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Most days the New Entrepreneur who coined the phrase "New Entrepreneur" thinks she may have the best of all possible jobs. She commutes to work in ten seconds flat. Her hours are flexible. Corporate dress codes are nonexistent. And the pastoral view from her office could be the recurring daydream of anyone consigned to eight-hour days in a windowless cubicle.
But there are also those times when New Entrepreneur Terri Tepper thinks she may have the worst of all possible jobs. Her flexible hours are long -- sometimes 12 to 16 hours a day -- and can stretch into seven-day weeks. Distractions are numerous, interruptions the rule. Her boss can be demanding. Worst of all, perhaps, her paychecks are erratic -- and frequently small.
Terri Tepper works at home -- for Terri Tepper. Operating not one but businesses down her wooded lane in exurban Chicago, she is one of a growing number of women who are trading the security of regular jobs for the risky, often less tangible rewards of their own businesses. They represent the coming breed of productive American, Ms. Tepper believes, and she has written a book to prove it: "The New Entrepreneurs: Women Working from Home" (Universe Books, $10. 95).
Or rather, she has allowed the women themselves to write the book, speaking into her tape recorder and composing oral history after the fashion of Studs Terkel. "Hearing the actual voices of these women has great impact," Ms. Tepper observes, and she is right.
There is a sweep to this book. Forty women speak their piece -- from New Hampshire to Oregon, from the age of 21 to 78, from a pig farmer to a stained-glass artist to the inventor of a "self-cleaning" house. Their incomes range from $500 to $500,000. Yet they share a common experience, and at times their voices speak like a chorus.
The words that come from these mouths are often sober. Most of the women, Terri Tepper discovered, start slowly ("Their confidence has been taken away by being a housewife") and as amateurs. Everything has to be learned, "one mistake at a time."
They also start alone. "Everybody discouraged me except my mother," one says. "No one said, 'It's entirely possible. . . . Others have done it.' I was a pioneer in everything," says mother. What a New Entrepreneur sees as "my business" is often misperceived as "your hobby" by a skeptical husband and friends.
The women find bill-collecting "a lot of trouble," leaving them "always a little behind in cash flow." And restrictive zoning laws mean that "we're all in violation of ordinances. They could close me down in a minute," Ms. Tepper says ruefully.
Clearly this is no compendium of cheerful little stories about "How I earn big money at home in my spare time." Most of the incomes fall below $5,000, with fewer than 20 percent meeting the Tepper definition of financial success: $16, 000 or more. But as the women talk, fascinated and a little astonished by what they hear themselves saying, something else emerges -- something more. The reader is in the presence not only of a lot of little problems but of a great hope -- and a respectable list of triumphs. Among them:
* Jocelyn Levitt, who turned her "compulsive cooking" into a gourmet catering service in Louisville, Ky. Her husband eventually left his real estate business to help her; they now also operate a restaurant together.
* June Harrison of Palatine, Ill., who netted over $31,000 in 1979 from her home answering service. The business grew out of her need to support nine children and an ailing husband.
* Ferne Williams, a West Orange, N.J. mother of four who "really didn't know what [she] was going to do" after her divorce in 1974. Last year she grossed $ 52,000 from her manufacturing, wholesaling, and mail order business.
Still, the perils of working at home! Siblings spat. Friends call. Laundry gets dirty. Families get hungry. Pets want in. Pets want out. Plants demand to be fed, if not talked to. Priorities conflict endlessly, and quitting time never quite comes.
Just ask Terri Tepper. Her own office, 45 miles from the Chicago Loop and 13 steps from the family kitchen, is a case history in the classic confusions about separation of home and office.
The office decor is Middle America family room. Photos of cats and children dot pinepaneled walls. A "melting" ice-cube sculpture "drips" down a file cabinet. Even disorder seems more domestic than corporate: Cartons looking suspiciously "miscellaneous" are stashed under tables, and file drawers are not always quite closed -- like kitchen drawers.
Sitting at an oversized desk in a ranch house that also contains a husband, two childdren, three cats, a couple of dogs, a sulfur-crested cockatoo, a yellow-naped Amazon parrot, and a fluctuating population of fish, Ms. Tepper may be her own best example of New Entrepreneurial womanhood in action.
Her daughter and son were only six and seven when she started her home businesses. Since much of her work involves long-distance counseling, the children quickly recognized a rival -- and learned to use it.
"They would pick up the extension phone while I was talking to a client," she recalls. "They would talked to me and continue their fight. Perspiration would be running down my face as I tried to carry on a business conversation and settle their fight at the same time.
"I found myself at the beginning not allowing them enough time," she admits. "As a result, they took time when they could get it."
To give them -- and herself -- more time, she devised what she rather expansively calls the "family system." Household task have been split four ways, and the kids have learned to cook. Everybody gets points, starting with one-half point a week for feeding the fish.
The system is flexible. When someone is tired of a job, or unhappy, "we renegogiate."
It's also imperfect. "Right now the dog yard needs cleaning," she admits. "Or somebody will get overzealous in cooking veal scaloppine and won't put any vegetables together. So we have an all-meat dinner." Still, "The kids support the system. People understand what's fair."
Other New Entrepreneurs make similar demands, claiming that families and businesses grow in the process. "These women expect everybody to pitch in," Ms. Tepper notes.
Working out of the home is not a novel idea. There is a very old name for it: "cottage industry." What makes the New Entrepreneur new if her attitude. In almost every case economic need is the immediate motivation. In almost every case economic reward is not the end.Independence, autonomy, and flexibility become demands as imperative as steadily ringing cash registers.
After 98 interviews, conducted with the help of her mother, Nona Dawe Tepper, Ms. Tepper has concluded: "Certain people decide, 'Money will not be my prime motivation -- my talent will.' They will pursue their talent at any cost." And a Vermont quilt designer insists, "I started [this business] for fun and I'll end when it isn't fun."
Beyond money, beyond talent, beyond "fun," these women also find a reborn sense of self. "Personal growth," "self-esteem," "fulfillment" -- the intangible rewards become payment in themselves. Even those whose businesses have folded or whose bottom lines are written in red ink speak enthusiastically about "this positive experience."
One Utah woman, closing her feminist bookstore after four years, still manages impressive optimism: "The experience of doing it all myself did wonders for my self-confidence and self-respect. I now feel I can do anything."
Doing anything, doing everything -- the New Entrepreneur may be the last of the American dreamers. Like all her male predecessors, however, she is paying her very realistic dues. This is really the woman whose work is never done. "I'm completely surrounded by it all the time," one woman sums up.
