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Recent discussions among Denton town commissioners about whether to purchase the former Burlington Industries plant may have ended Thursday night after the board voted 3-2 not to move forward.
The board voted against gathering more information on the 189 acres of land with no real purchase price for the building on the table. The motion to move forward was voted down by commissioners Deanna Grubb, Julie Loflin and Wayne Plaster. Commissioners Andy Morris and Barbara Hogan voted in favor.
Denton Mayor Scott Morris was puzzled by the board's decision not to continue to explore the possibility.
"We were not committing to purchase the property at any price, just moving forward with due diligence to make sure and look at all of our options," Morris said. "I definitely thought the board should have gone to the next step and see what options we had, if there were any problems and what kind of price and partnerships we could have come up with."
Burlington Industries built the plant in 1965, but the building has been completely vacant for roughly 10 years. The company once employed about 1,200 people at the plant.
Morris had hopes of putting several businesses in the building.
"I was for it; I think it was a good opportunity to move forward with a good building," he said.
Plaster said his decision to vote against the purchase was a financial one.
"I don't think the town needs to be involved in real estate," Plaster said. "Even at a good deal we would have a huge mortgage payment to make."
Plaster said the best scenario for the building would be to have an outside person or company buy the space.
"The town would make money off the sale," he said. "And it is a great space. I do think someone will buy it. I just don't think the town should."
The board held a public forum two weeks ago to gauge public interest before making a decision. Morris said about 40 people attended the hearing.
Denton Distribution owns the building and has the asking price set at $950,000.
When asked if commissioners voted against moving forward with the purchase of the building in fear of spending too much money to see what repairs the structure might need, Morris said that was doubtful.
"It could have been, but the cost would have been very minimal for inspections," Morris said. "I think most of it would have been just asking questions. I'm sure there would have been some money but not a lot involved."
Morris said he now plans to gather some additional information that he can present to the board in hopes members will reconsider their decision not to investigate the plant further.
"I'm not giving up on it; I have hopes," he said. "I don't know where we go from here. I'm still looking forward. It's a top-notch building. Some of the commissioners were asking me questions that I couldn't answer because we hadn't done our due diligence. I can't answer those questions until an inspector comes in and tells you that."
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Denton board votes against pursuit of former Burlington plant
Recent discussions among Denton town commissioners about whether to purchase the former Burlington Industries plant may have ended Thursday night after the board voted 3-2 not to move forward.


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Saturday, January 22, 2011
Here's the Scoop...
I had the day off yesterday. Gotta love snow days. So, what did I do with this unexpected time off? Well, I made some cards, of course.
This scoop of hearts image was a digital freebie from The Stamping Boutique. I printed it onto X-Press It cardstock and colored it with Copic markers. I cut around the image, and then drew my own hearts (the ones on the bottom of the card) with a Memento black marker, and also colored these with Copic markers, and cut them out with my Cutter-bee scissors.
Patterned paper from Bo Bunny, Lasting Impressions and Making Memories create the layout for this card, along with white cardstock. The circle panels were cut from Nestabilities circle dies. A little paper piercing was done along the top and the bottom of the card. The sentiment is from My Favorite Things, and was stamped with Versafine Onyx black.
Thanks so much for visiting my blog today. I was snowed in all day long...so, I have a couple more cards to share with you. Check back soon, and enjoy the weekend.
Labels: Copic markers, Digital, Nestabilities, paper piercing, The Stamping Boutique, Valentine's Day
3 comments:
- Cheryl of Sassy Cheryl's said...
Oh, I just LOVE this!
How much snow? I love snow days too. It's like a present having Zach home. Even @ 16.
- January 22, 2011 at 5:15 PM
- Tracey Malnofski said...
This is beautiful, Kecia. I love it!
- January 22, 2011 at 10:01 PM
- Aussieleigh said...
I adore your valentine cards Kecia - the colours are sublime and those little pigs and their sentiment are darned cute!
- January 24, 2011 at 10:09 AM
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Things are going well. I really like the Weight Watchers online tools so far-I've been able to plan my meals ahead of time and put them in the tracker, then print it so I know what's in store for the day. The only thing I curse is for some reason my printer defaults to this teeny tiny print that I can't read very well. Sigh!
It's a busy time at work, so I skipped my morning work out in order to get caught up. Ironic-I skipped Curves to get ahead of the curve at work. Ha ha, I crack myself up!
I don't feel hungry at all, but that's never been my problem. I don't eat food; I eat emotions. For now, I'm setting a timer after each meal so I don't nibble at all for at least two hours. Monday and Tuesday nights I had a hard time not eating after dinner-really wanted to nosh on something. Wednesday went much better.
No appointment for a food addiction therapist yet. That's a goal before the next blog.
Life in general is very good right now. I joined my dear friends Raylene, Karen and JoAnn for a birthday dinner for Karen last night. Porcupine grill. So yummy! I had fish tacos-grilled Wahoo (yep, it's a fish) with cabbage and a yummy spicy sauce. Later, my Bishopric (ecclesiastical leaders) came over to visit. It kind of made me laugh-has my perimenopause mania been brought to their attention? I don't know. It was just nice of them to take the time to come visit.
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A West Michigan mom is giving back to a cause close to her son's heart. In honor of his spirit, Kathy Hoard will collect shoes for Soles4Souls.
The program hasn't even been officially kicked off, but already there is a bin full of donated shoes. Organizers are hoping that once more folks hear the story, they'll want to add to the pile.
Two years ago in November, Kathy Hoard's 12-year-old son's heart stopped working. No one can tell her how he died, but Kathy will tell folks how he lived.
"He just had a big heart, everybody liked him, we called him Harry" Kathy said, "He was just really focused on people that were less fortunate for him."
For his tenth birthday, Harry used his own money to buy a new pair of shoes for a less fortunate classmate. It was that generosity that inspired Kathy to bring Soles4Souls to West Michigan.
Kathy has teamed up with Gazelle Sports to collect as many pairs of shoes as possible.
"It's really about all of us stepping up and doing what you can," said Rob Lillie of Gazelle Sports.
"Everbody has shoes in their closet they're not using," said Kathy, "so I think it's a really neat way for everybody to remember Harry."
The shoes will go to folks in West Michigan, Lillie expects that they'll collect thousands in October alone.
"A lot of people only can give what they can give," Lillie said, "and this is an easy way to utilize things that you're finished with for a good cause."
That good cause has helped Kathy cope with a loss that no parent should have to experience.
"When you lose something, go through a tragedy such as losing a child you want something to pull you out of the grieving process and hopefully this is the beginning of something pretty cool," said Kathy.
Folks interested in donating can bring new or gently used shoes to Gazelle Sports locations in Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids and Holland.


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Monday, December 6, 2010
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Try messing around with the tip settings a bit, even someone with very fine or straight hair has a bit of frizz there. Also some clumping at the ends may help too to give it that more realistic look you're going for. The ends now seem too fine, maybe try renders without "tip fade" on too if you're currently using it. Overall it's looking really good especially the mass closest to the scalp :D
@allen- Yea im gonna try a few different hair colors. for some reason crazy colors like blue and pink look better than brown and black lolReplyDelete
@monique- thanks. you're def right. i didnt notice how 'anime' the tips were looking 0_o


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Lionsgate's Highlander reboot has finally found its director. The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that John Wick co-helmer Chad Stahelski has signed on to direct the project.
