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Butterfly Laa will share writings, and paintings with you, on her journeys past, present, and future
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Big Talbot Island State Park
Big Talbot Island State Park is another favorite spot for me to go in Jacksonville, in fact some of my paintings are from views I have seen on the diverse State Park grounds. This park features a breathtaking coastal habitat covered with oak, holly and magnolia, along with sea-oat covered dunes overlooking the ocean. Hiking is a favorite activity on the scenic nature trails and fishing, canoeing or swimming on the Nassau Sound shoreline is tough to beat. Rumor has it that the island is haunted, particularly in the spooky Houston cemetery and Tamaquan Burial Grounds just outside the entrance.
Come out and enjoy the pristine Big Talbot Island shoreline from the overlook at the Bluffs. From this comfortable vantage visitors can enjoy the weather and view the water sculpted trees that line the shore. A quick 10-minute walk along the trail will give you access to the shoreline where you can walk among these once mighty oaks and pines that have fallen victim to nature's storms and erosion.
There are tons of things to do at this park from just laying back and watching beautiful sunsets, sleeping the night there and waking up to awesome sunrises to boating,fishing, swimming, hiking trails and much more.. I enjoy finding sharks teeth there and a few pretty shells you can find on occasion. I love walking among those fallen trees although their fate hasn't been the best for the environment, it brings an interesting scene to part of the beaches of this park.
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Cummer museum of Fine Arts
Click here to see the Cummer Museum and Gardens
Hi everyone, this time of year when the weather begins to cool...... well slightly cooler lol, I love getting out more and doing a few things. One of my favorite places in Jacksonville to go to is the Cummer Museum. It was built in 1959, long before I discovered and it is the largest museum of fine art in Northeast Florida, housing about 5,000 pieces of work. It not only houses these fine pieces and several other forms of art, its landscapes are to die for. You can go outside to the lovely gardens that runs along the St Johns river, where many a wedding has been performed, or as I do just sit after a long walk through the museum to have some lunch.
The museum also has a learning center, which young and old can enjoy. So.... will send you a link letting you know where I have last been in Jacksonville, and if your ever in the neighborhood you might just know where to find me!! I hope to be back soon writing as usual lately real life has called me again... tc and enjoy
Click here, Take a ride on the Annabelle Lee River Boat
After a long day at the Cummer Museum, take a ride on the Annabelle Lee River Boat its wonderful to travel on the tour trips, you can also reserve for Weddings, Reunions, or just to party! I took my sons long ago on a sightseeing ride on the Annabelle and on that trip was a magic show... they loved it. Now a days I take trips on it just to feel the fresh breeze and the lovely lands along the St Johns River.
Finally if you cannot get on the Annabelle for any reason we do have many water taxi's and for a small amount of money he/she will take you all around the river! Nice ride fun place to meet people also!
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Saturday, September 11, 2010
In Remembrance 9 11
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On September 11, 2001 many firefighters, police officers and other officials and civilians lost their lives due to the ignorance and hate of others. Our heros didn't concern themselves with their own comfort but unselfishly were more concerned about others - even to the point of losing their lives. "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."
Those involved in the clean-up worked sometimes in very unhealthy conditions breathing dust and smoke all day long. They went through the emotional turmoil of finding body parts, but also found wedding rings to give as a small memorial to the families of the deceased.
Retired FDNY Lt. George R. Kreuscher recalls the morning of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in his book; his son responded for FDNY
Click here to hear the Song "A Hero"
Here are the words to the song;
A Hero
A charity song for children who lost
a firefighter/police parent in the 911 attack.
The morning froze in silence
as the terror filled our hearts
we stared in disbelief at what we saw.
Through the dust we felt so helpless,
wishing that we could have known.
We hold our families close, as we watched them fall.
Some people didn't waiver, they had a job to do.
There was nothing that could keep them away...
Oh, it's a special kind of hero
who would sacrifice themselves - so I could spend another day with you.
And for all the fallen heroes who saved a life that day
your courage unites a nation, and we'll remember you.
So many people crying, walking in a daze
holding pictures of their loved ones
through an empty haze.
Our Heroes didn't falter, they held out a helping hand
remembering their own children, as they rushed inside again.
They didn't waiver, they had a job to do
and some never made it home that day.
Oooh well remember you. We honor you, salute,
respect and cherish you.
Not many people can do the duty that
you knew on that cold September day.
Lyrics by Amy Matthew ASCAP 2008,
music by Karen Mack from KAR Records.
The initial numbers are indelible: 8:46 a.m. and 9:02 a.m. Time the burning towers stood: 56 minutes and 102 minutes. Time they took to fall: 12 seconds. From there, they ripple out.
