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GAINESVILLE, Fla. - The pastor planning a burning of the Koran on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks said Thursday he would not go forward with the event, adding he would meet with the imam planning to build an Islamic center near ground zero.
But a deal that the pastor, Terry Jones, said that he had reached to move the Islamic center far from ground zero seems to be more vision than reality. The imam planning the center, Feisal Abdul Rauf, said in a statement that he had not spoken to Mr. Jones or Muhammad Musri, the Orlando Imam who has been acting as a mediator between New York and Gainesville.
The pastor's announcement came after a growing chorus of demands, from President Obama to religious leaders, American generals and others, that he cancel the event planned for Saturday because of the potential impact on Christian-Muslim relations and the effect a Koran burning would have on American troops fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq. Earlier in the day, President Obama said that the pastor's plan to burn the Koran on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks was a "stunt" that violates American principles of religious tolerance.
"If he's listening, I just hope he understands that what he's proposing to do is completely contrary to our values as Americans," Mr. Obama said in an interview shown Thursday on ABC's "Good Morning America," referring to to Mr. Jones.
The pastor's announcement that he was canceling the Koran burning was the latest twist in a series of events that had propelled Mr. Jones to worldwide notoriety and raised deeper concerns about festering extremism in the United States.


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Since I can't seem to find the time at all to re-upload my Short Story that i completed on IF or that i am continuing on my blog, I decided the least i could do for now is give you the link to the read them on IF.
Link: Love is Blind (in IF)
Status: Completed
Love is a dreadful game that plays with everyone's life. Sometimes one's love for someone is so strong that they can go to any lengths for that person good or bad. Whatever pain they give to you, you blindly take it. Your love for that person is so strong that nothing else matters…nothing else! Geet has that love in Dev, but Dev has changed and treats Geet as if she is worthless. Maan comes into Geet's life through fate and will eventually fall in love with her, a married women, but at the same time will try to get her out of the mess that she is in. Except will geet be able to move on or accept Maan? Tag along Maan and Geet's journey of love and pain to find out.
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text: Artificial Intelligence studies the principles and mechanisms underlying intelligent processes in humans and other living organisms and attempts to apply such knowledge to the design of computer-based systems and to the understanding of natural intelligence. Computer science is concerned with understanding, designing, implementing and using computing systems, ranging in scale and complexity from the tiny components of a single processor to the globe-spanning Internet. Study in this area is based on the mathematics and logic of algorthims, which form the foundations of programming. The mixtures of complementary and overlapping aspects make Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science a good degree combination. Studying at the University of Edinburgh's School of Informatics will provide you with a good foundation in computer science and will offer a new perspective on ways that computational thinking can be applied to different settings. You will develop a solid scientific understanding, and the practical skills required to analyse, design, implement and maintain computer-based systems in any setting. We are consistently highly ranked for research and teaching in Computer Science and Informatics, coming 20th in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2016. Informatics students come from diverse backgrounds and enjoy a strong community that will support you in your studies and extra-curricular activities.


text: Remember that you have embarked on a new era. You have come full circle and will have opportunities to begin again. But, you will have to take every opportunity to make more righteous choices this time around. Keep your focus clearly on doing what will produce the best outcome morally and spiritually, says the Lord. Refuse to allow selfish ambition to drive you. Philippians 2:3 Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself.


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The survey was conducted over December 10-18, 2013. A total of 33 respondents representing 30 national and regional organizations from 12 countries took part in it.The goal of the survey was to lay the foundation for the WOMEN AGAINST VIOLENCE Campaign. It was conducted to collect people's visions, ideas, thoughts and experiences on police violence against women who use drugs.
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Title: House of Many Ways
Author: Diana Wynne Jones
What it's about: Charmain Baker is house-sitting for her Great-Uncle William. She expects it to be easy. You know, just sit around and read all day, make sure the mail gets collected, that sort of thing. However, Great-Uncle William is a wizard, and his house is a magical one with doors that lead to all sorts of places. And then there's Peter, the apprentice that shows up, not knowing that Charmain's uncle isn't around, and the part-time job Charmain has at the palace library, and then, of course, there's the lubbock. Charmain soon ends up with a lot more than she bargained for.
What I thought: This is another sequel to Howl's Moving Castle, and just as with the other books in this series, I was left feeling like things were settled slightly too quickly and too patly. I did quite like Charmain. She had a neat set of flaws and good qualities. A bit of a lazy bookworm. The appearances of Sophie and Howl were nice, and I liked the continuity when references to Castle in the Air were made. House of Many Ways is definitely imaginative, and there were some genuinely funny bits in it.
Overall: It's a very solid book, even though it has its flaws.
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The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public meeting of its Integrated Nitrogen Committee.
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Background: The SAB Integrated Nitrogen Committee is studying the need for integrated research and strategies to reduce reactive nitrogen in the environment. At the global scale, reactive nitrogen from human activities now exceeds that produced by natural terrestrial ecosystems. Reactive nitrogen both benefits and impacts the health and welfare of people and ecosystems. Scientific information suggests that reactive nitrogen is accumulating in the environment and that nitrogen cycling through biogeochemical pathways has a variety of consequences. Research suggests that the management of reactive nitrogen should be viewed from a systems perspective and integrated across environmental media. Accordingly, linkages between reactive nitrogen induced environmental and human health effects need to be understood to optimize reactive nitrogen research and risk management strategies. Information on the Committee's previous meetings was published on January 17, 2007 (72 FR 1989), March 22, 2007 (72 FR 3492), August 14, 2007 (72 FR 4542) and November 20, 2007 (72 FR 65340) and is also available on the SAB Web site at: http://www.epa.gov/sab.
At the upcoming public meeting, the SAB Integrated Nitrogen Committee will: (1) Hear briefings on programs that affect how reactive nitrogen is managed; (2) develop materials needed to create a draft report; (3) plan additional work and writing, and (4) other committee business.
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Anita Schwanz is Anita Schwanz of Anita Schwanz & The Dudettes -- one part fabulous cabaret act, one part delightful commentary on issues of the day, all parts rock 'n' roll. After appearing on all of Shanghai's most reputable stages -- Bulldog, LOgO, Shanghai Studio, Anar -- Anita Schwanz & The Dudettes are bringing the act to this Friday's Roller Revival party down at the Minxin Roller Rink. They're adding a bit of poise and sophistication to the bill, which also includes a few local DJs of no consequence, plenty of roller skating, willful retroism, tomfoolery, shenanigans, costumes, booze, extras, and fabulous prizes for everyone.
SmartShanghai met up with Anita last night to take some glamor shots of her getting all zany on Xingfu Lu and then we got our interview on. Her demeanor was coquettish; her answers were coy. She left us wanting more. We're commin' to collect on Friday.
SmSh: Okay, so tell me about Anita Schwanz. Where are you from?
Anita Schwanz: Well, I can't really say where I'm from because I grew up in a family that traveled around a lot, and it's secret what my parents do. So. Yeah.
SmSh: Yeah. Tell me about the band then. How did you all come together to be the superstars that you currently are today?
Anita Schwanz: We all took a bus together to the Midi Festival last spring. So we met on a bus to the Midi Festival. We were on our way to find peace and love and happiness, going there to have a good time. But the vibe was really great and we decided that we had to spread the message. So we hope people will come away from the show energized and with a new light in their eye and something to think about as well. Issues of the day. And a little more sunshine in their life.
I wish the other girls were here to say things too -- so the Dudettes: there's Rose, and she can read and write. There's Sandra, she can dance well and sing German. And now we have two new Dudettes, Laura and Alicia Fierce, and they add a lot of talent to the group...
SmSh: Tell me about your music.
Anita Schwanz: Our music. Hmmm. Well, it's made for Shanghai. It's made for people in Shanghai. We don't really rehearse. We just write songs the week before the show to keep it topical. Our first hit was "H1N1" which was done about a year ago...
SmSh: How's the shelf life of "H1N1"? Are you finding that it's not so relevant to 'contemporary audiences'?
Anita Schwanz: Yeah, I think most of our songs are only good for about a week or so and then they have to be retired. But we do like funny observation things on life and things like that... But we have Adam who is our technical support and musical genius. So he does stuff too.
SmSh: Where abouts have you played?
Anita Schwanz: Well we've played at LOgO and Yuyintang and Anar and Studio and a few other random parties.
SmSh: Pick the best show you've ever done and tell me all about it.
Anita Schwanz: Wow. Hmm. Let's see. The best show was probably the talent show we played at the Bulldog. We entered the contest like two days before hand and we performed the songs, "H1N1", "Shopping in China", and "Facebook Stalker" -- a song which also unfortunately didn't have a very long shelf life -- but we won the talent show, so that was a big surprise and lot of fun. It was a full house and a fun crowd. We won a bottle of whiskey.
SmSh: Well. Congratulations.
Anita Schwanz: Yeah, it's really what we're all about: looking good and getting drinks bought for us.
SmSh: What was the worst show you've ever played?
Anita Schwanz: Well, we played at the Shanghai Studio and it was really fun and a really fun crowd but unfortunately we were having some problems with the microphones so we couldn't really do the songs. But it was a good vibe and a lot of fun. But we want to play everywhere in Shanghai... possibly the Shanghai Stadium, Century Park, something like that. We'll be at Expo this summer.
SmSh: What do you think of the drag scene in Shanghai?
Anita Schwanz: Oh, I think Shanghai has a lot to offer. I love the drag queens at Lailai. They're really amazing. They put on the best show that I've seen in Shanghai. They do all kinds of things -- Chinese opera, musicals, traditional songs mixed with pop songs...
SmSh: What can people expect from the show on Friday?
Anita Schwanz: I think that people should expect... well, I should stick to the message [laughs]. Peace, love, and happiness. They're going to come away feeling all kinds of happiness and have fun.
SmSh: Anything final words?
Anita Schwanz: Well, I'm awfully fond of "Better City, Better Life".
Don't miss Anita Schwanz & The Dudettes this Friday at Even Better Than Roller Revival. Event details right here.


