global warming- climate change? The last time we were at the London Orchid Show in a nasty cold March, most of the orchid- buying Brits just backed away from us. The phrase "warm-loving vandas" will do that.
If it is climate change, the greenhouse effect (Ha!) then I have to say I'd trade the spread of our "warm-loving vandas" if it meant keeping polar bears.
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PBS NewsHour -
Jeffrey Brown has the story.
JEFFREY BROWN: It's a fight that started last spring over the price of e-books when Amazon demanded discounts from the publisher Hachette. That was rejected, leading to Amazon's refusal to preorder, discount or promptly deliver many Hachette titles.
The publisher's authors took the fight public, and now they have been joined by hundreds of other writers, including Philip Roth, Salman Rushdie, and Ursula Le Guin. The writers also want the Justice Department to investigate Amazon for illegal monopoly practices.
Roxana Robinson is a novelist, biographer, and president of the Authors Guild, and one of the leaders of this effort.
For the record, Amazon has not responded to several invitations to join us.
So, Roxana Robinson, what is this fight about now? Has it become a debate whether Amazon is just too powerful today when it comes to the market for books?
ROXANA ROBINSON, President, Authors Guild: Well, there are several ways to look at it.
Yes, Amazon is incredibly powerful. It dominates the market in books of all sorts. And it is — the reason that everybody became so vocal about it was the fact that Amazon targeted writers who were completely vulnerable in this circumstance and unable to change the situation. And so Amazon took on the writers for Hachette and made it very difficult to buy their books.
So these writers have seen plunges in their sales and plunges in their income. And it's something that they can't do anything about. We find that unacceptable for a huge marketer who got its start selling books to target writers and make them into victims.
JEFFREY BROWN: Amazon — of course, it is a marketplace. Amazon argues it wants to lower the prices of books. It can sell more books that way. They say publishers don't want this and want to keep the price high for themselves.
ROXANA ROBINSON: Well, here's the thing.
Amazon has made a public claim saying that they have studies that show that if you drop the price of e-books, all e-books would sell more. They don't show what those studies are. They don't show any numbers. It's not — it doesn't make any sense. First of all, it presumes that there is an infinite demand for books, which isn't true. If you made all the books on Amazon free, they still all wouldn't find homes.
So people buy the books they want to buy. Secondly, it won't change people's reading habits. If you want to read "Moby-Dick," you're not going to buy a romance novel just because it's cheap. You are going to buy "Moby-Dick." So it's not — it's not really going to change things.
What they want to do is drop the prices of e-books so they can make more sales, so they make more money. It's not going to help a huge number, a huge proportion of the people whose books are sold through…
JEFFREY BROWN: You know, it is true, of course, that the publishers, Hachette included, are part of much larger corporations. They're big guys too.
So I wonder, for you as an author and authors you work with, do you look at the publishers as the good guys vs. the bad guy Amazon? Is there any good guy here?
ROXANA ROBINSON: Well, here's the thing. Of course, Hachette is a huge company. It's a million-dollar, billion-dollar, international company.
It's dwarfed by Amazon, which is much larger. But the big difference is their attitude towards books and towards writers. And what publishers do is invest in books. They pay advances to writers. They recognize the fact that it may take years to write a good book for a biographer, for a writer of history. And they — they invest in the book. Amazon doesn't do that. Amazon doesn't do editorial tasks.
They don't take a position on the intellectual merit of a book. So, in terms of supporting our endeavor, our intellectual property, there's a big difference between these two companies.
JEFFREY BROWN: On the other hand, though, Amazon has created this marketplace in which books are so much cheaper for consumers, they're so much more readily available. Millions of people clearly like that. And authors see a changing industry, right, a changing world of commerce.
ROXANA ROBINSON: Absolutely.
And Amazon has — by lowering their prices, they have driven out of business a lot of bricks-and-mortar book stores. So, there are lots of people who have no choice but to buy on Amazon. And Amazon makes it very easy. And we all have to accept the fact that most books are sold on Amazon.
But that doesn't mean we have to accept the fact that they are targeting writers and punishing us for something that we have no control over.
JEFFREY BROWN: Have you or other writers you know been in touch with Amazon? Have they reached out to you at all to find some kind of resolution?
ROXANA ROBINSON: Amazon has been very closed-mouth about this. They have reached out to someone I know, and I was sent a letter asking if writers would support a response that they would make — which became public. It was a deal in which Amazon and Hachette would give money to charity, but writers still wouldn't make any money.
But they certainly have not come to any table, as far as I know. I don't know. Both sides are being pretty — pretty quiet about this.
JEFFREY BROWN: And just very briefly, this new effort among hundreds more authors, some very prominent authors, this has become a very public matter. Is that the — is that a strategy, I guess, on the part of authors?
ROXANA ROBINSON: Well, it's a circumstance that we find very troubling.
And, you know, there are millions and millions of readers in the United States. So we are bringing this to the public.
JEFFREY BROWN: All right, Roxana Robinson, novelist, president of the Authors Guild, thank you so much.
ROXANA ROBINSON: Thank you.
Of the global smartphone market, Schmidt explained Google's strategy as one of mass penetration. Android currently holds around 84.7 per cent of the market, compared to Apple's 11.7 per cent. Windows Phone 8, BlackBerry OS and other operators make up around 3.6 per cent.
"The fact of the matter is you can make a small market share with a lot of profits, or you can make the same amount of money with a much larger market share, and lesser profits. We go for volume in our strategies," he said.
