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Hello and welcome to my blog!
My name is Bella and I love anything cute, glittery and pretty. I love trying out new beauty products. I also love accessories, especially handbags, shoes, scarfs, bracelets and rings! I have also completed a personal styling course and a make up course.
I started up this blog on a May afternoon. I thought that starting a blog would be something fun to do and after reading other blogs I kept thinking why don't I have my own? I love sharing my beauty and fashion finds with others, along with tips and tricks I have found and tried, so why not share them with other people too!
So there is a little about me and how I started my blog.
I would like to thank you for stopping by on my little corner of the web and giving my blog a read. I hope that you like reading it (and hopefully enough to follow/subscribe)
If you want to contact me or ask a question please feel free to leave a comment or send me an email.
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By: Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
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Book Synopsis from Author's Site:
In this hilarious and moving conclusion to the Dairy Queen trilogy, D.J. Schwenk returns to her small-town high school – only to find herself the focus of far too much attention. From an old friend now hot for romance, to college recruiters and rabid local hoops fans, to Brian Nelson . . . How will shy, quiet D.J. handle things now that she's front and center?
Let's just say that I began this book a little unprepared. I was not aware when I began that this was the third book about the story of D.J. This was all around a alright story, but it was lacking in a real punch. I waited throughout the entire book for something outstanding that would catch my attention, and carry me the remainder of the book but it never happened. This was not a terrible story, and I didn't have to drag myself all the way through, but it was not a powerful story. Good for a quick light read. Although, it was noticeable that I had not read the previous two books. Make sure you visit Diary Queen and The Off Season before embarking on this venture.
*Special Thanks to Houghton Mifflin for this book.
**Also, going to have a giveaway for this book, make sure to keep your eye out.

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15 October 2009
18th Birthday Card-BBTB Challenge #1
I made this card for my cousins 18th Birthday and it goes well with the new BBTB challenge. I used Base Camp for the numbers cut several time to make faux chipboard. Some gems, ribbon, inking, buttons and patterned paper. What do you think?
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Petter Seander
I like to start my presentation of bands with a short lookback at our first meeting. So here goes: When I first met Petter, I remember us drinking a lot of free beer and discussing for a quite impressive period of time wheter or not he straightened his hair. Turned out, he didn't. It actually comes like that naturally. Now, a few years later, we mostly talk about making music and how to stay sane. We tend to often fail the last, but succeed with the first, and I wonder if it's possible to do both in an acceptable way.
If you haven't heard of Petter Seander, you are 1. not interested in swedish pop music or 2. not very observant. While touring with swedish pop stars, DJing at cool clubs, fronting countryish popbands (I haven't stopped listening to this song for three years!) and writing for hipster magazines, he also managed to produce a solo album last year. It involved recording vocals in someone elses wardrobes and dressing up like a bird in a museum. You should listen to it, it's brilliant.
Petter actually already appears on a Fika Recordings release; he plays the mandolin at Lost Summer Kitten's New country song. It might seem a long way from what he's doing at his own cassette, but I think not. I think it's still about melodies and heartache, and as we all know, both melodies and heartaches come in different shapes. In both country and electro pop-shape.
I imagine the making of this EP happened like this: Petter moved from Gothenburg to Stockholm and picked up a drum machine on the way. While (most presumably) eating hazelnut cookies in his countryside cottage in his new hometown, he created this lovely little EP for us (and for you!). It doesn't involve dressing up like a bird unfortunately, but it involves elderflower tea and dancing with a destroyed heart.
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"I Dreamed A Dream"
Stefan Theil, writing in the FP, reminds readers that the ideas which clashed in the 20th century, are still in conflict today. Theil describes how different places sustain themselves with their particular civilizational myths.
Millions of children are being raised on prejudice and disinformation. Educated in schools that teach a skewed ideology, they are exposed to a dogma that runs counter to core beliefs shared by many other Western countries. They study from textbooks filled with a doctrine of dissent, which they learn to recite as they prepare to attend many of the better universities in the world. Extracting these children from the jaws of bias could mean the difference between world prosperity and menacing global rifts. And doing so will not be easy. But not because these children are found in the madrasas of Pakistan or the state-controlled schools of Saudi Arabia. They are not. Rather, they live in two of the world's great democracies—France and Germany. ...
Just as schools teach a historical narrative, they also pass on "truths" about capitalism, the welfare state, and other economic principles that a society considers self-evident. In both France and Germany, for instance, schools have helped ingrain a serious aversion to capitalism. In one 2005 poll, just 36 percent of French citizens said they supported the free-enterprise system, the only one of 22 countries polled that showed minority support for this cornerstone of global commerce. In Germany, meanwhile, support for socialist ideals is running at all-time highs—47 percent in 2007 versus 36 percent in 1991.
It's possible for some societies to exist in a love-hate relationship with certain ideologies or classes of people. The term "bourgeoisie" for example, "has pejorative connotations suggesting either undeserved wealth, or lifestyles, tastes, and opinions that lack the sophistication of the rich or the authenticity of the intellectual or the poor. ... In the United States, where social class affiliation lacks some of the structure and rules of many other nations, 'bourgeoisie' is sometimes used to refer to those seen as being either upper class or upper middle class." A continent which historically regarded the upper middle class with intellectual contempt would naturally be expected to regard gross capitalism as evil and welfare, the modern day equivalent of the King's largesse, as good.
And while curious, Europe lived with this love-hate relationship for a long time. And perhaps the welfare state bureaucrats have settled into an uneasy truce with their private sectors in much the same way the aristocrats learned to live with the burghers. Europe simply developed mechanisms to keep these conflicts at a reasonable level and muddled along. The history of the 19th and 20th centuries illustrates how the truce between classes can collapse and precipitate a crisis. Maybe it will happen again in modern form; with the welfare state reprising the role of the ruling aristocrats and the Muslims playing the role assumed by different minorities in earlier times. Theil concludes:
Minimal reforms to the welfare state cost former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder his job in 2005. They have also paralyzed modern German politics. Former communists and disaffected Social Democrats, together with left-wing Greens, have flocked to Germany's new leftist party, whose politics is a distasteful mix of anticapitalist demagoguery and right-wing xenophobia. Its platform, polls show, is finding support even among mainstream Germans. A left-leaning majority, within both the parliament and the public at large, makes the world's third-largest economy vulnerable to destructive policies driven by anticapitalist resentment and fear of globalization. Similar situations are easily conceivable elsewhere and have already helped bring populists to power in Latin America. Then there is France, where President Nicolas Sarkozy promised to "rupture" with the failed economic policies of the past. He has taken on the country's public servants and their famously lavish benefits, but many of his policies appear to be driven by what he calls "economic patriotism," which smacks of old-fashioned industrial protectionism. That's exactly what French schoolchildren have long learned is the way the world should work.
Both the French and German cases show the limits of trying to run against the grain of deeply held economic ideology. Yet, training the next generation of citizens to be prejudiced against being enterprising and productive is equally foolhardy. Fortunately, such widespread attitudes and the political outcomes they foster aren't only determined by tradition and history. They are, to a great extent, the product of education. If countries like France and Germany hope to get their nations on a new economic track, they might start paying more attention to what their kids are learning in the classroom.
Maybe they're learning history.