The project — which is being produced by Neal H. Moritz and Peter Davis — has gone through multiple writers in the past, but the report reveals that Lionsgate is currently looking for a new one to work on a new script with Stahelski, who released the following statement to the trade:
"I've been a huge fan of the original property since I saw it in high school. Such great themes of immortality, love, and identity are all wrapped up in such colorful mythology. I can't think of a better property that gives the opportunity to create interesting characters, mythic themes and action set pieces."
The studio has been trying to get this Highlander reboot off the ground since at least 2008, but that obviously never quite happened. Justin Lin, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo and Cedric Nicolas-Troyan were among the directors who were previously attached to helm the project. Ryan Reynolds was also at one point attached to play the lead role of Connor MacLeod, but he left the reboot back in 2013. What do you guys think?
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It is for parents of young people with difficult problems to solutions on how to help your child to see out of hand. If your child does not know how to respect authority and do not go to school, we know there are many options that help a child in need on the right track. Some young people who try to fight drug abuse, problems of identity and family relationships. As a parent you should know that you are not alone, and there are options such as boarding schools for at-risk youth help getting started.
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Send your child can be a difficult decision for parents in difficulty in boarding. But if things do not improve at home, outside influences may be what is needed to compensate for the destructive behavior of your child shows difficulties. School help avoid trained and disciplined framework that the negative impact of young people in difficulty, will have at their homes. In addition, because of the strict discipline, which already operates in boarding schools, troubled young people responsibility for their actions.
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You wrote to me. Asked me to look at your profile. So I did.
It took a while to stop feeling voyeuristic, a too-personal look into the life of a friend, and the judgement of "Americans" was a little jarring -- there is, of course, no such thing. However, even though the story never did stop being a match for what I know of your life, by mid-story that feeling disappeared and I was fully immersed in the story. The trick ending flowed nicely -- no feeling of contrivance at all -- and the closing reminiscence was a beautifully executed change of voice and a great way to finish up. Outstanding writing, Ranjeet.
Some minor, almost all technical, suggestions:
--U.S. punctuation differs from that of the Commonwealth in being usually inside quotes (exceptions: colon and semi-colon)
--in the first para a line misplaces the comma: [. . . "middle of the road", that seemingly, a lot of guys . . .] should be [. . . "middle of the road" that, seemingly, a lot of guys . . .]
--"sour-grapes" needs no hyphen, nor, any longer, "e-mail"
--if you can, find a way to use a true dash for your dashes, instead of the hyphens you use now, and then you need not and should not surround them with spaces, or, as you sometimes do (and it almost works), insert only a leading space. This true dash is technically called an "em dash." You can create it in MS Word by simply typing a word followed by two hyphens followed by a word (MS Word replaces the two hyphens with the em dash after you type a following space)
--i'd spell out all numbers unless they are percentages or over a hundred. It subtly keeps the piece feeling like prose rather than an essay or report
--"OK" usually should be "okay" (there are exceptions -- when the intent is a nearly audible curtness -- but this isn't one of them)
The above are almost all more copyediting than anything approaching a writing problem. As I say, very nice piece.
Thank you for the commentary!
I've made the suggested editing changes, except for 'sour-grapes', for which the blog-editor insists I use a hyphen.
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| Why 'bore the hole out of me'?
Would you have preferred 'bore the well out of me'? I hope you aren't offended by my intentional misuse of English, it wouldn't bode well for us, would it?
The website wouldn't allow me to send the email to you until I figured out and replaced the apparently taboo synonym for 'inferno'. In addition, earnestness and sincerity do bore a hole in irony.
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Monday, July 02, 2007
I've been tagged!
I'm usually a pretty lazy blogger and tend to let tags slip my mind. So I thought I'd better stick to blogger etiquette and do this one straight away before my forgetfulness takes over.
5 things found in your bag
1. 2 T-Com ADSL/Phone Bills
Grrrr. We've been to T-Com twice to register our bank details so that they can direct debit our bills from our account but noooo, we keep receiving bills to telling us that we haven't paid! We've given them authorisation to take money from our account! You'd think that they didn't want our money!
2. Wet wipes
For all those germs on the Metro (you know, from people who don't wash their hands after going to the toilet! You know who you are!). Urggghhh.
3. Umbrella
The weather is bloody unpredictable over here at the moment. Can someone please fix the weather?
4. Purse
I need money, cards and other bits of paper that I probably don't need.
5. Water bottle
I'm not a camel and don't have a hump to store water unfortunately.
5 favourite things in your room
1. Husband
When he's not at work or in front of the TV of course. ;-)
2. Girlie fashion magazines
I'm addicted.
3. Books
I can't fall asleep if I don't read in bed. Haruki Murakami's La fin des temps is taking me forever to read.
4. My bedside lamp
I need light to be able to read in order to fall asleep!
5. The closet
I like having clothes to wear so that I don't wander around nude (it's not a pretty sight!) in the streets of Frankfurt!
5 things you've always wanted to do
Only 5??? I could list a whole lot more!
1. Live in the same city with my entire family (immediate and extended) and close friends
This will probably never happen as everyone is scattered across the globe!
2. Quit my IT career and move into something more fulfilling. I don't hold any passion for the corporate life. Only problem…I'm too lazy. It's just much easier to do something within my comfort zone!
3. Do more travelling in Africa
One day…
4. Time travel
No one said this meme had to be realistic. I'd love to visit the future to see my future great-great-great-great grand kids (or just whether there are any at all!), the technology (is it all flying cars as per the 5th Element) and yeah, whether the world exists at all or it just a burnt piece of crusty earth. Then I'd visit the past – I want to see Elvis alive…not just in the local 7-11!
5. Own the Murdochs & the Packers
I'd wipe the media clean of Paris Hilton. Enough already!
5 things you're currently into
1. Learning German.
The person who developed the rules for German had wwaaayyy too much time on his/her hands!
2. Speaking French
Don't ask me why the husband and I speak French to each other. He's perfectly capable of holding a serious conversation in English except that every time he opens his mouth in English, it's to make a joke! We never have serious conversations in English.
3. Deciding if we're going to move back to France, to the UK or to Australia
I'm not fond of making decisions!
4. Communication
Trying to communicate with the other students in my German class! Not everyone speaks English and we don't know enough German to be able to have any decent discussions!
5. Cooking spicy food
I'm trying to toughen up the husband's stomach for when we head to Malaysia later this year ;-)
5 people you want to tag
This is a hard one.
I don't have that many blogger friends and most people have already been tagged. So, if the following people haven't been tagged yet…you're it (obligation free of course)!
1. IslandGirl from The New Pink
Because you're my favourite person to tag! And I like your photos!
2. Matt
Just trying to make you write more!
3. Gina from Absolute Ginger
Your blog is addictive!
4. Mir from The Dim Sum Diaries
I'm addicted to your blog as well!
5. Anyone else who wants to do a meme! Please go ahead!
14 comments:
- gina said...
LOL. Wow.. I am honoured to do this.. wait till I get my humour bones tickled.
- July 02, 2007 9:53 am
- Olivier said...
j'ai ete taggé moi même et je trouve que tu t'en sors très bien, avec beaucoup d'humour.
I was tagge me even and I find that you leave yourself there very well, with much humour.
- July 02, 2007 11:07 am
- gina said...
Eh.. I've completed the meme as requested. :)
- July 02, 2007 1:46 pm
- Cattiva said...
I'm glad to know that I am not the only one who must read before falling asleep. It doesn't matter what time I fall into bed, either.
- July 02, 2007 8:10 pm
- J.T. said...
I've had problems with Deutsche Telekom too (T-COM). They kept sending me bills. Then I brought the bills over to the post office and told them I need to do a direct debit.