Has it been worth it? Roll the Tepper tapes. Hear the voices:
"I felt as though I were a human being instead of a piece of machinery or a tool to be used by whoever needed me more than they thought I needed myself." (Frances Gabe, Newberg, Ore., inventor and artist)
"I see me as the director, with the baton, orchestrating." (Chris Birchfield, Cornish, Maine, manufacturer of canvas bags)
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My go-to toy!Over all, this toy is definitely a favorite for frequent use, and 'everyday' kind of activities. It does exactly what it's supposed to, but not anything more - it can really only be used as intended and isn't a toy for those looking for something that has a lot of features or functions, or multiple uses. But for those looking for a great solo toy with strong intensity, or a small toy to add to their intimate relations, it's definitely worth purchasing.
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This toy is great for masturbation or as a 'helper' during sex or foreplay. It's designed for clitoral stimulation, and not insertion. The intensity is quite high and as someone who needs a lot of direct stimulation this has been my favorite vibrator out of all that I have tried. It's easy to use, by turning the base, the vibrator turns on or off. It's small enough to be comfortably used during most sex positions. If you need less direct, or more gentle stimulation, this product is likely too strong as it doesn't have controls for the intensity or strength of vibrations. I personally find this toy is not great for teasing or foreplay because of the intensity - it finishes the job much too quickly for me, and being that there are no controls to adjust the intensity, there is no way around that using the toy directly, unless you are creative and find ways to lessen the sensation.
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This vibrator consists of hard plastic, and metal vibration points. It can get a bit cold if it's chilly in the room, I myself enjoy that but if you don't, be sure to warm the metal up with your hand for a quick second before use. The vibration is concentrated in the 3 metal points, which helps spread the vibration to more than one small area.
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This toy is the perfect size to stash in your bedside table, or to take with you to go. It's small and with only the vibrator and lid to keep it clean, it doesn't have many parts or pieces to take with it. I like the shape and size; it's easy to hold and use; it's not awkward at all. It's not anything fancy, and looks like a vibrator, so it's probably best not to store in a purse or where it can be found by others - but it will fit nicely in a suitcase without any inconvenience. The lid helps make sure it doesn't get dirty once it's been washed, so it's fairly safe to put it anywhere for storage. The design and size makes it less than intimidating than other toys, so I feel it's a great toy for beginners or those with partners who may be unsure of introducing toys into the bedroom.
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The toy is very easy to use. The vibrations come from the small metal points. You simply place a battery in the compartment, lock the base, and then turn it to turn the toy on or off. This toy doesn't have controls for vibration or intensity as stated before, so those looking for light vibrations, or a variation would probably be disappointed with this toy. This toy is fairly quiet, though it can get noisy if it gets too much lubrication between its self and where it's being used. It would still be quiet enough that it likely wouldn't be heard from outside of the room, however. It doesn't seem to eat batteries as fast as many of the other toys I own, I use it quite frequently (multiple times a week) and only need to change the battery maybe every month or two, when I noticed the intensity decreasing.
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The only real downfall I have found with this toy, is that cleaning can be a bit tricky. It has a few grooves and indents where it can get gunked up if not cleaned right away and over time I've noticed a bit of build up inside the toy that can't be cleaned out, so I will be replacing mine soon. It's best to clean this toy right away after use with a toy cleaning spray and damp cloth. I've found if left over night after use, you do have to kind of scrape out some of the nooks and crannies to get it completely clean again. Once clean it can be stored pretty much anywhere; the hard plastic surface makes it less likely to get dirty. It comes with a lid to place over the vibrating top, so you can keep the most important part clean, regardless of where you store it. I keep it in my bedside table once it's clean and dry.
It works well with any lube I have tried, though it does get noisier and dirtier with more lube, and I haven't found lube necessary to be used with this particular toy. It's smooth and doesn't create uncomfortable friction or pulling sensations, so lube isn't a must, but it can be used.
It works well with any lube I have tried, though it does get noisier and dirtier with more lube, and I haven't found lube necessary to be used with this particular toy. It's smooth and doesn't create uncomfortable friction or pulling sensations, so lube isn't a must, but it can be used.
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Vostok 5 work in progress
Heres a little look at my sketchbook – where I'm figuring out what my comic strip will look like. I am making a special edition of Tight Fit for my exhibition in September with the Vostok 5, telling the story of Yuri Gagarin the first man in space.
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Iomega Ditto Max (Pro and accelerator card)
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Posted by Francis on October 14, 2001 at 06:56:52:
For the ones who are struggling with a Ditto Max (without much support from Iomega or Tecmar)...
I found the backup program for it on the Iomega site, as well as a test for (floppy-interface) speed, which is essential!
Unfortunately I was fobbed off with a drive *without* the Ditto Dash accelerator card (Internal Tapedrive).
Long story, shortened: I contacted EXABYTE and bought a Eagle (2MBit) accelerator card, as I cannot get the Ditto Dash ANYWHERE! Installed it in a Win98 box, configured the thing manually and with the Iomega software am now making backup :-)
However, trying this in a Win2Kpro box (first..) failed; the card "needs" drivers that are not available as it is supposed to be P&P.
Maybe this info is of use to some other struggling souls out there :-)
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Vitamin D Status, Type 1 Diabetes and Immune Function
Type 1 diabetes mellitus is caused when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin. It is usually diagnosed in children and young adults. For undetermined reasons, the beta cells of the pancreas are attacked by the immune system and this leads to a complete deficiency in insulin required to transport glucose from the blood into cells of the body. The net result is that while blood glucose levels remain elevated after a meal, cells dependent upon insulin-dependent glucose transport are starved for glucose.
Federico et al (2014) studied the relationship between serum 25(OH)D levels and activity of blood immune cells against islet antigens (and measures of beta-cell function) in 15 young adolescents (12 y) with type 1 diabetes. Eight of the 15 had serum 25(OH)D levels below 20 ng/mL (50 nmol/L) and were supplemented with vitamin D to increase to levels > 50 ng/mL (125 nmol/L). After replenishing plasma vitamin D levels for 1 year, significant reductions in peripheral blood mononuclear cell reactivity against beta-cell autoantigens without any measurable changes in beta-cell function. This observational study does not establish a causal relationship of vitamin D but it does encourage further investigation into the role of serum 25(OH)D levels in modulating immunocompetent cells in individuals with type 1 diabetes.
Vitamin D is required for a healthy immune system. Low maternal serum 25(OH)D levels during pregnancy have been associated with a two-fold higher risk of type 1 diabetes in the baby (Sorensen et al, 2011). Alemzadeh et al (2008) reported that 74% of obese children and adolescents had inadequate 25(OH)D levels (< 75 nmol/L). Olson et al (2012) reported that 92% of obese and overweight children in North Texas had serum 25(OH)D levels below 75 nmol/L and 50% were below 50 nmol/L.