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He has also had his first haircut...okay, so it was only a little snip in the front to get his hair out of his eyes but that counts, right?
And here is a photo of Nate the future blogger ;)
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Saturday, May 14, 2011
Groothuis Preaching
I am preaching on "The Call of the Resurrection," at Wellspring Anglican Church this Sunday (May 15) at 9:00 and 10:35. Visitors are most welcome to this friendly, caring, and biblical church.
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Since I cannot be there, I shall pray.
Please, oh please, don't pass by Eph 1:19-20. I cannot think of a better text that links the resurrection to God's provision for us. Paul prays for God's "incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead."
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Alleli Aspili, the owner of this blog, is a passionate guitarist and singer. She has a SoundCloud where she uploads covers from various artists. She recently covered Taylor Swift songs. Listen here: Continue reading
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American Idol 12: Angela Miller sings "Never Gone" after being Eliminated!
I can't believe Angie Miller got eliminated from American Idol Season 12's Top 3. Earlier today, the Top 2 contestants were announced and I had no idea Kree would stay. I'm a fan of these three girls, but I just think that Angie deserves to be in the Top 2. Well, as what a top comment says on this YouTube video of American Idol: And america got wrong…. again.
There's a fast influx of comments on the video and you'll see how people also reacted this way (I mean, like me) there.
This made me think that voting doesn't really pay off. It's just an honest opinion from me. Considering the fact that the American Idol show also removed that "save" long before the competition goes to an end. The judges would've used that for Angie Miller. I would die for them to use that. Moreover, I just watched the last performance that Angie did and it was heartbreaking. Embedding it below: Continue reading
American Idol 12: Angela "Angie" Miller's Top 4 Performances
It's been so long since I've written a post about the American Idol Season 12's winner – Angela Miller. Oops, sorry for the spoiler! Haha! Well, our Angie here is really "in it to win it," as what Randy Jackson always tells us in his comments. In the most recent performances of Angie Miller, she sang two songs I barely even know – "Who You Are" and "Cry Me a River." But, I still loved both of her performances! Of course, it's Angie! She became REALLY noticed when she sang her own composition, You Set Me Free, on her solo performance of the season's Hollywood Week. And on that note, everybody's now saying that Angie should sing that song on the way to the finals to secure the title of being the latest American Idol. Hmm, I agree with everybody else. However, it would be more perfect if she will sing a new composition that will definitely WOW us all again. That's actually a hint that Mariah told her when she commented on Angie's performance on the Top 4 episode. "Keep composing songs." As a fan, I would really love to see and hear her perform You Set Me Free on her own major concert as an Idol someday.
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Cricut's "Plantin Schoolbook" cut the grass and flowers. Grass blades were snipped more, vertically. Some edges were inked. The pieces were then corrugated. I snipped the flowers, embellished them with candy dots, punched CS circles and inks. Glossy Accents were added for texture, to create a seal, and as an adhesive. New to me: using Ranger's "Glossy Accents" as an adhesive and maintain an object's structure. The branches were punched, spritzed in a homemade alcohol ink (new to me), sponged, and coated in Glossy Accents.
After I finished submitting my card for the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge, I found that my project needed more attention. I added more insects and made a few tweaks to improve the piece's overall appearance. Once everything dried, I packaged the card in a clear cellophane bag, and tied it closed with natural raffia. Finally, I was pleased with the finished product..in fact, I was delighted by it--and also delighted to find a small set of additional challenges for which to submit this "Flying Insect Collection in the Spring Garden Card." Please find their respective information below:
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For today's card, I wanted to highlight the Happy Solid Heart (B8855) as well as one of my favorite new sayings (Love You, B3957). There is a similar looking "Miss You" that is another good sentiment to use.
Here is a little information about the winter blog hop:
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- The rest of our NEW SPRING CATALOG images will be previewed for you by the DT and they will also be available to you in our online store!!!
- We will have a $25 Gift Certificate drawing every day (for those people commenting on all DT participating blogs, starting with the IO blog.
- There will be an additional drawing on Friday for those people who participated every day of the hop.
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Our little peanut is a whopping 4 years old now! It feels just like yesterday when we first stepped onto Texan grounds when he was only a year and a half. He had his 4 year well-child check and here are his measurements:
Height - 38.15" (9th percentile)
Weight - 31.8lbs (14th percentile)
Looks like his has Mikes genes :-).
(here with his first cake - total disaster - at least he thought it looked somewhat like a pirate hat)
(the mask that gets a LOT of use around here!)
(...and even on the pontoon)
(our little spiderman keeps us well-entertained by his constant "fshew fshew!" - shooting webs)
(*giggle* "I yicked it, mama")
It's been an unbelievable 4 years with you in our lives, Jeremiah! We love you so much, bubby!
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Claypot Chicken Rice
Nyahahahah don't the clay pot chicken rice looks good? But looks can be decving because the bottom part of the rice is all burnt. Hehehe.
My mom made the rice with a non stick clay pot that my dad bought not so recently. She fired the rice with thick sweet soya sauce and light soya sauce and all the other fragrant stuff like garlic, fired shallots and sesame oil. The rice is then transferred into the claypot and mixed with marinated chicken and sliced Chinese sausages "lap cheong". My mom let the pot on the stove and asked me to turn it off at a certain time.
I however, had a little of a hearing problem. Or ... there was a miscommunication. I turned off the gas way too late and could actually smell the burnt smell.
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Book Review: Lock & Mori
By: Heather W. Petty
Published By: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Publication Date: September 15, 2015
Page Count: 256
Buy it at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or IndieBound
Source: ARC Kindly Provided by Edelweiss
Audience: Young Adult - Mystery/Thriller
Lock & Mori is a modern spin on Sherlock Holmes with much darker edges than the original.
James "Mori" Moriarty lurks on the edges of her high school. After watching her mother succumb to an illness, Mori has lost touch with her friends and wades through every day dreading the moment when she has to go home. Since her mother's death things haven't been great. Her father drinks too much and his verbal barbs often end in bruises for her three little younger brothers. Mori feels like every evening is spent in war zone trying to keep those she loves alive. She's frayed around the edges until a chance meeting with Sherlock Holmes gives her a mystery to solve.
Sherlock "Lock" Holmes is a reclusive genius who would rather spend his time in the lab in the school's basement than interacting with his peers. Like his inspiration, Lock is observant and brilliant. A murder in the park inspires him to begin a game with Mori to see who can find the killer faster.
The two of these make an unlikely pair of friends and even more unlikely partners in crime solving. They use their minds to track down clues and unmask a killer. I can't speak too much on the plot, but it's awesome. The dark twisty bits had my mouth dropping open and the killer came as a slight shock. I had an inkling, but was convinced there was no way I could be right.
It was also a treat to see Mycroft and Watson make appearances. Mycroft was one of my favorite parts of the novel.
If you're looking for a dark mystery than this is one that should make your Fall TBR list. It's one of my 2015 favorites.
One Last Gripe: There was one moment towards the end that hurt my heart. It seemed unnecessary and senseless. You'll know what I mean when you read it.
Favorite Thing About This Book: The complex relationship between Lock and Mori
First Sentence: I wore a hat with a feather plume the first time I met Sherlock Holmes.
Favorite Character: Mori
Least Favorite Character: Mori's Dad - I can't stomach people who abuse their kids
In modern-day London, two brilliant high school students, one Sherlock Holmes and a Miss James "Mori" Moriarty, meet. A murder will bring them together. The truth very well might drive them apart.
Before they were mortal enemies, they were much more.
FACT: Someone has been murdered in London's Regent's Park. The police have no leads.
FACT: Miss James "Mori"Moriarty and Sherlock "Lock" Holmes should be hitting the books on a school night. Instead, they are out crashing a crime scene.
FACT: Lock has challenged Mori to solve the case before he does. Challenge accepted.
FACT: Despite agreeing to Lock's one rule--they must share every clue with each other--Mori is keeping secrets.
OBSERVATION: Sometimes you can't trust the people closest to you with matters of the heart. And after this case, Mori may never trust Lock again.


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Four Tracks that diverted the Polar Vortex!
Kindness - 'This Is Not About Us' (2014)
I've been meaning to post this gem for awhile now but for some reason I kept it on the back burner, possibly in case of a Polar Vortex. With a great sentiment and an unmistakable retro 80's feel to it (just check out the video), it transported me back to days of stone washed jeans and neon spandex, albeit briefly. I also love the fact the song borrowed the beat from the Run DMC classic, 'Peter Piper', strong work there Kindness. 'This Is Not About Us', is taken from Adam Bainbridge aka Kindness' second album, Otherness released last month (October).
Kindness official website....
Old Pa's Corner:-
Bob Dylan - Things we said (2014)
Shell Hunter:-
Public Service Broadcasting - 'Gagarin' (2014)
The fabulous upcycling duo have caught my attention with this latest single based around the Russian cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin, who was the first man to enter outer space and orbit the Earth back in 1961. Now this especially ticks lots of boxes in my world, I am a wannabe space cadet. The video is another tick, a lot a suave dance moves and of course the song itself is fun-kay with a capital F. I'm pleased these guys have proved themselves as more than a novelty act as was initially thought. It is definitely worth seeing them too, they put on a good show. It looks like they've hit the Blackpool Tower of concert venues next year for me, they are due to play the Camden Roundhouse! Well done lads, you will be performing amongst the stars!


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Thursday, November 24, 2011
Guess who's joining the Circus!!!!!
That would be me. You should probably be jealous of me flying through the air being caught by a man with -7% body fat. The first time I climbed up the ladder to the platform, my head was saying: "I must be crazy, why am I climbing up a 30 foot ladder to then jump off?" As you reach the top of the platform you chalk up your hands and the assistant pulls you around to hook you in. After you are hooked in you have to let go of the anchor on the platform, trust that the assistant is holding you up and grab onto the bar with your other hand while you are completely leaning your body over a 30 foot drop. They then say: "ready" you bend your knees and 'hup' jump off the platform into an imaginary basketball hoop. Then the adrenaline takes over. The rest is history. After I graduate I will be joining the local circus troupe- keep your eyes open for cirque du soleil tickets!
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Wow! You are so cool! How did you manage to get to do that?
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Antiope, a Nymph, daughter of the river god Asopus. Incomparably beautiful, she attracted the attention of Zeus, who fall in love and wooed her in the guise of a Satyr. By Zeus Antiope had two sons, Amphion and Zethus.
See: Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. Jupiter and Antiope.
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After blogging about Googlewhacking earlier in the week I got talking to some work colleagues about various voyages you can embark on while online we hit upon an interesting idea. Part of my job is to write a lot of articles about a range of subjects we find interesting in order to boost Google rankings of the Holiday Extras web pages. While researching for these articles I usually spend a fair amount of time on Wikipedia. During these research sessions it isn't unknown for me to get somewhat sidetracked and go off on a tangent reading about related things.
This meandering of Wiki got me thinking when I was reading an article about six degrees of separation. I'd wandered onto the article while reading about something else and I thought, what if the same principle applied to websites? What if the same thing applied to Wiki pages? Could you get from any subject to anything else by just using internal Wiki links on the articles? Well there was only one way to find out…
The game was set. Get from one Wiki article to another in six or less steps without clicking back or working backwards. You were allowed to view the destination page to see the content, but other than that there was no help. Shouldn't be too hard I thought.
First up was going from the planet Uranus to a page about digitaria, a type of grass. This seemed to be actually harder than I thought. I found the links quite easily but it took more steps than I anticipated. First time through I used this link chain;
Uranus and then, Voyager 2, NASA, Washington DC, United States, deciduous, plant, grasses, panicoideae and finally digitaria.
Seven intermediate steps, too many! I tried again using;
Uranus and then, weather, Earth's atmosphere, photosynthesis, plant, grasses, panicoideae and then landing on digitaria. There it was, six intermediate steps.
To prove that this was no fluke I decided to do a couple more. Next up I chose the number one and the Fender Stratocaster guitar. This proved to be a little too easy and I did it in four steps; one and then, Germany, rock music, guitar, Fender Stratocaster. My next challenge was a little harder.
A colleague came up with the suggestion of getting from the Rialto Bridge in Venice to television presenter Anneka Rice. The challenge was set, this seemed much harder. Harder was certainly something it was. Information about Anneka was scarce and I went down many dead alleys and got lost many times. I was on the verge of giving up until I cracked it. Looking at Anneka's wiki page I noticed that she was on the cooking programme, Hell's Kitchen. Being more recent I thought that this would have a greater presence on Wikipedia. With this in mind I came up with this magical line;
Rialto bridge and then, Italy, United Kingdom, culture of the UK, Gordon Ramsey, Hell's Kitchen before ending up with Anneka Rice.
So there we have it, six steps. It may even seem that it's not just people that are separated by six degrees. It may actually be every single thing that exists. Well, if you're bored at work then try it out, it can be fun to think of the most seemingly random things you possibly can and trying to find the link. If you get stumped then let me know what has defeated you and I guarantee I'll find a way to work it.