The rivalry between Apple and Google was more brutal than ever before, he added. "It's more brutal in the sense the margins are very tough for the operators, the handset manufacturers; and the benefits to the consumer of having these products dropping... It's always good to have more competitors, but trust me, between Apple and Google you're seeing enormous, enormous racing."
Schmidt and former senior vice president Jonathan Rosenberg gave the interview to promote their book How Google Works, covering corporate culture, strategy and innovation at the search engine.
Why competition between Apple and Google is more brutal than ever
Competition between Google and Apple is more brutal than ever, and is the "defining fight of the computer industry", according to Eric Schmidt.


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Welcome back!
I recently created this bright Spring/Summer look to celebrate the end of
winter! It was a long, tough Winter so I couldn't wait to pull out my blues and pinks
and really come up with some fun looks for you guys.
I think this bright seasonal look is still wearable and something that you
can wear for date night or a family BBQ. And while looking for some sunny
inspiration, make sure to visit Katherine's Corner where you'll find great recipes,
DIY, fasion and more!
Check out the video below for the play by play ;)


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This is the gift I want. This is my Christmas. When there is peace on earth and all people dispense and receive good will.
Yet, I am saddened to see the world as it is, particularly with what Islam is doing to it, which is the exact opposite of working for peace and extending goodwill to all people.
My contemplation takes me to the genesis of Islam.
Something I have come to view as a scourge of humanity, and here are a few of my random thoughts about the founder of Islam: the person who launched a religion that has denied peace to mankind right from the start, the person who advanced a religion that began with war, continues with war, and aims to carry on with bloodletting to the end of time. All this makes me think and shake my head in bewilderment.
Starting with the premise that an all-knowing powerful God is the creator of this awe-inspiring universe where we humans are an infinitesimally insignificant part of his creation humbles me.
Muslims call this creator Allah—a recast of one of 360 idols in the pre-Islamic Idolatry of Mecca—and attribute numerous superhuman qualities to him. It is awe-inspiring to realize that a being of that description may indeed exist.
That leads me to some questions: Why would such an indescribably exalted creator, with his ascribed boundless wisdom and resources, pick an illiterate Bedouin to become his prophet for then and forever? The man himself, Muhammad, admitted in the Quran to his own illiteracy. Yet, Allah persisted in choosing this man? Was Allah bored with the rest of his universe and playing a joke on us helpless mortals? Or was it a case of Allah not being able to get any reasonably literate man to take the job?
I don't have an answer to this or a bevy of other questions and the answers I have seen so far from Muslims are far from satisfactory. I am forced to mark this as one of the enigmas of life and move on to further look into Muhammad, his claims, his life and the way all might come together with Allah's choreography of our life of drama.
Muslims claim that Muhammad was the most perfect man, the kind of saintly man that each and every one of us should adulate and aspire to follow. On the top of their list is the desire to lead their lives in such a way that would please Allah, if they can.
Muhammad has done that, Muslims claim. And apparently Allah, in his infinite kindness, does not require the rest of us mortals to do things that we are incapable of doing. And Muhammad has brought us the perfect life manual, the Quran, to help us in our quest, we are told.
Besides, a great inducement for me to check Islam out is the promise of eternal life in an indescribably lush sensual paradise of Allah if I make the grade. If I fail, I am told, my forever destination is the dreadful inferno of hell.
More at Islam Watch


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On one of the new groups I have joined there was a plea for help, so I copyied and pasted the letter for you all to read here it is :
My mom is turning 54 in November and her blog is 1 year old then. Therefor she is doing a giveway each month untill her birthday. The name of her blog is mrs ongeduld, which means in English mrs Impatient. And trust me, she is impatient. But I can understand why, she didn't have a lot off luck in life and with being ill constantly it isn't easy
She is constantly asking why people aren't signing up on her giveaway. I know, her blog is partially English, but it's isn't our mother language, I'm must younger and she tries to learn English, but again, patience.
What is she giving away, you ask... She is giving (each month) a piece off handmade - by herself- lace. So please, if you would like to win this stunning piece, go to her blog, become a follower and leave a message on the giveaway post.
Also, ask your friends please, post wherever you like. She loves to read blogs and meet new people. And maybe finally her English will be better ;-)
I forgot to add her blog: http://ongeduld.blogspot.com/
I went and had a look and her work is amazing!!!! I didn't understand the language but the work spoke for itself, so go on have a look.......


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Last spring the Jeff Fisher LogoMotives train got a little off track and I became Toots Caboose, a member of the Portland Rose Festival Amtrak Cascades Character Clown Corps. I'd never had a burning desire to be a clown - but took on applying for the three-day clown school workshop, taught by professional clown Angel Ocasio, as a major challenge to step outside of my own personal comfort zone and be a part of a historic Portland tradition.
Class of 2009 Portland Rose Festival Amtrak Cascades Character Clown Corps - Before (Photo by Brian Ross)
As I nervously met my classmates in clowning the first evening (above), I had no idea of what to expect from the clown workshop. By the end of the third day we'd established clown personas for ourselves, designed make-up, created costumes and had some fairly intense clown training (below). In just a few days, we were transformed from individuals from all walks of life to a troupe of clowns having shared an incredible life experience.
Class of 2009 Portland Rose Festival Amtrak Cascades Character Clown Corps - After (Photo by Brian Ross)
Our clown characters continued to evolve throughout 2009 with public appearances at National Train Day at Union Station, the Fred Meyer Junior Rose Parade, the Key Bank Grand Floral Parade, and more. Toots Caboose was even tracked to situations not directly related to the Rose Festival. It was an amazing summer of activities.
Now, the search is on for the 2010 Character Clown Corps class. Applications for auditions are due on March 1, 2010. All information, and a downloadable application, may be found on the Portland Rose Festival Amtrak Cascades Character Clown Corps web page.