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the metempsychosis of tupac shakur: following tupac's passing, the race was on as to who would be the new tupac. an early contender was dmx because he was raw; his music belied his east coast roots; and he was often seen shirtless. he also had the dubious task of resurrecting steven seagal's film career with exit wounds. the co-star of seagal's lastest movie is the next in line for the tupac crown: ja rule. like dmx, he has a penchant for toplessness; unlike dmx, the ladies love him for his vulnerability. ja rule's problem, though, is that he's far too eager to please. for sho', tupac wouldn't have done a j-lo duet unless he was poking her, and so the search continues.
the least likely person to inherit the role, particularly given his fealty to his boro and his kinship with biggie, is jay-z. and yet the new jay-z single, "me and my girlfriend," is "me and my girlfriend" by tupac, d.b.a. makaveli. the beat is the same, the chorus is the same -- well, almost: beyonce sings the second line of the chorus which, in the original, went "down to ride to the bloody end." it doesn't go that way anymore. i have no idea how one begins to credit this thing. (for one, i suppose, there'll be a writing credit for prince, whose "if i was your girlfriend" is interpolated near the end -- a jay-z addition to the original. )
on the heels of common's "i used to love h.e.r." rappers nationwide begin introducing metaphor to their rhymes. so in pac's version, "me and my girlfriend" is about his 9mm; jay-z takes the literal route and makes it about his sex shooter, his girl. rumor has it that jay is poking beyonce, to the, one can only imagine, great consternation of matthew knowles. jay-z has his thuggish side, as we all know, and even his misogynistic side, but here he offers some tenderness: "the problem is you dudes treat the one that you're lovin' with the same respect that you treat the one that you're fuckin'." he even talks about watching sex & the city!
virility, ruggedness, and sensitivity: jay-z states his case as heir to both biggie and pac.
06 October 2002
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I just had four days off. Maybe you did, too.
Four glorious, unstructured, unplugged days to spend with my family and friends, playing, talking, eating, drinking, reading, relaxing…
So obviously, we went camping.
And today I am back at my desk scratching 20 fresh mozzie bites, with an aching back and a deep exhaustion seeped into every bone.
No, camping is not a holiday.
Don't get me wrong, it was FUN. I got an enormous amount of pleasure from watching my kids tearing around the bush with a rag-tag gaggle of mates, free from the usual restrictions of school-bells, bedtimes, sporting activities and, you know, walls.
And I loved sitting around at night with my friends, eating food we'd all taken turns preparing, drinking too much red wine and playing something called Cards Against Humanity. That was a dose of twisted family fun.
And it was kind of glorious to wake up each morning to the sound of the birds, step outside the tent to see the golden morning light trickle through the boughs of a majestic fig tree, a slight shiver on my skin as I cradled a warm cup of tea…
Yes, yes, camping has its upsides. BUT.
Camping is not a holiday. Because, with the best will in the world, a HOLIDAY should not involve any of the following:
1. A chemical toilet.
2. Lugging washing-up bowls full of dirty dishes up and down a hill to a communal outdoor sink where you will wait to scrub plates in luke-warm water before ineffectively batting them with a damp tea-towel.
3. Waking in the middle of the night to find a river running alongside your bed. Inside.
4. Towels that never quite dry.
5. A lack of a reliable cold water source on a hot, hot, hot day.
6. Standing in a queue for a shower with a screaming three-year-old who sees no reason he can't stay salty and covered in sand for five days straight, as your toes squelch into someone else's curly, black…
7. Sleeping on something on which you'd much rather be floating, sipping cocktails in an infinity pool.
8. Walking over-excited children down to the toilet-block in the wet, cold dark night. Again. And again. And again.
9. Repeatedly fishing mozzies out of your warm, white wine.
10. Strangers hearing you snore.
11. A never-ending dance with a broom and a tarpaulin floor. The kids are just going to walk through it again, again, guys.
12. Your kids playing in a pile of rocks, and a man walking past and casually mentioning, "Just saw a redback there, love."
13. An infestation of sandflies in the "pantry".
14. More bags of ice than Walter White.
15. A sense of overwhelming inadequacy as you repeatedly pass tents festooned with fairy-lights, microwaves and lazee boys.
16. Perpetually black fingernails.
17. Being woken in the night to the unidentified sound of scurry-scurry scritchy-scratch.
18. Torch batteries that last 10 minutes at a time, tops.
19. Hearing the young people up the hill have energetic sex. Again.
I know, I am ungrateful. How lucky I am to live in a place of such natural beauty. Of easy access to the outdoors. Of camp sites in close proximity to bottle shops in case of emergency. How fortunate I am to have beautiful friends happy to spend four days straight with me and my insane children (well, until the whole snoring thing, at least).
How First World of me to be moaning about sleeping with a (borrowed) state-of-the-art, three-bedroom tent over my head when there are so many displaced people in the world.
I know, I know, I am a whiny privileged woman who just had four days off with her healthy, happy family.
But I tell you, these mozzie bites could push Mother Theresa to the edge…
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The Department of Economics at the University of Missouri is recruiting to fill a position at the assistant professor level.
Applicants are expected to show potential for producing high-quality research. Completion of Ph.D. by the time of appointment is preferred and experienced assistant professors are encouraged to apply. The department will consider applications in any field.
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The University of Missouri is an equal access, equal opportunity, affirmative action employer that is fully committed to achieving a diverse faculty and staff. Equal Opportunity is and shall be provided for all employees and applicants for employment on the basis of their demonstrated ability and competence without unlawful discrimination on the basis of their race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, genetic information, disability, or protected veteran status. For more information, call the Vice Chancellor of Human Resource Services/Affirmative Action officer at 573-882-4256.
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Meet this wonderful convert (last year), who renders hundreds of hours of service and shows his appreciation to our missionaries by styling their hair free of charge. His talents have helped so many of our elders and sisters look their very best while representing the Lord every day!
Last year, his mother passed away very suddenly. Having lost both his parents so early in his life, the Plan of Salvation is truly a message of hope, peace, and glad tidings!