They said I must fill up a form (that comes with the bill) and post it back to the proper branch that bills me (see front page of your bill for the address).
If you have done all these already, then something is wrong with Deutsche Telekom.
My friend has been waiting for her internet connection for 2 weeks now. Apparently they were on strike or something.
You too (including Cattiva) who must read before sleeping. If I don't read something, I find it hard to sleep. Of course, sometimes boring news on TV and lull me straight to dreamland. :)
- July 02, 2007 11:15 pm
- IslandGirl4Ever2 said...
OH MON DIEU!!! I asked for it.. eh!!
Hi Fi--- I changed my name... and layout.. I found a copyright somewhere for the New Pink image I had at the top of my blog page.. so I just changed it and put up one of my photos.. and put my blog title.. News From France... Just some FYI for you... Leesa
- July 03, 2007 8:13 am
- IslandGirl4Ever2 said...
Oh yes... We had a great WE.... Stop by and see!!!
Hope you had a nice WE, too!!!
- July 03, 2007 8:41 am
- ManicBlu said...
Water bottle and umbrella in your bag? What size bag are we talking about here? ;)
- July 03, 2007 10:27 am
- ColourMeCrazy said...
IslandGirl: Love the changes to your blog and all the new photos!
Manicblu: My bag is big! Have a look here:
- July 03, 2007 7:19 pm
- Hor ny Ang Moh said...
Ha!Ha!Ha!Fav things in ur room is ur hubby!!!I don't know u can regard ur hubby as 'thing'!! He!He! BTW tq for dropping by. Woah! A reader from franch! Most interested to know more about franch. Have a nice day.
- July 04, 2007 3:04 am
- Froggy Woogie said...
I'm totally with you on the #2 Things you've always wanted to do. I think you stole it from my mind lol
- July 04, 2007 9:48 am
- ColourMeCrazy said...
Hi Hor Ny! Hehe - I like your name. Thx for dropping by as well. And yes, the Hubby is a "thing" - I own him - hehe ...shhh better not let him see that!
Froggy: One day...one day I'll get there!
- July 04, 2007 8:50 pm
- Cirnelle said...
Gosh! The T-Com story is not a Malaysian story? Hahahaha... actually, the opposite applies to Malaysia. I DON'T get my bills and just end up getting my line cut every few months, this despite me telling them over and over and over about where my address is.
- July 06, 2007 3:46 pm
- ColourMeCrazy said...
Cirnelle: Hmm, that's even better - not getting a bill then getting your line cut! Well, hopefully you don't get charged a connection fee each time you have to reconnect!
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I worked in my own garden today. It was a late start. I actually managed to sleep in this morning. Unfortunately, that was because I caught the cold my mother has. I don't feel so good.
I started in the roadside vegetable garden which is way behind schedule. That may have worked out fine since we are under a freeze and frost warning for the next two nights. Light weeding was done to prepare for planting and the perimeter weeds were sprayed to keep the Lush at bay. I am testing out vinegar as a weed killer. The more we know about Roundup the worse it gets. I am going to make an effort to reduce my already limited use of it.
When I finished up for the day I went for a little stroll. The Iris cristata have begun to bloom. Between the two gardens here there must be 50 patches of this sweet little iris.
It also comes in white. This was bought maybe three years ago. There is enough of it now to start spreading it around.
I'm not sure what group of iris these belong to, but they are short, only six to eight inches tall and bloom before the larger iris that they resemble. Somehow I ended up with all dark ones. Dark red.
I'd call this a port. It is purple with a red tint. I think this is the clothes line iris. The slugs have been quite active on the iris in this bed beside the cabin. Damn slugs!
I wandered deep into the forest and yes the Showy Orchis, Galearis spectabilis, are in bloom. I re-caged them after their photo session. Damn deer! In a forest full of wildflowers they ate the orchids. They must be a delicacy. I want them to be able to set seed and multiply. The deer will just have to suffer.
One of about eight Viola species here, Viola canadensis has formed a massive colony beside the giant rock that sits on top of the stream.
My other project for the day was trillium transplanting. I went down into the deep forest and dug me up a bucket of the Trillium grandiflorum for planting in the garden becoming. The plan is for them to settle in and multiply to the point of becoming a pest. Depending on my identification skills this will make six or seven trillium species in the garden becoming. If I keep at it, future springs could be quite the trillium show.
While I was down in the deep forest I discovered something new. This is Prosartes lanuginosa, Yellow Mandarin. The plant itself has a very interesting form. It is a single, multi branching stem with alternate Solomon Seal like leaves. I like it. I won't move it though.
It is on my list of chores to wander into the deep forest and pick up all the deadfall to tidy things up. It's a mess down there made worse by the death of the now decomposing hemlocks. Then I'd like to lay out a series of paths through the deep forest. There is a beautiful natural garden down there that needs to be seen and enjoyed by more people.
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Little Iris, Orchids And A Bucket Of Trilliums
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- Lola said...
Glad you got some much needed work done. Hate that you don't feel up to par. No fun being under the weather. I've been there all week.
Love those little iris.
- May 13, 2013 at 7:05 AM
- beverly said...
as if you don't have enough to do!! (:
- May 13, 2013 at 7:25 PM
- Christopher C. NC said...
Lola hopefully this cold will pass quickly.
Bev, the forest trail and tidying project is on the ten year list.
- May 13, 2013 at 8:44 PM
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Finally, videos, images and a written summary of the Our Detroit Story conference us available here. Start debunking the myths!
Speaking of mythology, I had never before seen this video, about the mythological Detroit Riots of 1967 which are blamed for initiating the demise of Detroit. Wow. (Thanks Jen.) OK I see what all the Sam Roberts buzz is about. Pretty fascinating imagery mixed in with a solid bluesy song.
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Here's an especially challenging excerpt from Chapter One:
And this is where we need to pause. Because we are starting to redefine Christianity. We are giving in to the dangerous temptation to take the Jesus of the Bible and twist him into a version of Jesus we are more comfortable with.A nice, middle-class, American Jesus. A Jesus who doesn't mind materialism and who would never call us to give away everything we have. A Jesus who would not expect us to forsake our closest relationships so that he receives all our affection. A Jesus who is fine with nominal devotion that does not infringe on our comforts, because, after all, he loves us just the way we are. A Jesus who wants us to be balanced, who wants us to avoid dangerous extremes, and who, for that matter, wants us to avoid danger altogether. A Jesus who brings us comfort and prosperity as we live out our Christian spin on the American dream.But do you and I realize what we are doing at this point? We are molding Jesus into our image. He is beginning to look a lot like us because, after all, that is whom we are most comfortable with. And the danger now is that when we gather in our church buildings to sing and lift up our hands in worship, we may not actually be worshiping the Jesus of the Bible. Instead we may be worshiping ourselves.


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Friday, June 27, 2008
The Gun Ruling and My Face
I am still trying to figure out why the NRA thinks it is a good idea to let people carry loaded weapons under their coats into movies and churches. I still marvel how the New Mexico Legislature, under the guidance of now vanquished State Senator Shannon Robinson, passed a concealed weapon law but made it illegal to carry them into the Capitol building. I guess they wanted protection from someone who might go postal, but it was okay if weapons went into the showing of a kid's movie.
I am starting a treatment to essentially dissolve my face so precancerous thingies will disappear. Apparently in about two weeks I will be the color of a lobster, but not as good looking as one. All those years of golf induced sunburns have caught up to me. Things could be worse.