Tenure as a member of the Character Clown Corps doesn't end with the calendar year of one's schooling. Clown workshop graduates are Portland Rose Festival ambassadors for life. In fact, members of the first two classes just made an appearance this past week, with Drewbo (Drew Carney) on the KGW Newschannel 8 at Sunrise, to promote the search for the 2010 clown class (below).
Check out a video clip of the KGW appearance, see some additional photos of the early morning event and get the perspective of Public Relations Manager Rich Jarvis on the Portland Rose Festival blog.
If you have an interest in some serious clowning around - and a whole lot of fun - you should consider submitting an application to become a member of the Portland Rose Festival Amtrak Cascades Character Clown Corps.
© 2010 Jeff Fisher LogoMotives


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Muslim Youth in South Africa are taking an increasingly enthusiastic role in raising Islamic awareness. Here are some examples:
Muslim Youth Convention
500 young Muslim males attended the Youth Convention at Al Falaah College in Durban in September, 2005. They were given a chance to interact with the Ulama. It was co-hosted by the Muslim Student's Association and the Jamiatul Ulama (KZN). KZN cricketer Hashim Amla participated. Another held at Azaadville Muslim School saw 1500 youth attend.
Leadership Adventure Program
Students are given the opportunity, monthly, to test their leadership skills in practical exercises which examine how they would deal with issues like poverty, disease and drought. The World Association of Muslim Youth (WAMY) conducts the program to identify leadership potential in Muslim youth.
Soccer Tournament
A tournament which combined sport with spiritual upliftment saw 12 teams from Muslim institutions going to Newcastle to compete. It was coordinated by the Muslim Youth Organisation of Newcastle. They played soccer, ate lunch, performed Salaah and listened to advice from Moulana Rafick Ally of Siraatul Haq Muslim School in Escort.
Islamic Society OF University of Port Elizabeth
Muslim students at PE varsity are active in organising Jumas weekly, talks by various Ulama, Taraweeh on campus and Iftaar for foreign students.
Youth @ Work
Muslim Youth in South Africa are taking an increasingly enthusiastic role in raising Islamic awareness. Here are some examples:


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Why are taken people so tempting?
Why is it that when you are single and ready to mingle you sometimes hit a dry spell where no one seems interested in you. The minute you find someone and become involved, you get approached all the time! It's funny how men tell me that they get more attention from women when they wear their wedding ring.
I remember meeting one guy who said he only dated married women or women who had a live-in boyfriend. He seemed to get some twisted satisfaction from being the man that they turned to when things got messy at home.
What is it about taken people that makes them so attractive to everyone?
Why does it seem so many are willing to be the side action?
Have you ever noticed that you get more attention when you are seeing someone special or in an exclusive relationship?
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I'm out...have a great evening to whomever's still here...
...the blog needs an intervention. Maybe tomorrow if we have enough people we can Zane for old times' sake.
2C, no I don't have it.
Purp, you got disco's number?
Off to the gym I go...no time for P90X3 this evening so Imma go for a run instead...three miles definitely..four if I have the time.
Mission Accomplished!!!
Yeah...I know it could be worse...
Off to lunch. Later
I have always liked the Spurs and how they play team basketball and the core has been together twelve years, HOWEVER, age has finally caught up with them. I still think they would have a better chance to beat the Heat. To think they had a 5 pt lead with 26 sec remaining and R Allen drain the 3 from the corner...just dam!! As Barkley says often, a jump shooting team can't win championship....OKC
Well, it could always be worse. You could be one of many that do not have a job.
They were starting to actually show changes and now the stuff I was excited about has been postponed until Sept...I don't believe it will even happen now. I'm back in the same boat of being frustrated and miserable at my job...
Don't let them get your hopes up. It's like dating don't believe what you hear believe what you see.
It's not about meeting friends...it's about the big boss promising positive changes for me and then not following through. I'm just tired of getting excited here and then let back down...I hope I can find something else soon.
Bluz, they so you go to work to ear a paycheck and not to meet friends
Bluz, they told me you could play well.
I'm so trying to get myself in a better mood. Ugh! I'm just tired of being disappointed by my employers...
I used to play basketball, but never got into watching games on tv.
Oh Bluz , lol
You mean basketball season isn't over yet? ;-) I'm always amazed at how long their season is...
Sassy, for some reason I think the Heat want to finish the Pacers off in Miami. By far worse performance by James in playoff, hence the foul troubles early. Heat will dust them up next game. Spurs are a well oiled machine that beats you with fundamental and keep chipping away. If OKC can stay consistent with the speed and attacks they will win...but they can't stay consistent. Ibaka is the Xman lol
Side stepping....soo any thoughts on the game last night? I think that dude blowing in LeBron's ear had him off kilter...hell that among other things but that was by far his worst playoff performance EVER.
I'm anxious to see how San Antone rebounds in tonight's game...Popovich looked like he was about to burst a blood vessel the other night.
Bluz, Leggs y or may not be the only one who knows how to contact her
I sure hate to see this blog die...anyone talked to disco to find out why she hasn't been on yet? I wonder if she can't get in...
So what's the general consensus? What are we going to do?
Purp, I doubt it.....
Is there any chance of going back to the old format?
Afternoon everyone! I see it's a slow blog day again...I've been in meetings. I used to have a habit of being attracted to what I couldn't get. That's never a good ending...always end up with some kind of hurt feelings...No more for that!