* Total number killed in attacks (official figure as of 9/5/02): 2,819
* Number of firefighters and paramedics killed: 343
* Number of NYPD officers: 23
* Number of Port Authority police officers: 37
* Number of WTC companies that lost people: 60
* Number of employees who died in Tower One: 1,402
* Number of employees who died in Tower Two: 614
* Number of employees lost at Cantor Fitzgerald: 658
* Number of U.S. troops killed in Operation Enduring Freedom: 22
* Number of nations whose citizens were killed in attacks: 115
* Ratio of men to women who died: 3:1
* Age of the greatest number who died: between 35 and 39
* Bodies found "intact": 289
* Body parts found: 19,858
* Number of families who got no remains: 1,717
* Estimated units of blood donated to the New York Blood Center: 36,000
* Total units of donated blood actually used: 258
* Number of people who lost a spouse or partner in the attacks: 1,609
* Estimated number of children who lost a parent: 3,051
* Percentage of Americans who knew someone hurt or killed in the attacks: 20
* FDNY retirements, January–July 2001: 274
* FDNY retirements, January–July 2002: 661
* Number of firefighters on leave for respiratory problems by January 2002: 300
* Number of funerals attended by Rudy Giuliani in 2001: 200
* Number of FDNY vehicles destroyed: 98
* Tons of debris removed from site: 1,506,124
* Days fires continued to burn after the attack: 99
* Jobs lost in New York owing to the attacks: 146,100
* Days the New York Stock Exchange was closed: 6
* Point drop in the Dow Jones industrial average when the NYSE reopened: 684.81
* Days after 9/11 that the U.S. began bombing Afghanistan: 26
* Total number of hate crimes reported to the Council on American-Islamic Relations nationwide since 9/11: 1,714
* Economic loss to New York in month following the attacks: $105 billion
* Estimated cost of cleanup: $600 million
* Total FEMA money spent on the emergency: $970 million
* Estimated amount donated to 9/11 charities: $1.4 billion
* Estimated amount of insurance paid worldwide related to 9/11: $40.2 billion
* Estimated amount of money needed to overhaul lower-Manhattan subways: $7.5 billion
* Amount of money recently granted by U.S. government to overhaul lower-Manhattan subways: $4.55 billion
* Estimated amount of money raised for funds dedicated to NYPD and FDNY families: $500 million
* Percentage of total charity money raised going to FDNY and NYPD families: 25
* Average benefit already received by each FDNY and NYPD widow: $1 million
* Percentage increase in law-school applications from 2001 to 2002: 17.9
* Percentage increase in Peace Corps applications from 2001 to 2002: 40
* Percentage increase in CIA applications from 2001 to 2002: 50
* Number of songs Clear Channel Radio considered "inappropriate" to play after 9/11: 150
* Number of mentions of 9/11 at the Oscars: 26
* Apartments in lower Manhattan eligible for asbestos cleanup: 30,000
* Number of apartments whose residents have requested cleanup and testing: 4,110
* Number of Americans who changed their 2001 holiday-travel plans from plane to train or car: 1.4 million
* Estimated number of New Yorkers suffering from post-traumatic-stress disorder as a result of 9/11: 422,000
Out of the Rubble We Stand Tall Read About the 9-11 Flag and its Journey across the USA
Firefighters 'pay it forward' by helping rebuild Arkansas town destroyed by tornado
Escorting 9/11 memorial has a special meaning for Jacksonville fire supervisor
Person of the Week: The Babies of 9/11 in Their Own Words, 9 Years Later
Diane Sawyer talks to the childrne nine years later click here to see
Home site of children of September 11
Fire Fighters
"It's not something you do, It's something you are"!!!!!!!
From this most horrible event that American soil had ever seen, came faith and courage and strength among the American people, to never give up in our beliefs, or our people and for the things we hold near and dear. To strive from that day to bring a new beginning as the New York Firefighters say its not about what happen on Sept 11, 2001 but its now about Sept 12th and there after. Its all about making change to help our fellow man, and for giving thanks we are a strong Nation, united, and out of the rubble to bring forth the ability to Pay It Forward. We shall never forget!!!!
This is dedicated to all firefighters and to the man I love, to say Thank You!!!
Click here to listen and Thank You
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Friday, September 10, 2010
ACREDITAR Project in Sl for Rl Children/Families
I get invitations to go to many events in Second Life, and sometimes I might be working on something else and just skip over something, not being mean but just so into a project I just click notes and LM's away without thinking...today a good friend of mine Cesare Drucker, Imed me with a landmark about a charity, I asked him what it was about because I had never really heard the word Acreditar before. He told me it was for children with cancer and DJ's from all around SL were engaging in concert type marathon events for this charity. I am all for helping people who are ill and dying and especially children.
Cesare gave me name of a lady to contact for event schedules and such, Luna Baran who I told I was interested in doing a story on my blog for this charity. She seemed to be delighted and gave me tons of information which I will gladly pass on to you all and with great pleasure. So PLEASE read , and help if you can!
"Acreditar (Believe) is a private charitable institution RL that aims to help children and their families to better overcome the various problems that arise from the time childhood cancer is diagnosed throughout its subsequent journey and at all times helping to foster hope.
There are indeed reasons to support this hope: today, approximately 70% of childhood cancers can be cured completely and every day there is progress in the fight against disease.
The struggle is to believe that each moment has Hope!
... "It is our aim that children with cancer have the same opportunities, not only survival but also to gain the psychological health and physical growth and to lead them into adulthood."
One of the ways that the charity works is by running a number of houses around Portugal. The idea of creating houses the for these children and their families came from the need to ensure a point close to hospital for the children, accompanied by their families, during periods of outpatient treatment to stay.
In fact, many of these children do not live in urban areas. Some of them are from distant regions, not only in Portugal but also Madeira, the Azores and Portuguese-speaking African countries. The treatment often required periods of forced confinement, so the centerss are essential for families in poor areas with no facilities to adapt . The answer found was to create, from scratch, houses they could, during this time, be home to all who need them. Giving them stability together as a family and support from Acreditar.
Acreditar survives mainly by the support of its members and friends, the work of volunteers and a small body of staff which ensures its management. It is funded in the main by donations and they all help however big or small.
We the Acreditar SL team are proud to be working with this charity and hope that you will enjoy a range of events that we will be bringing to you so that you can touch the lives of those that need it RL.
✪ We believe ✪ We believe ✪ We believe ✪
The ACREDITAR Association invites you to join our:
MARATHON CHARITY EVENT – 8 Days, 16 Clubs!!!
From 5th to 12th of September around 85 DJs (most of them are RL DJs/Producers too) gonna spin the best of Music to give you some great parties! With that they all support Acreditar - they do it with pleasure and hope, you´ll enjoy their tunes and this fantastic event!
So come over and show your love for the music and for the kids, which need your support! Even in an imaginary world like Second Life we can do real things.