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DT 1771 Asylum applications and human rights claims
This course focuses on the legislation and practical steps to take when running an asylum application. With new firms being granted Legal Aid contracts, we will focus on the Legal Aid Agency's requirements in relation to costs, quality and file maintenance in relation to legal help asylum matters. The course would also benefit fee earners in private practice with little experience on asylum and human rights claims.
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The course is aimed as fee earners and paralegals new to the field or with limited experience in asylum applications and legal aid.
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At the end of the session you should have a general understanding of the basic LAA funding regime, be aware of the steps to be taken in an asylum claims and of the general advice required by your clients.
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- The Geneva Convention grounds
- Human rights claims
- Funding regime (Legal Aid)
- Practical steps and liaising with the UKVI
- File maintenance
- Steps to be taken
- General advice to clients
- Common problems
Immigration and asylum caseworkers and paralegals
Gabriella Bettiga, Duncan Lewis SolicitorsGabriella Bettiga is a consultant solicitor at Duncan Lewis. She is accredited as Level 3 Advanced Caseworker under the IAAS scheme and is the chair of the independent cost and funding adjudicators at the Legal Aid Agency (MoJ). Gabriella is involved in policy work with various NGOs, particularly concerning women asylum seekers, and reguarly writes on immigration journals and newspapers.


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KEARNEYSVILLE, W.Va. - Olivia L. Washington, 68, of Kearneysville, died Sunday, Dec. 21, 2008, at City Hospital in Martinsburg, W.Va.
Born July 22, 1940, in Jefferson County, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Samuel McDowell Sr. and Irene King McDowell.
She was a member of Community Baptist Church.
She is survived by her husband of 51 years, Oscar Washington Sr.; five daughters, Teresa Moppins of Fredericksburg, Va., Joy Washington of Ranson, W.Va., Regina Washington of Cleveland, Lisa Washington of Charles Town, W.Va., and Michele Washington of Portland, Ore.; two sons, Roger Washington of Kearneysville and Oscar Washington Jr. of Martinsburg.; four sisters, Irene Allen and Denise Twyman, both of Kearneysville, and Gloria Green and Angela Brown, both of Martinsburg; seven brothers, Jerry McDowell of Charles Town, John McDowell of New Jersey, Samuel McDowell Jr., Gary McDowell and Sterling McDowell, all of Kearneysville, Michael McDowell of Chambersburg, Pa., and Paul McDowell of Gerrardstown, W.Va.; 14 grandchildren; five great-grandchilden; and nieces and nephews.


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The 50th day
Last weekend I was in Columbus with some friends and their kinds and their friends, a group of nine of us. We walked as a herd or a flock down the sidewalk, over a set of train tracks, over to the convention center where our event was taking place.
I saw a woman coming the other direction. I didn't think nothing of it, but as soon as we were within earshot of each other, she asked me if I had any spare change. I quickly replied that I did not. She said god bless and was on her way.
One of my friends asked me why I was picked out of our group and asked for spare change. I replied because I have a kind face and a kind heart, and there is something about me as a person that seems kind. After all, I am a Mark.
This one fact has been my burden to bear for years, and no matter what I try to do, I can't change this fact. I've often wondered if I have the word "sucker" written across my forehead, and it bugs me to no end that have things have to be this way.
So now, I'm weighing in on ideas to try and change this. Maybe I should be a complete @$$#ole for a full week and see what happens.


text: Its summer here! All of the sudden Saturday the weather turned into summer and it is hot! We are loving it! It is nice because September is the month of wind here, so even though it is hot it is not miserable because we have a nice little breeze. And this next weekend it is a huge weekend in all of Chile. The 18th of September is like our 4th of July but from what everyone said bigger. When we ask people about it they all tell us the same things. That there is going to be lots and lots and lots of food all weekend, lots of parties, and lots of drunk people. I am excited because it is all of the typical food from Chile like the Empanadas, and


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I wonder how many solar PV systems have been installed in West Hobart. Looking at the fabulous website pvoutput.org, where the proud owners of solar pv systems upload data on their kWh output, there seem to be only a couple of West Hobart systems listed. But there must be many more solar PV systems installed in our area. This website is a neat way to collect information on renewable energy that has actually been produced by households. So, if you have a solar PV system, think about uploading your data to share with the community!
Of course, if you can automate the data collection and the uploading to the internet, that's the easiest way to go. Whirlpool is a good website where you can learn from others about the ins and outs of "Green Tech" (and heaps of other fascinating IT subjects).
Another great website which aims to track greenhouse gases avoided, is The Butterfly Project. Householders can register on this site and keep a record of changes they have made to reduce their carbon footprint and the resulting impacts on their electric power bills. Another good one to check out during the holiday season!


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It's Been A Long Time Coming…….
Hola everybody! So, as the title says, it's been a long time coming. I've not been posting in almost a year for a couple of reasons. Firstly, I was starting to run out of products to review and, honestly, had kind of lost the passion I had for writing. Second, I honestly just didn't have … More It's Been A Long Time Coming…….