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- Dr. Know said...
Sorry to hear of your malady. Hope everything works out for the best.
Well, GA passed the NRA penned House Bill 89; which allows those with a concealed weapons permit to carry their hardware on public transit, in public parks and in restaurants and bars.
I have lived in GA too much of my life, have two sisters, a brother-in-law and numerous friends in the restaurant biz, and have seen the way people behave around each other -- and alcohol. I don't deny there are many who are responsible gun owners, and I believe I fit into that category as well. But this bill isn't about carry permits or banning guns, it is about allowing people to carry weapons into family environments and establishments that serve food and alcohol. I guarantee you I won't be hanging around anywhere that allows weapons inside, with the exception of a firing range -- period. And for what it's worth, I had one of those "responsible", licensed, 45 year old accountant types pull a gun on me in a club years ago because his trashy girlfriend kept hitting on me. Responsible restaurant owners should exercise their right to ban weapons in their places of business. As well, instantaneous vigilante justice isn't my thing. If the owner wants to keep a gun in his office, that's one thing - but a bar full of gun toting GA yahoos is quite another. And believe me, there are plenty of those to go around in this state. The rules WILL be broken, it is human nature, and this bill is political pandering at best, and an invitation for chaos at its worst.
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So here's a small taste of what we've been up to lately. We've been super tourists and quite honestly all this walking is so tiring. Still, totally fun!
We visited AT&T Park, and wandered all the way around it. There are so really cool plaques out, some painted murals, and the people who were hanging out were super nice about answering questions for us :). I'd love to see a game here sometime!
We HAD to visit Lombard Street. Crookedest street in the world! Sadly we couldn't drive down it (Mr. B was devastated) but after they finish maintenance we can. Maybe later this week! We did walk it. Let me tell you....steep.
A visit to Fisherman's Wharf was next. I mean I'm a HUGE fan of clam chowder, and where better to buy some than right on the water? At this point our feet were screaming but we soldiered on. Much more to see.
I'll end this particular post with our view from the bay tour that we took. We were able to go right under the Golden Gate Bridge and it was so gorgeous!!! Later this week we're planning on walking over it, but I'm so happy I got some great pictures.
These photos don't even encompass half of what we've done, but like I said I'm taking photos much quicker than I can edit them. We went to Alcatraz, visited the Jelly Belly Factory (which by the way has a FREE tour and as many samples as you can eat!) and walked blocks upon blocks of awesome city.
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Richa Chadha has been busy with the promotions of Fukrey Returns and if the movie is half the fun as her peppy outfits, then we are surely heading to the theatre. Recently, the actor was seen in a cool and colourful one-shoulder dress from Bennch and we like the funky candy-stripes that were set off beautifully by a white undertone.
Stylist Anisha Gandhi went easy in the accessory department and stuck with just white pumps from BCBGMAXAZRIA. We think it was the right choice for this funky dress. Also, keeping the make-up minimal was the right move considering her outfit already had bright pops of colours. Catch a glimpse of her style here.
Rounding off her look with side-parted waves, we think she looked really stylish.
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Chelsea FC has won just four of their last 14 games.
"Players don't have to take responsibility - and they shouldn't have to take it," said Villas Boas.
"They are top players and they know what they can do. But there is only one person responsible - which is me."
Villas-Boas said he does not expect his omitted players to be "jumping up and down with excitement".
"The club is more important than any individual. Full backing or part backing or whatever backing doesn't really matter."
Reportedly, Roman Abramovich questioned his team selection after the Napoli defeat.
"I've spoken to the people near to him. Obviously he is disappointed with the result and asking questions about how we set up the team, which were duly explained," said AVB.
"There is still 90 minutes to play and we strongly believe we can turn the tie around. I don't have any regrets regarding team selection."
"I've made a lot of mistakes. At the moment, I think I've made 13 mistakes - seven draws and six defeats."
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PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong has called on leading entrepreneurs and investors from around the world to use Singapore as a test bed for solutions to urban challenges such as healthcare, transport and an ageing population.
While other countries face similar challenges, he said Singapore has an edge as it can quickly test prototypes and scale up projects because of its compact size and ability to get such scaling done.
"And if you can make it work in Singapore, you can get it to work in other contexts. If it doesn't work in Singapore, then it's worth a re-think," he added.
This was how Singapore pioneered electronic road pricing and carved out a niche in water-purification technologies, which became examples for others to follow, he said. "We are embarking on our Smart Nation journey with the same determination."
Mr Lee was speaking to more than 200 local and foreign investors, entrepreneurs and corporate bigwigs at a dinner last night to launch an event called Founders Forum Smart Nation Singapore, to be held at Raffles Hotel today.
He did his wooing on the verdant grounds of the Istana. Fleshing out Singapore's Smart Nation initiative launched last year to find ways for technology to solve social and economic problems, he said it has three key areas.
These are healthcare for the elderly, transport, and a safe and secure data marketplace.
With technology, the elderly can live independently when sensors, mobile apps and remote monitoring are integrated for them to connect with one another as well as stay in touch with relatives.
For commuters, it can give reliable and timely transport information for them to plan their journeys efficiently.
And for firms, Singapore wants to be a centre where they can easily and safely tap data to get insights on, say, consumer trends.
But for Singapore to make a quantum leap to becoming a Smart Nation, an entrepreneurial culture is crucial, said Mr Lee, adding that it is starting to flourish.
The Launchpad, Singapore's start-up enclave in Ayer Rajah, is "almost full, with start-ups, incubators and venture capitalists".
But he wants even more talent, noting that many Singaporeans hold key engineering positions in Silicon Valley in California.
"We need more of them back home. We have to attract the best and the most dynamic - Singaporeans and non-Singaporeans - to come to tackle ambitious projects and to start up their companies here," Mr Lee said.
The Government is leading the way by upgrading its engineering and IT schemes, and changing the way organisations work by creating small teams to work on interesting problems.
Company founders at the dinner, which is part of a series of events this week to advance Singapore's goal to be a Smart Nation, said Mr Lee's words had inspired them to look at the Republic as a destination for tech innovation and investment.
Ms Viktoriya Tigipko, founding partner of venture capital firm TA Ventures, said her discussions with venture capitalists and entrepreneurs here confirmed Singapore had many opportunities in her interest areas of healthcare for the elderly, transport and financial technology.
"I will fund start-ups here focused on doing business in South-east Asia. Singapore is a good hub for the region, the Government is supportive and there is affordable office space and other services," she said.
Mr Michael Birch, co-founder of social network Bebo, said Singapore is on the right track in making it very apparent that it wants investors and entrepreneurs to come here and do business.
"The Prime Minister's speech is also very clear the Government supports entrepreneurship."
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In the 1960s and '70s, William Bell belonged to Stax Records' family of singers, songwriters and musicians. The Memphis label released hits by such classic soul artists as Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Sam and Dave and Eddie Floyd.
Bell wrote and recorded one of Stax's early hits, the heartfelt 1961 ballad "You Don't Miss Your Water." His other hits include "Everybody Loves a Winner" and a 1968 duet with Judy Clay, "Private Number."
"We knew we were creating good music at Stax," Bell said this week from Atlanta. "We didn't know the music would have the impact that it has had."
Unlike the pop radio-friendly productions from Detroit's Motown Records, Stax didn't tailor its music for mainstream consumption.
"We came right out of church," Bell said. "Our influences were blues and jazz and gospel and some country. We were just grassroots, down-home, feel-good music."
Though Stax and Motown were competitors, Bell said, they were friendly rivals.
