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'Restoring Honor' at the Lincoln Memorial hosted by Glenn Beck (August 28, 2010)
Posted by FactReal on August 28, 2010
|Links to the event Restoring Honor by Glenn Beck & Special Operations Warrior Foundation:
– Live stream was via: C-Span Live Stream, Ustream
– Facebook: Restoring Honor Rally
– Michelle Malkin blog
– Albert Pujols & Tony La Russa will attend Beck "Restoring Honor" Rally
– 500,000 Patriots Gather to Honor America
– Dr. Alveda King (niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,): Why I am speaking at Glenn Beck's Restoring Honor Rally: "Though critics see it as partisan, Beck's rally is not a political event, per se. Instead, it is designed to be a refreshing exercise of freedom of speech.
The rally will be a celebration of who we are as a nation and a chance to stop for a moment, reflect, reorganize, and re-energize. It's a chance to think about character; both our character as a nation and our character as individuals.
Delineating ourselves as red state or blue, liberal or conservative, minority or majority, we have not quite reached the day when men and women are "judged not by the color of their skin but on the content of their character." We are still marching toward that day. As Uncle Martin said, "we cannot turn back."
The rally will also give America another chance to honor and thank the men and women in our armed forces for the dangers they face every day in our stead. Unless you have a loved one in Iraq or Afghanistan, it's too easy to forget that tens of thousands of Americans are far from the comforts of home, are directly in harm's way, facing an enemy who hates us precisely because we are free. And coming just days before the ninth anniversary of 9/11, the day that roused us from our complacency, we could use another wakeup call, one of our own devising."
– Google Maps Removes Lincoln Memorial on Eve of Beck Event and takes you to FDR Memorial:
Check it here: Google Map
|HISTORY & HERITAGE – What your teacher and the media don't want you to know:
– COMMUNISM & FASCISM: Sons of Leftist Philosophy
– COMMUNISM & BERLIN WALL: Why Should We Care?
– FOUNDING FATHERS and War (video)
– ISLAMIC ATTACKS AGAINST AMERICA… before 9/11
– JESUS: Ancient Writers Prove Jesus Is Not a Myth
– JESUS: Non-Christians Prove Jesus' Resurrection
– JONESTOWN MASSACRE: Another Failed Socialistic Utopia
– MUSLIM CRUSADES Started Four Centuries Before the Western Crusades
– RONALD REAGAN: Why He is Still Important
– RACE: First BLACKS in Congress were ALL Republicans (photos, bios)
– RACISM: Leftists' Obsession with Race
– SLAVERY & THE AFRICAN COMPLICITY: Africans Captured and Sold Other Africans into Slavery
– THANKSGIVING: As Written by the Pilgrims
– VETERANS DAY: What we Commemorate


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After two recent posts on finding the perfect words you may be feeling discouraged. I hear you thinking, "That's so much work!" Indeed it is. I happen to enjoy editing and rewording. It's one of my favorite sports — up to a point. Then, well, I get bored. I get tired. I get other ideas and want to move on. That happens sooner on some pieces than others.
Novelist Karen Hancock addressed this condition with a quote in her blog: "This is where I have to start applying that Tom Clancy quote about good enough being good enough, whereas perfect is a total pain and often not worth the trouble anyway."
Well said, Karen. What more could I add?
Write on,
Sharon Lippincott, aka Ritergal

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"The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean is a 1972 western film written by John Milius, directed by John Huston, and starring Paul Newman (at the height of his career, between Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Sting). It was loosely based on the real-life, self-appointed frontier judge (see below)
The best villain in cinema history-we give you Bad Bob (Stacey Keach).(link)
Phantly Roy Bean (c. 1825 – March 16, 1903) was an eccentric U.S. saloon-keeper and Justice of the Peace who called himself "The Law West of the Pecos". According to legend, Judge Roy Bean held court in his saloon along the Rio Grande in a desolate stretch of the Chihuahuan Desert of west Texas.


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I created the seahorse design during Spoonflower's design a day block print daily prompt back in March. This week Spoonflower posted a seahorse ditsy weekly challenge prompt so I used that print to create the ditsy print. I also used the block print to create another coordinating seahorse print. The material was then printed on Organic Cotton Knit.
I designed the shirt to have a curved hem which is slightly longer in the back. Instead of traditional sleeves I used a ruffle. The shorts also have a curved hem in front in back. I have further plans for a dress and wide pants.
Fabric info: Seahorse Symphony Ditsy on Peach for her shirt and the contrasting ruffle is made with Japanese Fan Scale Dots Green and Teal. Her shorts are made with the coordinating fabric Seahorse Symphony on the Reef on Peach.
|Seahorse Symphony Ditsy on Peach
|Japanese Fan Scale Dots Green and Teal
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I know, I haven't blogged in a loooooooooooooooooooong time. But Valentine's Day is one of my favorites, so it's definitely worth getting off my behind and blogging about.
Here's what my kids will be giving their teachers this year:
I just love those little mailboxes from the Target $ Spot! Kiki helped with the pink one on the end.
And inside:
Rolos as dynamite, anyone?
Last year, Finn had robot valentines, to I was glad to keep the theme going:
That's a mini candy bar in the middle. And yes, I started cutting out the pieces for these right after Christmas. There was a lot of assembling for all 20 valentines.
Kiki is still cat-crazy, so I made these cute Lion valentines for her:
And it's all attached to a sucker!
I'm not overly romantic, but I really do like Valentine's Day. I think it's just a combo of pinks and reds everywhere. After last year, I was really hoping we could do DisneyWorld every V-Day, but that clearly isn't happening this year.
And, of course, I've got my wreath hanging:
**I got ALL the Valentine ideas of Pinterest (of course) and I'm pretty sure both the robots and the lions were from Fiskars website**


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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 12, 1999--
Texaco and the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) today inaugurated the first branded fueling station at the U.S. Olympic Complex in Colorado Springs.
At a festive celebration which brought world-class athletes together with Texaco employees, company and USOC officials pumped the ceremonial first tankful of Texaco CleanSystem3 gasoline into a USOC vehicle, and witnessed demonstrations by U.S. gymnasts and skiers.
Under a banner proclaiming "Fueling the Dream," Texaco secretary and vice president of corporate communications Kjestine M. Anderson said, "The athletes who live and train at this impressive facility possess the vision, determination and commitment to excel at their respective sports. The entire Texaco family is pleased to support the efforts of these athletes by providing them the energy to achieve their dream."
The Texaco fueling center, complete with pumps and two service bays, will be used for the fueling and maintenance of all OTC vehicles which transport athletes, coaches, officials and volunteers around the Colorado Springs area. Texaco supplies the fuel and lubricants and OTC personnel operate the fueling center.
Joining Texaco and USOC officials in the celebration were more than 500 local Texaco employees and their families, community partners and athletes training at the U.S. Olympic Training Center. A musical band, comprised of U.S. Olympic Team hopefuls, provided the background to the grand opening festivities which included a barbecue, tours of the OTC and autograph sessions with USA Men's Gymnastics' "Team Texaco."
"Our valued sponsors are a major link to the success of our Olympic athletes and Texaco is providing our athletes with the necessities to assist them with their travel needs. The Texaco branded fueling station is an important component at the U.S. Olympic Complex that will be beneficial to all the Olympians and Olympic hopefuls who train in Colorado Springs, as well as to the United States Olympic Committees and our National Governing Bodies," said Dick Schultz, executive director, USOC.
The U.S. Olympic Complex in Colorado Springs is the headquarters for the U.S. Olympic Committee administration and the Olympic Training Center programs. There are 12 USOC member organizations that have their national headquarters on the complex, and 12 other member organizations and two international sports federations located nearby in Colorado Springs.
The Olympic Complex officially became the USOC administrative headquarters in July 1978. The USOC is able to provide housing, dining, recreational facilities and other services for up to 557 coaches and athletes at one time on the 35-acre complex.
Operating in more than 150 countries, Texaco and its affiliates explore for, produce and sell crude oil, natural gas liquids (NGLs) and natural gas; manufacture and market high-quality fuels and lubricant products; operate trading, transportation and distribution facilities; and produce electricity or alternate forms of energy for power and manufacturing.
Texaco Exploration and Production Inc.'s Central U.S. Asset Team is based in Denver. The team is responsible for Texaco's exploration and production interests in the Rocky Mountain, Mid-Continent and East Texas areas.
Texaco is a sponsor of the U.S. Olympic Team through the year 2004 and a sponsor of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City. Additionally, the company sponsors 33 of the 39 U.S. National Governing Bodies of Olympic sport.
COPYRIGHT 1999 Business Wire
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Regarding antioxidants, Wu et al. measured the total antioxidant capacity of 28 foods.1 I put together a chart (click to enlarge):
ORAC: Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity - a measure of a food's antioxidant strength.
Nuts rank fairly high. And Wu found the water-soluble components in nuts had greater radical-fighting ability (42 times greater for pecans) than nuts' fat-soluble components. So if we're just eating the oil, we're missing out.
Here's another comparison (click to enlarge) - a table of the 50 most antioxidant-rich foods (from this analysis of 1113 food samples):2
Again, walnuts and pecans score high, higher even than blueberries (per serving).
What surprised me in this analysis was that coffee (a mere 8 ounces, brewed) scored higher than a cup of raspberries or blueberries. Coffee is a bean, and beans are notably high in antioxidants. Also, when you cook foods, as this study described, you often increase antioxidant capacity.
2 Content Of Redox-Active Compounds (i.e. Antioxidants) In Foods Consumed In The United States, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, July 2006