O/T - So...I've been talking about some good, positive changes happening here at work that I have been excited about. Well...this morning, I was told that the changes will be postponed until probably September. I'm so not happy about this. I don't really trust them. Guess I need to go back to looking for another job...very frustrated about this...
Hey, when did the blog format change and why was it done?
I'm not sure if I like it.
I concur with hitting a dry spell. Guess it's not my season for love.
But, taken people don't appeal to me. I'm selfish. I don't like to share.
You're right...I've been thinking about some of the comments made since we "moved" here. I think there needs to be a blog version of a "come to Jesus" meeting...or maybe we just need a huge overhaul...
I don't know but yeah this is like watching grass grow...
What other blogs are some of you guys on...maybe I'll check those out. No offense/disrespect Diva...but you see what's happening here...or whether what's not.
Sassy.....it's becoming torture coming in here nowadays....
LOL @ 2C...I know right?!
Guess I'll go work on my manuscript....or just sit here and rock from side to side whilst humming a Negro spiritual...lol. I's bored this morning..
I feel mischief wanting me...
Hey everyone
No thoughts on this one, don't find excitement in something I can't have.
I think it's the allure with the forbidden....regardless of what it is. I think it's human nature that starts when we're children. If you think about it, you see it all the time. When you tell a child NOT to do something, it heightens the excitement and makes them want to do it anyway....just to see why you warned them against it in the first place.
I feel this carries over into adulthood. Doing something or going somewhere...hell ANYthing risque that we're told not to do holds a level of excitement with it....
Regarding otherwise taken people, I think the same thing holds true. Now when it comes to side pieces and folks willingness to be such...I think that's a desperate, thirsty, low self esteem type situation...
Have you ever noticed that you get more attention when you are seeing someone special or in an exclusive relationship? Yes and sometimes it sucks because I am loyal so I may miss a good catch...lol.
I agree that taken people somehow are more interesting to many. I had people that wouldn't give me the time of day when I was single and when I got married, they were constantly flirting with me and some even came right out with what they were interested in. "We can keep each other company" and "Well, I don't want a relationship with you" were two of the more common lines. I haven't strayed, but I have to say, the bad part of me sure raised a ruckus. Best/Worst saying I ever heard about this "You haven't had REAL sex until you do it with someone else's wife." Pretty sad to say that, but some associates swear that it's true.
Have you ever noticed that you get more attention when you are seeing someone special or in an exclusive relationship? You get more attention due to you are radiating happiness , people are drawn in to your glow.
Why does it seem so many are willing to be the side action? Well i guess the ladies get money and gifts without having to be the maid, and the guys don't have to worry about a relationship or her asking for one he doesn't have to preform household duties.. etc
What is it about taken people that makes them so attractive to everyone? its not attractive to me, i believe that is a whole lot of drama just waiting to happen....


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Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Blogging The Upfronts, Day 3
CBS announced their fall schedule today, which included very little in the way of changes. The schedule looks like this, new shows in bold (thanks, Zap2It):
8 p.m. "How I Met Your Mother"
8:30 p.m. "The Big Bang Theory"
9 p.m. "Two and a Half Men"
9:30 p.m. "Rules of Engagement"
10 p.m. "CSI: Miami"
8 p.m. "NCIS"
9 p.m. "The Unit"
10 p.m. "Cane"
8 p.m. "Kid Nation"
9 p.m. "Criminal Minds"
10 p.m. "CSI: NY"
8 p.m. "Survivor: China"
9 p.m. "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation"
10 p.m. "Without a Trace" (New timeslot)
8 p.m. "Ghost Whisperer"
9 p.m. "Moonlight"
10 p.m. "Numb3rs"
8 p.m. Crimetime Saturday
9 p.m. Crimetime Saturday
10 p.m. "48 Hours: Mystery"
7 p.m. "60 Minutes"
8 p.m. "Viva Laughlin"
9 p.m. "Cold Case"
10 p.m. "Shark" (New timeslot)
So, yeah, only five new shows, and Kid Nation is a reality show that holds absolutely no interest for me (kids building a perfect society? Where's the conflict? Where's the drama? Where's the pirate-themed imagery?), so that bumps it down to four. Did CBS really do so well this season that they don't need more than four new scripted shows? Anyway, thoughts:
-- Every returning drama on that schedule makes me absolutely shocked that it's still on the air. NCIS is still on? Really? Shark made it to season 2? There are still 3 C.S.I.'s? Who watches them all? I really want to do a study on the CBS procedural demo and find out if it really is just old people and folks falling asleep in front of the tube after a long day at work.
-- How I Met Your Mother returning is the best news of the day for CBS, and it's now my mission to get as many people as possible to watch it. It's really good! Doogie is hysterical!
-- Jericho got cancelled, which surprises me a little, even though I thought it was a terrible show back when I tried to watch it last fall. I'm sad for Keckler, though, as that show was her lunk-headed TV boyfriend. Also cancelled: The Class, which means Lizzy Caplan and I will continue to have to search for a show worthy of her awesomeness.
-- The Amazing Race isn't on the fall schedule, but will return at some point mid-season, which means that Eric and Danielle winning All-Stars was bad enough to earn the show a time-out. Seems about right.
As for the new shows:
Sitcom from the guy behind Two And a Half Men (strike one), starring Charmed's Kaley Cuoco (strike two), and featuring a geeks-try-out-at-love plot almost identical to NBC's The I.T. Crowd. Nerds are so hot right now, I guess. And trying to glom onto the success of Christopher Gorham in Ugly Betty makes for strike three.