Together we can save lives and give a new hope to children and their families by contributing to
Acreditar. They believe - and so do we!
Acreditar (Believe) is a private charitable institution in RL (Portugal), that aims to help children and their families to better overcome the various problems that arise from the time childhood cancer is diagnosed throughout its subsequent journey and at all times helping to foster hope.
The Acreditar Project in SL supports the RL Institution. All donations and sellings are for this cause and will be spend only for charity fund!
We, the Acreditar SL team, are proud to work with this charity and hope that you will enjoy a range of events that we will be bring to you - like this now! - so that you can touch the lives of those that need it in RL.
Acreditar Marathon Charity Event
DJ Schedules and Club Info:
Minimal / Minitech / Tech House / Progressive House
this event is over
Deep / Soulful / Vocal & Jackin House
this event is over
this event is over
Deep House / Funky
this event is over
Minimal / Minitech / Tech House / Progressive House
this event is over
(2nd Club canceled :-S)
this event is over
Electro / Electro House
this event is over
Electro & Progressive House
this event is over
Unfortunately I didn't know these events were going on till today so there are three days left to go to one of the events or send a donation to help this cause. Luna has given a listing below of the DJ's locations where you see event over I placed that there because it was from prior days, I will send slurl's to the ones that are left.
Minimal / Minitech / Tech House / Techno
this event is over but the store is there to pick up a bracelet or pillow, tee shirt etc to show your support
Acreditar project charity store found here!!!!!!
Friday the 10th events
Minimal / Minitech / Techhouse
Code 415 charity event location
Vocal / Funky / Soulful / Deep House
S.G.B. charity event location
Jazz / Funky / Jackin / Soulful House
Charity event location
Events for Sept 11th
Techno / Hardtechno / Acid
Charity event location
Electro / Electro House / Club H. / Club Dance / Nu Disco
Charity event location
Events for Sept 12th
Minimal / Minitech /Tech House / Progressive House
Charity event location
House Styles mixed
Charity event location
Thank you to all the wonderful DJ's that have given their time to support this cause, and to all the venues which support them!!!!!!
Come out and give this great organization support to help children who have cancer and which also helps their parents to be able to stay with them during rough time. God Bless the good work and God Bless the little children!!!!!
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Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Bad news comes in bunches
I have a ton of stories to do here however early this morning learned another one of my relatives passed away he was only 51, had a brain tumor leaving behind his wife, 10 yr old son and 20 yr old daughter. God Bless you Gary you will be greatly missed :(
Will resume posting tomorrow sorry to all :(
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Reno Segall A Great Singer/Song Writer
I have known Reno for sometime now, been to some of his events, and have always wanted to do a story on this fantastic singer! There are singers and then there are SINGERS, and Reno will capture any audience's attention that comes to see him. He loves to please his fans by taking requests during his shows, so come with your favorite song in mind he sings Classic Rock/Country/80s/Blues/Ballads & Oldies.
I had the pleasure seeing him again at Tantalus an awesome venue for live performances, in speaking with the manager/hostess of Tantalus, Jadyn Andel she gave some more information about this great venue;
Yeah, I know, another club, blah blah blah, but you have to see this one, at least once!
Tantalus originally opened in December 2006, we will celebrate 4 years in 2010.
This is not your typical dark, dank, dungeon. It's called Tantalus.
The theme is set as a Greecian ruin, surrounded by water, it is big and spacious.
The ruins are open to the magnificent sunsets over open water. Poseidon would love this place!
One of his concerts at Tantalus;
Live Music every Monday 9am-12pm and every Tuesday 4pm-6pm. With the likes of Reno Segall,Lou Mannock and Yahshvah Shinja taking the stage regular.
Free L$ in the Zyngo,ball sploder,skill sploder and contests with themed events are ongoing weekly.
So, come visit Tantalus!
Owners: Bubbles Lurra and Pleasurekitty Sorbet.
Host/Mgr: Jadyn Andel
Meet Jadyn Andel Hostess and manager of Tantalus
Fusion Worlds, Tantalus outdoor stage come see click here! Catch Reno playing here every Monday at 9 am
He has been singing for over 20 years in real life being the lead singer and musician in different bands, having the opportunity to do so around the USA. Reno was born to sl 4/11/2008, and traveling SL in much the same way has he has in real life, with the ability to put his own originality into each and every song he sings. Reno has an up beat personality which really makes for an exciting time at whatever venue he plays.
Reno has several songs on cd for your listening pleasure in SL;
follow this slurl to find them !!!!
Reno's cd's found here
1. Love Songs From The Heart - Love is in the air
Home, Amazed, Don't Close your Eyes
2. 70 's Classic - Chevy Van, Born On The Bayou,
Born On The Bayou, Born On The Bayou, Gimme Three Steps, Sister Golden hair 3. Rockin To The Oldies - Dream Lover, Great Balls Of Fire, Lost in The Fifties Crocodile Rock, Poison Ivy
4. Return To Memphis - Little Sister, Burnin Love, Heartbreak Hotel
5. Country Fried - Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On, Honky Tonk Woman, Whiskey Girls, Real Good Man
6. The One - Reno Segall Original
7. Slow Groove - Nobody, Freak Me, You Can Leave Your Hat On, Fever
Price - ** 500 L each or all 7 for 3000 L **
Also here at Whiskey Island you will find the stage
come here to dance and hear the great music
While I found Chicken world Whiskey Island, kind of the home base you might say for Reno ran into co-owner Baby Pacer also Reno's asst manager, and sadly didn't get to meet Delisicous Sorbet also co-owner and manager, however Baby Pacer was able to provide me with some schedules that Reno plays here,
Baby Pacer: "yes he sings twice a week, Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 9 am here and every other Thursday he does a Elvis show here with his elvis av" ....and above slurl you will find that stage:)
Meet Baby Pacer Reno's asst manager and co-owner of Chicken World Whiskey Island
Anita's Sl Concert where Reno played
You can view Reno's entire Sept Schedule right here.....