We need to know more about the role of serum 25(OH)D status on immune function and blood glucose management.
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Federico G, Focosi D, Marchi B, Randazzo E, De Donno M, Vierucci F, Bugliani M, Campi F, Scatena F, Saggese G, Mathieu C, Marchetti P. Administering 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 in vitamin D-deficient young type 1A diabetic patients reduces reactivity against islet autoantigens. 2014 Clin Nutr doi:10.1016/j.cinu.2014.01.001
Sorensen IM, Joner G, Jenum PA, Eskild A, Torjesen PA, Stene LC. Maternal serum levels of 25-hydroxy-vitamin D during pregnancy and risk of type 1 diabetes in the offspring. 2011 Diabetes doi:10.2337/db11-0875
Alemsadeh R, Kichler J, Babar G, Calhoun M. Hypovitaminosis D in obese children and adolescents: relationship with adiposity, insulin sensitivity, ethnicity, and season. 2008 Metabolism doi:10.1016/j.metabol.2007.08.023
Olson ML, Maalouf NM, Oden JD, White PC, Hutchinson MR. Vitamin D deficiency in obese children and its relationship to glucose homeostasis. 2012 JCEM doi:10.1210/jc.2011-1507


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Show your gratitude through actions rather than words, says OSHO.
Once a disciple expressed her gratitude to Osho in these words: "Soaking up everything that you give to us, being totally overwhelmed by your grace and your beauty — when feeling your compassion, tears come to my eyes."
It does not matter how you are going to express your gratitude. Your experience of silence and meditation, of love and joy, of dancing in blissfulness, is more than any gratitude can be.
Gratitude cannot be expressed through words. It can be expressed only through your whole being — your eyes, your hands, your breathing, your heart; it overwhelms you completely. And it is not possible to put it into words, so don't try that.
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Nobody has ever been successful in showing his gratitude in words. That's why, in the east, we have discovered different ways of showing it — the disciple touches the feet of the master. The west cannot understand it. All human beings are equal — then why should someone touch the feet? They have not discovered many things.
When the disciple touches the feet of the master, the master touches his head and a circle of energy is created; and that circle is gratitude. Just your being present in deep silence is enough.
Neither the grace is mine, nor the beauty. It all belongs — just as flowers and birds belong — to existence. Do not confine them into a cage. Let your experience of my grace and beauty become your experience of the grace of trees and mountains and the beauty of sunrise and sunset. Spread it all over the world. And without your being alert, it is spreading; hence, tears come to your eyes.
People ordinarily think that tears come to the eyes when you are suffering, when there is pain. Their understanding is absolutely wrong. Tears come to people when they are in pain, when somebody dies; but they have known only one side of tears. The other side is reserved only for those few whose experience of love, grace and beauty — whose ecstasy, is so overwhelming that it cannot be expressed in any other way. Tears are the most subtle expression.
Your eyes are full of tears, a silent expression of overflowing joy. Tears express any experience that is overwhelming — whether it is pain or blissfulness, whether it is agony or ecstasy.
It is unfortunate that millions of people never know the higher and the greater side of tears. They know only the lower, the very superficial
It is unfortunate that millions of people never know the higher and the greater side of tears. They know only the lower, the very superficial, the ordinary. In their minds, slowly, slowly tears become associated with pain and misery and anguish and anxiety, and they remain unaware that tears can also become an expression of overwhelming blessings. And unless you have known your tears as overwhelming blessings and benediction, you have missed the most beautiful experience of life. Tears are a kind of language — silent.
They don't come from your head; they come from your heart. It is the heart which is flooded and cannot contain the experience anymore and finds language impotent, inadequate. Then, suddenly the heart remembers it has got a language which does not speak, but still expresses.Tears of joy are the language of the heart.
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On our last full day at the park we decided to enjoy it to the fullest. Tracker & Hubby went fishing after we had breakfast. They came back with 2 bass. Hubby said that Tracker did most of the work. Tracker looked exhausted. We ate a very simple lunch..sloppy joe pizzas. Hubby & I noticed that Tracker & Squirrel weren't themselves. The weather had turned HOT. We decided to go for a drive to cool them off. We ended up at McDonald's getting ice cream. We learned that the temperature was 100º and the heat index was close to 106º. After we cooled off we went back to the campsite and went for a hike. We had alot of fun. We hiked up to a place called lookout point. Just an amazing view.
It made me homesick for Wintergreen and the mountains. We went there at least 2x a month when I was in high school. We would stay there during school breaks and 2 weeks in the summer. While we were walking we found some critters.
Can you spot the lizard in this picture?
Or in this one??
After the walk we went to the lake that was at the park. We couldn't go swimming because there is a 5 foot alligator in the water. There were also lots of other creepy crawlies in there. It didn't matter. It was beautiful. It had a ton of frogs. I have never heard so many in my life. We learned that some of the frogs were river frogs. It was very unusual to find them so far north. The ranger also told us that the river frog eggs are actually bigger than the actual frog. He said that in another couple of weeks the lake shoreline would of been covered in river frogs and bull frogs. He said that the whole shore is just jumping. We also found a turtle trying to get some sun.
We also learned that the park dates back to pre Revolutionary War. There were parts of am old mill there.
All in all we had a blast. We can't wait to go back in the fall.


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At 8.45am, there was a flurry of emails—extension cables were in short supply. Then, messages of reassurance, saying that people were buying them from hardware shops on the Cowley Road. By 9.15am, on schedule, everyone was ready to go. So began the third NHS Hack Day and Andy South was there.
Over the weekend of 26 and 27 January, about 150 "geeks who love the NHS", in the words of the event's logo, assembled in a hall the size of two badminton courts at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.
We were drawn by the prospect of a free lunch, hot drinks, and the opportunity to make contacts, use our skills and build something useful.
Our mission, to quote event organiser Carl Reynolds, a doctor at the Royal Brompton Hospital and co-founder of Open Health Care UK, was to make health IT less bad. The hack day, also known as a hackathon, aimed to achieve this by producing open-source software against the clock, bringing the nimbleness of personal IT into the notoriously leaden-footed corporate sphere. In the UK, the Field Studies Council and Met Office are among those who have also held hack days.
In his welcoming address in Oxford, Muir Gray, former chief knowledge officer of the NHS and director of the Oxford Centre for Healthcare Transformation, encouraged us to act like an ant colony—to self organise, and make progress where top-down approaches have failed. There was no mention of licensing or IP—these will be important later, but this event was about getting ideas off the ground quickly.