"We were as successful on our end as Motown was on their end. For about 10 years, between Stax and Motown, we kept the world dancing."
Bell's career got interrupted in 1963 by a military draft notice. He took basic training at Fort Polk with another talented young musician, New Orleans' Allen Toussaint.
After two years in the service, Bell played catch up. "By the time I came out in '65, Otis, Rufus and Sam and Dave were kicking butt," he said.
But with time, talent and Stax on his side, 1967 became one of Bell's best years. Bell released his own hit, "Everybody Loves a Winner," and wrote Albert King's blues classic, "Born Under A Bad Sign." British supergroup Cream also recorded "Sign" for its 1968 Wheels Of Fire album.
"Cream pushed the song right over the top," Bell said. "That was the cream on the cake."
The sad, chaotic decline of Stax in the 1970s left Bell and the label's other acts reeling.
"We thought it would live forever," he said. "When it didn't, it was like a divorce or a family breaking up."
Bell moved to Atlanta and slipped behind the scenes as a writer-producer. He dabbled in acting, too, but didn't like the pimp and hustler roles offered to him.
Persuaded by Mercury Records to record again, Bell wrote and sang the biggest hit of his career, 1977's "Tryin' To Love Two." He currently produces music in the Southern soul genre for himself and his fellow Wilbe Records artists, Jeff Floyd and Lola.
"I'm in the studio writing, which is like therapy for me," he said. "And I'm working with new talent. It's really rewarding to try to give back and make somebody else's dreams come true."


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By Chris Sabga
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"My 11 year old was devastated."
Reuters states that the child broke down after a Canadian satellite broadcast of No Way Out at a Vancouver theater on Monday. However, the tears he shed weren't for Mick Foley leaving the ring for the last time. It had nothing to do with the high blood content in the match. The sight of seeing "evil heel" Triple H stumble out of the ring with the WWF Title didn't cause the waterfall either.
Porn did. Shocking porn.
After a Bell ExpressVu controlled showing of the No Way Out pay-per-view in Canada, a lewd sexual act flashed on the screen. Without violating IGN policy, I'll simply describe it as a job that involves blows...and not the kind seen in a wrestling ring. Bell ExpressVu is entirely responsible for the incident, not the WWF.
"Little girls were coming out crying."
Parents complained in droves. Childhoods were robbed because of a mistake Bell ExpressVu (Canada's largest phone company) blames on "human error." Luckily, the rugrats can wipe away their tears because refunds and free WWF tickets are being offered by the Canadian phone service.


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Sunday, November 29, 2009
O' Christmas Tree
Christmas has officially begun in the Stephenson household! We put up the tree last night and Brooklyn was THRILLED by it, then today during her nap I put all the tree's ornaments and trimmings. When she got up the tree was complete and she came down the stairs and said "wow!" I debated whether going thru the trouble of decorating this year since I have other things like Baby prep to do, but it's moments like seeing your child take in the magic of the decorated lit up christmas tree that make it worth the hassle! She wasn't old enough last year to even really notice the house transformation, but this year she's definitely taken note. I didn't decorate the other tree we have this year, aka my Hanukah Bush, since I have to still keep the house baby proofed. A lit up 5 ft tree with ornaments placed in the same room that Brooklyn mainly plays in isn't exactly child safe. The lay out of our house is nice for times like this since I can keep the big 9 ft tree in the living room and gate Brooklyn out of there. She can still enjoy the tree thru the glass window paneling.
When she is in the living room she's supervised and of course she goes straight for pulling the ornaments down and playing with them. She's good at stopping when we say "no touch" or "ah-uh" but then she's your typical toddler and continues on while making direct eye contact with us to see how far she can push it. Gotta love her for trying! So the magic of Christmas has officially begun at our house! Too bad it only lasts a month (I am willing to bet that the tree stays up for quite some time after though because I doubt that I'll be getting my 9 month pregnant butt up and down a ladder to dis-assemble it!) My most favorite part of decorating the tree is taking all the new ornaments that Brett and I bought through the year from the different places we visited and adding them to the ornament collection. We started doing this since our honeymoon and it has become a tradition of ours. Hopefully when we are old and grey and celebrating Christmas with our girls and hopefully even their kids we'll look back at our tree and see it full of ornaments and memories of the world we traveled together.
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- Becky said...
Got to love Christmas! Beautiful tree. I love this time of year. :-)
- November 30, 2009 at 7:52 PM
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By Justine Larbalestier
You might notice that I am reading a LOT of YA novels lately… and while I adore YA lit, this really isn't about a quest for easy-to-read pleasure. I am in the midst of forming and reading a bibliography that will form the foundation of my PhD qualifying exams as well as my eventual dissertation.
This book was recommended to me by my dissertation chair and YA lit lover/scholar. He thought it would be an interesting addition to the bibliography.
This is the story of a high school girl, Micah, who, you guessed it, is a compulsive liar.
The boy that she has secretly been hooking up with has been found dead, apparently murdered. She is a social outcast because of her constant lies, including telling people that she was actually a boy, that she was born a hermaphrodite, that her father is an arms dealer… I don't really blame them for thinking of her as someone to avoid.
Additionally, she makes repeated references to some family illness that she inherited and talks about the gaps in her family history and her parents' obvious preference for her little brother.
Because of her strange demeanor and continual lies to the police, she almost immediately becomes a suspect in the murder.
Here's the thing about Liar: there is a twist that happens. If you take this twist literally, this becomes one of the stupidest books I've ever read.
But if you don't… then something far more interesting is going on, something complex, something worthy of being used in my PhD bibliography and dissertation.
I wish I could discuss the stupid twist and I wish I could tell you what I think is really going on… but I am not really one to ruin books. And, to be honest, I am curious if you are able to read between the lines and find truth for yourself.
Read it and let me know.


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by Mary Keogh
Over the coming weeks, the United Nations will host a series of meetings focusing on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). The fourth session of the Conference of State Parties (COSP) will be held at the United Nations Head Quarters in New York this week from September 7 – 9. The COSP is an annual meeting at which the countries participate to discuss the implementation of the CRPD.
Since the CRPD entered into international law, there have been three COSP meetings. In 2008 at the first meeting the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was elected. In 2009 and 2010, COSP meetings focused on Accessibility and Reasonable Accommodation, and Inclusion. The theme for the fourth session is "Enabling Development, Realizing the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities". At the upcoming session a number of roundtable discussions will be held focusing on the role of International Cooperation in realizing the Convention, Political and Civil Participation, and Work and Employment.
In advance of the COSP meeting, a report from the UN Secretary General to the 66th session of the General Assembly has been published. The report notes that currently 102 nations have ratified the Convention, and among these are 26 countries from the African region, 23 countries from the Asian region, 15 from the Eastern European Group, 22 from the Latin American and Caribbean group, and 15 from the Western European Group. The report also provides an overview of the progress made on implementing the Convention on a number of fronts, at the country level, regional level, and within the United Nations. Examples of policy initiatives taken at the country level include: the decision made by Argentina to ensure that all presidential broadcasts on the national television network be interpreted in sign language simultaneously; China issuing a National Human Rights Action Plan for 2009-2010 in which a short-term goal of human rights protection includes protection for individuals with disabilities; and the creation of the National Register on Disability Statistics (RED) in Costa Rica to improve statistics on individuals with disabilities. The COSP provide an opportunity for further discussion on these initiatives and the establishment of similar initiatives in other nations. IDRM staff will be present during the fourth session and will provide updates following its conclusion.