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Monday, September 6, 2010
Breaking news oh my ( if its true) :(
Today Sandy Clymer creator of "pillow talk" creations in SL passed away, she has had health issues for the past couple years. God Bless her if this is so!:( Wonderful SL creator!!!!!!!!!!! Many of her friends and customers have admired her work in SL and I am sure will miss her greatly.
Prayers are with her family and all who have had the privilege to have known her.
(This news was given to me by a reliable source)
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Those amazing Snails !!!
I have traveled in Second life these past years and have seen many interesting and curious and fun things. One thing I came upon about 3 years ago was something called the Great Snail Races, and at that time had seen a couple few of these amazing and fun races. Every time I would go to one they seemed to draw a great crowd of people, and I always found the events fun and exciting. As we all known times can get busy between real life and our second life and or one or the other and I some how lost track of these races. Luckily some group that I belong to sent out a slurl, and low and behold it was about these Great Snail Races!! At the time I was at a sandbox building and packed up my gear and off to the races I went. This time while I reminisced I was also going to get some information (curious me...smiles) of the origin of these events, or hoped to. Many of my blog readers may have seen this or some of this information in the past years from other sources but if not its very interesting how things can evolve! Enjoy
At the Race I grab a seat among a crowd that had already began to form, I imed one of the commentators which were broadcasting live from Treet Tv and asked when they had time to pass me some history on the races. This is what was written by RacerX Gullwing the creator of the very first Snail, and how it came to be what it is today.
This quoted paragraph information I received from Racer, and I am sure it was originally written a couple years ago or so due to the Great Snail Races had their 5th annual Anniversary Nov 28th 2009. You can see that event CLICK HERE There are lots of videos at Treet about different events the Snail races have been involved in as well, that one I gave will give you a good starting point!
RacerX Gullwing: hi
RacerX Gullwing: I been hosting the Giant snail races almost 6 years now
RacerX Gullwing: I made the base snail and they eventually became modable
RacerX Gullwing: now everyone does there own style
He then passes me a notecard and says, RacerX Gullwing: "that's the actual history a few typos in there i think." I told him thank you! Here is what he said,
"about the snail race history,
It all started with a contest called Giant Avatar contest I saw was coming up in a few days back when events were only a few a day and finding them was easy. I went to the sandbox where you could usually work for about 30 minutes at a time between sim crashes
and started attaching prims to my feet but that didn't make you any taller just made prims that went into the ground. So I thought about it and figured the way I'd have to do this is be in the foot. I didn't have a clue how to script legs to move and back then movement scripts didn't work in avatars anyway . Narrowed it down a bit to a one footed animal . The shell was maxed out at 30 meters or maybe I just remember it that big. Thing is I didn't have a clue how to see out of that so had to stop a lot and cam outside the shell to see where I was.
It was hilairious I got to the contest about 20 minutes early and the guy holding it told me to please park off to the side somewhere I thought he was stearing me over there because I had obviously won and he didn't want to discourage the other avatars. Ends up I was the only one that took it him literally and made a giant avatar. Well I didn't win.
I was in a group called Montmartre Artists and we were trying to get on the most popular places list before camping chairs were invented and were each asked to come up with an event Mae Best had not another Quiz every other night it seemed like and that alone got us up to about 30th or so but not the top 20 anyway I was trying to come up with an event and talking to my good scripting friend and neighbor in fujin Catfart and he suggested giant snail racing.
That's where it all started that's when I put together a better cuter av with blinky eyes that everyone loves and they haven't changed much since. We did get into the top 20 a couple times.
It started on the ground using stone paths that circled montmartre I made all the
arrows and things needed for the racers to rez from a single prim and go find their spot in the sim just for the race then I'd go around after the race and shout the race is over and all of the signs of the race track would vanish just leaving the stone path built by May Best. They also went down the city streets of Chase Rutherford's Manhattan in the Hawthorne sim an Aimee Weber build, at 8 pm on tuesday nights. The thing that brought them to an end was mostly due to
the physics in sl where if you can find something to trip over you can fall a lot faster than anyone can run. Also once you get into that falling state you can close chat bar and hold the space bar down and get yourself to glide a long ways.
So I moved the race up into the sky onto a perfectly flat surface where there is nothing you can trip over. Same time Seifert Surface was experimenting with a transportation system that would use push and throw you across the map. He had set this set of flingers up at the future sim just one Sim south of Montmartre and owned by Chase Rutherford.
In fact I Used his experiments as the track, I just built the course around them. The race stayed in the future sim as it changed hands to Gus Plisskin, who said It was welcome to stay as long as I wanted to have it there. but the sim slowly filled to capacity and had a lot of scripts going and the flingers stopped working consistently and the sport became more of a luck thing but eventually become an endurance race. I got Seifert Surface to give me a copy of his experiments and carefully packed it all into a prim and moved it all back to where it started from Montmatre. Also if you go to http://www.sluniverse.com/pics/ and look search using the tag snail race you can see 99 percent of that history there. the snail race is only a few months older than snapzilla. Snail races will be three years old at the end of november and have been held every Saturday but canceled 2 or 3 about a year ago when I was very sick."
This is the actual Race I saw the other night, was the big final race of season 5
Supporting great events like this is all part of what keeps Second life creativity alive, and keeps the good and wholesome fun going on!
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I would support "murdering" something that's inside my body. Whether it be a clump of cells from a human life, a lump of cancer OR an adult! If it's inside my body, then yes, I think I can murder it.
Originally posted by seabag
Maybe you should have had those feelings when something else was IN YOUR BODY!