Participants came from diverse backgrounds, including the health professions, academia, health-related small businesses and a London bank. Those with ideas for projects gave two-minute presentations—no Powerpoint allowed—and the rest of us were free to offer our services. There were 18 pitches in total, covering subjects including dementia, conflict of interest, the professional development of clinicians, mapping prescription data, and using video conferencing for patient consultations.
I joined a project to develop a simple model of the spread of infections across England, pitched by Chris Martin, a coding-savvy GP from Essex. We were joined by Rob Aldridge, a public health doctor at University College London. After discussing our previous experience, and a brief period of planning—although I'm not sure a project manager would have recognised it as such—we got to it, with Chris working on an infection model, Rob on data sources and me on maps and a user interface, which are my particular interests.
Later we became a quartet when Barry Rowlingson, a statistician and mapping guru from Lancaster University, joined our group.
Teams had until noon on Sunday to submit a project for the final presentations and judging. Following discussion with my team-mates, I put together a submission for my part, which had become a simple web application allowing users to plot their own data onto a map showing the boundaries of the Clinical Commissioning Groups, the GP consortia that, from April, will commission local health services in England.
Along with 17 other teams, we scraped under the deadline and then had three further hours to get the software working and prepare a presentation. It was a bit like the Great British Bake-off, with the judges—including Tom Steinberg, director of @mySociety, the writer, researcher and activist Ben Goldacre, and senior NHS data people—sauntering over to inspect our progress as we stared at laptop screens rather than oven doors.
Following a three-minute presentation by each group and a short judges' conclave, each of the eight judges chose a category winner. The overall first prize of Oxford mugs and a small tin to keep ideas in went to OpenHeart, an application that allows surgeons to record their procedures by dragging and dropping icons on to a digital picture of a heart. This is much quicker than scribbling in pencil, and the data are immediately useable for future analyses and the patient's records. A version for eye surgery, OpenEyes, is already in use at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London.
Other winners—us included—joined a scrum for hack-day t-shirts and programming books. Further NHS Hack Days are planned later this year in London, Cambridge and Edinburgh; I propose to attend one or more.
Thanks to our efforts in Oxford, at least 18 software tools with the potential to improve NHS IT are in development. Geraint Lewis, chief data officer of the NHS in England, who attended the event for the first time, tweeted the following day that his back-of-the-envelope calculation suggested the event generated at least £100,000 of value. Not a bad return on the £3,000 the NHS commissioning board provided towards the catering.
Photo courtesy of Barry Rowlingson.


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|Posted by Heather on March 19, 2013 at 11:35 AM
This is the state of my MIL's barn
This is a typical stall barn setup. The horses come in at night to a bedded stall that functions like cat litter. The shavings absorb urine and provide a comfortable place to sleep. Hard floors can damage joints and contribute to arthritis. There is fresh water provided daily and clean well ventilated air keeps lungs healthy. The pee is scooped daily and the manure is picked out. There is very little smell.
Here is a view down the aisle in her barn. The part that fails to capture is the overwhelming stench. There is also a layer of palpable grime, old cobwebs and dust that you cannot escape. Notice the stacks of objects. The door that can no longer be used at the end...
This is her typical stall. No bedding. No water. Her horses stay inside from 12-36 hours at a time. Inhaling their own waste fumes and have nothing to drink. Their feet are slogging in manure. They cannot lie down.
She has four typical box stalls. This is how they are kept. Also no water. Many of her horses are elderly and must lie in their own manure on the hard floor. There is NO ventilation to speak of. I cleaned and scrubbed one of the four to use for myself. It is bedded with shavings and has everything it needs. The others are not so fortunate.
This is a typical tack room The equipment is easy to find for each horse and is easy to keep clean. It should smell like leather and be fairly fresh.
This is the tack room that I can't even use. It STINKS like rancid old sweat and animal urine. You can step inside the door and turn around. There is no free space. Leather equipment lies mishapen, moldy and rotting on the floor.
Here is her wash rack, it has hot water access and is truly amazing when it functions. You can see how often she bathes her horses that are forced to lie in their own urine and feces. They get brushed just as often.
More junk in the aisles.
I spent a day cleaning the wash rack so I could use it. (It is now half full again. ANY open space is quickly filled)
This is a typical riding arena. The footing needs to be stable to prevent slipping and to absorb impact. It should be fluffy and not hard while also being the right depth to protect the horses legs. It is regularly watered to keep the dust down and groomed with a tractor daily to keep the 'fluff'
This is her indoor riding arena -
If you can believe it, these pictures are from a year ago. There is MORE junk in there now. More.
Here is a water trough. It constantly overflows and is dumped into the arena. It rehydrates the manure and creates a bog at least a foot deep.
This is me standing in the 'footing' of the arena. It is comprised of (at least) five years of manure, wasted hay and urine soaked material. You can see that it comes clear up over my ankles.
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My 16 year old son, who has diabetes, has been using Vick's Vaporub [a topical decongestant and cough suppressant, containing camphor (4.8%), menthol (2.6%), eucalyptus oil (1.2%), cedarleaf oil, nutmeg oil, special petrolatum, spirits of turpentine, and thymol] for a fungal infection on his left big toe. This seems to make it feel better for a short time, but it doesn't seem to make it go away. Any suggestions? The local doctors haven't been able to deal with it.
If the fungal infection is on his skin, it should respond to using an antifungal cream like Lotrimin [miconazole] (available at your local pharmacy). If the fungal infection involves his toenail, it likely will require a prescription anti-fungal pill for up to six months.
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MSNBC: Getting a handle on your household energy consumption can benefit your wallet and the environment.
Your heating and cooling usage is an obvious target, but it's also important to monitor your gadgets and electronics gear. The average US home constantly leaks about 50 watts of power from products left in standby mode, according to Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. That's about five percent of the residential electricity use in the US. And for every watt of power we constantly draw per year, we pay about a dollar.


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To Save the Climate, Give 'Em What They Want
In 1997, the international community came together to approve the Kyoto Protocol, an international treaty aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The goal was simple: to get started on the task to slow and eventually reverse climate change as the international community continued to discuss how to make further cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. Four years later, in 2001, U.S. President George W. Bush announced that the United States, then the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gas emissions, would not participate in the treaty, deciding instead to encourage voluntary cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. It was that action that gave rise to the climate movement in the U.S., leading to strong reactions by businesses, colleges and universities, municipalities, and states to address global warming.
Fast forward to 2012, and things have changed quite a bit. From a technological perspective, we have made significant improvements in producing more fuel efficient vehicles, cutting the cost of solar power, making households and buildings more energy efficient, and increasing the capacity of wind, among other positive accomplishments. The international community has built an incredible movement fueled by people power, and many governments have decided to move forward on climate change on their own. Yet 2011 saw not just another record year for the global average temperature, but also another record year for greenhouse gas emissions globally. With developing countries continuing to grow fast, fossil fuels are being burned as fast as we can extract them from the Earth. We have seen what 1 degrees Celsius is already doing to the planet, from record warm weather in the Arctic to dust bowl like droughts. In spite of these realities, the international community has failed, year after year, to come up with a binding treaty that will get the job done.