Not long after the COSP meeting in New York, the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities will have its second session this year – its sixth ever. The Committee has 18 members, who are elected for a period of four years before another election is held at the COSP. To date the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has received 25 reports submitted by State Parties. The first report to be considered and receive concluding observations is the Tunisian report, which was considered by the Committee during its 5th session in April 2011.
On the agenda for the 6th session is the adoption of the concluding observation in Spain's report, but in the interim, the Committee adopted a list of issues on Spain. These issues include: Article 5 (Equality and non-discrimination), specifically whether the need to present a disability certificate to bring a discrimination claim before the courts will be abolished; and Article 11 (Right to life) the Committee has asked Spain to explain whether guardians or caregivers of persons with disabilities can take decisions regarding the termination or withdrawal of medical treatment, nutrition, or any other life support. With regard to Article 12 (Equal recognition before the law) the Committee has asked Spain to provide data on the number of individuals with disabilities who have been placed under guardianship to enable them to exercise legal capacity and on the number of rulings modifying the capacity to act if any; as well as to explain how Spain has ensured that guardianship is exercised to the benefit of the ward, in view of the absence of explicit safeguards in current legislation against undue influence or conflict of interest.
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"He was crucified in weakness, yet He lives by God's power. Likewise, we are weak in Him, yet by God's power we will live." - 2 Cor 13.4
I was thinking about this verse this morning. At the point when Jesus died, in human terms, He was utterly weak. He was completely powerless. He was mocked, beaten, whipped, stripped naked, hung to a cross with nails through His hands and feet. His whole being must have been in agony. The level of humiliation must have been extreme. He had to stand there labelled as a sinner and a fraud, when He was in fact God. He was doing the most beautiful thing ever and it wasn't recognised by those around Him; yet He still endured, silently and patiently. His body was brought to the pinnacle of weakness, the point where weakness is so great that death occurs. And i imagine that mentally it must have been complete agony too. His own words bare testimony to this; it says in Mark 15:34 that "Jesus cried with a loud voice, 'Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?' which means, 'My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?' "
He was crucified in weakness, yet He lives by God's power. It is truly amazing, that Jesus still lives. And is clearly nothing to do with human strength. He was rendered completely powerless, led like a lamb to the slaughter, saying nothing in His own defence, He was crucified, His Father turned His face away...... YET HE NOW LIVES. I know i have a tendancy to write similar posts about how amazing it is that things that are dead can come alive in God, but the reason for this is because it truly is an incredible miracle that never ceases to restore my hope and astound me. Jesus died. Then was raised back to life.
The reason i was thinking about this today was because i like the fact that after mentioning that Jesus died in weakness and lives by God's power, it then goes on to clarify our situation and says that we too are weak, yet by God's power we will live. I honestly think this gives such hope to every situation, because once again it proclaims the truth that weak things, or dead things, can be transformed, not because of anything in them, but simply because of God's power. Maybe i love this so much, because i know how utterly weak i am, how utterly powerless i am, and i sometimes wonder if change is ever possible, if situations are beyond hope. When i think of who i am, then change isn't possible. But when i think of who God is, then i remember again that change is always possible. And for this i am incredibly thankful.


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Leaders look back at the Columbia tragedy — and look ahead to Mars
President Barack Obama and NASA's leaders paid a 10th-anniversary tribute to the space shuttle Columbia's fallen astronauts on Friday — and pledged that the lessons learned would be applied to future space odysseys, including eventual trips to Mars.
"As we undertake the next generation of discovery, today we pause to remember those who paid the ultimate sacrifice on the journey of exploration," Obama said in a statement released by NASA. "Right now we are working to fulfill their highest aspirations by pursuing a path in space never seen before, one that will eventually put Americans on Mars."
The shuttle Columbia's catastrophic breakup on Feb. 1, 2003, killed seven astronauts, forced a two-year grounding of the three remaining space shuttles and led to stepped-up safety measures at the space agency. The disaster also led Obama's predecessor, President George W. Bush, to plan for the retirement of the shuttle fleet once construction of the International Space Station was complete. The last shuttle mission flew eight years later, in 2011.
Bush's space vision called for a new generation of vehicles to be built for trips back to the moon by 2020 — but Obama shifted the focus of exploration to a near-Earth asteroid in the mid-2020s, with trips to Mars and its moons starting in the mid-2030s.
'We will never forget'
In his own 10th-anniversary statement, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said the sacrifices made by the crew of Columbia's last mission will inspire future explorers.
"We will never forget these astronauts, nor all those who have lost their lives carrying out our missions of exploration — the STS-51L Challenger crew; the Apollo 1 crew; Mike Adams, the first in-flight fatality of the space program as he piloted the X-15 No. 3 on a research flight," Bolden said in an agency statement. "These explorers, and their families, have our deepest respect. We work every day to honor and build on their legacy and create the best space program in the world — to infuse it with the life and vitality that they worked so hard to achieve."
On Friday morning, Bolden laid a wreath in honor of the agency's fallen astronauts at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, where monuments to the Columbia and Challenger crews have been erected. Earlier in the week, he attended a spaceflight conference held in Israel to honor Ilan Ramon, that country's first astronaut, who died in the Columbia tragedy. The other victims included Columbia commander Rick Husband, William McCool, Michael Anderson, David Brown, Kalpana Chawla and Laurel Clark.
Memorial ceremonies also were conducted in Texas, where the Columbia wreckage fell to earth, and at Kennedy Space Center's visitor complex in Florida. The focal point of the Florida ceremony was the Space Mirror Memorial, which bears the names of NASA fliers who died in the line of duty.
Roots of the tragedy
At that ceremony, Bill Gerstenmaier, NASA's associate administrator for human exploration and operations, acknowledged that the roots of the Columbia disaster went "all the way back to the first shuttle launch in 1981." Even then, NASA knew that ice and pieces of foam insulation could fly off the shuttle's external fuel tank and strike the orbiter — but the fact that no severe damage was done "reinforced the idea that all was well," Gerstenmaier said.
That view changed dramatically when Columbia was felled. Investigators determined that the leading edge of Columbia's left wing was fatally damaged by a piece of flying foam during launch, setting the stage for the breakup 16 days later during atmospheric re-entry. NASA was reminded that "even small problems can surface as major failures," Gerstenmaier said.
"Ten years ago, it would have been easy to pull back from the frontier of space, and say it was too risky to pursue," he said. "Instead, we dedicated ourselves to improving how we pushed the boundaries of space exploration, and we vowed to continue with our eyes open. We cannot be afraid of risk, and we cannot be ignorant of it, either. Our lasting tribute to those we have lost is to carry on with the cause that they believed was worth the ultimate sacrifice."
Other speakers at the Florida ceremony included Evelyn Husband-Thompson, the widow of Columbia's commander, who has since remarried. She recalled how she and other family members anticipated the return of their loved ones on that fateful Saturday morning 10 years ago, only to be jolted into a nightmare of "fear, uncertainty and horror."
Evelyn Husband-Thompson, the widow of Columbia commander Rick Husband, speaks at a memorial ceremony conducted Friday at the Space Mirror Memorial at Kennedy Space Center's visitor complex.
"The grief journey has been difficult, complicated and surprising," she said. Over the past decade, she has drawn comfort from her friends, her family and her faith. She noted that the Columbia crew's legacy includes educational initiatives, scholarships, museum exhibits, and even the name of the airport near her home in Texas: Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport.
"Just as a forest fire reduces beautiful foliage to ashes, those ashes ultimately become nourishment for new, healthy growth," Husband-Thompson said. "There are indeed small, green shoots of hope that are springing up in our lives."