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Thursday, May 10, 2007Remembering 1857 Revolt Via L.K.Advani's Eyes
Today is a sacred day in the long history of our Motherland. A day becomes sacred when it is associated with the life of an outstanding historical personality — a hero or a martyr, a saint or a social reformer — who meant a lot to the nation. But its sacredness grows manifold when it is associated with the heroism and sacrificing spirit of an entire nation struggling unitedly to recover its freedom from foreign rule. May 10 is one such super-sacred day in the history of India for it marked, 150 years ago, the beginning of what subsequently came to be regarded as India's First War of Independence.
I pay my respectful homage to all those brave sons and daughters of India who fought in that war to liberate India from the yoke of an alien people from a faraway island, who had come to India as traders but became its colonial rulers. We know some names of the leaders and martyrs of the war of 1857 — Mangal Pandey, Bahadur Shah Zafar, Rani Laxmibai of Jhansi, Nanasaheb Peshwa of Kanpur, his close confidantes Azimullah Khan and Tatia Tope, Raja Kunwar Sinh of Jagdishpur in Bihar, Maulvi Ahmed Shah of Oudh, and many others. But the names of countless others have either entered the oblivion of history or are still lying unexplored and unsung in local histories across the vast expanse of the then united India. All of them deserve to be gratefully remembered.
Of course, on this occasion, we should not forget that in several places in India the flame of the struggle for freedom had been lit by patriots well before 1857. Two great names that come to my mind are: Veerapandya Kattabomman of Tamil Nadu, who waged a guerilla war against the British and sacrificed his life in it, and Rani Chennamma of Kittur in Karnataka.
My own introduction to India's first national uprising against the British rule happened at a young age. And it happened through a remarkable book by a remarkable writer, both having become inseparable from the legend of 1857. I was a schoolboy of 14 in Karachi in Sindh, the city of my birth where I spent the first 20 years of my life before migrating to this side of India after Partition. I was already touched by the winds of the freedom struggle in Sindh. Due to my interest in patriotic literature, I came to know about Vinayak Damodar Savarkar's book 1857: The War of Independence. It was banned by the British and hence unavailable. Someone told me that I could get it from a person selling underground literature. I purchased it from my accumulated pocket money — for Rs 28, which was a lot of money those days.
The book's journey
I have still not forgotten the effect Savarkar's book had on me. This book truly deserves the appellation "incendiary", which is an honour when used by a foreign power that was so frightened by it that it was banned even before its actual publication. The story of the journey of the book's manuscript from India to England, France, Germany, Holland and back, and the role it played in inspiring revolutionaries after its clandestine publication, is as thrilling as any of the battles fought in 1857. Savarkar wrote it in London, where he had gone to study law but soon got involved in revolutionary activities, when he was only 25. The original text in Marathi was completed in 1907, to mark the 50th anniversary of 1857, and was secretly sent to India. But it could not be printed in India because the British authorities, who had come to know of it, raided the printing press.
Miraculously, the manuscript was saved and sent back to Savarkar in Paris. His fellow-revolutionaries translated it into English but no printer in England or France was willing to print it. Finally it was printed in Holland in 1909 and copies of it were smuggled into India. But the author was arrested in London in 1910 on charges of sedition, brought to India, convicted for two life imprisonments, and transported to "Kala Pani", the dreaded Cellular Jail in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It was the same place where the British had deported thousands of patriots who had participated in the uprising of 1857. Savarkar spent 11 years in near-solitary confinement in a dark, dingy cell that overlooked the gallows where prisoners were routinely executed.
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To Tallinn last week to present for British Council, Loov Esti (Creative Estonia) and UKTI – and also meet some start ups.
I was talking on experiences and models of international development for creative & digital businesses, and also reflecting back some comments of Estonian companies who had opened satellites in UK.
A theme throughout the trip was of a kind of personal branding for countries – what generalizations do others make about British or Estonian expertise or strengths? Tallinn is increasingly seen as a hot bed of interesting digital activity, and cited as one of the top 10 cities in Europe by Wired, and we discussed at length why that was and how it is recognised internationally – a comment on a tradition of crafts and "making" and a motivation derived from a turbulent recent history resonated particularly.
The UK is always perceived as having excellence in creative design and a kind of unorthodox innovation, what was the Estonian equivalent? Many of these businesses were looking at disruptive software platforms (with Skype as the local role model), but an ongoing conversation I think.
Two comments to which I had no good answer: the British don't actually lie, they are just being polite in not saying what they think; and, all UK TV ads have talking animals in them – why?
Lastly, an idea worth copying – the Garage 48 Hub is a rough and ready incubation space with a very energetic communal buzz. I spoke as part of Failure Week on my Web1.0 experience and Sandbox ("making space to fail"), where guests come in and talk about what went wrong and what they learned.


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#4. Calico rockfish {in a bad mood]:
Up to 9 inches. Light brown with darker, dusky streaks on back, some crossing lateral line; belly lighter; dark brown to blackish streaks radiating from eye; fins dusky. Occurs San Diego to Pt. Arena. Not abundant.
#5. KelpPerch:
8 inches. Occurs San Quintin Bay to British Columbia in shallow water usually where there is an abundance of sea vegetation.
#6. Garibaldi:
Ocean goldfish. Distinguished from all other fishes along our coast by the brilliant, orange coloring which covers the whole body. Pt. Conception to Todos Santos Bay, Baja California. Abundant entire range. Illegal to take in any manner.
#7. (California) lizardfish:
Long slender body resembles a lizard. San Francisco to San Quintin Bay in moderately shallow water. Not common. Taken incidentally by anglers fishing for other forms. Edible [though must be extremely crunchy].
Fish facts from How to Fish the Pacific Coast by Ray Cannon.


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Data to Value and Neo4j announce a strategic partnership
LONDON and MALMÖ —December 16, 2015— UK-based consultancy Data to Value Ltd. (http://datatovalue.co.uk/) and graph database world leader Neo Technology (http://neo4j.com/) announced a new strategic partnership today.
Neo Technology is the creator of Neo4j, the world's leading graph database, which easily stores and analyzes highly interconnected data. Data to Value will be leveraging Neo4j principally within the financial services sector through their next generation Lean Data consulting.
While relational databases are flexible, they are not well-equipped to store and analyse high-volume, highly connected graph or network datasets. Graph technology is now a dominant feature in many use cases such as online retail recommendation engines, fraud prevention and master data management.
Within financial services, graph technology remains a relatively untapped resource despite many banks, asset managers, hedge funds and other organisations facing graph or network data challenges.
Traditionally, many data solutions in the business performance, investment management and risk management spaces have relied on heavily abstracting data using techniques such as the party-role pattern. As a consequence, this often hinders business users' abilities to understand data using familiar terms and analyse the inherent connections within the data.
Graph structures are a more intuitive way of modelling highly connected data types.
A key focus of the partnership is for Data to Value to help financial services customers leverage the power of Neo4j in overcoming graph challenges including:
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"We are delighted to have partnered with Neo Technology to bring the power of graphs to our customers," notes James Phare, Managing Director of Data to Value. "Our unique Lean approach to managing data is focused on minimising waste and applying the most appropriate tools to data problems. Neo4j's performance, scalability and accessibility makes it unrivalled in the graph space and the perfect solution for exploring interconnected data. We spend a great deal of time helping organisations to understand the relationships buried in their data. The partnership with Neo technology will help us to further mature this proposition for our clients."
Emil Eifrem, the CEO of Neo Technology agrees.
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text: The queue or cue is a men's hairstyle traditionally worn by the Manchu people of Manchuria and later imposed on the Han Chinese during the Qing Dynasty. The hairstyle consisted of the hair on the front of the head being shaved off above the temples every ten days and the rest of the hair braided into a long ponytail. The hairstyle was compulsory on all males and the penalty for not having it was execution as it was considered treason. In the early 1910s, after the fall of the Qing dynasty, the Chinese no longer had to wear it. Some still did as a tradition, but most of them abandoned it after the last Emperor of China, Puyi, cut his queue in 1922.