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Pastel Painting: Yellow Flower Field
Don't throw away old paintings!
|"Yellow Flower Field" 17 x 17 cm Original Pastel Painting.
Available on Etsy
Are you throwing away your old paintings? Well I don't. They are a reminder of how well I am progressing in my art journey. I take out my old unsuccessful paintings from time to time and compare them to my newer paintings. I try to see the mistakes I made. I try to imagine how it would have been better. I try to see my mark making. This is a great opportunity to criticise yourself!
I also use expensive sand paper. I don't want to waste it by throwing away every bad painting. I have used Uart and Fisher sand papers so far. They both can be washed. Yes I am actually talking about taking the painting to the sink and literally washing it with running water. This is what I did to the below painting. You can even scrub it with a bristle brush to recover the paper completely. But I didn't do that with this particular one. Because I like this composition and I intend to do something very similar. So I washed it gently. When its dried, my underpainting is ready!
|An old unsuccessful painting washed with water.
I knew what to do for the sky, for the distant tree line and the big trees on the right. I painted this composition before so I didn't use any reference photo for that section. For the foreground, I used this reference photo from *Pmp-art.com. (I cannot include the photo itself because of the copyright issues. You can join the site to see the photo and use their other reference photos as well.)
Reference photo has a colorful tulips field. I decided that this many colors will complicate the painting and I painted them only in yellow. I also defined the pathway a little more.
*Pmp-art.com is a great source of reference photos for artists. I try and use my own reference photos whenever I can but the landscape I am in is very limited. So I use this site for more inspiration from all over the world.
So below is the final painting.
|"Yellow Flower Field" 17 x 17 cm Original Pastel Painting.
Available on Etsy
|"Yellow Flower Field" in a mock frame.