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I am very excited to once again be a part of the Kindergarten team at Lovejoy Elementary! Like all of the ones before, I look for this year to be equally full of challenges, surprises, laughter, and love. I am a lifelong learner and am always seeking the most engaging way to reach children. My passion is developing warm, positive relationships with my students and their parents and creating a positive, challenging, respectful learning environment.
This is my 23rd year "officially" in Education, but I come from a long line of educators. Previously, I taught first grade in my hometown school for 12 1/2 years. I even taught in the very same classroom in which I attended second grade as a child. Teaching the children of many of my previous classmates was quite an experience! If those walls could talk...
In November of 2007 my family and I made the move to Lovejoy ISD and I got "promoted" to Kindergarten. I absolutely love what I do! I consider it a privilege to be a part of planting the seeds of the love for learning every day in each of my students.
I am married to a wonderful man named Tim. Together we have six boys; Brock has graduated from high school, Layton is a Lovejoy graduate, Ashton is an 9th grader, Landon is an 9th grader, Timmy is a 3rd grader, and our little one, Toby is 4 years old and goes to pre-school at Little Leopards. We are very busy, but we have a ton of fun!


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Official Cannabis Thread
RE: Official Cannabis Thread
Okay, enough of this serious shit. Time to get back to the fun stuff!
Black Jack
The Ultimate
So many cats, so few good recipes.
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RE: Official Cannabis Thread
I think I can smell them from here!
Oh wait, that's the Bubba Kush in my desk drawer.
I really want to try The Ultimate. I need to start planning my Canadian road trip!
It was just a fucking apple man, we're sorry okay? Please stop the madness
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(05-07-2012 11:21 PM)aurora Wrote:[sarcasm]Oh yes, silly me for offering an objectionable opinion, who do I think I am? asking questions and what not, what kind of forum do I think this is, some sort of free thinking atheist forum?(05-07-2012 10:06 PM)GirlyMan Wrote: No, that was quite informative snake charmer, ... I just feel like I wanna hold muffinears down and blow a billy in his face. Fucker presumes to tell me how to dick with my neuronal pathways? I've been doing this for decades, son. ... Not particularly interested in your input.Yeh, right on! Who invited him anyway???
Shame on me, I should have known better.[/sarcasm]
I'll just leave you'll to your cancer, if you want me I'll be in the don't need drugs to enjoy myself corner.
RE: Official Cannabis Thread
That corner is WAY less fun. I ain't worried though. I don't suspect I'll need to come over there for any reason.
So many cats, so few good recipes.
RE: Official Cannabis Thread
Been there, done that. The Cannabis Corner is much better.
It was just a fucking apple man, we're sorry okay? Please stop the madness
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Okay I just need to get this rant off my chest. There is no debate on marijuana, one side is right and one side is wrong. Legal yes prohibition no. (Oh and a side note: The majority of violence comes from the prohibition of things meaning all the things. All of it should be legal and people should be educated with facts of the effects of the drugs before even attempting to try them.) Also I don't appreciate being lied too about drugs because some superstitious idiots want to get into other peoples business. As long as you are not hurting anyone or being so careless you could hurt someone, I really don't care what you do or who you are with. Have at it and enjoy. Just use some common sense and not drive while under the influence of anything its not worth it. (Besides why on earth would you want to drive while intoxicated? That's no fun at all.) Anyways beautiful pictures in here, makes me wish I had some right now. Sigh.
Note: Fuck any feds that want to close down all the marijuana places. They make it more dangerous when they do that stupid shit. "Oh but there are so many opening all over California" Um, hey dumb ass doesn't that tell you that maybe a lot of people want pot? Idiots. The more cannabis places open up the safer and happier people are. "But what about the children?" 90% people that ask, "What about the children?" Have no honest interest in the children or what is best for them. It is a completely selfish point of view. Besides, the best thing for children is explanations, facts, and knowledge. Hiding shit from them helps no one except their own foolish egos. I love it when there are news stories about people being caught with porn or whatever. Seriously people need to get over there issues pretending they are not as perverted as anyone else. Get over your self and enjoy it. Context, humans, context. Ok and thus concludes our rant for today. Hope I did not harsh anyone's mello, seriously I no how uncool that is. Take care friends and enjoy yourselves every moment you can. Just don't hurt anyone. Okay? Okay. Later . . .
"No matter how old or young everyone is worth it, everyone can learn and no one is beneath you unless they claim to be above you." -Myself
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Earmuffs is funny... he doesn't even do research enough to know that he has cannabinoid receptors already inside his own body. Why would you not want to know what a particular substance does inside your own body, when it's already there? I think it's ok if he thinks the people who do research for him know what's best for him. As long as he's ok with them not doing research for me. I think they have their own agenda... and that agenda has nothing to do with my health or wellbeing.
Those Photos are beautiful, Stark!! I'm very curious about the Black Jack... would this have a bouquet of black licorice? That would be fine with me. I think it would make a lovely tea... mmm, I can smell it now.
Erx - I'm really surprised you haven't made a run for the border, yet!
A new type of thinking is essential if mankind is to survive and move to higher levels. ~ Albert Einstein
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With respect Earmuffs you come into this thread full of people who have a wealth of different direct experiences with Cannabis and you tell them that they are all wrong, although you have little to no direct experience yourself..... you have just read up on it a bit.
You then sort of complain that this is meant to be an atheist free thinking forum because we disagree with you..... when in reality you are doing nothing but holding faith in your opinion.......... faith backed up with nothing solid (direct life experience)
Im guessing you may have some experience of this yourself regarding your sexuality (as in daft stupid people may hate you and judge you simply on being homosexual....... listening to others/media propaganda opinions first........ before getting to know you)
I feel so much, and yet I feel nothing.
I am a rock, I am the sky, the birds and the trees and everything beyond.
I am the wind, in the fields in which I roar. I am the water, in which I drown.
08-07-2012, 07:20 AM (This post was last modified: 08-07-2012 07:27 AM by earmuffs.)
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(07-07-2012 01:31 AM)kim Wrote: Earmuffs is funny... he doesn't even do research enough to know that he has cannabinoid receptors already inside his own body. Why would you not want to know what a particular substance does inside your own body, when it's already there? I think it's ok if he thinks the people who do research for him know what's best for him. As long as he's ok with them not doing research for me. I think they have their own agenda... and that agenda has nothing to do with my health or wellbeing.Ya hear and believe what you want to hear and believe.
If you'll are hell bent on believing an all these researchers have been bribed by big pharmaceutical (Tobacco and alcohol aren't patentable either Filox but well...) then whatever that's your prerogative, but you'll can hardly jump down my throat for seeing this (you'll smoking a joint) and questioning that action against this information that is out there.
I mean if I was you I'd be thankful that someone was concerned enough about my health to throw a few questions out there, but obviously this group is not.
Quote: With respect Earmuffs you come into this thread full of people who have aI wonder, does the guy on the ground with the microphone trying to talk the person off the ledge have any personal experience plummeting to his death to know it's bad for you?
Quote: Im guessing you may have some experience of this yourself regarding yourOh no, someone said smoking weed was bad. Your life is so hard.
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Thank you for caring about our health, but I have been studying and following all drugs, their effects, damage and all else for the last 15 years. In those 15 years I have even tried out most of the drugs I was interested in. I have talked to several psychiatrists and psychologists about it, as well as several doctors, some regular doctors, some specialized in drug addictions. I have also been following history of drugs concerning legality and how it all came down in the end, which has nothing to do with damage to my body or health, just history of some drug.