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The Who album art for the 1987 compilation of hard-to-obtain tracks features a painting by Richard Evans with super-mod-buttons on guitarist Pete Townshend and an enormous "ELVIS FOR EVERYONE" button on rock'n'roll drummer hero, Keith Moon. It's probably 4-inches in diameter!
"Two's Missing" includes the "Can't Explain" rare b-side "Bald Headed Woman" complete with Jimmy Page guitar solo ("he owned the only fuzz box in the country at that time"), Rolling Stones covers like "Last Time," and the Martha & the Vandellas hit "Heatwave."
I love to buttons in action on record covers, like the MC5, GG Allin, and Thee Makeout Party. Do you have a favorite?


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I know you all probably want to kill me for that title for this post, as now you, like I, will have the "takin care of business" song stuck in your head. For this, I apologize, though not really because I needed to spread that particular malady around. If you want to get that song out of your head, you might instead replace it with the following (but skip over this if you don't want to have something perhaps even more horrifying lodged in your brain)......
"Ooh boy you looking like you like what you see/ Won't you come over check up on it/ I'm gon' let you work up on it/ Ladies let em check up on it/ watch it while he check up on it/ Dip it, pop it, work it, stop it, check on me tonight!"
I know, I'm really an evil person. But that Beyonce is one genius when it comes to singing songs that get stuck in one's brain - that are so powerful that they can dislodge other songs from one's brain. I won't even go into the 8 or 9 months in which I had her song "Crazy in Love" stuck in my head. But I digress. The point of this post is not, in fact, all of the pop music that sticks in my brain. It is that I a) finished my annual performance review a week early today b) I wrote my midterm for Intro to Lit like 5 days early today c) I scheduled myself to attend these faculty development seminars I've got to do d) I am about to go and meet with one of my colleagues about this advising thing we're working on setting up and e) after that I will be meeting with one of our candidates for new dean.
I am really quite something.
Put this under the heading of "self-congratulatory post" for which I am refusing to apologize.
Oh, but I should note that I had a revelation last night that the three hours extra a week I've got that normally are spent teaching my fourth class? Yeah, I've been spending those on laundry. No, I'm not kidding. For the first time since I've had this job I've been caught up on laundry during the academic year. Might I just say how fucked up it is that one needs reassigned time in order to take care of basic household everyday chores? (And whether it's me who's fucked up or the system on this one I'm not entirely sure.)
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The 2014 China Toy Expo and China Kids Expo will see a 24 percent increase in exhibitors from last year, with 1,364 global brands and 80,000 visitors participating in the trade fairs over three days.
Over 300 international toy and baby products brands from more than 30 countries and regions will be exhibiting at the 2014 shows. Both participation from exhibitors and expected visitors has increased from past years' expos. International visitor pre-registration has increased 149 percent from last year.
New exhibition hall themes and pavilions have been created to meet the needs of this year's trade expos, which will take place in Shanghai from October 14 to 16.


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So, I guess it's my own darn fault that I lost one of my good (tree) friends in the storm last night.
He was a goofy looking thing, for sure, but he was like the Sentry at the end of our driveway. Our personal Wal-mart wanna be greeter. Our unique, not-another-one-like-it-in-the-world tree.
Snap. Gone.
By far, the worst damage we've had out here from storms since moving out here in 2003. We've had wind storms that picked up pieces of outdoor furniture and blew them across the yard and downed huge limbs, but never have we had whole, giant trees destroyed.
Okay, so we didn't have lions and tigers and bears, but there were plenty of "Oh My's!" as we walked around the property surveying the damage.
Inside the spare garage... at least the new garage door opener wasn't destroyed.
Poor little spare garage.
Grain bins don't belong in corn fields.
(If you click to enlarge the picture, you will see Dolly Llama is a little confused about the large object in the corn field too)
The charming old machine shed took a beating too. The same tree that embedded itself in the garage roof, banged into the machine shed...
... and actually moved the building.
Mind you, the building wasn't in the best shape to begin with, but at least it was straight. The boards were not leaning to the east before the storm.
This was another giant beauty that was hard to see fall. It held remnants of a tree house built years and years ago and was a wonderful source of shade for the little grain building and the llamas.
It fell into the fence and took out a couple sections. The llamas, like the goats in one of the other pens on the north side of the property took advantage of the breaks and were roaming freely around the yard this morning!
Considerable damage, for sure. BUT, there are more things that weren't damaged... our vehicles, our house, our little pond, our family. It could have been much, much worse.
The big machine shed will have to come down now before it falls down with the next big wind. (but won't those 100 year old boards make some awesome, rustic items?) The spare garage may disappear too. Its cement floor may become a basketball court. The trees, as they were, cannot be replaced, that is the saddest part of all. The appearance of things out here will change - slowly, dramatically, but isn't that the way it is in life? Change, always change.


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At HarborChase of Beavercreek, we believe in a culture of genuine and sincere hospitality. We greet each and every guest with refreshments and a warm smile, and when they leave we make sure to send them home with a freshly-baked treat from our kitchen. With fruit-infused waters strategically placed at one of our Hospitality refreshment stations, a cool and refreshing drink is never far away. In addition to these elegant touches of hospitality, we strive to create dining experiences that our residents and guests find extraordinary and irresistible.
We believe in providing choice and independence to our residents by offering a true all day dining experience through multiple dining venues for residents and their loved ones to enjoy. Inside our community, you'll discover exciting dining venues, such as our Traditional Restaurant with Exhibition Kitchen, Fine Dining Restaurant, HarborChase Bistro, Bar & Lounge and Memory Care Restaurant.
We pride ourselves in providing farm-to-table, from-scratch meals using the freshest ingredients possible. In addition, delicious desserts and pastries are freshly baked in-house by our culinary team. Our dietitian-developed menu is focused on healthy, nutritious, flavorful and regionalized cuisine. With vertical herb gardens (in select communities) in the bar and Traditional Restaurants, we're able to flavor and season our meals with fresh herbs. If you feel like having an adult beverage or cocktail, our restaurants feature a full wine, beer and liquor menu to complement your meal. If you feel like an elegant evening, our chefs host a monthly Chef's Table where residents can enjoy an evening of delicious culinary creations complete with wine pairings.
To provide residents with choice and the ability to customize their hospitality experiences that are truly extraordinary, we have created the Chef's Fare Dining Program. Exclusively created for HarborChase residents, this personalized program award residents with monthly dining dollars to use at any of our restaurants. Dining dollars can also be used for our daily offered Chef's Fare items such as Filet Mignon, Surf and Turf, and Lobster Tail. You'll be free to eat your way, every day.
Traditional Restaurant Features:
- Three chef-prepared meals a day
- A la carte menu featuring local and resident favorites
- Daily specials, pizzas, skillet dishes, casseroles and individual flatbreads prepared fresh in our own hearth oven
- Taste of HarborChase Plate served in a menu tasting format
- All-day room service
- Pizza and flatbread deliveries to resident apartments
- Private dining room for intimate meals with friends and loved ones
HarborChase Bistro Features:
- Casual environment featuring local favorites
- Daily sandwich, Chef's Special and gourmet grab-and-go meals available
- Late riser breakfast options for residents who like sleeping in
- WiFi equipped
- Gourmet coffee specialties
- Carved fresh fruit made-to-order
- Candy "bar" for sweet lovers of all ages
- Buzz-time tablet game systems
- A great place to meet with family and friends
Exhibition Kitchen Features:
- Hearth oven in the center serves
as focal point of the restaurant
- Cooking demonstrations and
special tastings
- Designed to bring the cooking and all elements of culinary arts into the restaurant for residents to witness during meal times
Fine Dining Restaurant Features:
- An elegant, high-end dining experience four times a week
- Daily chef's planned and prepared prix fixe menu
- Wine pairings
- Formal dress code
Bar & Lounge Features:
- Daily drink specials during Happy Hour
- Quick bar bites and appetizers available
- Dinner also served at the bar
- Perfect place to socialize with friends or watch the game
Memory Care Restaurant Features:
- Same choices as traditional restaurants
- Enhanced menu for brain health
- Nutritious snacks three times a day
- Personalized service in a warm, inviting environment
- Warm washcloth to begin each meal