Originally posted by FlyersFan
Reported Here & Elsewhere
On behalf of Americans everywhere, Michelle and I wish to extend our appreciation and prayers to His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI. Michelle and I warmly remember our meeting with the Holy Father in 2009, and I have appreciated our work together over these last four years. The Church plays a critical role in the United States and the world, and I wish the best to those who will soon gather to choose His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI's successor.
Okay .. so what 'work' did Obama and the pope do together over the past four years?
Originally posted by BritofTexas
Originally posted by neo96
Pointing out that Obama has not worked with religious people in this case Catholics is well known as forcing them to pay for contraception he has worked against them.
You seem to be rather obsessed with a woman's reproductive rights. I'm sure you can get help for that. And, now, thankfully, under Obamacare, it should be affordable.
Like it or not. My body belongs to ME, not the government.
Obama Statement on Papal Resignation
Originally posted by macman
reply to post by Benevolent Heretic
If that is what you are pitching, that it is a sad sad day for the unborn babies.
Originally posted by jibeho
Abortion is Abortion. Murder is Murder.
Originally posted by newcovenant
The Pope does not condone and will not sanction condoms even to protect against venereal disease and aids thus adding to the abortion numbers himself.
Unless the President knows something we don't - I have no information he and the Pope "worked together" but then I was not privy to the meetings between the 2 men. They might have been interesting.
Originally posted by Benevolent Heretic
reply to post by FlyersFan
Originally posted by FlyersFan
What 'work" did Obama and Benedict do together??
Abortion questions were also a focus of a 2009 meeting between Benedict and Obama, who supports abortion rights. The pope presented the president with a document outlining the church's position on such issues, according to reports from the time.
"The president explicitly expressed his commitment to reducing the numbers of abortions and to listen to the church's concerns on moral issues," a Vatican spokesman said, according to news reports.
Read more: www.politico.com...
Originally posted by FlyersFan
I highly doubt that Obama 'worked together with the pope for four years' as he claims.
President Obama met with Pope Benedict XVI, and discussed issues such as poverty, stem-cell research, peace in the Middle East, and the need to reach out to the Muslim world. Obama and the Pope also exchanged gifts.[67]
Originally posted by FlyersFan
reply to post by Benevolent Heretic
So in other words .. they had one meeting in four years .. Obama payed lip service ... the pope expected nothing in reality from Obama .. and Obama went on to give the members of the Catholic church a hard time ...
okay .. got it. Thanks. They didnt' work together for four years.
Originally posted by neo96
Well a poster can answer unlike those 50 million unborn babies who will never have a chance at life like we did.
A poster can also be condescending to make excuses for the act of murder unlike a child who will never be born because its not convenient .edit on 11-2-2013 by neo96 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Benevolent Heretic
Would hours of telephone conversations about forming teams to brainstorm on ways to reduce abortion, help the poor and address the problems in the Middle East qualify as "work"? Would 2 meetings qualify? Would one meeting qualify as "work" if they discussed poverty, stem-cell research, peace in the Middle East, and the need to reach out to the Muslim world??? Because that's what DID happen.
And because YOU don't know what they have discussed in their phone conversations over the years,

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Poland honors Jewish newswoman
Some 28 years ago, Poland's Communist regime arrested Ruth Ellen Gruber, then bureau chief for United Press International. Police threw her in jail, interrogated her and finally expelled her on trumped-up espionage charges.
Gruber is now the chief European correspondent for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA), whose reports appear frequently in The Journal.
Last week in Los Angeles, she again faced Polish officials, but this time to receive the country's Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit, one of the highest honors bestowed on foreigners.
Polish Consul-General Joanna Kozinska-Frybes recalled that while her country was under martial law 30 years ago, Gruber arranged to have a camera smuggled to imprisoned Solidarity activists.
Subsequently, the photos of the prisoners were published around the world, with one showing Kozinska-Frybes' husband.
The Polish diplomat also noted that Gruber's articles, lectures and books were "not only filling the empty virtual space, but recreating the real one: of Jews in Poland, encouraging them to rediscover their roots," while lauding the reporter's "personal courage, honesty and modesty."


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SEIU Healthcare members are relieved that the Ontario government kept its promise to reintroduce historic home and community care raises in its budget today.
The stories of homecare PSWs, who can make as low as $12.50 up to around $16 hourly (without fair compensation for travel time and costs) have touched the hearts of many, through their everyday work with clients and the Sweet $16 campaign to fix homecare in Ontario.
The caregivers should soon see a $1.50 increase retroactive to April 1, 2014, with an across-the-board $1.50 raise to follow on April 1, 2015, and a further $1.00 on April 1, 2016. Under this plan, the new base wage, previously set at $12.50/hour, will be $16.50/hour by 2017.
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A Whatsapp conversation between a Nigerian Lady and her father is currently making rounds on Social Media. The lady buzzed her dad for some money, N30,000 to be precise for an excursion to Obudu. She noted that the payment for the excursion elapses on the 1st of May, adding that "The payment includes feeding, hotel accomodation & transporation".
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Historic Winchester 1886 may command $500,000
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Dalton Gang Colt pistol featured in Sept. 7-9 vintage firearms auction
The Gateway collection of 19th and 20th century firearms, featuring the famous Bob Dalton Colt pistol, is up for auction Sept. 7-9, 2012 by Rock Island Auction Co. It joins several important private vintage firearm collections coming to auction at the same time. The Dalton pistol is the most culturally-histoic gun...
Julia's Spring 2012 firearms auction sets $18 million house record
At nearly $18 million, James D. Julia's Spring Firearms and Knife Auction March 12-13, 2012 in Fairfield, Maine, set a new house record for vintage guns and firearms. Also of note was another firearms auction, held by Julia's sister and brother-in-law, the Poulin Auction Company, which grossed more than $2...