Ever wish Angel had been exec-produced by Joel Silver? God knows I have. It seems so unnatural to have such a genre show on CBS. Yeah, its lead-in is The Ghost Whisperer but that only makes me worry that this will be less Angel and more Touched By A Vampire Like Angel. The DVR's already suddenly crowded enough on Friday nights. Can't see myself going out of my way to watch this.
"In America, first you get the sugar, then you get the power, then you get the women." Remember that from The Simpsons? When Homer discovered the giant pile of sugar and then made a Scarface reference? Well someone apparently decided to make a TV show about it. And it seems kind of interesting. Jimmy Smits, Hector Elizondo, Rita Moreno, Polly Walker, and Alona Tal star in a drama about a family's struggles to hold on to their lucrative rum and sugar empire. I love how TV shows have dealt with an inability to make shows about Big Oil families (too unsympathetic) by making them food wholesalers and rum-and-sugar barons instead. Anyway, Tuesdays at 10 isn't a bad time slot, and I could definitely see myself giving this a shot. Jimmy Smits is wildly successful on TV, too, so perhaps my optimism is justified.
Everybody seems to be super excited for this American remake of the BBC's Viva Blackpool! My understanding is that it's a drama about a man who wants to build a casino in Nevada, and occasionally things break out into performances of poular songs. Songs just weird enough for me to like it, and that's even before you find out Hugh Jackman is producing (and maintaining a recurring role).
The very idea that this drama about swinging, sex-swapping couples in the 1970s, starring Grant Show, Molly Parker, and Miriam Shor, got bumped to midseason in favor of that stupid vampire show makes me hate CBS all the more. Again, this doesn't even feel like a real CBS show. Let another network have it, ya prudes!
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- Sticky Keys said...
JERICHO!!! I just freaking learned what upfronts were two days ago and I already hate them!
Sigh, guess I'll have to wait for another Snatch to see Lennie again. That show was is bad, but so great.
- 5:08 PM, May 16, 2007
Goddamn CBS. The Class was really funny. Like, first season of Friends funny. (Seriously, go back and watch early Chandler the computer geek, before the writers found their groove.) HIMYM wasn't nearly that funny its first season, minus the obvious & incredible Doogie factor, and look how much it blossomed sophomore year. Without that renewal, we never would've had Slap Bets or Robin Sparkles, people! C'MON!
I've never watched Jericho, nor would I ever want to, but I'm still sort of surprised at its demise when all those other shows you mentioned are still there. I ... don't watch anything on CBS but reality TV, apparently. Huh.
- 6:26 PM, May 16, 2007
- NYOne said...
I don't watch anything on CBS other than occasionally catching HIMYM (adding to the DVR next season) and a shameful summer fling with Rockstar: Supernova (I 100% blame M. Giant for that one). But color me interested in Swingtown if for no other reason than Jack Davenport, on whom I harbor an enormous crush left over from Coupling.
- 12:18 PM, May 17, 2007


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You have super powers and I can prove it!
Life has gotten unimaginably hectic lately. I work full-time (and a lot of overtime), I film, I write, I exercise, I'm going to grad school, I have friends, I have family, I have a girlfriend, I'm helping to edit an awesome anthology, I'm participating in nanowrimo, I'm inexplicably going to a Rihanna concert tomorrow that I do NOT have time for but I was inspired by this post and though I feel like I'm wearing myself very thin- I'm loving my life.
Part of the reason I can love my life is that I'm starting… keyword STARTING to use my super powers!
I think we're all born with some kind of super power. It's just up to us to figure out what that power is and to use it to its full potential. Unfortunately, our super powers seem boring, so we don't tend to see them immediately. We have to have others see them and on top of that, we have to acknowledge that this thing is something peculiar about ourselves.
My peculiarities are: being able to wake up early (even though I'm actually more of a night owl when given the opportunity), having an especially high amount of energy and endurance (traits you probably share if anyone has ever called you a spaz) and an intense desire to see improvement in the world (I'm driven).
These traits are meaningless if I don't use them, however. I wasn't for the longest time. I got to work early and got off work earlier than most to just spend my time napping or watching cartoons. Adventure Time and Regular Show are some shameful SHAMEFUL addictions of mine. Yes, yes I am in fact an adult… you can shove it.
Anyway, I have only started to recently use my superpowers; but, the results have been tremendous. I've found myself getting much more done and still having time to do the things I love; like writing in this blog! I've used my ability to get up early to take care of e-mails and clutter at work. I've used my time more wisely when getting home which has given me the ability to exercise more, which makes me feel 100 percent better about myself and my general state of being. On the flip side of that, I've used my innate energy to focus more on my writing right before bed instead of just mindlessly scrolling through web pages when my body is tired but my mind is not.
So seriously, give it some thought. What are some things that your friends or colleagues have complimented you on or even been annoyed by? (Remember having a lot of energy makes me a spaz, but I can still use my spaz-powers for good!) Use those things to your advantage! They're things your naturally good at. Instead of wasting them on mindless pursuits, use them to further your career or to pursue your passions! I did and though I still struggle- it has truly made a big difference in my life; and hopefully, by extension, the lives of others.
I hope this post helps you in some way and as always…
Much Love,
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[Site editor's note: The following is an excerpt from the new Disinformation title 50 Things You're Not Supposed To Know: Religion, authored by Daniele Bolelli.]
Since the dawn of time, God's faithful followers have been locked in a war without mercy against the forces of evil. Christian theology (and Muslim too, for that matter) is clear on this matter. This is a fight that can't stop until the final showdown at the end of times, when God's partisans will drown their enemies once and for all in rivers of blood. Until then, the battle rages on, and the entire earth is divided in opposing armies. Neutrality is just not an option. Much like rust, Evil never sleeps, and its agents are constantly busy trying to hurt the followers of the one true faith. Given this outlook, it then logically follows that it is wise for God's people to strike down the devil's minions wherever they are found: heretics, witches, pagans and other fans of the devil simply have to be stopped.