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The Post is struggling with declining circulation and ad revenue, even as it draws record numbers of readers online. The Post's weekday circulation, which was over 800,000 early in this decade, averaged 673,000 in the six months ended March 31, the seventh-highest in the country. It has more than nine million Internet readers each month, according to Nielsen online, behind The New York Times and USA Today. Like the rest of the industry, it has found it hard to turn its digital audience into significant revenue.
OK. So your flagship product is in free-fall, but your online product is growing strongly in terms of readers (of course it is - it's free, it's online, what did you expect) but you can't get any decent revenue out of them.
What advertisers are prepared to pay for online readers just doesn't stack up, readers won't pay for online content, certainly not general interest (IT'S FREE BABY) and all these newsites are being paid for by declining (but still respectable) margins on declining, aging print readership.
The solution therefore is to meld, mesh, weave, merge, intergrate, leverage, what the ever, your sinking flagship operation with a new one that isn't making any money.
And all will be well.
Explain, please.
This is what goes for newspaper strategy in 2008.
The idea of re-visiting the fundamental business model of the newspaper (printing 24 hour old or more news, on paper) hasn't changed in hundreds of years, and nobody seems to want to discuss this.
Curious. If we want to talk about legacy problems, I'd say this industry has a few.
Wednesday, 25 June 2008
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So, a while back I was interviewed by Steve Jarjoura of the podcast Postcards from the Dungeon. The podcast is about role playing games, and specifically about the introduction of various storytelling concepts and methods into role playing games.
I was interviewed to talk about archaeology, and to discuss how anthropological principles can be applied to designing societies in fantasy world. The interview is available here.


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"You change your life by changing your heart."- Max Lucado
For the year 2013, I made a list of resolutions that I actually intended to achieve. Included on the list were my plans to become more involved. It was with this in mind that I decided to join the Rotaract Club of Sangre Grande Central. Before I can become an official, pinned member, I've had to show my interest by attending meetings, and participating in the club's events. I think of it as a hazing period of sorts, and I couldn't be more excited!
Last week Wednesday, I was fortunate enough to accompany the club to a Summer (I prefer July/ August Vacation) Camp for Children in Sans Souci. Now, I was not enthusiastic about attending. You see, I REALLY dislike dealing with children. I find most of them, except my mini me, Brendon, to be annoying, insolent, hard to handle, difficult to talk to and connect with, and loud. Furthermore, their unbridled honesty unnerves me and spending time with them makes me miserable. Gosh, I'm a regular old Scrooge! Thus, after a great deal of coaxing, I found myself standing in a sweltering, community centre, in front of 30 or so children.
The Camp Director, let's call her Lisa, introduced us and the Club's President, Darcel told the children about our plans for the day (we were going to do an Arts and Crafts project with kite paper, and play board games). Meanwhile, I was giving off this very awkward energy because I felt so unsure of myself. I didn't know how I should stand, where I should put my hands (I settled for my pockets), or what my face should look like. Sigh! I was snapped out of my reverie at the sound of my name, and I gave an awkward salute, as a way of greeting. Let the games begin!
The first activity was the Arts and Crafts project. I have no idea what's the technical term for it, but it basically involved rolling up differently coloured squares of kite paper and sticking them to a photo with glue. I tried to delay the inevitable by helping sort the kite paper, but I soon found myself sitting at a very small table with a group of 4-6 year olds. I was nervous at first, but after a pep talk to myself, I decided to get it over with. I sat, started helping, felt my anxiety melt away, and realised, to my chagrin, that I was enjoying myself.
I met Kayla, Renee, Tevin, Reesa, Taylon, Lulu and Merkayle. They were so precious, eager to learn, and actually listened when they were spoken to. There was no attitude or preconceptions, just love and innocence. I especially bonded with Reesa- a 5-year old, whose demeanour was similar to mine. She was sassy, outspoken, bossy, and had a "plaster for every sore". She was a riot; constantly challenging Renee and the others, and she even admonished Lulu for being greedy. I laughed so much at that, and I felt bad, afterward. I had to remind her on several occasions about the importance of kindness and sharing and being patient, but I'm not sure she heard me. She was very busy with her duck!
|Chilling with the kids
After a brief lunch, a walk to the beach and a light snack, it was time for the afternoon's activity. I wanted so much to remain indoors and play board games, but I was sent outdoors, so I had no other choice but to feign interest in cricket. Although I didn't play cricket, I had the most riveting conversation with Tevin. We spoke about his watch collection and his love of cars. He seemed genuinely surprised when I told him that I can't drive and encouraged me to learn to do so as soon as possible, so I could get a "bad car". Then, he ran off to push Taylon and whisper in Renee's ears. So friggin' cute!
Although some of the older ones seemed to reinforce my views of children with their rudeness, it did not faze me. I now believe that most children ARE a joy to be around and not very complicated. I even got some hugs at the end. I felt my world open up. Maybe, I'll have one of my own, and put them up for adoption when they turn 7. Sounds like a plan!
|The kids, displaying their art, accompanied by other club members
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Free Shakespeare in the Park's 'Hamlet'
September 2 - 17, 2017/ Saturdays, Sundays and Labor Day Monday at 2:00 pm In 2017, San Francisco Shakespeare Festival celebrates 35 years as the Bay Area's acclaimed provider of free and accessible Shakespeare performances. For this historic year, SF Shakes will present "Hamlet" for the first time at Free Shakespeare in the Park! The play, about the questionable succession of King Claudius to the throne of Denmark over his nephew Prince Hamlet, speaks strongly about disenfranchisement, frustration, and the need for action during troubled times. Hamlet is torn between revenging his father's murder and going along quietly with the new regime, including his mother Queen Gertrude. Finding an ally in the audience, he shares his inner turmoil in a series of soliloquies which have become familiar all over the world - from "Oh, what a rogue and peasant slave am I" to, most famously, "To be or not to be." Audiences can further their enjoyment of this production by attending a 15-minute Green Show, 30 minutes before the performance. "Hamleton" provides context and historical background for the play in a fun, family-friendly format. No tickets or reservations are needed for these complimentary shows. Bring your family, friends, a blanket, and a picnic to enjoy professional theater at no charge! "Free Shakespeare in the Park has become a highly anticipated summer event in San Francisco," says Toby Leavitt, Executive Director of San Francisco Shakespeare Festival. "We look forward to welcoming fans and newcomers to our 35th season of Free Shakespeare in the Park!" Presented by San Francisco Shakespeare Festival