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Fantastic Idea! There is a website called "free rice" that donates 20 grains of rice for each vocabulary word you get right! I got up to 1,000 grains in just a few minutes and I've decided to keep it up daily. LOVE the idea of helping world hunger. Oh--and it's totally legit working with the united nations and sponsers.
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- JoCo said...
I LOVE IT!!! Jonathan and I could hardly stop last night!!! What a great website!!!
- January 26, 2008 at 10:09 AM
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I got 2,000! I'm surprised that they have some difficult ones in there!
- January 26, 2008 at 5:26 PM
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That's so funny - I sat next to a grandma on the airplane yesterday who was telling me all her friends do this. I'll have to give it a try :)
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7 brass coins = 1 silver coin
12 silver coins = 1 gold coin.
You found in your pockets some amount of coins and you wanted to minimize the number of coins you have by changing some coins to another.
You have 42 copper coins, 11 brass coins and 14 silver coins.
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42 years old. Does this mean I will come to further understand the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything? Well, it does mean that I got not only a cool wallet with a Sailor Jerry design but also a new pair of Sennheiser pro headphones. At work, my desk was decked out, Joseph brought breakfast, and my boss brought cake. I even got a tiny gag pistol that drops a little banner that says "bang" when you pull the trigger, totally inappropriate workplace entertainment. Yet nothing seemed simple all day. I was pummeled and shuffled. Luckily, I had my best present last: leaving work behind, and enjoying some of the best wind I've ever had on Lake Union.
|The Betsy D braves the melee
Toga night at the Duck Dodge. Us flabby men looked ridiculous, especially with me in a very loose "Bacchanial" tie, while the women didn't stick with white bedsheets and were sometimes quite shiny. Gomez, joining Zanne, Dan, and me for his first Dodge, stayed in his civvies. Fact is, since I'm always the one to go foreward to unfoul the jib and get it over the lifeline, the toga got in the way and was quickly stowed. Gomez added a bit of CWB-ness to the cruise, but he wasn't the only one: The dear Betsy D and couple Blanchard Juniors were out in the fresh breeze, too…not in the race, just out for fun.
|Captain Dan with laurels and ale
It really was serious racing weather, the kind that heels the boat way, way over and makes you let out the main just so you don't overpower. It also meant we had to be a well-coordinated team. Dan was at the tiller, while Gomez and I each had a jib sheet, me on starboard and him on port. Zanne chose to keep out of the way in the cabin while we got our rhythm, supplying us with croissant sandwiches and moving with each tack.
|Gomez plays it safe and enjoys a veggie sandwich
Yet, as always, things got casual. Gomez took the tiller while Dan handled the sails. Zanne went to the bow and dipped her feet. We joshed, we drank, we had fun. For a while, I was lost in the moment.
|Lou abandons the toga and any effort at sobriety
|The mandatory colorful spinnaker shot
At one point, I even felt like I had found a place in the cosmos. "Pirate Lou" is not necessarily the most skillful seaman, or the most experienced. I had one turn at the tiller, and honestly I accidentally tacked. But I will crawl across a well-heeled deck, take care of a loose line, and enjoy it. When it comes to the water, I have a very strong romantic streak and tendency towards arcane knowledge. I'm not looking for captaincy, and I know I'm nowhere near being able to manage my own boat. But I love it all, and especially the learning.
|Coiling the halyard with a Blackbeard glare
|Many boats, far away
The wind is my gift. My friends are my gift. Escaping the mundane, the harrassers, that is a gift. And it all made turning 42 not bad, not bad at all. But even if 42 is the answer, I still don't know the question…
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March 16th, 2015 by WCBC Radio
With the winter weather behind us, motorists' concerns about dead car batteries due to the bitter cold have dissipated; however, last week's melting snow and warmer temperatures brings a new worry to motorists and their vehicles: potholes. Potholes form when moisture collects in small holes and cracks in the road surface. The moisture expands and contracts when temperatures go up and down. This breaks up the pavement and, combined with the weight of passing cars, eventually results in a pothole; heavy spring rains have only added to this prolific problem. Driving through a pothole at a high speed increases the chances of damaging tires, wheels, shocks, or struts. As a result of the potholes that are currently plaguing our region, AAA Mid-Atlantic has seen an uptick in emergency roadside assistance rescues for tire-related issues. During the first 15 days of March, the auto club handled over 19,500 calls for flat tires compared with approximately 13,250 calls in the first 15 days of February — a 48 percent increase. AAA's Car Care Centers in the region have seen an increase in business as well, with vehicles having damaged tires and bent rims, and alignment needs.