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It's a great day for me, folks. I love this time of year. The leaves are changing. There is a briskness to the air that stirs body and soul. I particularly love this time of year because my sons and family are home for a short visit, and with them come friends and a full house, busting at the seams...an appropriate setting for thanksgiving. I awoke this morning to the wonderful smell of Thanksgiving food preparation. Kris had risen early to get the bird in the oven and the aroma was enough to prompt great memories and gratitude. Giving thanks today is easy.
But what about when it's not so easy? The Bible is full of reminders that thanksgiving is to be a part of my life experience...continuously. We read in 1Thes. "Rejoice in the Lord ALWAYS. In EVERYTHING give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus..." Wow. Always. In everything. The writer of Hebrews says that (chapter 13) we are to bring the sacrifice of praise to God continuously and defines it as the "fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name."
So how can it be done?
I'll make two suggestions. Gratitude is a natural overflow from a heart established in grace. First, we will never be grateful for things we have earned or deserve, so we have to remind ourselves that we are loved in spite of our failings. That's what makes grace grace and not wages. I need a constant reminder that I need him. I can't do it on my own and whenever I've slipped into a works-gospel (believing that God will find me a bit more acceptable if I behave properly), I need to face the truth that walking in self-sufficiency will only bring me closer to myself and closes off the flow of God's grace.
Secondly, I need continuous grace awareness. Everything. EVERYTHING I receive is an act of God's grace. Every breath I take is evidence of grace. What I deserve for sin is hell. What I've been given because of the gospel of grace is right-standing with God. When I walk in continuous grace awareness, the natural result is overflow in gratitude (in addition to grace flowing out of my life to those around me).
The language the Bible uses to describe this amazing switch (my sin for Christ's righteousness) is particularly interesting and not something I'll pretend to understand. In Corinthians it says that Christ "became sin." Not died for sin. Not paid for sin. Became sin. And then it says that the result is that I will become the righteousness of Christ. Not have it, obtain it or that God will apply Christ's righteousness on my ledger to make up for my sin. It says that I will actually become the righteousness of Christ. That, I don't fully understand. Fortunately, getting it isn't necessary to promote thankfulness.
When you find yourself slipping into the complacency of ingratitude, remind yourself of the truth of the Gospel. Realize that God's grace wasn't applied once to your life at salvation. It is the ongoing, sustaining, sanctifying force that will hold us throughout life. God's grace determines his posture towards us as his children and it touches my life every moment.
This means that God's grace is touching your life as a believer when times are good, and when times are hard. Yes, God's grace is what prevents tragedy such as a car accident. But it is also God's grace when he allows tragedy to touch our lives. Sometimes grace wears a cloak of suffering. Car accidents. Cancer. The loss of love. The death of a friend. For the believer, all are evidences of grace. It is a recognition that God's grace is a constant, that it governs every action of God towards us, that allows us to react with a will to thank him in all circumstances.
Awareness of that grace is key to a life of thanksgiving. Today and year-round!
How to be thankful CONTINUOUSLY
It's a great day for me, folks. I love this time of year. The leaves are changing. There is a briskness to the air that stirs body and soul. I particularly love this time of year because my sons and family are home for a short visit, and with them come friends and a full house, busting at the seams...an appropriate setting for thanksgiving. I awoke this morning to the wonderful smell of Thanksgiving food preparation. Kris had risen early to get the bird in the oven and the aroma was enough to prompt great memories and gratitude. Giving thanks today is easy.
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Walking in the Spirit-2: Winning the battle over sin
In reading Romans eight, we gain more insight into just what Paul means by walking according to the Spirit. He says,
"For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace."
Romans 8:5-6
It all works together. Considering ourselves dead and setting our mind on the things of the Spirit assist us in our fight for freedom.
If we keep our minds fixed on beating the problem (fulfilling the law), we fail. If we fix our minds on Christ, we find the victory we seek. Remember the sins that cling so closely? The writer of the book of Hebrews gives the same advice to win over clingy sins (addictions):
"Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God."
Hebrews 12:1-2
Paul links the two (setting our mind on Christ and being crucified) when he states,
"Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God."
Colossians 3:2-3
In the book of Galatians, Paul rebukes the believers for trying to complete by the law, that which was begun by the Spirit (by grace). I love the way Eugene Petersen says it in his paraphrase, The Message.
"You crazy Galatians! Did someone put a hex on you? Have you taken leave of your senses? Something crazy has happened, for it's obvious that you no longer have the crucified Jesus in clear focus in your lives. His sacrifice on the Cross was certainly set before you clearly enough.
Let me put this question to you: How did your new life begin? Was it by working your heads off to please God? Or was it by responding to God's Message to you? Are you going to continue this craziness? For only crazy people would think they could complete by their own efforts what was begun by God. If you weren't smart enough or strong enough to begin it, how do you suppose you could perfect it?"
Galatians 3:1-3
An answer to our sin dilemma is coming into focus. We can't beat sin by determining to keep the law. Winning comes when we begin to accept the gospel of grace as powerful and adequate enough to keep us from sin.
Perhaps contrasting the two methods will help us understand how walking in grace (the spirit) works:
If I battle according to the flesh, I concentrate on the law. If I battle according to the Spirit, I concentrate on grace. In the flesh, the emphasis is on me conquering sin. In the Spirit, the emphasis is on Christ in me conquering sin. In the flesh, I work. In the Spirit, God works. In the flesh, sin is central. In the Spirit, the cross is central. In the flesh, I'm seeking justification by works. In the Spirit, I accept the work of the cross as sufficient, a work of grace. In the flesh, I concentrate on me. In the Spirit, my eyes are on Christ.
Have you ever tried to not think a thought? The very act of not trying to think of something forces you to fail! This is a big part of the problem in trying to not sin. The very act of trying not to sin places sin in focus and we are ensnared by the temptation.
So what, do I just ignore sin?
Not exactly. Walking in the Spirit isn't passive. It's active with the focus on the Cross. And guess what happens when my thoughts are set on the things of the Spirit? Gratitude. Wonder. Jesus and his cross grow.
The good news about concentrating on Christ is that as he becomes my focus, my desire for sin falls away. I've beaten the addiction not by shear strength of my will, but by falling in love with Jesus.
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I've been preparing a series of lectures on grace and wanted to put a few of my thoughts out here on the net for my readers. Walking in grace is all about walking in the Spirit. Walking in the Spirit: Oh great, another phrase that we've spiritualized until no one seems sure what Paul was talking about. What is walking by the Spirit? We envision a holy-man of sorts, eyes fixed on the clouds, walking in a zombie-like trance.
I think Paul meant something much more practical. Within the context of the whole book of Galatians, Paul is talking about walking in grace. He's telling us that in order to win the battle over the flesh, we can't do it by the law. We have to do it by grace!
"Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?"
Galatians 3:3
Let's go back and review a basic concept. How were we saved? By grace, right?
So right at salvation, a huge victory was won over our sins, and it had nothing to do with us. It had everything to do with the cross, with who God is and what he does. Grace is the avenue. Grace is the divine quality whereby God freely loves, forgives and exalts sinners into sonship. Grace frames every interaction that God has with his children. We were saved by grace and by grace God moves us on towards the image of his son.
"For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son…."
Romans 8:29a
But most of us have accepted the part of salvation by grace, but we've left the altar and decided to carry on in our own strength. We fail and feel guilty and so we're reluctant to approach God for help. That's why addictions are so difficult to combat. Because, not only do we try to fight them in our own strength, we shrink away from grace because of our guilt.
Paul taught that when we were crucified with Christ so that we could find freedom from our enslavement to sin.
Some of you are thinking, That's exactly what my addiction is like. I'm a slave. It says jump and I say, "how high?"
So just what does being crucified with Christ mean? First, Paul says we know this to be true. That's something that the Holy Spirit settles in our hearts.
"We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin."
Romans 6:6
A few verses later, Paul says we must consider this so. This is what the King James Version refers to as "reckoning."
"So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus."
Romans 6:11
Paul likens being put to death with Christ so we will understand personally that a debt has been paid on our behalf. Christ died for our sins. In effect, we died, because that was what was required to pay off our debt. But Paul's metaphor of dying works on another level. We've died to the law, our marriage partner, so in effect, we are free from its stranglehold on our souls to marry another, Christ, the personification of grace.
So walking in the Spirit and being crucified with Christ are both equated in the scripture to overcoming enslavement to sin.
But what does it mean?
I believe the answer comes as we begin to experience the freedom of grace.
"For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace."
Romans 6:14
This is the secret to overcoming addiction: grace.
Paul makes it clear through Romans six and seven that the law is powerless to help us live the life we desire. Concentrating on the law only seems to stimulate a desire within us to break the law. So in my efforts to win over addiction (habitual sin), by holding up my determination not to break the law…I fall.
In reading Romans eight, we gain more insight into just what Paul means by walking according to the Spirit. He says,
"For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace."
Romans 8:5-6
It all works together. Considering ourselves dead and setting our mind on the things of the Spirit assist us in our fight for freedom.
If we keep our minds fixed on beating the problem (fulfilling the law), we fail. If we fix our minds on Christ, we find the victory we seek.
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|753 sq. ft.
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New apartment located in Saint Christophe, on the hill of Aosta. Excellent exposure to the sun all year round. It is the ideal place for a vacation in relaxation and in contact with nature. Ideally strategic access to the many activities offered in Valle d'Aosta: outside the busy city but convenient to all the side valleys with the adjoining ski resorts: is 2 km from the center of Aosta, and 4 Km from the gondola of Pila.
Nearby are all useful services: supermarket, pharmacy, shopping center, bars, newspapers, ATM, post office, playground, restaurants.
SPA for the exclusive use of accommodation with a hot tub, sauna and chromotherapy.
The apartment has a double bedroom with 2 beds, but you can use the two sofa beds in the large living room to get other 4 beds. It is equipped with all comforts: refrigerator, washing machine, dishwasher, kettle, tv, iron and ironing board, vacuum cleaner, hairdryer.
Parking for the exclusive use.
Free Wi-Fi.
Minimum stay 2 nights.
My wife and I stayed with our small doggy 'Tiree' and thoroughly enjoyed our time. We always enjoy walking and we could both visit the village at the bottom of the hill adn also able to walk to Aosta, a beautiful 'gem' of a town.
The property is very larger for two people but only has the one bedroom. It was perfect for us, very spacious. The facilities were brilliant, the kitchen was very well equiped. The little washing machine was also a very nice touch. The one downside with the kitchen is the lack of storage space for any food. There are several nearby markets, supermarkets and shops to allow a comfortable self-catering experience.
The views from the apartment and from the little outdoor seating area are spectacular, over the mountains and we even saw a little snow at the height of summer.
The best bit about the apartment is the bathroom with the lovely double jacuzzi bath and the two-person sauna. It made us feel spoilt. The owners were very helpful and accommodating.
E' stata una vacanza splendida. La casa è situata in una zona molto bella con una veduta spettacolare. Molto accogliente, confortevole, funzionale, curata nei minimi dettagli.....semplicemente bellissima. Il proprietario persona gentilissima e presente per qualsiasi eventuale richiesta. Noi ci ritorneremo sicuramente. Grazie anche dai nostri amici pelosetti.
We spent the christmas in this clean,beautifully built and decorated apartement.There was everything you need and the owner was really nice and friendly,helping in all he could.The bed was excelent and the small infra-red sauna functioned well.Kitchen is modern with all you need for cooking even bigger meals.The apartement was verry well located,with a view on the mountains and not too far from the city but still close to the nature.We wish to return there!
The beautiful apartment is located perfectly for those who wants to explore the area of the Aosta Valley. In a few minutes of driving you'll reach breathtaking hiking areas (and ski for those who come in winter): the Gran Paradiso Natural Park with it's fantastic valleys, the Mont Blanc area and Courmayeur, the Gran San Bernardo, the area of Bionaz... You can't stay long enough to explore and hike all the trails which are signed out well. We will defenitely return and stay again in this wonderful apartment which is perfectly equiped, spacious and very clean. Supermarkets and bakery in a few minutes of walk. The big terrace offers marvelous mountain views and you can enjoy the sun from dusk till dawn. The property owner and his family are lovely and make you feel welcome, always available with helpful ideas around your holiday. Thank you for an unforgettable stay and a special thanks from our dog who enjoyed our stay in this house the same as we did.
Le foto non rendono abbastanza l'idea della bellezza di questo posto. Casa pulitissima, di trova tutto ciò di cui si ha bisogno, vista mozzafiato, accoglienza perfetta. Per i bambini anche lettino da campeggio e seggiolone.
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2 night minimum stay
for 2 nights
|Notes: Rates are based on 1 guests; add £9 per night, per additional guest
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A New Point & Shoot Camera From Praktica
German-based company, Praktica has recently rolled out its latest point & shoot camera called the luxmedia 12-Z5. Measuring 92mm x 59mm x 23mm and weighing 120 grams, this entry-level camera sports a 12-megapixel CCD image sensor, 5x optical zoom and a 2.7-inch TFT color display. It also comes with a built-in 32MB memory, a microSD card slot, a USB 2.0 interface, a rechargeable battery and is capable of recording video in 720 x 400 pixels at 30fps. The Praktica luxmedia 12-Z5 sells for €120 (about $181). [Praktica]


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This is a weekly challenge from GeneaBloggers called 52 weeks of personal genealogy history.
Week #20 – Fame Week 20. Fame. Tell us about any local brushes with fame. Were you ever in the newspaper? Why? You may also describe any press mentions of your family members.
I don't think there's ever really been anyone famous in the family, but there have been a few mentions in the newspaper. During my school years, I was in the newspaper a few times for the Honor Roll and scholarships and I've found similar articles for both of my parents. I recently found a newspaper article about my father starring in a high school musical and another about my mother being honored for outstanding performance in the first Airline Secretarial class at Goldey College. I attended FSU when Ted Bundy attacked several students there and I was interviewed by my hometown paper. They printed an article with my quotes about how they had increased security at the school and everyone was being more cautious. This was in the awful period before they knew who had committed the crimes.
My great-grandfather Charles Creeden was in the papers in Celina and Lima, Ohio numerous times for his exploits while Sheriff of Mercer County and later as the town Postmaster. My great-uncle Julius Councill was in an article about a war memorial being erected in his honor and two others who had died in WWI and were from Queen Anne's, Maryland.
I worked at the Kennedy Space Center during the summers I was in college and got to watch Lee Majors film a few scenes at the Space Center for the Bionic Man. My father met several celebrities while working at the Space Center including Lloyd Bridges, John Denver, Sally Ride, and many other astronauts over the years. He asked Lloyd for an autograph and the only piece of paper my father had was his paystub, so we still have the paystub with Lloyd's autograph!
More recently, I met James Marsters at the FX Convention in 2009. He's a well known actor in the sci-fi community. Leonard Nimoy (Spock!) was at the autograph table next to James, so we saw him from a distance. Lindsey Wagner was also there, so I've seen both the Bionic Man and the Bionic Woman!