Now, one source of hope is the technological revolution happening in the clean energy sector, especially in countries that have recently entered the clean energy race. Solar, for example, has seen its average cost drop by about 40% in the last few years as technologies have improved and supplies increased. Wind energy is becoming even more mature as output per turbine increases. Many countries are investing so heavily in clean energy that it is hard to argue that clean energy isn't the future. Even the United States, under the leadership of President Barack Obama, understands that clean energy is a clear source of competitiveness that will determine "who will win the future." Today, in spite of the global recession that dragged climate change outside of mainstream public debate, we are in a better position to do something about climate change. Yet we seem to be so far away from doing anything truly significant.
The reality is that the world will not take the necessary action to slow down and eventually reverse climate change unless the United States signs on with some significant weight. That clearly may not happen any time soon if Republicans continue to have it their way, even with Barack Obama in the White House. So time is running out, and we have to ask ourselves what else can we do to ensure that less fortunate people, countless other species, and future generations don't pay the price that the fossil fuel industry is already incurring and will continue to incur as a result of human-induced climate change. Do we continue to wait until the right leadership is in place? Or do we think about what it is that the fossil fuel industry truly wants and is the reason why real action isn't happening?
First, let me be clear about something I deeply believe in. I believe that most people want real action on climate change, and that over the years people have made themselves heard loud and clear. I also believe we have the capability to turn things around rather quickly, and that tomorrow, next week, next month, or next year, something big could happen that would sound a loud alarm across the globe and spur the international community to action on climate change. I still have strong hopes that we can come together and take on what is the biggest challenge facing humanity. But I have been this hopeful now for nearly a decade, and if trends tell the future, I'd rather not put the pain of the less fortunate, the diversity of species on Earth, and the opportunities of future generations on the line on hope alone. In the end, I think we have to do whatever it takes to prevent all of these things from happening.
So, do we wait or do we give 'em what they want? I think we can wait until the outcome of this year's presidential elections in the United States, but if the outcome isn't good, we need to think about alternatives. In my opinion, the only reason the fossil fuel industry has used it's financial muscle to prevent action on climate change is because it wants to keep generating the large and rising sums of profit it generates today. As a clearly government-protected industry, it doesn't want any competition. The few large businesses operating in the industry want to keep the energy market largely to themselves. So, if that's it, could we consider as a last option to give them all the incentives necessary to transition them away from coal, natural gas, and oil and towards clean energy sources while keeping them as the majority shareholders of the energy market?
This sounds completely anti-competitive and unfair, and it is. It's not the right thing to do at all. But at least it would ensure that we lessen the pain of the less fortunate, prevent massive extinction, and pass on a better planet to future generations. Personally, I don't want to wait until 2020 and know that greenhouse gas emissions are still rising. At that point, it just may be too late. We can always make this first step strategically, and then focus on making sure that the energy market is truly competitive and fair. If we can do the latter now, I would be for doing so. But we haven't been able to in the last couple of decades with everything we know we've done, and while still hopeful, I really think the 2012 elections will be a make or break moment on climate change. Let's continue to work harder every day on doing what's right, but let's not forget that we still have an option when all else fails.


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BIG AWARD: Swiss watch firm Audemars Piguet Holding SA has been awarded additional post-trial damages on its federal claim against Swiss Watch International for trademark infringement. After a bench trial last year, Manhattan Federal District Court Judge Harold Baer Jr. in January issued an opinion that awarded Audemars $9.8 million in damages, or nearly $3.3 million in profits, for infringing product trebled as allowed under federal trademark law.
The lawsuit involved the trade dress of Audemars' Royal Oak luxury watch line, which ranges from $15,000 to more than $1 million per timepiece and features an octagonal bezel with eight hexagonal flat screws around the bezel. Trade dress has to do with creativity, specifically the way a product looks, is present or configured.
On Wednesday, Manhattan Federal District Court Judge Loretta A. Preska awarded Audemars an additional amount of nearly $1.9 million in post-trial damages and fees — $358,188 in post-trial damages, or $1.1 million trebled, plus $888,511.42 in post-trial fees — bringing the total amount in damages to $11.7 million.


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Lily, you know I love you so
Why'd you have to go away?
Am I really that bad?
Is it really so sad that you want to turn away?
There's so much we've been through
It's such a waste to let it all go
I've been holding on my last breath
Trying to stay longer just for you
But so much has been said
We can never really understand each other
But I've been trying 'til the last moment
Because I really love you
Angel, I thought you loved me so
Why'd you have to go?
Are you really that unhappy?
Is it really so bad that you can no longer wait?
There's so much that has happened
It's such a shame that we've lost it
We're back to being nothing when I tried so hard to make it work
I was dying, but I went on with it
Because I really really love you
I really really need you
My love, will it really have to end this way?
My love, do you really have to go away?
I love you... I need you...
I need you 'coz I love you
I really don't understand why'd you have to go
Sitting here, I'm wondering
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It's all I want, all I need
You're my everything
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My life is for you...
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Illegal immigrant who grabbed and groped woman's vagina in train sex attack found guilty
A CLEANER rubbed his crotch against a commuter's bottom on a crowded rush hour train before grabbing his victim around her private parts, a court heard today.
Balkar Singh, 38, allegedly groped the 24-year-old's private parts after she boarded a train at Wanstead Park Station in east London at 8.24am on April 11.
He denies any intentional contact with the woman on a section of uneven track running from Leyton Midland Road Station to Walthamstow Queen's Road Station.
But Singh allegedly loitered outside the station before boarding a train in the opposite direction, Hammersmith Magistrates' Court heard.
Ann Crighton, prosecuting, said: "The complainant is a 24-year-old woman and, on 11 April at around half-past eight, she was on a train doing her usual commute to work and she was travelling from Wanstead Park station.
"It was a crowded train and she noted Mr Singh was standing behind her. She will say that he proceeded to rub his crotch against her bottom.
"Now, that was annoying her so she moved away from him, or rather she tried to, but he started to rub himself against her.
"She moved to the opposite side of the carriage, but he followed her and he started to stroke the outside of her right thigh.
"She kept moving her legs to try and stop this and tried to use her handbag as a barrier between them and used her elbow to push his stomach.
"She was trying to get off the train, she said he grabbed her around her vagina area through her clothing"Ann Crighton, prosecuting
"She will say he pushed harder against her and that he brushed his fingers against her crotch over her clothing.