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Date:March 23, 2001
Place:Sea Girt, New Jersey
Cecilia Navas
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Description:Albert Meserlin grew up in East Orange, New Jersey, and joined the Army during World War II. With the 165th and 3908th Signal Photo Battalions, Meserlin photographed General Dwight D. Eisenhower and other significant figures in the Allied military, as well as pivotal and candid moments in the European Theater. After the war, Meserlin used the GI Bill to take accounting courses at Seton Hall and Rutgers, and pursued a career in the banking industry.


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Heroes are great and all, but our favorite part of a film is usually the villain. They get the best lines, they have awesome gadgets (or sometimes, just a machete), and they know what they want out of life. The one drawback to being a film villain is that for the most part, you're stuck with an ugly mug. Whether movie villains earn their ugliness through a Dorian Grey-esque bad deed-a-thon, or they were just drawn that way is up for debate. However, the one thing that is definitely a fact, is that the fictional characters on this list have faces that only a mother could love. And in some cases, even their mothers couldn't put up with their gross looking faces. Prepare your eyes for this list of the ugliest movie villains of all time.
Before you get too bummed out, remember that the ugly villains Hollywood has dreamt up that appear on this list have done things like possess a girl's body and make her vomit pea soup, slaughter a countless amount of campers, and one of them even tried to rob Fort Knox with sleeping gas. So they're not all sad kittens looking for a home. Some of the ugly evil characters on this list seem like they'd be a lot of fun, if weren't for the whole being homicidal maniacs thing. And some of them are even charismatic enough to pull off looking like the deformed cousin of a California Raisin, but just because they're cool doesn't make them pretty.Vote up the movie villain characters you think are the ugliest, and if you can think of an uglier fictional villain character feel free to add them to the list.
Grand High Witch
As children we were genuinely frightened that the Grand High Witch was going to turn us into a mouse or trap us in a painting. Now, as adults, we're worried about her skin care routine.
Appears In: The Witches
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Jason Voorhees
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Appears In: Friday the 13th: A New Beginning, Friday the 13th, Friday the 13th Part 2, Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood, Friday the 13th Part 3: 3D, + more
Powers & Abilities: Healing factor, Superhuman strength
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A demon that possesses fresh faced young Regan, Pazuzu is ageless and grows increasingly gruesome as the film passes. Having a head that swivels like an office chair doesn't help in the looks department.
Appears In: Exorcist II: The Heretic, The Exorcist, The Exorcist III, Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist, Exorcist: The Beginning
Powers & Abilities: Spirit possession
Grant Grant
Before Grant Grant was turned into a repulsive slug monster by an unknown alien he was already a jerk. At least now you can tell he's a jerk from about 10 miles away. The side teeth might be the worst part of his entire face, and that's saying a lot.
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Synopsis: Sixteen-year-old Jan Rose knows that nothing is ever truly deleted. At least, not from the hard drives she scours to create the online identities she calls the Shadownet.
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When the real people behind Shadownet's hard drives endure vicious cyber attacks, Jan realizes she is responsible. She doesn't know who is targeting these people or why but as her life collapses Jan must use all her tech savvy to bring the perpetrators to justice before she becomes the next victim.
Author Bio: After crewing ships in the Antarctic and the Baltic Sea and some fun in venture capital, Michael anchored himself (happily) to a marriage and a boatload of kids. Now he injects his adventurous spirit into his writing with brief respites for research into the jungles of Sumatra and Guatemala, the ruins of Egypt and Tik'al, paddling the Zambezi and diving whatever cave or ocean reef will have him. He is a member of the International Thriller Writers and SF Canada, and the author of the Assured Destruction series, 24 Bones, The Sand Dragon, Hurakan, Ruination and several award winning graphic novels for young adults.
Review: Janus "Jan" Rose is a very intelligent, yet introverted girl. I think some of the introversion comes from having a home life she'd rather not let anyone know about, especially the other kids at school, and a part-time job. Her mother is in a wheelchair and gets worn out easily, so Jan works the front desk of her family's business, Assured Destruction, almost every day. Aside from being very smart (she is a better computer programmer than her computer teacher at school), she doesn't apply herself to her schoolwork and she's lonely. She built Shadownet to have different outlets for her creativity using hard drives which should have been destroyed to create avatars based on real people. When a woman brings in the hard drive of a boy from school (who she kind of likes), she can't resist adding him to her collection. Ever since, things have been falling apart for Jan. Her avatars' real-life counterparts are being hacked and malicious information posted about them online. All fingers are pointing at her and not only is her precarious standing at school in jeopardy, but so is her family's business. Can Jan fix it all without losing everything she cares about?
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Sentiment. Whenever I make something, I have an intended recipient. I choose colour and design based on their personality. During the process, I think of that person - and I send them email, make a phone call and generally deepen my connection with them.
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LAKEWOOD RANCH -- As they their made way to practice Monday afternoon, the girls who make up Lakewood Ranch's volleyball team were greeted by a receiving line of about 30 wrestlers.
"They started chanting, 'Volleyball is No.1'" said senior hitter Mariah Robertson, "and, 'State champs!' State champs!'"
Classmates and teachers offered praise and applause throughout the day. And the volleyball team was featured Monday on the school's morning news program.
"We never get our games on the news," said senior libero Jordan Wopinski.
"We can't go anywhere," Robertson added. "Everyone's always saying, 'Good luck.'"
Not that anyone is complaining. The Mustangs are enjoying the new-found spoils of celebrity now that they have made history: Lakewood Ranch meets Saint Augustine at noon Tuesday in a Class 6A state semifinal at the Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee.
It's the program's first final four appearance, putting the Mustangs a match away from playing for a state championship.