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words+hotel images/Judith Ecochard
Runway images Frazer Harrison/Image.net/video-mbfashionweek
CUSTO BARCELONA's signature mash-up of prints and textiles delivered a fast-romped, large runway collection of apparel and shoes ---for guys and gals.
|high topped athletic kicks work with
|we took this pic from our seat- a cozy cardigan with dolman sleeves made regal with ornamental gold beads-matching skirt---
Designed/lead by brothers Custo and David Dalmau---since the early 80's...the line-up is consistently wildly bold in its graphical efforts---and sometimes ---imo---really terrific in autumnal shades of warm orange/browns--- a fresh take on F/W 2013 in a week where the predominance of tonal sameness was trending.
For women-the styles were fitted, with pronounced shoulders and ergonomic cuts--- mini/maxi dresses, sporty sweatshirts with feminine details, form fitting overalls, and characteristic short patchwork jackets with unique fusions of fabrics...some that dazzled and impressed! And guys-similarly exuberant-drop crotch pants, heavily worked patchwork jackets/sweaters...including "ethno-futeristic metal pieces."
Another NYFW outing-involving a mix-up of prints-was of a completely different vibe-however----yet also sophisticated...in a wintry, smart girl quiet, feminine way. Inspired by the Mennonite culture (and its iconic quilts)...the presentation by new designer Catherine Litke showed both modern and more Little House on the Prairie silhouettes.
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An NYU art school grad...Litke worked as an assistant---then just launched her own line...of cotton-y soft tops, skirts, dresses, and trousers.
BONUS POINTS: Litke has all of separates made right in the garment district right here in Manhattan (38th street!!!)...
Our fav was this charming dress-with a detachable caplet---sweet and sassy...very gamine.
Other urban ready looks-this feminine office ready, chevron pattern white cotton blouse with pointy collar- matched up with a masculine pin striped skirt with a girly ruffled waist line. Reminded us of the French label Chloe's...MO.
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Star rating - 10/10
I have been waiting for a gig in 2012 to blow me away - one of those unexpected gems that knock you off your feet. So far - and I've got to say it's been slightly below par. Then along comes Joshua Tillman aka Father John Misty who promised 'real shit from my heart to yours' - and boy did he and his brilliant five piece band deliver. In truth they are more rock and roll, with a dash of Nashville, than folk balladeers - which may come as something of a surprise given his previous Fleet Foxes pedigree. But it was a very pleasant surprise indeed.
They played lots of great tracks from his Fear Fun album, which, like the opening number Fun Times in Babylon, really seem to be inspired by his new home in Los Angeles. And good though they sound on record, they sounded absolutely glorious live, filled out into something extremely special with the beautiful sound of his band, and his substantial live presence.
Tillman is a gregarious diva with all the moves and fabulous slinky hips. He is handsome, charming, and witty with a very musically talented band. He is not afraid to send himself up, or use his falsetto voice, as in Nancy From Now On. Particular highlights from the set were the country inspired Tee Pees 1-12; and the sweeping Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings.
But in truth I find it hard to pick out favourites. From start to finish the music was intoxicating and the lyrics paint a vivid picture, with dark undertones, reminiscence of Steinbeck or Hemingway. FJM has a great rapport with his audience. He claimed to be 'shooting for adorably cantankerous but think I just end up at prick'. I have to disagree, and what's more, I think he knows exactly what he is doing. He is a totally entertaining rebel and a true performer. He even stopped a number to break up a minor scuffle in the audience, and resumed when he had suitably admonished the participants.
With his lavish sweeping tunes and rich lyrics, it's difficult to assess how much is a performance and how much he is gloriously bonkers - but in truth it doesn't matter. Look out, maybe not Hollywood, but certainly music world - here comes Father John Misty. He is hot - you have been told!


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General Liability: comprehensive or commercial form minimum limits each occurrence $1,000,000, General Aggregate $2,000,000.
Employer Liability: $1,000,000.
Business Automobile Liability: minimum limits for Owned, Scheduled, Non-Owned, or Hired Automobiles with a combined single limit of not less than $1,000,000 per occurrence.
Workers' Compensation: as required under California law.
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All shares entitle the holder to the same proportion of assets and earnings and carry equal rights in terms of dividends.
According to Electrolux Articles of Association, owners of Class A shares have the right to have such shares converted to Class B shares. The purpose of the conversion clause is to give holders of Class A shares an opportunity to achieve improved liquidity in their shareholdings. Conversion reduces the total number of votes in the company.
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Curls & Philosophy
By Carlos Cardona
I dreamt I saw you smiling, laughing by the dance floor,
I dreamt I saw you laying by the bed by the door by the bright light,
And curls, your brunette curls on the pillow,
And me, flying 'round the room and landing on you.
Then we stand, we kneel, we bending like the willow tree,
We hold and hold, and when I start to faint with love,
Explosive ecstasy about to rip me in two,
I awake and think "now that, was close!"
So I start to look around of course,
But can't seem to find that lovely dream face,
And why can't I remember it more clearly?
I see a smile on a bed, and curls,
Those silky, brunette curls,
My sleek loveliness, where the hell are you?
Getting a drink and a paper towel,
Wiping sweat from the dance floor face,
Barefootin' at the Ballroom and it's crowded tonight,
Very crowded, never seen so many people here!
But then a standing face seems to turn and watch me pass,
I look, just another eye-lock, don't lock too long!
Then break it and you're off again.
And back to the action!
Jumping, swirling, grinding to the music,
Playing with your friends, smoking in the boy's room,
Raise Dionysus and make him say: Humans, get down!
Apollo sleeps tonight, the wild night is calling.
Towel time again, again and again,
Wipe the sweat and...
Eyes lock again? What's going on?
Drink and move closer...she talks to me!
An angel speaks and I answer, forgetting the curls,
Being, for once, exactly where I want to be,
The one that nerded her moves on,
Another rejection for one looking sadly used to it.
Friend, I know that feeling too.
And then we talk and talk,
But still I remember those brown dream curls,
That missing haircut of my dreams,
And I say: "And what do you know about curls and philosophy?"
Then leave, you must leave it for another day,
Sleep, wonderful sleep and...you again!
That dream face from last night!
Pushing away the face I had met tonight,
But loving me forever.
Is love birth, or is it death?
I know, I know. Always both.
Is that why they feel so similar?
Nothing left to lose?
Dionysus, called by many names,
Let this dream become your reality,
And may this same old creature never wake.


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Boogie Fever
Boogie Fever
Sophomore Hannah Fischer wanted a non-traditional summer job, something that didn't involve sitting in an office from 8-5 everyday. She found her "no-sitting required" job at Saint Mary's Fine Arts Camp, as a dance counselor. "When I found out that I had the opportunity to help teach dance, I really jumped on the application. It is such a fun atmosphere – the dance studio – and it's something that I really have passion for. I'm glad to be able to share that with many young ladies."
The Granger, Ind., native is working on both a humanistic studies major, as well as a student-designed major in dance and video production. Fischer's previous dance experience includes a year of dancing with the traveling performing arts company 13th Floor. She currently stays involved in dance through the Saint Mary's Dance Company and the club, Dance Collective. "The club takes up much of my time and last semester I was highly involved in producing the student show with other students," says Fischer.
During the fine arts camp Fischer was assigned to a group of 10–14 middle school-aged girls, who stayed overnight for one week on Saint Mary's campus. "During the day I am in the studio, and I just cannot stop dancing!" says Fischer. "Each girl gets to take every art form, so we teach every camper a musical theatre dance from one of the decades. We keep the free time limited, but somehow there are always times when girls are dancing around in the hallways and running around to each other's rooms. During those times, I am available for them to help with any logistical or personal problems."
Counselors get in on the fun when they produce a midweek show called, Counselor Follies for the campers. "It is really fun and we all feel like rock stars afterwards," says Fischer.
In addition to her summer counseling position, Fischer also works at the Office of Special Events as an office worker and box office attendant. After graduation she plans to follow dance through graduate school, and then join the Peace Corps. "The more I learn about dance and culture, the more I really feel that dance needs to be more saturated in our culture. Instead of having a separate "artistic culture," I would like to help integrate arts and the humdrum of life."