Alcohol and tobacco are not patented, but they do not need to, as they are NOT MEDICINE and pharmaceutical companies have no interest in it. If they have interest in keeping something illegal, there must be some agenda there, right?
I think I am very, very credible person to talk about ANY drug on the market for multiple reasons. I gave you my 15 year old credentials and personal experience. What do you have to show, except a few studies that have or don't have weight?
Can I go out and have a wild guess you never saw Hemp Revolution documentary? Until you look at that, we have nothing more to discus concerning cannabis. If you do not want to watch it, then I have nothing more to discuss with you, you have made your ignorant point.
Thank you for your patience.
I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours.
-Hunter S. Thompson
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An increasing number of complaints referred by the police to the CPS feature allegations of a non-recent nature.
The significant passage of time does not prevent the effective prosecution of sexual offences and charges contrary to the Sexual Offences Act 1956 and Indecency with Children Act 1960 are still used regularly by prosecutors when dealing with criminality which took place before May 2004.
It involves teaching children about reproduction, sexuality and sexual health.
It doesn't promote early sexual activity or any particular sexual orientation.
Stefan Rigo, 33 hacked the computers of unsuspecting victims and watched them having sex through their webcams.
He was arrested on November 2014 as part of an international operation targeting users of software designed to remotely take over, control and steal information from computers.
The project will be monitored and evaluated using the following metrics: Donna Bone, Chief Executive, Positive Action said: "In direct response to the increasing number of people living with HIV in employment and education, Positive Action and Solent NHS Trust will be creating new ways of accessing information, advice and support.
Positive Action will work in partnership with Solent NHS Trust Sexual Health Service, counselling services and peer support programmes to provide secure interventions including: communities that may find access to health care and HIV prevention complex due to language barriers.If your group, pub, club are still operating, then please contact us for us to include you into the new guide.A cyber criminal who used malicious computer software to spy on people through their webcams has been added to the sex offenders register for seven years and has been given a 40 week suspended sentence.Section 74 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 defines consent as: "if he agrees by choice, and has the freedom and capacity to make that choice".Prosecutors consider this in two stages: When it comes to other offences, such as those committed against children, there is no requirement for the prosecution to prove an absence of consent.


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The IV pain medication was doing its job, so Christopher was able to do his job...REST! The doctor wanted his GI tract to rest too, so Christopher wasn't aloud to eat or drink anything for 24 hours. In between naps Christopher watched television and kept up on all the latest on his I-phone. The rest of the evening and over night hours were quiet and uneventful.
I stretched out on the pull out bed in Christopher's hospital room. It certainly didn't compare to my bed at home, but it did allow me to get flat and horizontal. I had trouble falling asleep and staying asleep. Even when I did doze off for a bit, I'd soon find myself waking up to see if it was light outside yet. From my vantage point on the make-shift bed, I could see underneath the curtains. For some reason I kept waking up to see if I could see the daylight peeking in from behind them.
|Sunrise in the city
The fact that the hospital was awake and bustling all night long also made it difficult to sleep. The nurses were vigilant around the clock making sure Christopher was comfortable and cared for. They were diligent in checking his vitals, assessing his pain, and keeping a very close eye on his surgical sites. Fortunately, the well managed pain medication allowed Christopher to sleep soundly through all the late night bed checks.
|Hospital cafeteria
|A lesson in patience
He was probably in his late sixties. His white lab coat and hospital badge were proof that this wasn't the first time he had stood in this line. As the cafeteria lady called out numbers, we checked our receipts for a match. After a few minutes with no luck, he finally asked me the question that focused both of our minds away from bacon and sausage and onto matters of much greater importance. I could almost see it leave his lips and hang in the air..."So, what are you in here for?"
|God's grace through healing
My soul smiled as I realized that God had brought me to this place at this time to give hope to this man. For the next hour or so we discussed digestive disorders, feeding tubes, and miracles. I saw his eyes moisten as he listened to the details of how the Holy Spirit came over my son and healed him. I witnessed his soul respond as he absorbed the proof of God's love made manifest through His healing power. It became abundantly clear that God was using one miracle to give life to another miracle in the heart of this man.
Even though my breakfast and coffee were now beyond cold, I left the cafeteria filled with joy and walking on air. I could hardly wait to tell Christopher about the assignment God had given me, however, I was met with nothing but irritation when I reappeared in Christopher's room. I was brought right back to earth when he immediately demanded to know why I had been gone SO long. He pointed out that I had said I wouldn't be gone very long, and he reminded me that he didn't like to be left alone.
I apologized. I felt terrible. Then I tried to tame his disappointment by telling him about the assignment God had given me. I explained that my trip to the cafeteria wasn't just about coffee. I had been on a mission of hope. I told him about the long lines, the man "who just had to know," and the new miracle of hope that God had just done right there before my eyes smack dab in the middle of the cafeteria.
Christopher's irritation left him. It was suddenly clear to both of us that God had done a miracle in Christopher for very specific reasons. His timing, plans, and methods were perfect. Nothing was left undone. God even used Christopher's surgery and hospital stay to accomplish His plans. Christopher and the man in the cafeteria were both touched by God that day. Now they would both be healed.
If you have never accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, you can pray like this:
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I've been attempting to grow out a beard as of late. Emphasis on "attempting".
Unfortunately, whether it is due to genes, testosterone levels, or a general lack of manliness, I haven't been very successful at it. All I have going for me right now is an awkward tuft of facial hair at the bottom of the chin.
(if only it grew as voluminously as it did on other parts of my body. Which part of the body? I'll leave it up to your imaginations)
The reason why I've been growing it out, aside from the fact that I've been dreaming of having a beard as magnificently badass as Mr. Heisenberg's, is because the skin along my chin has been damaged, and pimples have been forming there as of late.
Does growing out a beard help sooth damaged skin and prevent pimples? Well, no. Actually, I don't know. But I'm sure it'll help me.
You see, the reason for the damaged skin and growing pimples is because I've been scratching at it. Picking at it. With my fingernails. I've been, for the past 2 years or so, pulling out the hair growing on my chin (I refuse to call it a beard, because it would be an insult to beards all around the world) strand by strand.
It's a compulsion. Like OCD, kind of, sort of. Facial hair isn't the only victim – I've also pulled hair out from my scalp, my eyebrows, eyelashes, legs… You get the idea. It's difficult to explain, kind of like OCD – it just doesn't feel right until it's done. The thing with pulling facial hair out, you see, is that it's a lot more difficult due to the fact that I have to pick a lot closer to the skin – hence the damaged skin. Then when dirt from underneath my fingernails get under the damaged skin, pimples form.
Goodness, I should be glad that pimples are all I have to worry about.
It's been about 2 years now, and people around me have gone from curiosity to concern, and from concern to learned indifference. It's just something that Joseph does, don't worry about it. Those who have tried to stop me in the past have since given up on their efforts to rehabilitate me. It appears that nothing works better to deter one from a bad habit than to suffer the consequences of the habit.
So the damaged skin. The pimples.
Thus, I've been leaving the hair on my chin alone, and every time I brush my fingers against the pathetic stubble that is there, I have to remind myself not to begin pulling any of them out. As a testament to my efforts, the skin has begun to heal, and the pimples have shrunk.
It does feel odd, though, to have a hair barrier between the skin of my fingertips and that of my chin. I guess I'll have to get used to it.
Although having a magnificently badass beard would help.