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"I was like… 'Are you seriously retarded?'"
"My car is so retarded."
"He acts like such a retard."
Really, people?
I am completely fed up with people using the word "retarded" to describe others' idiocy or the fact that a system or process doesn't function properly. I will openly admit that I am VERY guilty of using the word "gay" to make fun of or insult. However, over the past month or so I have been trying to censor myself and realize that the word should not be used in that manner.
But "retarded"…
How absolutely shallow can you be? How can you use such a discriminatory word and still feel okay about it? First and foremost, you sound like a complete moron. I find that people sound stuck-up, snooty, ditzy, and vapid when using the word "retarded" as a way to mock someone or something. Honestly. You make yourself sound like an idiot.
Second, and most importantly, you are using a derogatory word that classifies a serious, untreatable medical problem to insult someone or something. Mental illnesses and handicaps have specific names (i.e. Down Syndrome), and classifying them all under one category, "retarded", as a wonderfully witty way to make fun of someone can hardly be considered a moral thing to do.
This word has become so prevalent in our society, especially in my age group. However, I've noticed it quickly spreading to younger generations as well, and that greatly disturbs me.
Funny (yet disturbing) story: While visiting a really close friend of mine in Wisconsin, we decided to spend an afternoon at the beach. While laying in the sand, a family made camp about 10-15 yards from us. The family consisted of a mother in her mid 30's, two girls, probably about 5 and 7, and a man that the girls referred to as "John". While the seven year old ran around causing quite a ruckus, her mother shrilly yelled, "JILL, STOP ACTING LIKE A RETARD!" To which, the little girl responded, "Mommy, what's a retard?"
I wanted to vomit.
I am not judging the character or quality of people who choose to use the word "retard" in such a manner, but I think it is something to be questioned. So please, next time you find yourself ready to use this elegant and classy insult, think about what you're really saying, who you're really insulting: A group of people with mental disabilities. Innocent people who have done nothing wrong and cannot control the complications with which they were born.
When you use the word "retarded" to make fun of someone or something, you diminish the dignity of the people who truly have those handicaps. It's not fair to rob these people of any human value just because they are not as able-bodied or able-minded as you and me.
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Missing corporate stamps, shuffled assets and disappearing executives have become the hallmarks of debt distress in China. Investors are starting to lose patience.How about using the I Ching?
China Shanshui Cement Group Ltd. said this month it couldn't distribute interest without its company seal, only for the underwriter to report payment later saying the stamp isn't needed. Shenyang City Utility Group Co. said it couldn't publish a repayment statement as the holder of its chop was traveling. China City Construction Holding Group Co.'s bonds slumped to 79 yuan out of 100 yuan face value on May 6 after its controlling shareholder changed. Fosun International Ltd. was among issuers to report lost contact with executives.
Question: Should I repay bondholders at maturity?
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The present is embodied in Hexagram 8 - Pi (Union): There is good fortune, but let him reexamine himself. Let him divine whether his virtue be great, unremitting, and firm. If it be so, there will be no error. Those who have not rested will then come to him. With those who are too late in coming, it will be ill.Sounds like the bonds should be repaid.
In the topmost line, divided, we see one seeking union and attachment without having taken the first step to such an end. There will be evil.
The situation is evolving slowly, and Yang (the active masculine force) is gaining ground.
The future is embodied in Hexagram 20 - Kuan (Contemplation): He should be like the worshipper who has washed his hands, but not yet presented his offerings. There must be sincerity and an appearance of dignity, commanding reverent regard.
The things most apparent, those above and in front, are embodied by the upper trigram K'an (Water), which is transforming into Sun (Wind). As part of this process, danger and the unknown are giving way to penetration and following.
The things least apparent, those below and behind, are embodied by the lower trigram K'un (Earth), which represents docility and receptivity.
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The JudgementAnother suggestion to repay.
The Well. The town may be changed,
But the well cannot be changed.
It neither decreases nor increases.
They come and go and draw from the well.
If one gets down almost to the water
And the rope does not go all the way,
Or the jug breaks, it brings misfortune.
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Key QuestionsSounds like a straight up default. End the entanglement. There's more:
What is real?
What is genuinely your responsibility, and what is not yours at all?
'Without entanglement.
Creating success from the source, constancy bears fruit.
One who is not upright commits blunders,
And it is fruitless to have a direction to go.'
To be entangled is to be caught up in futile, groundless things: deluded beliefs, or reckless actions, or a compulsion to rewrite the past or control the future. When you are without entanglement, you recognize what is not yours, and you will not take it on. Sometimes other people's problems are not yours to solve; sometimes bad things happen to you and are not your responsibility.
Freedom from entanglement brings extraordinary energy. It liberates the whole creative flow, from source to enduring fruition, natural and spontaneous as a growing plant. This is the creative potential latent in the present moment. To connect with it, you need to be conscious of your place on the earth, and set yourself straight accordingly. Entanglements are groundless; if you realign your course with present reality, you are well grounded. If you don't, you will make bad mistakes.
Now is a good time to re-evaluate your plans, dreams and goals: imagining new places to go is of no use if you can't see where you are – and in any case, even the clearest of plans is not immune to chance.
Key QuestionsSeek government bailout.
What is asked of you?
What are you investing in?
'Gathering, creating success.
The king enters his temple.
Fruitful to see great people, creating success.
Constancy bears fruit.
Using great sacrificial animals: good fortune.
Fruitful to have a direction to go.'
The old character for 'Gathering' shows people gathered like grass, or perhaps gathered to bring in the harvest: they have a shared identity, and invest together for a purpose, looking for what will bear fruit. Sometimes this is an external gathering, sometimes an internal one – collecting yourself and integrating your many roles and strengths, getting yourself together. Many people, roles, energies and issues are concentrated in this single focal point.
The king enters his temple to connect his people with the ancestral spirits. This is a time to strengthen shared roots, and understand mundane daily activities as part of a larger story and identity that gives them meaning.
With this connection made, it is time to see great people. Originally this might have meant consulting with diviners, to ensure your offerings were made in harmony with the time and the spirits. Seeing great people (whether in the flesh or with your inner vision) gives you longer- term guidance to align your efforts with your purpose. Then a steady persistence will bear fruit. And you are making great efforts – and an act of faith – investing the best you have in this gathering. You need those good, deep roots, and clear-sighted guidance, and you need to know where you are going with it all.


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DPReview gives the K-7 a thorough, 33 page review and ends with.... well, I'll let you see the conclusions yourself. :)
Friday, October 2, 2009
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A priest or reverend is an ordained minister, one vested with the authority of the church to administer sacraments and rites such as marriage.
Priests, reverends, and ministers have often been important characters in cult-TV history.
Consider V: The Final Battle (1984), in which Father Doyle (Thomas Hill), a resistance fighter, attempts to introduce Diana (Jane Badler) to the Christian Bible. Diana reads it, impressed, and then kills Father Doyle, because she doesn't like the Bible's message of peace and brotherhood. She fears the Bible, and those who would spread its word.
In Firefly (2002), the Reverend Shepherd Book (Ron Glass) is a crucial character, and one with a mysterious past. I've always suspected he worked for the Alliance in a violent, sadistic capacity, but then had a life reckoning, turned to God, and began to spread a message of peace and love to those he encountered.
On Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003), Nathan Fillion plays an evil Preacher working for the First Evil, in the seventh and final season of the Joss Whedon series. He is the villain responsible for taking Xander's (Nicholas Brendon's) eye, and is a real fire-and-brimstone misogynist.
In The Walking Dead (2010 – ), Father Gabriel Stokes is introduced in Season 5, played by Seth Gilliam. At first he is merely cowardly, but later he is confirmed to be treacherous, and damn near useless.
On The Simpsons (1990 - ) Reverend Lovejoy is a regular character; he of the droning voice, and dull sermons.
Outside genre programming some of the most famous priests or reverends appear on Father Dowling Mysteries, and the Father Mulcahy (William Christopher) is the chaplain at the 4077 in M*A*S*H* (1974 – 1981).


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I received this post card via postcrossing courtesy Anastasia of Ukraine. The two stamps feature (L - R) Illlichivskyi and Khersoneskyi Lighthouses. The two stamps are from a series of five stamps issued on 08.10.2010.
This is my blog dedicated to covers which I have received with stamps featuring lighthouses from around the world. If you are interested in my blog e.mail me at firstname.lastname@example.com
Saturday, April 20, 2013
# 239 - Lighthouses of Ukraine.
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Friday, April 5, 2013
# 238 - Lighthouses of Anguilla.
Thanks you very much to my friend Jean Pierre who sent me this card while he was on holiday in Anguilla. The three stamps issued on 24.11.2002 feature Sombrero Old & New Lighthouses.
Another great addition to my collection.
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It is nice to have friends who will love you unconditionally. It is nice to have a friend who will never forget your friendship no matter what. Even time and distance can never stop the bond of our friendship. My best friend never forgets to drop by and stay for few days in our house before and after she will leave outside the country to work abroad.
The moment she arrived in the country, she stayed for 3 days here with us. She treated my family to the mall and even bought us many things aside from my favorite calico bags and chocolates. Even in simple things she brought us as long as it came from her heart. I am truly overwhelmed on her real love on our friendship. For how many years she left the country, still she never forgets me and my family. Thank you my dearest best friend for your unconditional love.


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Last night the thirteenth run of the Amazing Race started at the Los Angeles Coliseum. The teams were sent immediately to Salvador, Brazil. After the introductory pieces on each team, my family chose favorites.
My husband and son both picked Anita and Arthur, the married beekeepers wearing tie dyed shirts. I could understand their choice. They seemed like nice people and a hippie team won it all once before. I probably would have labeled them Sentimental Favorites. Watching them move ever so s-l-o-w-l-y towards the stairs of the Coliseum however, I decided they probably didn't have what it took for the race.
Instead, I was impressed by the brother and sister team team of Nick and Starr. They were obviously young, physically fit, and beyond that seemed to have a positive energy pushing them forwards.
A team that will probably provide some drama along the way is Team Frat Boys, Andrew and Dan. They messed up in two key moments. At the airport, they followed the herd mentality and went to the counter where other team members had lined up without checking to see that it was the right one. It wasn't. This mistake cost them the chance to be on the first flight to Brazil. Their second mistake came when they broke away from everyone else and were the only ones who chose Detour option: Hard Way Up. This would have worked out great for them if only they had read the directions carefully. A "mystery question" was going to be asked once they climbed to the top of the stairs on their hands and knees. Really what other question could it be except how many stairs had they just climbed? Because they hadn't prepared they had to do the task over costing them time. Hopefully they learned from their mistakes on this first leg and will do better next time.
Nick and Starr made a nice strategic move on this first leg of the race. They realized being younger they lacked some of the travel experience of the other teams. They approached Ken and Tina and asked if they could form a loose alliance with them for two legs of the race. To make the deal even more palatable, they told them they were going to refer to themselves as "The Kids" and they wanted to call Ken and Tina "Mom and Dad". Nice. Of course, Ken and Tina went for it.
The team dynamics of Terence and Sarah seemed really strange to me. At the group's first overnight stop, Sarah took the opportunity to meet the other racers. This seemed like a good strategy to me - sizing up one's opponents in a friendly manner. But Terence pouted that she should have been paying attention to him. In this duo Sarah seems like the smart one as she used her Portugese language skills to propel them forward in Brazil. Terence should be showing her some respect!
In the end, Nick and Starr came in first and won a trip to Belize. Sadly, Arthur and Anita were last and were eliminated. A full recap of the episode can be found on one of my favorite sites, Reality News Online. All photos are from the CBS Amazing Race 13 website.