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Welcome to Nightfall,
In the world of faerun there is a darkness settling and spreading over the lands. although the cause is unknown the monsters are getting restless and lawlessness is breaking out across the realms. during all this chaos a Unforseen group from all walks of life meet in a small town of loudwater and set out on a adventure that could very well change the face of the world.
Check out some background in the WIKI. There is some more helpful info there. and more to come.
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exp for that last session? just to remind, (it's been awhile). guys with bows, couple of casters, some frost thing, 4 guys with swords, umm… think thats it.
Beginning September 8th, I will be in rehearsals from 6pm-9pm on most Wednesdays. I may be able to show after 9, and maybe earlier on some days, but as you can see I will miss out on the bulk of the gaming. So feel free to write me out of the story; mayhap the boldest battle-bard in the barony, Barty Baelwind, will participate in the Seventh Annual Neverwinter Storyteller's Summit.
for those that attended last week it was 667 exp. bloodsage the week before that was 375
Dude, looks great to me. Now if everyone else would just write a bio….well mike did I see. Does seth even know about the website? Marty hasn't put his guy up yet either. But ya Joe looks great to me.
sorry it took me so long to reply but thtas fine if you two rework your backgrounds
Ya Rework your back ground. If your goin to play a Gith then me and you will play sisters but thats hard to do with your current background. Unless you dont wanna do that just let me know and ill work on my own background (twins or not i dont care) if were Identical twins we can fuck with people :)
Was going to rework my background. Quick question are we going to have joe and I know each other? If so I can probably come up with something pretty good. If not it'll be pretty much the same thing just some tweeking.
And I might just play as a regular elf avenger. I'm not sure I want to deal with all the other stuff now that I think about it. I'll have to give it some more thought, I do like the concept though. Might switch to human also, still pondering it, the equipment is correct though as long as I don't decide on psion. AHHHH, shit well I'll show up with something anyway.
also everyone gets 1 lvl 4 or lower magic item give some thought to would you would like i will also hand out basic gear. but 1 lvl 4 or lower magic item so give it some thought today so we can get the ball rolling tommorrow
If thats whe direction you could have been a slave to Yuan-ti's. in which for power you worshipped or face worshipped there god of Sseth. if that interestes you thats fine make up a character and i will talk to you a little more about how you would fit in and such when you are here wendsday. a little more information if youd like it http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Merrshaulk . or like your scion you could have a similar situation with bane. either of those would work fine
So, I made a psion. Not sure if I really like him though. Had a cool character concept though based on one of the backgrounds [Out for revenge] for an Avenger character but didn't know enough about the various remaining gods (apparently alot were killed or something in 4th) to get it to work how I wanted to. I'l try and summerize my idea.
Out for revenge says that basically you follow a certain god not because you believe in anything he necessarly stands for, but because you have a common enemy. So my concept is my character was a slave of (mindflayers, drow, drugar, whatever, some evil slave taker race) possibly born into slavery. I was looking for some evil diety that is at odds with this race (reason why I came to learn of this diety is because my slavers constantly cursed this other diety possibly because the 2 factions were at odds.) Example: Slave to orc's that were constantly at war with a dark elf city, so I turned to lolth to give me strength to wipe orcs off the map. I don't actually worship lollth or adhire to any of her tennants other then the fact that I hate orcs, no thing for spiders or anything like that.
I just thought it would make an interesting dynamic. Here's this avenger in service to this evil diety who is not actually evil in any appricable way, and doesn't care that those followers are usually evil. All he knows is that it gives him strength to kill those former slavers and thats good enough for him.
I saw you looking at the realms book josh, do you have any suggestions on a diety? Is it to far out there an idea and you don't really wanna deal with it? It's just a thought, I read that background and my mind just kinda ran with the idea. My psion would work also just haven't come up with as interesting a concept for him though. What races are available? Thiefling? Any monster races? Maybe, I'll take a look at the paragon paths and see if that sparks anything. I'd still like to play my githzerai avenger simply because I've already made him (for Casey's), and he kinda fit's my above avenger concept. But thats cool, I'll keep looking at different things.
Are we playing it this wednesday or is there more to Casey's were going to do.


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Oh, I don't know - I can see Richard Griffiths as one of those corrupt Renaissance cardinals that Browning wrote about.ReplyDelete
The most commanding on-stage presence I've ever seen was Sir Ralph Richardson nailing the role of Sir Ralph Richardson like no other actor before or since.ReplyDelete
I saw him playing Ralph Richardson playing Shylock in 1967. He was brilliant.ReplyDelete
Alan Bennett writes play containing references to pederasty. Front page not held.ReplyDelete
There is of course much to admire about Bennett but I find this recurring theme troubling. This piece in the Independent by Johann Hari is an interesting analysis.
I read Hari's piece, and it reminded me of something I thought about The History Boys, which was how completely unrealistic its depiction of boys of that age was. Each young character just seemed to be a variation on a theme of Bennett himself. I can't imagine many young men who would respond with amused tolerance to the teacher's groping. The whole thing seemed designed as a justification for an inappropriate relationship between a teacher and his pupils.ReplyDelete


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|1976 11 September On This Day Jimmy Page and John Bonham record Bonzo's Montreux in Montreux Casino Studios
(2015 post date with different headline)
♪ Bonzo's Montreux (Soundcloud)
|1976 11 September On This Day Jimmy Page and John Bonham record Bonzo's Montreux in Montreux Casino Studios
(2011 post date)
♪ Bonzo's Montreux (Soundcloud)
- 1968 Led Zeppelin - Stockholm, Sweden at Tivoli Grona Lund,Stora Scenen
- 1976 Jimmy Page and John Bonham recording in Montreux Casino Studios
- 1998 Page & Plant - Mountain View, CA at Shoreline Amphitheatre
- 2007 O2 show announcement
|1968 Led Zeppelin - Stockholm, Sweden at Tivoli Grona Lund,Stora Scenen
|1968 Billed as Yardbirds - not even the new ones
Bonzo's Montreux is one of my favorite pieces of music ever. Of course, I say that about so many of Led Zeppelin's and Jimmy Page's music, but this is different. Bonzo's Montreux is music at it's most basic, what humans have heard in the plink of raindrops and the slap of windshield wipers, the thing that makes toes tap and bodies sway. This one song is music stripped to a fundamental component of human life, "the spacial representation of time as rhythm" (Ursula Leguin, The Dispossessed). It is truly, as Jimmy Page puts it, John Bonham's drum orchestra.
|Keyboard mentioned in Jimmy Page's On This Day post
|1998 Page & Plant - Poster for Mountain View, CA show
|2007 Led Zeppelin announces O2 show
"O2" of course, refers to the one-off "Led Zeppelin Reunion" (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and Jason Bonham). The official name of the show was the Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert. It was a benefit to help raise money for the Ahmet Ertegun Education Fund for university scholarships in the UK, US and Turkey.
The 12 September announcements for the event mentioned a lineup that included Pete Townshend, Foreigner, Paolo Nutini, and Bill Wyman And The Rhythm Kings, with rumors of Mick Jagger playing the gig. Tickets for the show were £125 each, limited to two per person, distributed by ballot via online registration. Registration was supposed to close on Monday, 17 September, but in fact the website exceeded its bandwidth and crashed almost immediately upon the announcement. According to Guinness World Records 2009, a world record was set for the "Highest Demand for Tickets for One Music Concert". Depending on the source you believe, there were no fewer than one million or as many as 20 million requests for tickets.
Pete Townshend declined to perform, reportedly saying, "They really don't need me." It didn't matter whether he or anyone else showed up. For most of the world there was only one band that was going to play that night anyway: Led Zeppelin.
|2009 5 March, Jimmy Page/Ross Halfin studio photoshoot
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♪ Bonzo's Montreux (mix construction in progress) (Led Zeppelin, Coda 2015 remaster) YouTube
♪ Ramble On (Led Zeppelin, O2 rehearsal Shepperton Studios 2007) YouTube
♪ For Your Life (Led Zeppelin, O2 rehearsal Shepperton Studios 2007) YouTube