"She was trying to get off the train, she said he grabbed her around her vagina area through her clothing.
"They got off the train and she saw him running up the stairs in front of her."
The woman approached an inspector and pointed out Mr Singh as the person who had sexually assaulted her, the court heard.
When Singh was later found guilty of rubbing his crotch against a commuter's bottom on a rush hour train – it emerged he has been living in the UK illegally for 10 years.
Chair of the bench Nicholas Tarry said: "We have heard that she was flustered, as one would be, but she was very clear about identifying you.
"You were vague about your work and reasons for travel. At first you told us you were looking for your bus, then later you stated you were waiting at the station to meet a casual labour employer.
"But the aspect of the evidence we have heard which convinces us beyond reasonable doubt is, at the time of the final assault, the worst assault on her as she was waiting to get off the train, she says you came right round the side of her and, while you were squeezing her genitals, she got a good look at you.
"For that reason, we find you guilty beyond all reasonable doubt."
The court was told the authorities have been made aware of the fact Singh has been in the country illegally for up to 10 years.
Singh was bailed ahead of sentence on 17 October while reports are prepared.


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Attention Monsanto: Californians to vote on GE labeling
On Tuesday, 971,126 signatures were delivered to county registrars throughout California in support of a ballot initiative to require labeling of genetically engineered (GE) foods.
Ninety-three percent of Americans say they want to know when they are eating GE food. With up to 80% of the non-organic products on our shelves containing GE ingredients, and little-to-no studies on their long term health effects, people across the country are concerned. And people in California are demanding the right to know.


text: Most reports and studies emphasise that the country continues to face major governance challenges. There is a lack of transparency in governance rules, procedures are complicated and the bureaucracy enjoys broad discretionary power. Nepotism is embedded in the civil service, journalists are harassed for reporting on corruption and recent years have seen an increase in off-the-books campaign finance arrangements. Provides an overview of the general patterns of corruption in the country 96 anonymous reports about bribery demands were filed between July 2007 and October 2008 on the organization's Business Registry for International Bribery and extortion this is a secure, multilingual online tool for reporting bribe demands worldwide. 91% of the reported bribe demands were requested by a government official, including 33% from national level officials, 30% from the police, and 16% from state or provincial officials. 77% of the reports described bribe demands made for avoiding harm rather than for gaining an advantage. Of those, more than 51% were for the timely delivery of services to which the individual was already entitled, such as clearing customs or getting a telephone connection. Only 12% of the reported bribe demands were for gaining an advantage.


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With gay rights in forefront of civil rights debates, homosexual couples are much more accepted in the community. However, despite this, public kissing, whether it's social or romantic, between people of the same sex is still not culturally acceptable in most communities, according to a 2012 New York Times article.
In reality, public consensus on kissing in public has little to do with a person's perceived sexuality. Most people are uncomfortable with the sight of two people kissing in a public place, regardless of whether the kiss is taking place between a man and a woman, two men, or two women. However, two women kissing in public would likely be accepted sooner than two men.


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I have been using lightroom for quite some time now and just a week ago I was able to click export and my photos would be right on my desktop. But now when I click export the box with all the options doesn't pop up anymore and Lightroom just completely goes unresponsive. It will not let me do anything else on lightroom after this point and I am then forced to force quit lightroom. Please help me try to figure out what is going on and how I can fix this
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Credit score determination for people who don't have a credit history is understandably hard and risky for institutions that require it.
Founders of Cignifi have figured out a way to determine credit ratings of these people through behavioral analysis. The data is conceived from people's mobile usage data.
Cignifi stresses the privacy of people and states that the credit score data are created "from a combination of behavioral and time-related attributes, but do not rely on any location data or content information from voice calls or texts." The service is certainly one that will be put in used by banks in no time.
Although indirectly, an innovation such as this reminds us all the importance of mindfulness we present for all our decisions as technology will predictably to find a way to track them for various reasons in the future.
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Spurrier finally overcomes Swamp thing
Steve Spurrier's huge victory at his ol' stomping grounds is taking him to another place he used to visit all the time — Atlanta.
After years of being the top Gator, the head ball coach led South Carolina to its first division crown in the stadium he nicknamed The Swamp.
Marcus Lattimore ran 40 times for a career-high 212 yards and three touchdowns, Stephen Garcia played turnover-free and the 22nd-ranked Gamecocks upset No. 24 Florida, 36-14, Saturday night to clinch the Southeastern Conference's Eastern Division.
"We'll celebrate a little more than they do," Spurrier said, referring to Florida winning the East three of the previous four years.
The Gamecocks won for the second time in 19 tries against Florida, snapped an 0-for-12 streak in Gainesville and earned a spot in the league title game for the first time since joining the SEC in 1992. South Carolina (7-3, 5-3 SEC) will play second-ranked Auburn on Dec. 4, with the winner advancing to the Bowl Championship Series.
"Sometimes the Gamecocks get out alive," Spurrier said, taking a mild shot at The Swamp's motto "Where only Gators get out alive."
The Gators (6-4, 4-4) lost to a division opponent for the first time in 17 games, dropped their third consecutive home game and proved they didn't deserve to play for a championship. It's the program's first three-game losing streak at home since 1989.
South Carolina started celebrating after Garcia's 8-yard TD run early in the fourth that put the Gamecocks ahead 29-7. Players and fans got even more raucous after Lattimore's 11-yard scoring run with 2:43 remaining.
Spurrier acknowledged that he orchestrated part of the celebration in the closing seconds. He whispered in an assistant's ear, then removed his headset and electronic equipment.
The assistant talked to players, who then doused Spurrier with – what else? – Gatorade. Several others carried Spurrier toward midfield after the clock hit zero.
"We haven't had many championships," Spurrier said. "We had to coach them up a little bit. But we never talked about it until the game was over."
Spurrier's Florida teams went 63-5 in Gainesville. He had plenty of important wins along the way – Kentucky in 1991, Florida State in 1991 and 1995, South Carolina in 2000 – but only that one against the Wildcats clinched a title.
When asked where this one stacked up, Spurrier said, "It's my latest."
It certainly stands out.
It's one Florida won't forget, either.
Andre Debose returned the opening kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown, but it was one of the few highlights the Gators could muster in a game that will go down as one of the worst in school history – even more painful than anything in the Ron Zook era.
"Disappointing," center Mike Pouncey said. "They outplayed us. They out-schemed us. It's just disappointing. We wanted that win bad. Can't look back now."
Spurrier may have even been embarrassed for his alma mater, the school he developed into a college football powerhouse during his 12 season as coach.