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First up is a beautiful entry way decorated by Kristen Dowd in Dallas, TX. Kristen saw my post about using pierced screens here and wanted to share her own creative idea. She found two pierced screens at a junk shop and is using one screen for a headboard (photos to come!) and the second screen she used to layer behind a mirror in her entry. Isn't this a great look? AND THAT CHAIR!!!
Kristen runs her own interior decorating business called Gypsy Soul Interiors. You can contact her here. She also has a shop at The White Elephant in Dallas' downtown Design District.
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So I will do that.....and share the Page I did for it this week.
So the Palette.
The Last of the Megs Garden Palettes, this one is really pretty too!
Aren't the papers lovely.....drop in on Megs Garden HERE
The sketch looks like this close up....
and the card.....
This photo s an old one of my sister and I going back a few years now!!!
I created this for a Shimmerz Post also....so its done double duty this past week. Check out the Video I made for the Shimmerz VLOG
I enjoyed creating this one. Relatively fast and painless!!! LOL Not so with everything I create I am afraid!!!
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SpaGypsies love to spend time in the tranquil environment of a spa. Whether it's for relaxation, detoxification, fitness, nutrition and weight control or beauty, Spa Gypsies relish the ability to get away from it all. It can be a spiritual experience or hiking venture. Whether it's a destination spa like Canyon Ranch or The Spa & Inn at Norwich, a great resort spa like Grand Waialua, or day spa like Elizabeth Arden's Red Door, many of us do share our next experience with other spa wanders.
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Go Italia! MediaPost Publications Italian Regulators Allege Anticompetitive Behavior By Google 08/28/2009 (http://ping.fm/WvYTe)
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The ever popular Boy & Girl at Barrel Water Feature, now solar powered pump.
Ideal for areas of the garden where you cannot get power, this water feature runs of natural sunlight, simply place the solar panel in the garden where you get most sunlight during the day. Please note the solar panel will operate well in direct sunlight but not when cloudy unless the battery back-up button is turned on. The item purchased originates from a mains powered water feature, the electrics have been removed and replaced with solar parts enabling the pump to function without electricity, harnessing the suns natural rays.
Please be aware that LED lights may still be included with the water feature but these will not work with the solar pump. The solar pump does come with its own white LED light ring which can be positioned within the water feature if required and will automatically turn on at night.
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Following a visit to the TUC Trades Councils Conference in Sheffield last weekend, we were invited to speak at Leeds Trades Union Council (TUC) about our dispute.
Joint Father of Chapel Sam Southgate attended the TUC's meeting last night and gave the background to our five-day strike in May, where the situation is now with the planned redundancies and the ongoing negotiations. (Chapel and national NUJ officers met with management and ACAS yesterday but a deal has not been agreed.)
There was a good discussion about the dispute in a question and answer session and Leeds TUC donated £50 towards the chapel's strike fund, for which we are very grateful.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
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Richard Wagner, his life, his art and his legacy are fraught with ironies. And the collection is ever expanding. The latest addition to it is the anti-Obama video ad created by the Emergency Comitee for Israel, a pro-Republican organization seen above which features excepts from the "Siegfried funeral march" from "Götterdämmerung". For those not aware, the irony is in the fact that in Israel public performances are under am informal ban because of unfortunate associations of Wagner's music with the Nazi regime.
There are numerous ways in which one can interpret the add, as Alex Ross from "The New Yorker" puts it:
The choice serves various purposes. First, it creates a palpable chill, endowing President Obama with a demonic aura. Second, viewers who are aware of Wagner's anti-Semitism may instinctively associate the shouting crowd at the Democratic National Convention with anti-Jewish mobs. Finally, the ad seems designed to trigger memories of the Wagnerian iconography of Hitler's Germany. Siegfried's Funeral Music was the chief anthem of Nazi mourning, and was heard alongside the slow movement of Bruckner's Seventh Symphony after Hitler's death. On some subliminal level, the ad might actually be equating Obama with Hitler.
All these make a valid point. Ross, however, misses one important possibility, one deriving directly from the libretto and the synopsis: Israel, the heroic Siegfried being stabbed in the back by the scheming Obama-Hagen. It is also the one that has a foundation in some of the classic interpretations of the "Ring of the Nibelungs", most notably, Geroge Bernard Shaw's. Shaw claimed that Siegfried's smashing of Wotan's spear in Act 3 of "Siegfried" represents the destruction of the norms of the old order, including the 10 Commandments. If we accept this as a valid allegory, the only logical conclusion that can come out of it is that the character of Wotan is in fact an allegory of the Jewish God of the Bible. And since Siegfried is Wotan's grandson he too is of Jewish descent. A turn of events that makes a mockery not only of nazi pseudo-interpretations of Wagner but also of those Wagner "scholars" whose malevolent constructions actually give credibility to the formers' ramblings.
And this problem of legitimising, in a certain way at least, nazi views on art by painting not only Wagner's works but Wagner as well in a distorted, caricatural manner is not lost on Ross:
Hitler was one of a million youths infatuated with Wagner at the turn of the last century. Some were anti-Semitic extremists; others were socialists, communists, democrats, feminists, apostles of free love, early gay-rights advocates, Rosicrucian mystics, Theosophists, and members of every other imaginable group. There were even some African-American Wagnerians;...We have forgotten that glorious interpretive confusion; in an unsettling way, we now listen to Wagner through Hitler's ears.
The author's case, made in the title of his article, is presented in a compelling manner,likely made even stronger by the fact that he admitted in it that some time ago he supported the Wagner ban in Israel. And he gives a reason for his change of heart that could hardly be more logical:"I know more about Wagner now than I did then, and would no longer resort to such a pat formula." Many should follow his lead and learn the facts that contradict the vicious narrative that has been indoctrinating people against some of the finest work of art in the history of mankind.


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Shyamal Tarafdar, the Puja Committee Secretary along with the Club Secretary, the Club President and the other committee members have made a well developed plan regarding Durga-Puja Celebration.
They have named the theme as "Tribhuwaneshwari", all the three 'Loks' i.e Brahmalok, Vishnulok and Maheshlok will be displayed in the puja pandals.
The lighting system inside the pandal will display sun, stars, etc. to give the feel of the universe. 10 'avatars' of lord Vishnu will be displayed too. The idol of the goddess will be made as 'Tribhuwaneshwari', the goddesss of all the three lok.
The Pandal will be shaped as the holy Lotus, the King of Flowers and the pandal will be decorated using 'shankha', glass fiber and other raw materials.


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Friday, September 17, 2010
Obscurity of the Day: The Stanley Family
For every gag that lent itself to greeting cards, Barbara and Jim came up with and filed away dozens that didn't really work in that application. Thus came about a few cartoon books, and, in 1990, a feature for Universal Press Syndicate titled The Stanley Family. The daily panel and Sunday strip featured the now-familiar Dale look and humor.
I don't know if the market for the Dale style had cooled by 1990, or if there was a glut of similar material on the market, or the panel was a tad too edgy, or even if perhaps marital problems were to blame (Barbara is a single act these days) but for some reason the feature hit the newspaper market with a dull thud. Marketing claims that the feature ran in about 70 papers are undoubtedly rose-colored, I'd guess more like 20-30 actually ran it. The feature debuted on April 2 1990 and, as best I can tell, didn't even make it to the end of a one-year contract. The latest I've found it running is February 17 1991.
Bruised but unbowed from the newspaper syndication experience, Barbara Dale is still coming up with greeting cards (even more off-color and deliciously snarky these days), writing children's books, dabbling in fine art and coveting cupcakes. You can visit her website at http://barbaradale.com/
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The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette carried the Stanley Family in March 1991, so it did run later than Feb. 17 that year.
Thank you for that Henkster. Sounds, then, like it probably did make it through the full year of a contract. Next time I have access to microfilm of the PPG I'll get a better end date.
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I ended the panel after about a year and a half because I didn't like doing it and I felt like I was doing better work in licensing. It was a hard decision because I knew I may never be syndicated again. But, I'm interested in all kinds of genres. I spent years painting and printmaking Right now, I'm writing a novel. Thanks so much for your interest in my work.Post a Comment