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Obviously, I stayed for the whole gig as I used to play The Daintee's "Boat to Bolivia" album until the tape wore out!
The gig was a fund raiser for cancer charity and was very well supported by the good folk of the NE. It was sold out while the orchestra playing in the Big Hall next door was half empty.
All involved put on a great show and I was very pleased to be able to document the evening for Adrian and Vicki.
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This is the blog of Ian Rosales Casocot. Filipino writer. Sometime academic. Former backpacker. Twink bait. Hamster lover.
Republic of Carnage
Three Horror Stories
For the Way We Live Now
Chapbook, 2018
Bamboo Girls:
Stories and Poems
From a Forgotten Life
Ateneo de Naga University Press, 2018
Don't Tell Anyone:
Literary Smut
With Shakira Andrea Sison
Pride Press / Anvil Publishing, 2017
Cupful of Anger,
Bottle Full of Smoke:
The Stories of
Jose V. Montebon Jr.
Silliman Writers Series, 2017
First Sight of Snow
and Other Stories
Encounters Chapbook Series
Et Al Books, 2014
Celebration: An Anthology to Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Silliman University National Writers Workshop
Sands and Coral, 2011-2013
Silliman University, 2013
Handulantaw: Celebrating 50 Years of Culture and the Arts in Silliman
Tao Foundation and Silliman University Cultural Affairs Committee, 2013
Inday Goes About Her Day
Locsin Books, 2012
Beautiful Accidents: Stories
University of the Philippines Press, 2011
Heartbreak & Magic: Stories of Fantasy and Horror
Anvil, 2011
Old Movies and Other Stories
National Commission for Culture
and the Arts, 2006
FutureShock Prose: An Anthology of Young Writers and New Literatures
Sands and Coral, 2003
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2004 National Book Awards
Pedazo de Verguenza*
By Ian Rosales Casocot
Based on a true story
We can begin with the unceasing silence. It has grown moldy like the years -- the way nobody in this small Negrense city would talk about it in the open, but only in furtive and anonymous conversations, sensational gossip verging on urban legend soaked with blood.
We will begin, instead, with the body, the way the bullets riddled him, cutting him down to a bloody pulp. That day in September 1992, the man staggered from his Jeep which had rammed into a lightpost at the corner of St. Paul College, and crawled to the corner where a bakery tottered into the intersection: there, in the filth of melting asphalt, spit, and roadside dirt, he succumbed to the death people would say he deserved a long time ago.
A----- S----- past middle age was always a handsome man, more beautiful and charming than the common lot of his Spanish mestizo peers, and perhaps even forebears. And yet, by the time the smell of gunpowder dissipated into the thick heat of Dumaguete's air, there was no trace of that face or beauty. There was tattered flesh instead of charm, and in the fading sunlight, his brownish hair shone with the dark matting of blood. The gunmen had emptied their shells of the last of their bullets, and then -- with the careful confidence of righteous assassins -- they boarded their getaway car, almost leisurely. The car gunned twice before racing to the north, and disappeared.
In the corner, A----- S----'s body lay sprawling, his blood gushing into the asphalt quickly mixing with the dirt, and drying in the late afternoon sun. By then a crowd had gathered, a palpable electricity in the air. He lay untouched for a very long time, even as people gathered, pointing fingers at the dead man, the din growing in hysteria before the police arrived, thirty minutes late. By then, everybody knew who it was. A----- S----, they all whispered. In small places, news travel faster than the fastest calesa, and by the time night came to claim the small city into its familiar embrace of darkness, people everywhere knew that A----- S---- was dead.
And they all agreed that he deserved the most painful of deaths -- the only just wages for ordinary monsters.
But the city always has a habit of killing anyone who called it home. Perhaps it is the descending humidity of summer mixing with the baking heat of asphalt roads, sand, and surf. It is most likely that, on any given day, the place stands very still, like a beautiful corpse....
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Celebrating a month of Ramadan this year, Twitter announced its cooperation with leading brands to provide a special campaign for Twitter users in the U.A.E. and the other States of the Middle East and North Africa.
While some 1.6 billion Muslims receives worldwide month of Ramadan this year, this initiative to support brand through the entire community, gathering under the theme of doing good in the good season, using marking one: #معاً_أكرم and English #MoreGenerousTogether
The initiative spans over six consecutive days starting from June 28 until July 3. Brands participate in Ramadan campaign: shop walked, Abdul Latif Jameel company to finance, Inc. company, ALOMAR Arabic Oud, disabled children's Association, and the traveler.
And millions of people from all over the world have participated in 2013 more than 74.2 million Tweet about Ramadan, bringing the number in 2014 to over 215 million Tweet from around the globe.
On this occasion, said ambon, head of sales at Twitter for the Middle East and North Africa: "Ramadan is a month of mercy, communicate, and racing people, individually and collectively, to charity. To mark the holy month of Ramadan, we are proud to offer the community a unique opportunity to connect deeper in new ways. "
For the second week of Ramadan, will use the same tag in different company-sponsored promotional tweets each day, to highlight the charitable activities and encourage people to participate in discussions urges people to give generously throughout the month. Every day of the week, the sponsoring brand will be published today a series of Tweets related to the tag #معاً_أكرم, gives users a great means of giving charity and doing good during the holy month.Viewing:-478
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Turns out, those cute little cakes are a beast to make. Oh, rolling and wrapping the diapers was easy enough. And I decided to go with a square cake, to avoid trying to make a perfectly round cake. K, my 2 y/o daughter, even lent a helping hand, rolling diapers and handing them to me (which I neurotically re-rolled when she wasn't looking). Things were going great.... Then I tried to wrap the pretty diaper cake tiers with white tissue paper. If you weren't aware, tissue paper is very tearable (yes, I made that word up.) After struggling with the top layer, which I made several small rips in, I found myself closing my eyes and counting to ten. By the time I got to 6, I heard "Honey, what are you doing?" I had to explain to my husband that I didn't want to curse while making a diaper cake, because no mother wants to put her newborn in cursed diapers, and so I was slowly counting to calm myself down. Then the most amazing thing happened. My husband, who had been working crazy hours, without time off for a couple of weeks, offered to help. While we were sitting on the floor, talking strategy for covering diapers with tissue paper, and what accent colors of tissue paper and ribbon to use, I realized that THIS is sexy. A man who works hard all day, in the heat and the cold, using his hands to make electricity work, was now sitting next to me and helping me make a cute diaper cake. He was patient and helpful, even though it was not the kind of activity he would normally have volunteered to help with. Just having him near gave me a sense of calm (not to mention, the guy had some good ideas). I dare anyone to find a better example of sexiness in a man. I will pick my hubby over any movie star, musician, or Calvin Klein model, any day of the week.
Oh, and the diaper cake? It was pretty cute too, but I definitely don't think I'll be so quick to volunteer the next time one is needed. I'll just put a ribbon on a box of diapers and call it a day.