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J.D. Mason is a friend of mine. We've both lived in Colorado forever, but we didn't meet until she read about me in Essence Magazine and emailed me. Proving that writers need to get out of the house more! Especially me.
So, full disclosure. She's my friend, but I'm hosting her here because she's a good writer. If you like women's fiction, I really do encourage you to check her out. Publisher's Weekly raved about her latest saying, "The day of reckoning is unavoidable for all four women in this fast-moving and fascinating look at friendship, the repercussions of keeping secrets, and the power of forgiveness."
J.D. Mason: Take Your Pleasure Where You Find It is about three friends, who, growing up, were closer than sisters. Renetta, Phyllis and Freddie had each other's backs, and if one of them had a problem, all of them had a problem and they all took care of it, together. During their senior year in high school, they faced the most horrendous challenge they'd ever encountered, and it took its toll on their friendship. As a result, they each went their separate ways. Thirty years later, they see each other at their high school reunion and are forced to finally come to terms with what happened back then, to each other and, most importantly, to themselves.
WRMBA: How would you describe your body of work? Your themes, tone, style? Why do you write about the topics you write about?
JDM: I'm all about the "thought-provoking-ism". I don't think that's a word (Ha), but that's what I strive for when writing stories. I want to give people something that sticks with them after they close the book. I want to give them characters that challenge their emotions, and storylines that leave them with a sense of, "hmmm…I never quite thought of it that way" or "I never would've looked at it like that."
I don't know how to describe my style of writing, but I know that I have one, and when I look back through my books, I see it, and I feel it when I read through a few chapters. Readers that like my books like my style. And then there are those who don't like it at all. I sure wish they did, though. LOL
I choose topics that fuel conversations, opinions, and debates. I choose topics far removed from my own life because it challenges me as a writer and as a person, to think outside myself and consider how other people's points of view can be different from my own. That's the fun part. That's the growing part for me.
WRMBA: What's your goal(s) as a writer? Do you set out to educate? entertain? illuminate?
JDM: I'm an entertainer, first and foremost. And I love being an entertainer. If I could sing, dance, or act, I would, but as it turns out, I write. When I was a kid, I used to entertain myself for hours, making up stories with my dolls and I loved it. Now I get to do it for other people and I am just giddy when I write a story that people enjoy reading. I don't set out to necessarily educate, but if it happens, then that's icing on the cake. I do know that have an underlying goal to illuminate; to shine light on a situation or a type of character, or an attitude about something that maybe readers didn't quite expect, but can appreciate by the end of the book.
WRMBA: You self-published first, right? How was that experience different from being published? Would you ever consider self-publishing again?
JDM: I was clueless the first time I self published and it was definitely not for the sheepish, but I've learned a great deal since then. It takes a lot of effort, time, energy and devotion to being a good business person, and the work involved with running your own publishing business can definitely overshadow the writing aspect. I don't know if I'd ever be good at self publishing, because I'm not a good business woman. There, I admitted it. And the reason I love having a publisher is because I can spend more time focusing on the writing part. But if I couldn't land another contract from a publisher, and if I weren't ready to give up being a writer, yes. I'd publish myself again in a heartbeat.
WRMBA: What's next for you?
JDM: I've just finished up the very last book in the One Day I Saw A Black King series, called Somebody Pick Up My Pieces, and I finally feel confident that this one is definitely the end of these wonderful characters. I feel a bit saddened by it, but also, I know that it's time to finally say goodbye—on a good note.
I've also just turned in my very first science fiction novel to my editor. It's the first in a brand new series I'm working on, and I am very excited to see how this adventure works out. If it does well, I'll probably continue writing in that genre, but if it doesn't, well…that'll be the end of that and I can at least say I gave it a shot.
My teenage daughter recently helped me to map out a story idea for a sci-fi/fantasy young adult novel, which I think I'll seriously consider shopping in the very near future. First I'll have to search my soul, and be honest with myself about whether or not I can actually pull something like that off. I typically can't relate to anyone under the age of 37 1/2, but we'll see.
And finally, I've started my first book in a new series about a prominent black family in the south that will encompass the kinds of issues and dilemma's prominent families tend to have. The family has a rich history, tons of relatives and money, and lots of shenanigans to fill volumes, and I'm looking forward rolling up my sleeves and to getting down to the nitty gritty of telling these people's stories. The first book in the series is called Beautiful, Dirty, Rich. My editor came up with the title, and I just fell in love with it.
WRMBA: What's the best book (or whose the best writer) that not enough people know about?
JDM: Sandra Jackson-Opoku is, to me, one of the most brilliant and talented writers and under-appreciated writers that I have ever read. I think she only has two works of fiction out: The River Where Blood is Born and Hot Johnny and the Women Who Loved Him, and I loved them both. She has a way of mixing contemporary drama with African folklore and black American history in a way that is absolute magic to me, and it takes a real wordsmith to weave it all together the way she does.


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and Criticism, blog post by John Hoff
Mainstream media found Thomas Evenstad interesting right after his arrest for terrorizing, allegedly, the wives of two high-ranking public officials. Evenstad then faced further charges of criminal defamation against a police officer. JNS blog has heard PLENTY about that investigation but all I will share publicly at this point about THAT is the investigation is...
...EXTENSIVE and appears to be very focused on the "cyber" aspect of Tom's doings. My word, police investigators even have their hands on...
Well, best keep THAT to myself.
So, yeah, mainstream media found (past tense) Thomas Evenstad interesting after his arrest but now only JNS blog is keeping the public updated about developments, including the fact a mental commitment proceeding has been initiated.
As part of that hearing, an expert was appointed. Now JNS blog has learned from online court records that an "exam hearing" took place April 14 with an examiner's report submitted. I guess Evenstand and his attorney Rick E. Mattox didn't like whatever was in that report, because they sought and obtained an order to appoint a second examiner to be selected by Respondent (Evenstad).
Unknown how long that process will take but in the meantime, Evenstad isn't going anywhere. And yet he is barely behind bars, in the sense that his (allegedly) defamatory material remains online, accessible to anybody, trashing the police officer who arrested him, trashing the system, trashing his rape victims. Even if Evenstad is locked up, how will his (allegedly) defamatory material be made to GO AWAY?
Evenstad is not a rarity. He is, in fact, the hot new trend. With anybody able to write anything on the internet, what is to stop internet savvy sex offenders from stalking and trashing their victims on the internet? One might think the mainstream media, after initially showing such strong interest in Evenstad's bizarre alleged crime spree, might follow up a little bit but...
Well, they don't.
But this blog can and will.


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Friday, June 06, 2008
Art Revealed
Before I show you exactly what the image is, I will tell you now that I misled you a little. The image is not of an art object, at least, not deliberate art. It is an ordinary, utilitarian item that was transformed by the creation of art.
The mystery image began life as one of these:
I separated from others like it for a purpose, namely, to deal with some of life's more interesting messes.
At first it just sat there, blank and boring.
But as soon as it went to work, it began to absorb everything it was exposed to:
What it absorbed stayed with it, and began to change it.
It's hard to see such a gradual thing happening, unless you put it with others like itself in various stages of the same transformation.
Finally it had absorbed so much from the process of creation that it grew to be than what it was. I hung it up on my cork board and stared at it for a long time, until I'd sorted out what I was seeing.
Even something like a well-used paint rag can become a small universe of possibilities, all open to countless interpretations (as you all so wonderfully demonstrated.) When I look at it, I connect with it on multiple levels. I recognize the colors from the Darkyn book covers, the fire inside a dark opal, the sunlight shining through a Tiffany window, and how I imagine the colors of Marco's eyes. I also remember how much paint I dripped on the work bench over the last week.
Looking and connecting, recognizing and remembering, all important things. But when I look at this image, what I see is you.
The winner of the Mystery Art giveaway is Lainey, who wrote: Northern/Western Hemisphere as seen through southeasterly variously colored movement. Lainey, when you have a chance, send your BookWish details, full name and ship-to address to email@example.com and I'll wave the magic BookWand and get your prize out to you.
My thanks to everyone for joining in.
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Just more proof that there's beauty even in the seemingly mundane.ReplyDelete
Gods dumbit! When you posted it yesterday I almost said "a screwed up paint rag" but didn't want to offend!ReplyDelete
. . .but can you wring it out and use it again? Oh, wait--don't do that: keep it hung on the board!ReplyDelete
Way to go Lainey!
Very cool! I just got all of my beads down from the attick for my Dd and when we spread them all out I realized I had a thing for jeweltones. They're some of my favorite to play with, despite the fact that I rarely wear them (I'm an Autumn *sniff*).ReplyDelete
I learned about that technique when I started making ATCs. You always make me want to go create something.
Congrats Lainey!
Congrats, Lainey :).
The eyes still make me uncomfortable, tho'.
Congrats, Lainey!ReplyDelete
As for what it WAS, I wouldn't have thought of a paint rag. However, it reminded me of one of my daughter's shirts, with that kind of "bohemian" dye work. Same colors too (well it has a little yellow too, and more green).
But I loved to play finding the images on it. I do that all the time. Clouds, patters in tiles, walls, fabrics, everywhere.
I really enjoyed being a part of this experiment. *g*


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The projector is on the altar, with all other items that the Lord knows what they are.
Whenever I see priests using these projectors when they preach, it is as if, they are admitting that they are not effective preachers and they need the "help" of these technologies to preach during Mass.
Why not?
Yeah why not?
But still.
You can be effective if you know how to drive home the message EVEN without the use of these technologies.
This is the Mass.
Not a retreat.
Not a seminar.
Not a classroom discussion.
The MASS.
And keep that damn thing off the portable altar!
It is not supposed to be there!