The first quarter was all anyone needed to watch to see how the game would unfold: The Gators ran 18 plays for 51 yards, failed to convert a third down, punted five times and had five penalties.
The Gamecocks had to settle for three field goals from Spencer Lanning, who hit from 49, 47 and 41 yards. He also banged an extra point off the left upright following Lattimore's 7-yard touchdown run in the first quarter.
There was little else South Carolina did wrong.
Garcia had his first turnover-free game since late September. He completed 15 of 22 passes for 156 yards. He added 28 yards on the ground.
"It's hard to out into words how the team is feeling," Garcia said. "It hasn't really sunk in yet. It took four years, but we're finally here."
Lattimore, the league's second-leading rushing behind Auburn quarterback Cam Newton, demoralized Florida with every carry. He ran 21 times for 83 yards in the first half, then added a backbreaking, 21-yard TD run to cap South Carolina's opening drive of the second half.
He showed no problems with a bruised knee sustained in last week's loss to Arkansas. Spurrier even asked Lattimore during the week if he could carry the ball 35 or 40 times.
"I knew he was serious," Lattimore said. "When he says something, he means it."
Alshon Jeffrey, the SEC's leading receiver, came up with several key third-down receptions among his six catches for 53 yards.
South Carolina finished with 395 yards, 169 more than Florida.
The Gators were downright pathetic all night. Meyer called for a "blue out," asking fans to wear head-to-toe blue to match the team's all-blue uniforms. But after Debose's crowd-pleasing kickoff return, the rest of the night was more of a "boo out."
It looked nothing like the Gators who beat Georgia and Vanderbilt the last two weeks. Florida's three-headed quarterback system – the one nicknamed "Threebow" because it took three guys to do everything Tim Tebow did so well the last three years – was mostly ineffective.
John Brantley took most of the snaps and completed 16 of 31 passes for 130 yards, with an interception. Trey Burton and Jordan Reed played sparingly. Reed threw a 26-yard TD pass to Chris Rainey late, but was stopped short on a fourth-down run near midfield earlier.
Maybe the most telling play came on the first drive of the second half for Florida. Brantley, who has clearly been a misfit in the spread option, had a pass tipped at the line of scrimmage. The ball sailed backward and toward Brantley. Instead of batting it to the ground, Brantley caught it for a 10-yard loss.
"We just didn't execute," Meyer said. "We're just not very good."


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Auburn will be a surprise if:
Chris Todd's problems last year really were the result of a bum shoulder, and a talented but thin defense avoids any significant injuries.
Auburn won't go bowling if:
A quarterback controversy arises again, and the offensive line or linebacking corps is depleted by injuries.
High point of the last 5 years
In January 2005, Auburn completed a perfect 13-0 season with a Sugar Bowl victory over Virginia Tech.
Low point of the last 5 years
Tommy Tuberville's last game as Auburn's head coach was a 36-0 loss at Alabama, ending the Tigers' six-year Iron Bowl winning streak


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Most Beautiful Trips - Braslovce, Polzela and Smartno ob Paki with neighbourhood
|Polzela - Senek Mansion with a park
|Letus - Church of St. John the Baptist
|Polzela - St. Margareth's Church
|Polzela - Komenda Castle
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The Supreme Court of the United States has issued a landmark decision, ruling for the first time that individual American citizens have the right to keep and bear arms. The ruling came when the Supreme Court struck down the ban on personal ownership of firearms in Washington, D. C. The ban had been in place since it was adopted by the City Council 32 years ago.
Some think that the religious right doesn't pack the punch it used to. Evangelicals haven't voted as a bloc for Republicans the last two election cycles. Jerry Falwell and some lesser figures have died.
But one stalwart of "Christian conservatism" is not only still going, he's apparently making an effort to be the new king of the hill. James Dobson's "Focus on the Family" organization is an enormously powerful tool of the right.
I hope everybody had a nice 4th of July. The weather wasn't perfect, but at least it didn't rain on anybody's parade on Friday.
My Fourth included mowing the lawn, something I neglected to do the previous Saturday. I spent that Saturday at Sedalia's Bluegrass Festival, something I particularly enjoy. Then it rained enough the following Sunday afternoon to give me an excuse to put it off. By the 4th it was bad enough that I figured I had better mow before my neighbors decided to use the sound of fireworks to cover the sound of gunshots.
The Federal Emergency Management Administration hasn't had the best of records lately so Bedford County is right to be checking behind FEMA on its study of flood zones.
With the flooding in the Midwest still fresh in this nation's mind, no one who should be covered with flood insurance should be without it. At the same time, those who don't need the insurance shouldn't be required to pay the extra money for it.
That's what the county's study is all about.
Helping area students
I remember my first day of school.
I eagerly clutched onto my new book bag that contained my new crayons, pencils, paper, glue, ruler, scissors and erasers and climbed onto the school bus in anticipation of an exciting year. These were the days before we were expected to bring soap, paper towels, tissues and wet wipes to school, so I didn?t have to think about those things. All I could think about was getting to school and meeting new friends and impressing my teachers.
A Confederate Flag on a private vehicle on the grounds of Liberty High School! Oh my God! Right smack in the middle of a county that supplied over 3,000 soldiers [our forefathers] to the Confederacy and suffered over 400 battle deaths in the war.
For 20-year-old Jed Mabry of Bedford, the past five weeks have been an opportunity for him to literally dig into history.
Mabry, a history major at Liberty University, is excited to take back what he's learned from his time at the 20th annual Summer Field School in Historical Archaeology at Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest.
The nine students participating this year wrapped up their work July 4. While Mabry was local, the others came from all over the country, including the states of Virginia, Michigan, Oregon, Alabama, Ohio, Pennsylvania and
By July 4, Bedford Lowe's manager Steve Pingley said the store was ready for business. On Monday, it opened its doors.
"We could have opened last week," Pingley said of getting the store ready.
The official grand opening of Lowe's of Bedford, located at 1820 E. Lynchburg Salem Turnpike, will be this Thursday, July 10. There will be a "Board Cutting" ceremony at 10 a.m. and shopping spree give-aways throughout the day.
James Keith Norman of Bedford, convicted last September for embezzling money to help pay for a gambling habit, was scheduled to appear in court for sentencing earlier this year.
Norman, however, didn't appear for his court date and he was picked up in Las Vegas, Nevada, in March, and extradited back to Bedford County.
Norman appeared in court last Tuesday, July 1, for his sentencing after what Bedford County Circuit Court Judge James Updike called "about as a severe a case of failure to appear" as he had ever seen.
According to Bedford City Manager Charles Kolakowski, the cause of Monday's multiple power outages in Bedford has been tracked down.
The city lost power numerous times during the late morning and early afternoon hours. The outages disrupted businesses, causing computer systems to go down multiple times.