It's also a long way from where they were when Robertson was a freshman on the varsity.
"Coach Perri (Hankins) has turned the program around from where it was to where it is now," said Robertson, who has a team-best 495 kills. "We've taken a big jump. ... I mean, a leap."
Hankins took over two weeks before the start of the 2010 season after the Mustangs spent the entire summer without a coach.
"We goofed around," Robertson said. "And then we got a new coach. No one knew her."
A new coach meant a new work ethic. The Mustangs were practicing twice a day and doing extra work on Saturday while Hankins worked on the team's mental approach, too.
"She pretty much tells us not to have a life during volleyball season," Robertson said.
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nior Emily Ruple, "because it keeps our minds on it."
That being said, the learning curve was steep at the beginning.
"It was a definitely a change. At the beginning, everyone was exhausted," Wopinski said. "It was a two-a-days right away, and we weren't used to that at all. It was a shock, but once we got used to it, everyone was all for it."
Last year's work paid dividends, as the Mustangs won a program-best 21 matches and reached a region final for the first time.
So when this year came around, everyone was ready to buy in, including seniors Wopinski, Robertson and Ruple.
"This team has really good chemistry, and they're a big part of it," Hankins said. "They're just easygoing, and they've been around volleyball so much. They can help all the other players in what needs to be done, and they lead physically."
All the work and sacrifice has led the Mustangs into the state semifinals, as well as into the hearts and minds of Lakewood Ranch's student body.
Suffice it to say, it has all been worth it.
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Life is rough when your dogs are barking. In other words, when your feet suffer, you suffer.
We all know the feeling we get from lacing up a brand new pair of sneakers – pristine exterior, zero olfactory offenses rising from the inner depths, and each step taken feels even better than the last when you're doing the new shoe strut. New athletic shoes mysteriously channel lost motivation and muster a newfound desire for training.
It's clear, new shoes feel good. However, finding the perfect fit can pose a challenge. Choosing the right shoe goes far beyond simply coordinating the shoe color to match your kit or selecting the style your favorite professional triathlete is sporting. You have to consider what purpose your new shoes will serve and what activities will be done in them. You also need to think about your foot type. Do you have flat feet or high arches? What about your foot strike?
The foot consists of 26 bones, 33 joints, and over 100 muscles, tendons, and ligaments; your feet make up a quarter of the total bones in the human body. With such complex tootsies, it's no wonder why the search for the perfect fit is so important for performance and overall comfort. Consider the following things to find the perfect fit:
What is the purpose?
Are you an avid runner? Will these shoes be used for the trails or pavement? It's best to buy particular shoes for particular activities. Cyclists have cycling shoes; triathletes have tri shoes, and so on..get it? Determine what activity you are planning to participate in and find a shoe cut out for the job. Running shoes are typically lighter than trail running shoes, while trail shoes often have more supportive soles and more aggressive tread to help with footing on rough terrain. Cross-trainers tend to be more supportive, offering greater stability for lateral movements and weight-bearing activities. Determine what your shoes will be used for and find the right shoe for the job.
What is your foot type?
When examining your foot type, there are two things to consider: arch and foot strike. You can complete a simple test to identify if you have a flat foot, normal arch, or high arch. Simply dampen the soles of your feet and step onto a paper bag or piece of paper. Remove your feet and check out your footprint. Do you have a neutral, high, or flat arch? Compare your footprint to the picture above.
The next step is to ask yourself what part of the foot you strike the ground with as you run. Is your foot strike neutral, pronated, or a supinated? An easy way to determine your foot strike is to examine the soles of your old sneakers. What part of the tread is most worn out? Focus on the ball of the foot to see where the tread is most worn out. Depending on your arch and foot strike, you may be better suited for neutral cushioning, stability, or motion control shoes.
Some people tend to have a very neutral foot strike, dispersing weight throughout the middle of the foot and equally distributing weight to all toes. Those that find their arch and foot strike neutral would be best suited for neutral cushioning shoes for stiffer feet. Look for shoes that are less supportive and have cushioning on the heel and outside of the shoe.
The majority of feet fall into the pronation category. The fact is, everyone pronates somewhat, but the trouble is when you over-pronate. Pronation is when the foot rolls inward, with more weight on the inside of the foot, collapsing the arch with each step. Over time, over-pronation can cause arch issues and knee problems. The best fit for extreme over-pronation is a motion control shoe, offering lots of stability with very little flex. For mild over-pronation a stability shoe is ideal. Insoles will help control excessive pronation as well.
The least common of all foot types is supination, when the weight of the body rolls to the outer foot. Those who are bow-legged or have high arches tend to be supinators. Supination may cause shin splints and is more prone to ankle strains. The most important shoe feature to counter supination is a cushioned shoe, reducing the impact to the legs through major shock absorption. Neutral cushioning shoes offer a flexible sole, which is best for supination.
Shoe Lifetime:
How long do shoes typically last? Old shoes are probably doing more harm than you know. Old shoes may be the culprit to many chronic injuries you may be experiencing, as the support they once offered has deteriorated. The general rule of thumb: replace shoes every three to six months, or every 350 to 500 miles (560 to 800 kilometers), depending on your height, weight, and running terrain.
Your foot is just like you, unique. Identifying your foot specifics will help you to sort through the overwhelming plethora of athletic shoes available. Become your own shoe expert by following these tips and before you know it, you'll be doing the new shoe strut.
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Good Questions and Great Answers Amount to the Best Content
This is a special guest post from Barry Feldman, freelance copywriter and content marketing consultant. Vertical Measures is pleased to showcase Barry's words here on how to generate useful content.
A client asked me, "How do you continue to keep generating useful content?" It wasn't his way of telling me my content rocks. He genuinely wanted to know the formula.
What a great question.