It would be easy for Christians to despair when they are always surrounded by such scary opponents, but in the Spain of the 1400s, a man rose to their defense. His name?
Fighting out of the red corner, wearing the robes of inquisitor general, he is "The hammer of heretics, the light of Spain, the savior of his country." Ladies and Gentlemen, representing the Holy Inquisition, and sporting a record of hundreds of heretics killed, I introduce to you, the one and only reigning heavyweight champion of the Catholic faith, Tooooomaaaaaaasss de Torrrrrqueeeeemaaaadaaaaaaaaaa!
A Dominican friar and Queen Isabella's personal confessor, Tomás de Torquemada had become Spain's first inquisitor general, which is to say God's right hand man in His fight against heresy. In his zealous quest, he set up a system that burned to death over 2,000 people (and many, many thousands more when imitators followed his lead in other parts of Europe). Some of his main victims were former Jews and Muslims posing as faithful Catholics but secretly holding on to their old beliefs. But even more broadly, Torquemada's mission was to bring down anybody holding ideas that differed from Catholicism.
His methods were not exactly the embodiment of Christian compassion, but in the fight against the Evil One, a man's got to do what a man's got to do. Whips, hot irons, thumbscrews, stakes and other pearls of creative sadism were holy weapons to be used in defense of the Catholic faith. By the time Torquemada knocked on your door, you were pretty much screwed. It meant that someone had managed to convince him that you were an enemy of the faith who had to be stopped. The good, old rule "innocent until proven guilty" was not yet old and was certainly not considered good. The legal theory of the Inquisition was more along the lines of "guilty until proven innocent." Actually, even that was too much to ask, since you really couldn't prove yourself innocent. If you confessed, then obviously you were guilty. But if you didn't, then it meant you were truly a lying, sneaky servant of the devil who should be tortured. If you confessed under torture, then it was a done deal. If not, again this only proved your guiltiness since clearly the devil was giving you supernatural power to resist pain: quite literally damned if you do, and damned if you don't.
Incidentally, along the way the Inquisition was also a profitable business since all the wealth of those convicted would be seized and split between king and church. But whether inquisitors burned you at the stake because they were greedy, or because they truly believed they were doing God's work, it didn't exactly make a huge practical difference.
Clearly, the devil had many fans since Torquemada's holy mission didn't find universal support. He was so fearful of assassination that he traveled with more than 250 bodyguards (hell … even Mafia bosses are satisfied with less than that…).
But God's hit man also had many admirers. Not only most Catholic inquisitors looked up to him as a model to be followed, but even Protestants ended up following his same recipe. Both Martin Luther and John Calvin, the giants of Protestant theology, were as insistent as Torquemada about the necessity of barbecuing witches and other soldiers of the devil. It was only after the worst of the devil's inventions became popular—that pesky Enlightenment with its emphasis on reason, science and individual rights—that the hands of Torquemada's spiritual descendants were no longer free to strike down heretics. So, these must truly be dark times, now that heroes of the faith like Torquemada are no longer able to carry out their holy mission. If you can't even burn them on the public square, how can society defend itself against the servants of the devil?
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Sunday, March 1, 2009
Colin Cole Just Got $21 million!
GB was flirting with DE Chris Canty, who Matt thought was the old CB from Kansas State. He visited the Giants and took their guaranteed $17 mil ($42 mil total) without visiting the Pack. I guess Green Bay wouldn't guarantee a contract without visiting first so Canty took the "sure thing" contract from New York. This is also a semi-curious signing. Seems like a lot of dough, he's played in a 3-4 since high school, will now be a 4-3 DT in NY, and just became the highest paid D-Lineman on the Giants - more than Tuck, Umenyora (ha, spell check suggests "Omnivore"), and Kiwanuka ("Kiwanis"). Would have been nice, but don't worry, we've got Justin Harrell!
CNNSI's Peter King was with Canty's agent during his slim time as a free agent. Describes how he became a Giant.
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Now what mediocre player can we find to say nice things about us? (Even if they're not getting paid.)
Go Pack
Our dominance over Seattle continues.
- March 2, 2009 at 9:06 AM
osi likes it nasty.... http://nfl-news-info.my-ani.com/node/630011
- March 2, 2009 at 9:33 AM
Good crapping christ. Ted Thompson... you SUCK.
- March 2, 2009 at 10:01 AM
"Weirdest thing I heard over the weekend: Pack gave their coaches the weekend off. They'll be in today, and this week, to work on the free agents. I'm told that has meaning -- that the Packers want to send the message that free agency spending these days is profligate, and they'll get in when the Dan Snyders get out."
~~Peter King
What does that really mean for the future of the Packers with T-squared at the helm?
- March 2, 2009 at 1:37 PM
Means they're not going to overpay for mediocre players.
- March 2, 2009 at 1:52 PM
Dan Snyder: best season has been 9-7 in the eight years he's been there.
Free Agency is for suckers.
- March 2, 2009 at 3:37 PM


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Beware weird evangelists who hate trees
I am a Christmas devotee.
Oh, there are some annoyances such as starting the celebration in early November with the blasting of Yule music, including the more sacred carols, throughout malls. But on balance, I love the day and those surrounding it, especially Boxing Day.
December 26 and its frenzy of bargain shopping is the beginning of a softer week. These days give us the opportunity to reflect on the rapidly-closing year and bask in the afterglow of Christmas. It is also an apt time to think about the families in our communities for whom Christmas is neither merry nor bright and if we have left anything undone, to do something to help them.