Kolakowski said that city electric department crews, working in cooperation with American Electric Power (AEP), traced the problem to control wires on circuit breakers at an AEP substation that feeds power to the city's power grid. AEP has fixed the problem.
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- PolleninLove
- 4 years ago
- Wedding: August 2014
Hi Bees!
So, here I am 28 days out from the wedding, and I've been struck with a problem. When creating our reception menu, we were careful to anticipate the special dietary needs of our expected guests, and plan accordingly.
…but then I forgot about cake. Our cake station will have 3 choices of cake, but they all involve eggs and gluten. Unfortunately, I'm from a small enough town that fantastic bakeries with vegan/GF options don't exist here (yet). Our bakery's cakes are delicious, but their vegan/gf cakes tasted bland and dry to us…we don't want to pay for and serve a product we don't like at our wedding. I considered the idea of expanding our dessert station to include like…dark chocolate truffles with sea salt and maybe tropical fruit salad served in martini glasses. These options would make it so that our GF/vegan guests could enjoy a dessert, just not cake.
My Fiance seems to think this is a non-issue. He thinks our vegan and Girlfriend guests are probably expecting that they won't be able to have cake. I'm just not sure. We're over budget already, and Fiance really doesn't want to add to it. He has a stomach condition and won't be able to eat certain things at the wedding because of it, so he feels like others should be willing to do the same. I don't want any guests to feel left out, so I'm reaching out to the Hive: if you had guests with dietary restrictions, did you adjust your cake/dessert to accommodate their needs? Or did you only provide a special meal for dinner?
Thanks so much for your input! By the way, if it matters, we have a guest list of about 100, with 2 Girlfriend guests and 2 vegans.


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Synagogue closed, mosque open in Paris....
Posted in semi-jest by an anonymous source:
Israeli PM Netanyahu visited the Grand Synagogue Sunday evening, to show solidarity with French Jews.
Here is a casualty scorecard for votaries of Islam. The author states:
But they aren't. Consider that the overwhelming majority of terrorist acts in recent decades (where 'terrorism' means violence committed against civilian populations for political purposes) have been perpetrated by Muslims. If you include violence by Muslims against other Muslims, the imbalance is even worse.
And if you look at a list of ongoing armed conflicts, you will see that every one of the five major conflicts (10,000 or more deaths per year) involves Muslims, as do 5 out of 8 of the 'smaller' ones (1000 to 9,999 deaths per year).
The sheer numbers are stunning. Read Sherman's article or look at this chart, which lists violent Muslim episodes over the past 30 days.
Nor do the usual explanations suffice. It is not just colonized countries, or Arab countries, where Muslim mayhem takes place. And included as well are not just terrorism & war, but what the author calls "draconian punishments" for "crimes" like blasphemy & apostasy.
Sherman's article includes a summary of horrific intra-Muslim violence around the globe. France is deploying 5,000 troops to protect Jewish schools from Muslim violence.
Conrad Black foresees a Christian-driven backlash against militant Islam in the West, if a few more atrocities like that in Paris are committed by the usual suspects.
In 2014, for the first time (sub.), Jewish emigration from France to Israel topped the Israeli immigration charts. Ex-Bush 43 Mideast maven Elliott Abrams notes that there were no "Je suis Juif" ("I am a Jew") signs at Sunday's Paris rally:
But in addition to the ubiquitous "Je Suis Charlie" slogans it would have been nice to see more "Je Suis Juif" signs as well. After all, the journalists of Charlie Hebdo knew exactly what risks they were running. Their offices had already been bombed, and the constant presence of two police guards (both murdered by the terrorists last week) was a powerful reminder of the dangers. The French Jews who were murdered were just shoppers, preparing for the Sabbath. The journalists were killed for their deliberate actions–challenging and criticizing Islamic beliefs. The Jews were killed for being Jews.
Terrorism against French Jews is not new. In 2012 a terrorist murdered three schoolchildren and a rabbi at a Jewish school in Toulouse. There was no million-citizen march. And suppose that last week's terror attack in Paris had not aimed at Charlie Hebdo, but "only" killed four Jews–or eight or twelve, for that matter. Does anyone believe a million French citizens would be marching in Paris, with scores of world leaders joining them? One is reminded of the synagogue bombing on Rue Copernic in Paris in 1980, after which Prime Minister Raymond Barre publicly declared that "A bomb set for Jews killed four innocent Frenchmen." That shocking lack of solidarity– that definition of Frenchmen to exclude the Jews– does not seem to have been cured, and the French today appear to feel more solidarity with the journalists who were killed than with the Jews who were killed.
Abrams expresses hope that attitudes towards Jews in France will change, but thinks that Jewish emigration to Israel is likely to continue to increase.
Meanwhile, on New Year's Day Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi called for an Islamic Reformation at Cairo's venerable Al-Azhar University:
It's inconceivable that the thinking that we hold most sacred should cause the entire umma [Islamic world] to be a source of anxiety, danger, killing and destruction for the rest of the world. Impossible!
That thinking—I am not saying "religion" but "thinking"—that corpus of texts and ideas that we have sacralized over the centuries, to the point that departing from them has become almost impossible, is antagonizing the entire world. It's antagonizing the entire world!
Is it possible that 1.6 billion people [Muslims] should want to kill the rest of the world's inhabitants—that is 7 billion—so that they themselves may live? Impossible!
I am saying these words here at Al Azhar, before this assembly of scholars and ulema—Allah Almighty be witness to your truth on Judgment Day concerning that which I'm talking about now.
All this that I am telling you, you cannot feel it if you remain trapped within this mindset. You need to step outside of yourselves to be able to observe it and reflect on it from a more enlightened perspective.
I say and repeat again that we are in need of a religious revolution. You, imams, are responsible before Allah. The entire world, I say it again, the entire world is waiting for your next move … because this umma is being torn, it is being destroyed, it is being lost—and it is being lost by our own hands.
Al-Sisi's clarion call seems to have been ignored by Western leaders, a truly stupefying display of geostrategic negligence. (But not by George Will, who thinks (0:20) al-Sisi deserves a Nobel Peace Prize.) He is the first major Muslim leader to call for such, and is the world's leading Sunni Islamic head of state--with Sunni Islam representing 85 percent of the planet's 1.5 million Muslims. This is simply the most significant act taken since the 9/11 attacks, including our killing Osama bin Laden.
Bottom Line. Al-Sisi is playing the key role in starting a serious conversation within Islam, that can only be conducted among Muslims. If only our president, who shuns al-Sisi for, with huge popular support, ousting the Muslim Brotherhood for attempting to forcibly turn Egypt into a sharia state, would get this. Alas, he cannot understand.
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