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That's what I have been singing for the past few days. My own version of getting into the finals spirit. But i'm learning to be of good cheer, not just because it is the holidays, but also because God rewards diligence. I know if i study hard, and put my focus on Him as well, that God will reward that and will bless me for it. I am most nervous about my final on Wednesday. 8:00 am...algebra. To be honest, i'm terrified. Right now I am on that line of a high D or low C, that sounds really pathetic but I'm not afraid to claim my miserable math abilities. I just hope to pass that stupid final. I always do really bad on things in that class (clearly my grades reflect that) but it isn't because i don't care, it has more to do with me being so intimidated by the course. I mean couldn't i just take an english final instead? That would be amazing. But anyway I was just checkin out Jarrett's new blog (which is AWESOME!) so i thought i would update a little. Please be in prayer for my finals that are left. My Psychology one tomorrow at 10:30 and my Algebra one on Wednesday at 8:00! My theater monologue went wonderfully, thanks to all who were in prayer for that! Have a wonderful night, I have to go study study study! Good night!
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I worked at Petroleum Geo-Services full-time (More than 10 years)
Flat organization with approachable sr mgmt. Culture of personal responsibility and work/life balance.
Bad market, moving jobs to Oslo, no future.
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There is generally good morale on board vessels.
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When I first came to PGS there was a work life balance. Several quality upper hires. Some very knowledgeable staff.
Favorite quote from employee, " we don't have time to do it right the first time but we have time to do it again." Way behind on depth migration technology. Up to ten years behind CGG in some areas. I see other reviews for PGS that state that technology is good. I assume that this is because they have not been exposed to better. CGG is a sweatshop but the information I gained there was cutting edge. PGS stunned me with inadequacies. This includes an initial model with a velocity inversion inserted. Using constant velocities for shale. Has no easy model build for Advocate-Hood. Highly bureaucratic. Cannot say enough bad about management. Few good exceptions. CGG supervisors were essentially AGs. PGS supervisors are stunningly ignorant. Also contracts consistently inadequate for project needs. Employees encouraged to do "upsells" which are are essentially what original contact should have included. Was hopeful when some were brought in to improve. Some hired were good moves and others did not match the promise indicated on paper. Some of the best hires are ready to leave. PGS is too in love with how things look on paper. Ever hire that PhD who can't tie their own shoe? PGS has. Checklists have sway over actual sense. They serve bureaucracy rather than the other way around. Great acquisition but don't hire them for depth processing. Laid off some superior staff and kept incredibly inept. Puzzling choices. Some of those retained strain credulity.
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Go beyond surface reactions and checklists. Find out your actual resources instead of knee jerk reactions. Actually listen instead of just saying you'll listen. Learn something about Gulf of Mexico. Don't keep people that cost you money and reputation. If you say you want to hear from employees, mean it.
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I have been working at Petroleum Geo-Services full-time (More than 10 years)
Reasonable salaries
Nice atmosphere
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Lots of mid management changes.
No upward mobility for most employees.
Rules seem to change depending on managers.
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Great company to work for. Seems to take employees needs and desires into consideration.
Currently in a market downturn. Even as they let me go due to downsizing they made sure I was well prepared and setup for success in any future employment.
Travel and being away from home can take its toll on home life.
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Has reasonably good technology. There are many good coworkers. The benefits are ok. Pay is average. Facilities are reasonably nice.
Too much energy internally focused. Some individuals, many in management are very political, distracting and wasting resources of others on political survival efforts.
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Executive management needs to clean out the politically driven individuals.
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Good technology and business planning. Excellent co-workers. Sufficient compute resources.
Too much internal work overhead. Tough to dedicate big chunks of time to technical work without interruption.
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micro-management is not helpful.
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Goal Oriented company, get your job done safely and go home. Flexible work hours. Good pay. Benefits, exercise room
Oil price has forced this company cut back. If and when it ever goes back up, this company will grow again.
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Geek alert!I've only just been assigned my Secret Pal spoilee and I've already benefited from the pairing. My spoilee had a link on her blog to the Lime and Violet Knit Wars, which is an online game based loosely on D&D. There's no dice, but you make a character (complete with character stats) and gain experience points by completing adventures, like teaching someone to knit or finishing a UFO from a year ago. It's meant to be a fun way to get motivated to cross hurdles and set goals.
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They look GREAT. You got really good, tight coverage of the eggs with your ties. And are you really tempting fate by putting them on a pizza stone? Brave.
I found a website where the lady mixed mod podge about 50/50 with water, squirted it INside the eggs, swished around in there, drained, let dry, for a bit extra protection. When they were dry she coated the outsides with straight mod podge. I have done a few inside, need to do the rest. I saw mini "tree" type displays that I like. When I walk Oban I'm eyeballing all the fallen trees to see if one might have a suitable branch. After the recent strong winds and wet snow there should be some down that will work. I think a dead one will be too brittle.
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Silly question, but when you looked for ties, did they say on the tie what the material was?
Yes, most. Most had a little black tag on the small end. A few were elsewhere on the tie. Some felt like they were silk to me but turned out to be acetate. I can hand feel wool in a sweater for a previous "obsession" but I didn't buy any ties unless they said they were silk.
Kleb, you're up next.
What Snowshoe said. Had to hunt for the first tag but then I caught on. 100% silk. Also, it was easier to work with a thinner material than a thicker piece simply because you are trying to conform to the shape of the egg. I used twist ties to hold the fabric, left a little wiggle room and gently pulled the fabric. Then I twisted the tie a little tighter. Also, I used one of DHs T-shirts for the outer layer and found it was a little thick. Wondering if a gauze cloth would be better since it is more flexible and thinner.
Snowshoe, I did not blow out my eggs. Have tried that in the past and it was a disaster. Saw on The Chew this morning they blew out eggs, colored them, plugged the hole in the bottom with a little hot glue and used an arrangement of them with a single flower with a little bit of water. Actually displayed them in an egg carton.
Good luck on branch hunting. Oban should be able to help you with that.
My sister used those plastic ties you pull one end through a little buckle sort of thingy. She was able to get them nice and tight but it was hard to cut them off. She says she'll use twist ties next time.
Not sure I want Oban's help finding branches. He is a male dog.
ETA: I started using gauze (cheesecloth) two layers thick. I knew when I kept that stuff from an old whiplash neck collar it would come in handy some day. I think a mistake my sister made was she wrapped the silk and the gauze all at once and did not get the tie fitted to the egg very well. You have to wrap the silk, secure it, and then wrap the gauze and secure it separately.
Oh, and both silk and gauze are easier to fit tightly if you soak them wet first.
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Great idea webbing the fabric first. Live and learn.
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- On a scale of 1-10, how good am I at forgiving others? At forgiving myself?
- What is keeping me from forgiving fully? What can I do about it? What can the LORD do about it?
- "When we feel hurt, angry, or envious, it is quite easy to judge other people, often assigning dark motives to their actions in order to justify our own feelings of resentment."
- "This topic of judging others could actually be taught in a two-word sermon. When it comes to hating, gossiping, ignoring, ridiculing, holding grudges, or wanting to cause harm, please apply the following: Stop it!"
- "It's that simple. We simply have to stop judging others and replace judgmental thoughts and feelings with a heart full of love for God and His children."
- "Because we all depend on the mercy of God, how can we deny to others any measure of the grace we so desperately desire for ourselves? My beloved brothers and sisters, should we not forgive as we wish to be forgiven?"
- "Is this difficult to do? Yes, of course. Forgiving ourselves and others is not easy. In fact, for most of us it requires a major change in our attitude and way of thinking—even a change of heart. But there is good news. This "mighty change" of heart is exactly what the gospel of Jesus Christ is designed to bring into our lives. How is it done? Through the love of God."
- "The more we allow the love of God to govern our minds and emotions—the more we allow our love for our Heavenly Father to swell within our hearts—the easier it is to love others with the pure love of Christ. As we open our hearts to the glowing dawn of the love of God, the darkness and cold of animosity and envy will eventually fade."
- "My dear brothers and sisters, consider the following questions as a self-test:Do you harbor a grudge against someone else?Do you gossip, even when what you say may be true?Do you exclude, push away, or punish others because of something they have done?Do you secretly envy another?Do you wish to cause harm to someone?If you answered yes to any of these questions, you may want to apply the two-word sermon from earlier: stop it!"
- "Help Me, Dear Father"
- "Love One Another"
- "Jesus Said Love Everyone"
- Ask a class member to make a paper airplane, or make one yourself. Tape a coin, rock, or weight to one side of the airplane. Stand on the same side of the room as the class members, and ask a class member to throw the airplane gently toward the other side of the room. Next, pick up the airplane and remove the taped object. Have the class member throw the airplane again. After the class member has done so a few times, put the airplane away, and ask the following questions: How can just one small weight keep the plane from flying correctly? Explain that taping a weight to the wing of a paper airplane is like holding a grudge. When we refuse to forgive others, we carry around a weight that keeps us from traveling the straight and narrow path our Father in Heaven wants for us. It is important to forgive others so that we can enjoy the companionship of the Holy Spirit and grow spiritually.
- Fill a bag or sack with five heavy objects (such as books or rocks) that have each been labeled with one of the following words: revenge, hurt, hate, resentment, and anger. Have each family member take a turn trying to carry this heavy load. Explain that carrying those feelings in our hearts is an even greater burden than carrying the heavy bag. When we really forgive, we forget all of these feelings and are free from the burden of carrying them.
- There is a fun, life-sized board game idea (with printables, just click, print, cut and go!) about forgiving and forgetting HERE.
- Sometimes Paul & I play a game when we get a little road-ragey where we try to imagine all the good reasons why that guy just cut us off, or why that person was driving so fast. It's easier to forgive someone for the little things when you try to understand their reasons and point of view--even if you don't agree with what they did. There's a game kinda like that for kid-friendly situations HERE. I'd be really interested to hear the funny reasons kids come up with for doing the things they do sometimes! :)
- Prepare a simple obstacle course. Have each person try to get through it backwards. After everyone has had a turn, let them go through the same course looking forward. Discuss how looking forward is like forgiveness, because when we forgive, we can concentrate on our future and forget the hurts of our past.
- Write down a few situations where someone might accidentally (or even on purpose) make someone else sad, and have family members act them out with a forgiving ending. Practice makes perfect!
- We just heard this story retold and reiterated in our Stake Conference (it's from 1983, from Bishop H. Burke Peterson). Relate the story and his words yourself. Discuss and have the kids act it out afterwards (especially if you have toy snakes anywhere!):
This very moment was a time of critical decision. They could immediately begin to extract the poison from her leg, or they could search out the snake and destroy it. Their decision made, the girl and her young friends pursued the snake. It slipped quickly into the undergrowth and avoided them for fifteen or twenty minutes. Finally, they found it, and rocks and stones soon avenged the infliction.
Then they remembered: their companion had been bitten! They became aware of her discomfort, as by now the venom had had time to move from the surface of the skin deep into the tissues of her foot and leg. Within another thirty minutes they were at the emergency room of the hospital. By then, the venom was well into its work of destruction.
A couple of days later I was informed of the incident and was asked by some young members of the Church to visit their friend in the hospital. As I entered her room, I saw a pathetic sight. Her foot and leg were elevated—swollen almost beyond recognition. The tissue in her limb had been destroyed by the poison, and a few days later it was found her leg would have to be amputated below the knee.
It was a senseless sacrifice, this price of revenge. How much better it would have been if, after the young woman had been bitten, there had been an extraction of the venom from the leg in a process known to all desert dwellers.
As I have said, there are those today who have been bitten—or offended, if you will—by others. What can be done? What will you do when hurt by another? The safe way, the sure way, the right way is to look inward and immediately start the cleansing process. The wise and the happy person removes first the impurities from within. The longer the poison of resentment and unforgiveness stays in a body, the greater and longer lasting is its destructive effect. As long as we blame others for our condition or circumstance and build a wall of self-justification around ourselves, our strength will diminish and our power and ability to rise above our situation will fade away. The poison of revenge, or of unforgiving thoughts or attitudes, unless removed, will destroy the soul in which it is harbored."
- There's a coloring page called "Forgiveness Makes Us Happy" HERE, where kids get to draw on happy faces and color the kids. There's one specifically about Joseph (of Egypt) forgiving his brothers HERE--you could summarize that story with pictures while they color.
- There's a beautiful copy of a C. S. Lewis quote about forgiveness HERE (I'm sure you could print it off and frame it. :)
- There's a file folder game about forgiveness (and some great scriptural examples) available for free download HERE.
- I made a bookmark ('cause you can NEVER have too many of those :) with my favorite quote from President Uchtdorf's talk. You can download it HERE. :) (It's a 4"x6" print, cut into two, as usual.)
- There's a cute kids' handprint craft & poem (you could make it grown-up and fancy if you wanted) about "forgiving fingers" HERE.
- You could stamp letters into metal brackets or washers for charms/pendants/bookmarks, like HERE.
- If you're really artsy, it might be healing to try your hand at art centered around forgiveness. Check out HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE for inspiration. :)
- Make S'mores in the microwave. "Don't just forgive....forgive s'more!" (Even 70x7)
- Have 490 of something (mini marshmallows, M&Ms, pretzel sticks, grapes, anything small that you can have A LOT of). Read Matthew 18:21-22 together and discuss how we aren't really supposed to keep track, it's just a way of saying A LOT, completely, forever. :)
- Make sugar cookie stop signs (or watermelon with "stop" written in fruit dip letters) and discuss the quote from President Uchtdorf about "stopping it."