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BRITAIN'S top share index closed sharply higher in thin pre-Christmas trading yesterday, buoyed by commodity stocks on firmer metals and crude prices and a rally in banking equities.
The FTSE 100 index ended up 97.18 points, or 1.9 per cent, at 5,293.99, posting its biggest one-day percentage gain since 1 December, with trading volumes just 74 per cent of the 90-day average daily volume.
The index closed 0.4 per cent lower on Friday at 5,196.81. It lost 1.2 per cent overall in the final full trading week of 2009.
"We've had a pretty strong flurry today and you wonder, 'is this the Santa Claus rally that people have been expecting?'," said Mike Lenhoff, a strategist at Brewin Dolphin.
The FTSE 100 also got support from US stocks, which rose after a healthcare overhaul passed a crucial test in the US Senate, and as aluminium producer Alcoa announced an overseas deal and a brokerage upgraded its stock.
Energy stocks added the most points to the FTSE 100 index, helped by a rise in crude CLc1.
Cairn Energy topped the FTSE 100 leader board, adding 4.7 per cent, helped by news the oil and gas explorer has secured a rig to allow it to commence a drilling programme offshore western Greenland.
"Cairn has delivered an early Christmas present to shareholders by moving forward exploration drilling offshore Greenland to 2010 from 2011," said house broker RBS.
Tullow Oil, meanwhile, gained 2.1 per cent after a newspaper reported one of its senior executives revealed the explorer is likely to scupper Heritage Oil's proposed £930m sale of its Ugandan assets to energy group ENI.
Royal Dutch Shell, BG Group and BP put on 1.7 to 2.6 per cent.
Miners rose against a backdrop of stronger metals prices, with Anglo American, Lonmin, Rio Tinto and Vedanta Resources putting on 2.1 to 2.5 per cent.
Banks were also in demand, rebounding after weakness on Friday, with Barclays, Lloyds Banking Group, HSBC and Standard Chartered adding between 1.1 and 3.3 per cent.
It was a similar story for the life insurers, which fell the previous session. Prudential, Old Mutual and Standard Life put on 1.1 to 4.5 per cent.
Among individual stocks, Aggreko was among a handful of FTSE 100 fallers, off 1.4 per cent, as the temporary power provider debuted on the blue chip index, with the stock retreating after hitting an all-time high on Friday in response to a bullish trading update.
On the economic news front, Britain faces a long road to recovery and growth will be modest in 2010, but that will not prevent the Bank of England from raising interest rates early next year, according to the Confederation of British Industry's latest quarterly economic forecast.
The UK blue chip index is up 53 per cent from a six-year low in March.


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After final projects, 2 weeks in Seattle, I'm back in Brooklyn and just moved from Williamsburg to Clinton Hill or Fort Greene (i'm not sure which map the new place is on). It's a beautiful spot, cheaper than my tiny room in billyburg and I have an extra room for a 200 sq foot studio. We felt like we were getting scammed at one point but it all worked out ... amazing how much renting an apartment here can feel like a drug deal.
Here's 2 of the 4 pieces from my final series for Drawing I. They were just supposed to be sketches, but i fleshed them out a bit more and should really work on them a bit more.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
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text: Good afternoon everyone, hope all is well with you. I've made this pail for my Valentine's Day Secret Sister swap on SCS. I joined this swap and it is so much fun. You've already seen what I got from my SS, now I get to send this pail full of goodies off to mine. I was looking through my punches for a heart punch, and found this one. I totally forgot I bought it. It's really neat, it's by EK success. It doesn't actually cut the image out, it kind of cuts an outline, and then another heart on the inside. I'm sure I'm not explaining this very well, but it's really cute. Hope you like it and thanks for looking. I forgot that I altered this little can too. Isn't it cute?


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Monday, July 11, 2011
Roving Body Parts
Do the eyes have it?
How do you react when you read things like this:
Their eyes met from across the room.
His eyes raked her body from head to toe.
There seem to be two schools of thought on this one. I'm on the side that doesn't mind. I understand that 'eye' can be used as a noun or a verb. "He eyed her" is acceptable. "He gave her the eye" is an idiom I have no trouble with. I don't see him extracting an eyeball and handing it to her. So if a characters eyes move, I don't get visions of eyeballs floating free.
Which side are you on? Would the following pull you out of the story?
Her blue eyes, enlarged by her wire-rimmed glasses, rambled from Colleen's head to her toes.
"What's wrong with my face?" Her fingers flew to her cheeks, and she pulled them away, studying them.
Yet there are those for whom those would be book-tossing offenses. Me, I see the eye movement in the first example, but the eyes remain firmly set in their sockets. In the second, my brain assumes the fingers are still attached to the hand, and I don't think about body parts floating in space.
If we took everything we read literally, a lot of the richness of the language would be lost. If his eyes are pools of molten chocolate, do we really think that he's got Godiva eyeballs? Or just deep brown eyes?
(That's a metaphor, I think – if his eyes look like pools of molten chocolate, that would be a simile, right?) I've never been good at remembering terminology. Metaphors, similes, idioms, hyperbole—they're things I use, but I don't worry about what they're called when I'm writing them.
At any rate, my editor said it's a house 'rule' to avoid using floating body parts. Apparently they want to avoid having books thrown across the room by readers in the 'I see eyeballs' group. I'm guessing they figure that those who don't mind won't notice. For me, however, substituting 'gaze' for 'eyes' in those situations gets tedious and repetitive. Which means I don't feel comfortable with a simple swap, and end up trying to rewrite the entire passage.
Chime in – what's your preference? Which group are you in?
Tomorrow, my guest is Cricket McRae who's talking about the Jessica Fletcher Syndrome. And I hope all my body parts will be home again.
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- Elizabeth Spann Craig/Riley Adams said...
As long as the eyes stay put in the face, I have no problem with it! Floating around...bleh.
- Jemi Fraser said...
It doesn't bother me either for the most part - although sometimes the phrasing can cause me to giggle. :)
- Hart Johnson said...
I think it's nuts to object! Metaphor is one of the things that takes writing from textbook to fiction--it adds texture to the writing. I find it really interesting your publisher objects. I mean, I guess they must know their readership, but requiring everything to be literal seems to take it to a 6th grade reading level, in my opinion.
- Terry Odell said...
Just a short while before I have to leave for the airport. Thanks for your comments. I agree that metaphors and hyperbole, and all those other writing terms I can't keep straight make for a richer read, but as I said, there are those who seem to see everything in either black or white, with no room for gray. Back when I was submitting manuscripts for contests, I had judges say "You can't do this."
Again, I think this is one of those personal preference things as long as you're not doing something like going bowling with eyeballs.
- Maryann Miller said...
Ever since I had a writing instructor pretend to take his eye-balls out and roll them across the floor, I have avoided "rolling eyes" like mad. But I can see your point, Terry, about sometimes the phrasing is okay. I think what stops me in some of the books I read is narrative that is tedious and not all that fresh, so my mind starts being too literal and I imagine the body parts floating.
However, people do roll their eyes in exasperation. I think my writing instructor did that because we were having too many characters do that instead of coming up with other ways to show the reaction.
- Kathryn Scannell said...
It doesn't bother me at all. I never noticed it in anything I read until one of my crit group partners started ranting about it. Then I noticed it promptly in a Terry Pratchett book. Of course being Terry Pratchett, it's always possible the body part was floating around independently, but after some deliberation I concluded it probably wasn't.
I'm avoiding it because it seems to be a current fashionable thing to rant about to prove you're a skilled writer and/or editor, and I prefer to save my arguments with editors for things I really care about.
Also I have one of those literal-minded comedians in my crit group, and if there's a way to misinterpret something I can count on him to find it, and propose including it in the official parody he threatens to write when I'm famous...
- Terry Odell said...
Thanks for the comments. I'm home again, and of course, seem to be further behind than a 5 day absence would warrant.
I've never taken "she rolled her eyes" literally, because it's a common enough expression. Likewise, I don't get transported to the ball field when someone "bats her eyes."
As with everything else, there shouldn't be blanket rules. It should be about the execution.
- Jami Gold said...
There are some that get me (only now, after becoming a writer and having them pointed out) and some that I'm fine with. All those "her face fell" and "her eyes rolled" expressions are common in normal language, so they should be valid in our writing.
And if someone does something with their fingers, sometimes my POV character is going to think about the "person" doing it and sometimes they're going to think of the fingers doing it.
I think it's a mistake to be all literal, all the time.
- Sonia Lal said...
It's doesn't bother me at all!


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As if one guy blathering away about his reading habits weren't enough, here's another. My good friend Mr. Mike Phipps has been doing this for at least as long as I have, and far more consistently. The masses of faithful readers who regularly flood this site will see some common elements between his reading and mine--and some differences, as well. Enjoy!
By the way, Mike's favorite book of 2014 was the same as mine.