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Ridesharing Part of the "Smart mobility" research report
A confluence of several factors, such as new technologies and changing societal attitudes, can transform ridesharing into a popular mode of commuting.
Ridesharing: Modernizing how empty passenger seats in vehicles are filled
Bowling alone and driving alone: The long, slow decline of carpooling in America
For decades after World War II, the carpool to work was a daily ritual for millions of Americans, mostly suburban (and then, mostly male). Through the 1960s and into the mid-1970s, one in five workers carpooled to their jobs.1
How times have changed.
Most suburban—and even many urban—households now have at least two cars. More often than not, both parents drive into work by themselves, in separate cars. Today, fewer than one in ten commuters nationwide shares a ride to work.2 Fully 77 percent of Americans drive to work alone.
And, in contrast to the suburban business commuters of days past, carpooling today is often associated with lower-income workers with limited resources.3 Many of today's carpoolers do so out of economic necessity rather than choice.
But the news on the ridesharing front isn't all bad. Despite the 30-year decline in carpooling rates, several factors—new technologies enabling real-time ride matching, changing attitudes toward car ownership, the growth of the sharing economy, and an increasing number of managed lanes that provide incentives for carpooling—offer significant opportunities to revive ridesharing.
We analyzed ridesharing rates in 171 metro areas across the United States and identified some important factors that will help determine ridesharing's future.
Measuring ridesharing's economic potential
The beauty of ridesharing lies in the fact that it taps into an abundant yet underutilized resource: the empty seats in cars. Every day millions of Americans drive to work by themselves, in parallel with neighbors who very often are driving to similar locations. These empty seats in cars represent a huge source of waste in our transportation system—but potentially also a huge opportunity for improvement.
What is the potential impact from reducing this waste? To model potential rideshare savings in cities, we treat transportation choices as a function of fuel costs, congestion patterns, attitudes, and assembly costs. (See appendix B for a detailed description of our methodology.)4 We imagine a world in which assembly costs for ridesharing approach zero and societal attitudes toward ridesharing are more supportive. This scenario allows us to calculate the personal and societal benefits that could accrue if all commuters who could reasonably rideshare to work did so.
A detailed examination of our methodology can be found in appendix B, but here is the Cliff's notes version. We used geospatial analysis of demographic data to calculate the number of likely ridematch pairs within each census tract who live within one mile of one another, leave for work at the same time in the morning, and travel to the same workplace tract. To account for commuters who engage in "trip chaining"—stopping along the way to and from work to carry out other business—we reduced this number by 16 percent.5 We then calculated the reduction in vehicle miles traveled (VMT) and fuel savings if the pair chooses to rideshare.
Figure 2 shows ridesharing's economic potential, nationwide and for the 10 largest cities by projected number of new carpoolers.
We estimate that almost 19 million commuters in US metro areas could switch from driving to ridesharing if current barriers to ridesharing were eliminated, resulting in a 27 percent overall modal share.6 This switch would have enormous societal benefits: We project maximum potential savings from increased ridesharing at $30.3 billion annually. These savings would accrue from several sources: $15.8 billion in direct annual savings to new carpoolers due to reduced vehicle upkeep, $11.6 billion in indirect savings from lowered congestion costs, and $1.8 billion in reduced annual road infrastructure costs. Furthermore, traffic-related accidents could fall by 22,915 annually (yielding $847 million annual savings), while carbon dioxide emissions would fall by 9.1 million metric tons annually—yielding societal savings of $338 million.
To be clear, our estimates represent a best-case scenario that may take years to be fully realized. Our point is to show the vast, and currently mostly unrealized, potential of this mode of transportation. Our results further reveal some general trends indicating where ridesharing could be most effective.
An important finding of our study is that "ring" neighborhoods could become ridesharing hotspots. Neighborhoods with high ridesharing potential, according to our analysis, are usually distributed in a ring 10 to 15 miles outside each city's urban core. These neighborhoods tend to have higher concentrations of commuters traveling each day to similar workplace destinations, both in the city center and in office parks and edge cities throughout the metro area. (Here's a surprising fact about tomorrow's ridesharing: It's not only commutes from the suburbs to the city center which offer the best opportunities for increasing ridesharing. Many commuters who live in tracts that can be hotspots for ridesharing do not in fact work in a city center.7)
A classic example is Indianapolis, where neighborhoods with the highest numbers of potential new ridesharers are concentrated about 10 to 12 miles from the city center, in suburbs such as Carmel, Fishers, Greenwood, and Brownsburg (figure 3). The map in figure 3 shows census tracts with higher projected levels of ridesharers as darker blue. The bulls-eye pattern of carpool potential shows clearly here because there are relatively few physical boundaries near the city and no contiguous metro areas to complicate the pattern.
Eight ways to encourage ridesharing
Our analysis demonstrates the enormous economic potential of ridesharing—$30.3 billion in annual savings if ridesharing were embraced by its maximum potential user base, or about a fifth of US commuters. So how do we get there? Experience teaches that it won't be easy. The following strategies, however, could help make progress.
- Expand tax incentives to rideshare. Extending the employee pre-tax benefits currently available for parking, transit passes, and vanpool costs to ridesharing could increase its appeal to commuters. New technology that verifies vehicle occupancy could aid the implementation of this benefit. Carma's new ridesharing app, for example, was tested in Austin, Texas in 2014, and program evaluation results are due in the spring of 2015. Carma's app verifies the presence of two passengers in an automobile, which qualifies the automobile for an automatically applied 50 percent toll discount; with three or more passengers, the auto is eligible for a 100 percent rebate.8 The total cost of this pilot was slightly less than $1 million, partially funded through a federal grant. The program is continuing to grow. A mid-year interim report showed 322 new carpools encouraged by the program and approximately 250 daily carpool trips in the fourth quarter of 2014.9 The estimated cost of constructing new lanes to provide the same capacity would be between $5.8 million and $17.4 million.10
- Improve ridematching platforms' customer experience. Most cities we studied have already invested in online ridematching platforms (all but 6 of 79 cities11) or participate in a statewide rideshare platform. But none of these platforms has attracted enough members to achieve a critical mass of commuter participation. Cities need to determine how best to marshal private sector innovation to bring first-class user interfaces, highly reliable service, incentives for participation, and widespread public awareness to ridematching. If policymakers and on-demand car service providers began to view each other as allies in the battle to reduce congestion, then the public sector might make quicker progress in achieving its goals. For example, states or cities could incentivize commercial platform providers with large user bases such as Sidecar, Uber, and Lyft to increase the percentage of their customers who share rides with other passengers. Such incentives might encourage providers to enhance their shared ride user interfaces, outreach, and marketing. Creating incentives for increasing carpooling might also encourage on-demand service providers to partner with carpool providers to create synergies, as recently announced by Uber and Carpooling.com in Europe. This new deal has Uber providing first-mile drop-offs and last-mile pickups to support Carpooling.com's long-distance carpools.12Technological innovations are already poised to improve the customer experience for tomorrow's ridesharers. Mobile apps that today measure driving habits to help convey insurance discounts will likely be used tomorrow to credit drivers and passengers with toll discounts in real time, without making them register as a carpooler.
- Use infrastructure investments to support ridesharing. Commuters who carpool are motivated principally by the time or money they can save by doing so.13 And, as the Federal Highway Administration has observed, "Infrastructure plays an important role in helping dynamic rideshares accumulate time and money savings" by allowing carpoolers free or reduced-cost access to restricted lanes.14Real-time ridesharing initiatives should be bundled with high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) and high-occupancy toll (HOT) lane projects, as well as in any new designated commuter lots that can facilitate the convenient pickup and drop-off of passengers via dedicated entrance and exit ramps. For example, when a city or state secures funding to create managed lanes, we recommend they direct a portion of those funds into investments in digital infrastructure for real-time ridesharing. According to the Texas Transportation Institute, an average 7 percent of congestion reduction can be attributed to operational treatments such as HOV lanes, with higher percentages in large cities such as New York and Los Angeles.15 In our study, we found that carpooling rates are higher by almost 1 percent in metro areas with HOV lanes—a small but significant difference.16
- Focus on building critical ridesharing mass in key corridors. Rather than trying to expand ridesharing across a wide region, planners should focus on building a critical mass of users in particular corridors.17 To understand which corridors offer the greatest ridesharing potential, planners should target the areas with the biggest potential supplies of carpoolers based on commuting behavior, neighborhood demographics, and supporting infrastructure. A base level of "guaranteed" service (meaning that a commuter will always be guaranteed a carpool on a corridor) is needed to generate repeat users until a critical mass is achieved.18 Many cities already have guaranteed ride-home programs (56 out of 79 in our sample). These programs typically offer vouchers to members to pay for a cab if they miss their vanpool. Such programs should be tied to real-time ridesharing initiatives to help provide a guaranteed service level until the corridor network is dense enough to achieve stable critical mass.
- Recruit participants through trusted channels. The greater the number of employees in a given location, the more likely it is that rideshare matches can be found. Large companies, universities, and hospitals have hundreds or thousands of people working in the same setting, and they may have a strong incentive to encourage carpooling to reduce the need for parking infrastructure. Recruiting efforts are most effective when they involve trusted channels such as employers.19 New employee orientations, for instance, represent an effective channel for improving awareness of ridesharing as a commuting option.20 Cities such as Indianapolis, IN and Jacksonville, FL are exploring strategies to use employer outreach to increase ridesharing.21 Transportation demand management (TDM) agencies—usually housed in a city's metropolitan planning organization (MPO)—can serve as a bridge between employers and ridesharing providers.
- Target younger commuters. Recent years have seen significant shifts in attitudes toward vehicle sharing, especially among Millennials. Forty-two percent of Generation Y consumers in the United States (versus 28 percent for other generations) say they are willing to carpool if carpooling is readily available and convenient.22 These shifts are reflected in recent census data: The median age of those who commute to work using shared rides (carpool or vanpool) in 2013 was 39, compared with 42.8 for single-occupancy vehicle drivers.23 Similarly, cities with younger populations have slightly higher rates of ridesharing.24
- Establish public-private partnerships (PPPs) to improve mobility. PPPs are often used to finance large-scale capital projects. Forward-looking jurisdictions could expand their use of PPPs by adopting pay-for-success models that specify particular mobility outcomes (for example, by setting a goal of a certain year-over-year increase in carpooling's modal share in a particular corridor), rather than the means by which those outcomes are to be achieved. Doing so could open up new kinds of partnerships with automakers, ridesharing companies, and others exploring new mobility services and stimulate innovative methods for reducing gridlock in some of the most congested corridors. A special kind of funding mechanism known as social impact bonds, which are contracts with government agencies that are only repaid if certain social benefits are achieved, could be used to provide additional incentives for innovation within such PPPs.
- Encourage nationwide leadership in carpooling advocacy. Cities that have formal goals to increase ridesharing have higher rates of carpooling overall, suggesting that leadership plays a small but significant effect in influencing commuter transportation decisions. Yet, at present, there is no national carpooling/ridesharing alliance comparable to the National Alliance for Biking and Walking, which advocates for the interests of bikers and pedestrians in local communities. Few and far between are the federal and state government organizations that set carpooling goals for their own employees, let alone for their constituents. A nationwide ridesharing alliance and explicit public sector ridesharing goals for government employees could inspire commuters and coordinate efforts among cities, while helping local ridesharers find one another and organize grassroots interest groups.
These strategies are relatively cheap compared to infrastructure, and are likely to offer significant returns on investment for state and local transportation officials.
To explore further our projections for ridesharing's potential and current rideshareing policy and infrastructure, we invite you to view our interactive map.
Explore our collection of research on smart mobility at the links below.
- Key findings from the smart mobility study
- The promise of smart mobility
- Ridesharing
- Bike commuting
- Carsharing
- On-demand ride services
- Alternative transportation atlas (interactive map)
- Impact by metropolitan area (interactive table)
- FULL REPORT—Smart mobility: Reducing congestion and fostering faster, greener, and cheaper transportation options