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Sunday, January 3, 2010
Barney jacket
After many years of hibernation, I decided to wear my Barney jacket out. I call it the "Barney" jacket because I seriously do feel like Barney the dinosaur whenever I wear it. Today was a typical Sunday afternoon making our way to church. The air was crisp, thank goodness for no rain. I hope the rain goes on holiday for a few weeks!
Lately I've been finding myself very crafty. I made the headpiece I've been donning the last couple of weeks because of the lack of motivation for combing out my hair. Headbands are always the perfect antidote for bad or lazy hair days.
Purple Jacket, Sirens - $50
Pin Strip Shirt, Forever 21 - $12.50
Suede Pumps, Payless Shoes - Under $50
Crocodile Leather Bag, Elliott Lucca - Under $200
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Numbers Link Medicaid Expansion, Diabetes Diagnoses
One of the primary arguments made by the National Association of Urban Hospitals in favor of government reimbursement policies that support the work of urban safety-net hospitals is that the patients they serve have had sporadic contact with the health care system over the years and often present with medical problems that go well beyond the immediate reason that brings them to hospitals.
Now comes new information that supports that argument.
The medical testing company Quest Diagnostics has found that the number of Medicaid patients its testing has found to have diabetes has risen more than 24 percent during two recent six-month review periods in states that have expanded their Medicaid programs while the number of such patients found to have diabetes in states that did not expand their Medicaid programs saw only a 0.4 percent increase in diabetes diagnoses.
Because of where they are located, urban safety-net hospitals serve higher proportions of Medicaid patients than the typical community hospital and are therefore more likely to be caring for these more challenging patients newly diagnosed with diabetes.
For more information about the Quest findings and their implications, see this New York Times article. In addition, the latest edition of the journal Diabetes Care presents a study on the subject. See that article here.