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A big shout out to our awesome cleanup crew!
Friday, August 13, 2010
Cleanup Letter from USFS
A big shout out to our awesome cleanup crew!
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I'm hoping to attend my first Gathering next year when i move to oregon. ^_^ReplyDelete
~Peace & Love~
Nice, late in July I could see thatReplyDelete
the cleanup was going well, in 2005
there were still 3 buses up there at
*this* time.
20,000 people party their minds out,
a few hundred clean up, thanks for all
the hard work guys and gals!
- AnonymousSeptember 13, 2011 at 9:15 AM
thanks for these reports clean up is a big issue Thank u bunches !ReplyDelete
Law enforcement intercepts marijuana on way to RainbowsReplyDelete
July 1, 2010
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A 37-year-old Missouri man was arrested Tuesday night for trying to smuggle five pounds of high-grade marijuana into the national Rainbow Gathering encampment near Heart's Content.
Bruce H. Runion, Jr. was charged with 11 felony counts by the Warren County District Attorney's Office after he was stopped by U.S. Forest Service law enforcement officers on Heart's Content Road and found to be in possession of five pounds of marijuana packaged in vacuum-packed plastic bags.
According to county D.A. Ross McKiernan, the arrest was made following a joint investigation by the Warren County Drug Task Force and U.S. Forest Service law enforcement.
Runion was allegedly using UPS to ship the marijuana into the county from a supplier in northern California.
"The moral of this is be a good camper," McKiernan said during a press conference Wednesday afternoon at the Allegheny National Forest headquarters in North Warren.
Investigators received information on June 22 that Runion had allegedly approached a local resident for the purpose of using the person's address to have marijuana shipped in via UPS. Police say Runion made 11 phone calls to a drug supplier in California between June 22 and 29.
On June 29, at approximately 5:10 p.m., police say Runion received a package containg about five pounds of marijuana from Hayfolk, Calif. A vehicle used to transport the marijuana from Warren to the Rainbow encampment was stopped by U.S. Forest Service law enforcement officers. Officers used a K-9 dog to inspect the vehicle. The drugs were discovered and seized, while Runion was taken into custody by the county's Drug Task Force officers.
Runion was arraigned before District Magistrate Arthur Zerbe. He was charged with possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, criminal conspiracy and 11 counts of criminal use of a communications facility. He was remanded to the Warren County Jail in lieu of bail.
The county's Drug Task Force and U.S. Forest Service were assisted in the investigation by Warren City Police and Warren County Sheriff's deputies.
According to McKiernan, the investigation into drugs being smuggled into the Rainbow encampment is ongoing.
McKiernan warned those attending the Rainbow gathering to take any criminal element that might have drifted into the camp along with them when the gathering breaks up in early July.
"They always leave a little human riff raff behind," McKiernan said. "We'd like it if they took them with them when they leave. Be a good camper take your refuse and your riff raff."


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Todd's Conservation MN Outlook for the Twin Cities and all of Minnesota:THURSDAY: Some sun. Flurries up north. High: 38
THURSDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy, a few flurries. Low: 26
FRIDAY: Potential for accumulating snow, especially east of St. Paul. Low: 26. High: 35
SATURDAY: Slow clearing, cool breeze. Low: 21. High: 33
SUNDAY: More clouds than sun, brisk. Low: 19. High: 32
MONDAY: Intervals of sun, turning milder. Low: 18. High: 41
TUESDAY: Early case of spring fever? Nice with plenty of sun. Low: 31. High: near 50
Biggest Snow of the Winter
How about this picture (courtesy WSAW) from Minoqua, where Carrie Schoon Czlapinski picked up almost 18" of fresh snow! For the first time EVER, I got stuck in my driveway. This heavy, wet stuff doesn't move/budge as easy as the fluffy stuff. I spent a good portion of Wednesday afternoon digging out of the DRIVEWAY! It was a long day!
Snowfall Analysis
This is a look at the snowfall analysis from what fell Tuesday night into early Wednesday morning (thru 7am)
Biggest Snowfall Reports From The Event
These are some of the biggest snowfall reports I could see from the event (which encompassed the entire storm through PM Wednesday). The heaviest reports came out of Wisconsin.
Around the Metro
What a messy forecast! Next time we have a set-up like this... I'll just forecast 1" to 9" across the Metro - good grief!
Actual Reports
Much Needed Precipitation
Not all the moisture fell in the form of snow, but if it would have, we would have had quite a bit more snow! Here's a look some of the 24 hour precipitation totals (ending at 7am Wednesday).
Water-logged Snow Event
The snow was so heavy that it brought down tree, tree limbs and even created power outages. Thanks to Matt Basil for the picture below.
But Good For Snowman & Snowwoman Making
I got a kick out of seeing all the new faces around town! there were lots of creative ideas, and even a candyman!
Thanks Tim Furnish
Thanks Ann Mendenhal Lien
Note the candy face (and trying to be healthy with the celery arms...LOL)
Thanks Jodi Lussier Adkisson
Looks like a nice snowwomen!
Duluth, MN - Crazy Weather
One of the most interesting spots across the state was in Duluth, MN. This was the scene yesterday in downtown Duluth (Canal Park). Look closely, you can actually see people milling around, watching the storm.
Duluth Blizzard
Duluth was actually in a blizzard warning for a time on Wednesday as several inches of snow piled of snow with 50mph to 60mph + wind gusts blasted the head of the lake.
Friction Free Winds
I love Duluth! The weather is amazing and storms like this make Duluth even more amazing. As a storm approaches from the southwest, intense northeasterly winds develop, which blow across the friction free lake (void of trees, buildings or terrain that would otherwise impede or slow it's progress). The northeasterly wind is then funneled into the head of the lake as the western tip of the lake shore narrows (towards Duluth) and speeds up even more. The result is an intense wind that slaps the western shores of Lake Superior. Yesterday, the winds at 995ft. above the ground (southeast of Two Harbors) came in at 65mph on the radar velocity signature... PRETTY COOL!
Severe Storms
This storm that also brought severe weather to the mid-section of the nation. In fact, a tornado in Nebraska became the first ever February tornado in Nebraska's recorded history.
Storm Report Map
CBS News Has More on the Tornadoes
"(CBS/AP) HARRISBURG, Ill. - Twisters roared through the nation's heartland in the early morning darkness Wednesday, flattening entire blocks of homes in small-town Illinois and Kansas and killing at least nine people."
Thanks for checking in and have a great rest of your week.
Don't forget to follow me on Twitter @ TNelsonWNTV
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Trip to New York City
Hey all,
Hope you had a great Christmas and New Years. I celebrated the New Year with a trip to New York City. I thought you might like to see a few pictures from the trip. We stayed at the Crowne Plaza in Times Square and had a blast. The temperatures were consistently in the low teens and the windchill was near 0 degrees F.
We rang in the New Year in Times Square with thousands of other people. What a crazy time but it was amazing.
In picture #1 you're seeing Central Park in Manhattan from our vantage point 70 stories up on Rockefeller Center. In picture #2 you're seeing Times Square. In picture #3 you're seeing me and my wife in Rockefeller Center.
Lots of great times and great food. Here's to a great 2009!
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World Laboratory Animal Liberation Week
World Laboratory Animal Liberation Week is the week that surrounds April 24th every year - It's a national week of protests, media events, etc. at laboratories to stop testing and research on animals
Media Coverage - 2002
Animal-Rights Group Says NIH Supports Unnecessary Duplication in Research
By RICHARD MORGAN
The National Institutes of Health supports numerous projects involving animal research that duplicate other projects and amount to a "waste" of tax funds, an animal-rights group charges in a new report.
Stop Animal Exploitation Now, based in Cincinnati, released the report Tuesday. The organization examined an NIH database -- Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects -- that compiles information on all federally financed biomedical research projects at the NIH and other agencies of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and searched for key words including "mouse," "rat," "dog," "cat," "rabbit," "guinea," "hamster," "macaca" (the Latin name for macaques) and "saimiri" (squirrel monkeys). The report does not include animal testing conducted by or supported by other federal agencies, like the National Science Foundation.
The animal-rights group called its findings "very disturbing" and "potentially catastrophic." It highlighted an exploration of experiments dealing with cocaine addiction -- 286 projects studying the effects of cocaine in rats, 109 studying the same effects in mice, and 55 studying the same effects in macaques -- as a prime example of the NIH's "bottomless pit of duplication that accomplishes nothing other than funneling hundreds of millions of tax dollars into the coffers of nationally known laboratories" and ends up "defrauding" taxpayers.
"The surgical maneuvers are the same. The issues being addressed and measured are the same," said Michael A. Budkie, executive director of Stop Animal Exploitation Now. "They've had their chance. If they're just doing the same thing over and over again, that's a problem. Even if you don't care about the animals, you should care about the money."
The group's audit, self-described as "conservative," also called into question the ethics of members in the institutional animal-care-and-use committees, which oversee NIH grant approval, by casting them as "a good ol' boys network where 'I'll approve your research if you'll approve mine'" and where "it appears the only real motivation may be to approve every project because each additional grant brings more money into the laboratory."
Although Stop Animal Exploitation Now acknowledged that its analysis is limited in that it does not include animal research based on NIH funds not drawn from grants, like research contracts, and cannot represent all federal spending on animal research, it defended its findings by arguing that "there is no real reason to believe that other entities, whether public or private, are moving in any other direction."
Mr. Budkie said that the ultimate goal of his group is a total end to animal experimentation, but that the organization takes a "realistic" approach. He called the report, which he said took six months to a year to compile, "very, very accurate and thorough" and added that "the first thing we need to do is eliminate these totally unnecessary projects. And, as we demonstrated, there are a lot of those out there."
Reached by telephone Tuesday, Don Ralbovsky, a spokesman for the NIH, refused to comment on the report.
Anthony Mazzaschi, associate vice president of research at the Association of American Medical Colleges, declined to comment on NIH research specifically, but defended duplicative research on the whole. "Some research does need to be duplicated: one, to validate it, and two, to extend the research results," he said, adding that allegations of animal abuse or bureaucratic glut is "really a gray area" and that "obviously, the animal-rights group has an agenda, and they parrot this out every once in a while."
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