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May 4, 2012
Friday Morning Coffee: Sen. Orie Asks For Sentencing Delay.
Total People in Discussion: 3
By John Micek
Categories: Current Affairs, Music, PA Governor, Politics, Sports
Good Friday Morning, Fellow Seekers.
State Sen. Jane Orie ...
The Republican National Committee ...
The rest of the day's news starts after the gap.
Healthier-Than-Expected Tax Collections ...
Philly Mayor Michael Nutter ...
Advocates For The Disabled ...
Pennsylvania's Unemployment Rate ...
In The Blogosphere.
What Goes On (Nakedly Political Edition).
You Say It's Your Birthday Dept.
On The Capitol Ideas iPod This Morning.
1. "Drowning Man," U2
Friday's Finally Gratuitous Soccer Link.
All right. That's it for now. We'll be back a bit later this morning as things warm up around here. In the meantime ... more coffee.
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I've been a terrible Capitol Ideas follower the past few months. Here's a pretty good playlist to make up for it.
1. "The Good Times are Killing Me" - Modest Mouse
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1. Down the Line (live)- Jose Gonzalez
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The other night, I was reading Gertrude a bedtime story and I couldn't get out more than three words at a time because she kept interrupting me. Apparently, she was really enjoying the illustration style of this particular book.
"Who drew this book?" she asked. I closed it and we looked at the cover.
"Robert Munsch wrote the words..." I said.
She giggled. "Ha ha! Munch!"
"Sheila McGraw drew the pictures."
"She colored them too! That makes them look very pretty."
I agreed, and tried to keep reading. Three words later she said, "Did someone draw this baby?"
There was a picture of a mother holding a baby wrapped up in a blanket, sitting in a rocking chair.
"Yes, they did!" I said. "Sheila McGraw drew this whole entire page and everything on it. The mom, the baby, the rocking chair..."
"How did she draw such a cute baby???"
"Well, like this, " I said. "Give me your finger."
She held out her pointer finger and I helped her trace it around the illustration. "This part of the baby is round like a circle. Then you'd draw a small little baby head. And that part connects to the mama's arm here..."
She had a fascinated look on her face.
When we finally got the end, Gert said very sweetly, "Good job, Mom! You read that book very beautifully!"
"Well, thank you," I said, somewhat amused.
She patted me. "That's my girl!"


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This morning, my tires slipped on the blood on the parking lot ramp. You can't cut without somebody bleeding, and yesterday the axe fell hard.
I don't blog about work much, but it was a hard day, although not as hard for me as it was for six former coworkers.
I work(ed) for a small family owned business with 25 employees. Been in the same location for over 20 years. I've worked there for 15 but there were eight with even longer tenure.
And then there were four.
Us programmers were deemed necessary, although two recent hires were also let go.
It made business sense — the victims were all in areas that the Big Company has covered — hardware and documentation. Doesn't make me feel any better about it.
The silver lining is the benefits: major improvement. The savings on health care will be like a modest raise and my vacation days have effectively been doubled. I really look forward to a going somewhere for more than one week.
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If there's anyone whose story is included would like to read at Seksan's, please let me know, okay?
The cover by those amazing malay boys (Sufian Abas and Ruhayat X) is so nice, especially so as I recognise Saras' house and my friends in the moody sepia photo!
And talking about Sufian Abas, his new book Kasut Biru Rubina (Rubina's Blue Shoes) is now out, and can also be bought from Silverfish. Here's the blurb and it sounds intriguing :
A woman wakes up without her body. A boy tries to endure the pain of being an adult when mini animals start to come out of his anus. What do you do when angels forgot to bring a unicorn for your daughter's birthday? And are all shoes evil or just the blue ones?Sufian will also be reading at Seksan's this Saturday.
Many of the characters in Kasut Biru Rubina want to live ordinary lives. But the unexpected happen. Brief, shocking, and full of lies that can only come from the twisted mind of Nigerian scammers, Sufian Abas' stories are snapshots that illuminate the strange hidden in a world we never want to live in.


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The First Snow
(An Example of Home Learning vs School Learning)
Ava bursts out the front door on an early, chilly morning, excited to explore the season's first snow. She jumps in with both feet, feeling the soft fluffy snow billow up around her feet. Ava screams and giggles. She notices how her voice sounds different in the frozen surroundings than when she yells in the summer time.
She sees her footprints in the snow. She also discovers another set of footprints as well. She follows them and sees they lead to the tree. Looking up, she realizes they must belong to the squirrel she sees perched on that branch.
Ava bounces over to the driveway where she discovers a frozen puddle. She jumps on it, breaking the fragile ice and notices that under the layer of ice, there is still unfrozen water!
She then runs to the back yard and builds a snowman, balancing each giant snowball she created carefully on the one below. She then walks around her yard to find just the right sticks, pine cones, and even a sand shovel from her sandbox, to decorate her snowman.
Ava looks at her mittens closely. She notices tiny individual snowflakes. She can see their pretty individual shapes and designs. Then she licks them!
Sadie looks out the window, "It snowed!!!" she exclaims. But there was no time to play now, she has to catch the bus.
At school, Sadie gets to color a picture of a snowman. She draws eyes and a smile with her purple crayon.
The teacher has a fun game for the children to play! Paper snowflakes! Sadie admires the pretty designs cut out of paper as they try to find the matching snowflake on the classroom floor. They even get to sing Frosty the Snowman at music time!
Then, at story time, the teacher reads a special wintertime storybook about playing in the snow. Sadie gets excited and jumps up and down. She wants to tell everyone the story of how much fun she had sledding last winter with her daddy. The teacher politely asks her to sit back down so the other children can hear the book.
Afterwards, the children stand in neat lines and go to the lunchroom for lunch. Recess will be in the gym today since it is cold and snowy and the kids would get too wet.
When Sadie gets off the bus at the end of the day, she runs and jumps in the already unfrozen puddles. Her mother asks her to come right in since she has her school shoes on. Besides, it's almost time for supper and she has homework.
After supper, Sadie does her homework. She is to write a paper about a day of fun in the snow.
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