Since childhood I have reveled in the season. The highlight at our house was the ritual of the tree with real tinsel and fragile ornaments that it seemed had always been with us. It was the tree, though, that precipitated a family crisis.
It seemed to me that we went to church a lot back then. In the fundamental world in which I was raised, the admonitions from the pulpit seemed to outweigh the Gospel message. My dad especially, a good, devout man, lived an exemplary life and I remember when some authority figure suggested a real Christian shouldn't drink tea or coffee, Pop switched to hot water.
Then a strange, wild-looking, itinerant evangelist laid a new one on us.
It was early December as we sat mesmerized at Bethel Pentecostal Church when the visiting preacher with flailing arms pointed heavenward as he warned an amazed congregation that we would be in big trouble with the Almighty if we allowed a Christmas tree in our house.
I had become somewhat cynical by age 13 and wasn't quite sure how or why some perceived transgressions made the long list of sins that would surely send us to perdition. Smoking, dancing, movies, card-playing and swearing I could perhaps understand, but no Christmas tree? This new prohibition caused quite a stir in the pews. Then the ecclesiastic hit us with his Biblical authority, which he claimed to have discovered during one of his several daily readings. He cited Jeremiah 10:3-4: "For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers that it move not."
I thought maybe we'd be OK because we didn't use nails; our tree was always stuck in a bucket of sand. Happily by then, dad had gone back to coffee, which gave him the courage to ignore the admonition of the weird evangelist, who at any rate had left town to warn others of the curse of the tannenbaum. We all went to the corner lot and bought a magnificent tree, which gave us great joy, smelled wonderful and left a prodigious pile of needles on the linoleum.
By now your tree is up and, if not the ersatz variety, has deposited a few needles — some of which you'll find in April. And the first wave of holiday entertaining is over.
Heavy-duty entertaining is traditional in December, but there are two speed bumps in any dinner invitation; both deal with timing.
Say you are invited for 6 p.m.. In London, it is considered bad form to arrive much before 6:30. Should you misjudge the timing and arrive at 6, you should drive around for half an hour. However, in Lucan, Ilderton or Exeter, 6 p.m. means 5:45.
The other sensitivity as a host is when to call it a night — 8:30 p.m. is too early, but 2 a.m. is definitely not in good form.
My friend Richie (not his real name) suggests this dialogue with the spouse: "These folks look tired dear, why don't we get ready for bed and let them get home?" The hosts leaving the room briefly to return wearing pyjamas is considered perhaps going a bit too far, unless the guests are still there at 2.
Peace on Earth has still evaded us, but we live with hope. I wish families everywhere both peace and happiness and a Merry Christmas.
Bill Brady is a London freelance writer. E-mail firstname.lastname@example.com


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David Cohen posts at Feminist Law Profs about Cal Poly's efforts to evade Title IX by sponsoring men-only engineering classes in Saudi Arabia.
At Womenstake.org, Neena Chaudhry of the National Women's Law Coalition reflects on the three-year anniversary of the Department of Education's 2005 Clarification, which allows schools with grossly inequitable particpation opportunities to satisfy Title IX using the results of a web-based survey of female students' interests and abilities.
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What was most amazing, to Westerners at least (and perhaps to the Chinese people), was that his comments were broadcast live on official China TV. After all, his official observations weren't exactly pretty.
What was most amazing, to Westerners at least (and perhaps to the Chinese people), was that his comments were broadcast live on official China TV. After all, his official observations weren't exactly pretty.
Here is the back-story:
In every historical movement and moment, there are good guys (good ladies, too) and bad. But they often come in shades of gray, making it difficult to sort them out. That is probably precisely the case with Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao. After all, for years he has been nothing less than the number two (behind impassive-faced President Hu Jintao) of a regime rated, certainly by the West, as relentlessly repressive. And he has been in office long enough to speak out forcefully long before this.
But in many places — including Hong Kong and on the mainland as well — they tend to call him Uncle Wen, with genuine affection.
And there is good reason for the emotion: No one at the top of either the Communist Party or the government of China has seemed more in tune than Uncle Wen with the anxieties of the Chinese people — especially their need for reassurance that top leaders really do know (and care) about what is happening in the lives of regular folk down below.
China's legislature meets only a few days every year and is routinely dismissed by the Western media as "a runner stamp parliament." That characterisation is too simplistic. At the very least, the NPC offers — like some huge annual US corporate retreat — invaluable moments for group reflection and significant consensus building. In fact, Uncle Wen used the NPC occasion to try to raise the governing elite's consciousness about the pressing need to continue political reform. He even evoked fears of a return to a new dark 'Cultural Revolution', if reform should slow down.
What he meant in invoking memories of that dark and horrible period (1966-76) in history was that the current social stability cannot be taken for granted. For all the immensely impressive economic achievements, the development of China's polity has not kept pace in levels of effectiveness. As a result, China struggles with basic contemporary issues and challenges, such as Internet access and web communication, that other Chinese societies (Singapore comes to mind, Taiwan, too) have more or less successfully resolved.
China's current leadership has begun the process of handing over the reigns of power to the next generational level of ambitious and accomplished leaders. But lurking in the wings are conservatives who would turn the clock back to extreme central rule, in opposition to modernisers who insist China requires a more nuanced political system.
Just as in America, the changing of the guard takes some time. There will be a lot of jostling and some internal mess, though there are no political primaries, fund-raising events and god-awful candidate "debates" to have to endure.