Were I to come up with a great answer, you know what I'd have? I'd have killer content (about the most vital element in all of content marketing). What pressure.
My answer: you have to listen.
He queued up another question: "What do you listen to?" Another Great question.
I said, "You have to listen to your customers, your prospects, to any and all voices across the landscape of your industry," (or at least something like that).
Listening wasn't always as easy as it is now.
I speak from a large number of years of experience when I tell you us advertising and marketing folks didn't find it so easy to be good listeners in the pre-web era. Most of use were downright hearing impaired.
Even when we conducted market research, we weren't really listening. We were testing our hunches. In focus groups and with polls or questionnaires, we might have been aiming to take the temperature of the target market, but the goal was mostly to confirm our thinking and then create messages that would be valuable to our clients or the companies we worked for.
New media, new dynamic…
Everything's different now. Today, the objective must be to deliver content that's valuable to your customer (or else it's of very little value to anybody).
In the interactive age, savvy marketers recognize you don't build successful brands without building relationships. And you don't build relationships without listening. Marketing is a dialogue now, a two-way street.
The ultimate feedback loop comes from social media.
An insightful paper by PR Newswire titled "Active Listening: The Key to Relevance and PR Results," made it fairly easy for me to deliver the insights that follow.
I quote:
"True leadership is always an exercise in listening before taking action. In social media, the most effective thought leaders listen extensively to social media, monitor their competitors' sites and follow their target audiences' online behaviors to identify shifting trends."
By listening via social media, you learn precisely what you need to know in order to map a content marketing plan with potential to truly touch your best prospects. You'll learn:
- Your target market's needs
- The questions being asked
- Topics for which you'll need to establish authority
- What competitors are saying and doing
- Where your brand stands
- Your industry's vocabulary
- What's hot; what's not
- The types of content being produced
- Who are the influencers
- Which social channels are most relevant
- How to best engage with your target market
The key is to create relevant content and spark conversation.
By actively listening (and seeing) the interactions taking place, you gain the insights needed to make meaningful contributions to the conversation, earn a larger media footprint, and join the ranks of industry influencers.
Tuning into Twitter is a great place to begin. Once there, you'll find relevant dialogue in the various blogs and social sites where you belong. The lesson sinks in fast when you start hanging out and chiming in on Twitter.
LinkedIn's many resources are tremendously helpful, especially LinkedIn Answers and LinkedIn Groups. The "Answers" feature makes it easy to tap into the knowledge of your professional network and members from across LinkedIn. I often mention how useful LinkedIn Answers is for social listening, research, and a number of other things. I come to find out my clients often have never heard of, or tried, the service. Try it.
Jason Falls offers a succinct "how to" regarding LinkedIn Answers here.
Once you zero-in on a "hot button" subject, you should join—or even start—a LinkedIn Group. Use the LinkedIn search field to find your first group or two. I like to say about social media: "You get out of it what you put into it." Put some effort into engaging in relevant LinkedIn Groups. It'll payoff.
HubSpot's Anum Hussain wrote a helpful article on the benefits of LinkedIn Groups here.
The value of active listening
Let's get serious and notch it up now. To move into the big leagues of online listening, you should set up a social media listening dashboard.
To do so, you can put a handful of powerful and free tools to use. Assemble a central dashboard with Google Reader. It takes just a few minutes and will save you oodles of time every day. Help yourself to a well-written tutorial on the process here: How to Set Up Your Social Media Listening Dashboard.
Be a better listener.
And seek to understand.
Whether it's Stephen Covey telling us about how highly effective people make it a habit or Dale Carnegie professing how vital it is to win friends and influence people, we're reminded to become better listeners often.
Sure, it's a fundamental idea, but when you take the fundamentals for granted, you lose. Legendary coach John Wooden reminds us that the 2-foot layups are where basketball games won and lost. You think they shot layups at UCLA practices?
Practice listening. 1,000 words or so ago, I mentioned a client asked me, "How do you continue to generate useful content?" Your best prospects will provide great questions. Find out what they are and answer them.
The result will be Grade-A content which generates traffic to your site, leads, and sales. Be patient. Remember, when you have something to sell, conversations are all powerful. Good conversationalists are good listeners.
Questions? Comments? Please speak up. We're listening.
Tags: Content Development, content generation, content marketing
About Barry Feldman
Barry Feldman is a freelance copywriter, creative director, and content marketing creator and consultant. He specializes in persuasion and engagement. If you would like a piece of his mind, visit Feldman Creative and his blog, The Point. You can follow him on Twitter @FeldmanCreative.
3 Comments
Barry Feldman Nov 06, 2012
Nice. Love the visual treatment of the story.
Hi readers. Happy to answer your questions and respond to your comments on this topic.
Nick Stamoulis Nov 06, 2012
"By actively listening (and seeing) the interactions taking place, you gain the insights needed to make meaningful contributions to the conversation." Far too many businesses use social media as just another promotional channel. They post, and update their statuses, but never bother to interact with their customers. Listening to the audience helps tailor your content so it is more effective, applicable, and sharable.
Paige C. Willey Nov 16, 2012
Great stuff. The end result of listening should be to provide answers. I like to visit sites like Quora and follow hashtags on Twitter to see what kinds of things people want to know and how I can add value and answers to the conversation.
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Kids already love milk as it is, why add aspartame to it???
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As Eron mentioned, this will affect a number of milk products, including condensed milk and yogurt. The idea is to change the definition of milk so they do not have to list calorie-free sweeteners.
By avoiding the need to tell the whole truth on the label, they somehow reason this will allow consumers to look at the inaccurate label and "more easily identify its overall nutritional value".
If this passes we'll never know what we are getting it in, white, flavored, buttermilk, or other. Raw milk is nearly unobtainable anymore.


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