That's because China's political system features but one political party. There was no reason for Wen Jiabao to over-dramatise China's dilemma. He is a serious man. People respect his views. Clearly he was not just crying uncle. His speech may just prove the most important ever broadcast on China TV.
Veteran columnist and author Tom Plate is Loyola Marymount University's Distinguished Scholar of Asian and Pacific Affairs and a Visiting Professor at the United Arab Emirates University


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Friday, September 28, 2012
What is the success of Chinese medicine? Naturopathic Doctors also work with Chinese/Asian Medicine!
Spirituality Key to Chinese Medicine Success: Study Explores Why Chinese Medicine Has Stood the Test of Time
ScienceDaily (Sep. 25, 2012) — Are the longevity and vitality of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) due to its holistic approach? Indeed, Chinese medicine is not simply about treating illness, but rather about taking care of the whole person -- body, mind, and spirit. According to an analysis of TCM's origins and development by Lin Shi from Beijing Normal University and Chenguang Zhang from Southwest Minzu University in China, traditional Chinese medicine is profoundly influenced by Chinese philosophy and religion. To date, modern science has been unable to explain the mechanisms behind TCM's effects.
The study is published online in Springer's journal Pastoral Psychology, in a special issue² dedicated to the psychology of religion in China.
The essence of TCM lies in its foundation in spirituality, religion, and philosophy, making it quite different from Western medicine and leading it to be viewed by some as magical and mysterious. Chinese medicine is an ancient discipline with a long developmental history and is very much influenced by religion and spirituality. Shi and Zhang's paper examines in detail six aspects of traditional Chinese medicine: its history; its fundamental beliefs; spirituality in traditional Chinese healing rituals; spirituality in the traditional Chinese pharmacy; spirituality in health maintenance theories; and spirituality of master doctors of traditional Chinese medicine.
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vs Maryland 30/43 338 yards 69.8 cmp% 3TD 0INT 158.8 QBR
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at Texas 25/35 268 yards 71.4 cmp% 4TD 0INT 173.5 QBR
at Texas Tech 30/56 278 yards 53.6 cmp% 1TD 0INT 101.2 QBR
vs Kansas State 21/32 143 yards 65.6 cmp% 1TD 2INT 101 QBR
vs TCU 32/54 260 yards 59.3 cmp% 3TD 1INT 114 QBR
at Oklahoma State 36/54 364 yards 66.7 cmp% 2TD 0INT 135.5 QBR
vs Oklahoma 20/35 320 yards 57.1 cmp% 4TD 2INT 160.2 QBR
at Iowa State 22/31 236 yards 71 cmp% 2TD 0INT 156.2 QBR
vs Kansas 23/24 407 yards 95.8 cmp% 3TD 1INT 271.2 QBR
at Syracuse 16/24 197 yards 66.7 cmp% 2TD 0INT 163.1 QBR
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The Good:
- He's gotten consistently better every year he's been playing. More accurate, less mistakes and more consistent.
- He can make all the throws regardless of the weather.
- His offensive line was pretty bad today. Many of the times he didn't even get back in his drop before there was pressure right down on him.
- With no running game to speak of, he couldn't just hand it off to a big bruiser to get him the short yardage, he had to hope that Austin would get free or that he could make it work. WVU relies on passing 100%, always have under Holgerson and always will. They should've realized before halftime that the OLine was struggling they should've put in a TE to help block or a RB/FB to block more often. That'll get alot better in the NFL because he'll be able to fall back on our running game and packages that he just doesn't have in WVU.
- His scheme that his coaches gave him was a bigger problem than the weather.
The Bad:
- Pressure, he didn't handle it well. He blew up at the ref after the safety, his pocket presence was poor, and he didn't get rid of the ball when he needed to. He had the unfortunate truth that he knew people would be watching. It was the last game before the draft, last chance to prove his game readiness and leadership. He put the pressure on himself, as did the hype, and he didn't play a great game. So Kiper and McShay will say I told you so and he'll have to make big waves in the combine and senior bowl to get the attention back.
The bad thing is we have to take a chance on someone. Geno, Wilson, Bray, Barkley, whoever we take is a risk. The only thing we can do is hope that whichever risk we take will pan out. The bad news is we're the Chiefs, and QB's don't normally pan out. But before we get to April, lets just wait and hope that Monday brings us a clean slate.
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Thursday, May 1, 2008
The Writer has a busy week ahead. First, she is going to an all-day (and half the night) crop to celebrate National Scrapbook Day. Then she leaves for Atlanta for the International Reading Association annual convention. She'll be gone several days.
Yippee! Do you know what this means?
It doesn't mean you can sleep on her side of the bad, if that's what you're thinking.
The Writer's husband will feed me and you know what that means.
Yes. The Writer's husband puts too much food in your bowl and he always falls for your pathetic I'm-tottering-with-starvation act every time he puts a toenail in the kitchen. Go ahead and eat your old kibble. The Writer will be dining on fried catfish and banana pudding.
Hmm. Do you think she'll ask for a kitty bag?
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Prices include all available factory rebates, incentives (residency restrictions may apply), and dealer discounts. Not all consumers will qualify for all incentives and rebates. Certain rebates and incentives cannot be combined. All financing subject to approved credit. Prices exclude freight, tax, tags and dealer processing fee of $689.00. Freight charge varies depending on the model, $750-$1,495. Some prices may exclude Recon/PDI fees. Prices are valid based on current manufacturer incentive programs, which vary by model. See Dealer for details. While every reasonable effort is made to ensure the accuracy of this information, we are not responsible for any errors or omissions contained on these pages. Please verify any information in question with Jerry's Ford. All vehicles subject to prior sale.


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