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Peter & Cathy, Gabriel, Eve, Joseph, Patrick, Blaise, Anastasia, Mary-Joy & Chiara
Here's our dear friend Sister Mariana McGlynn holding one of the Lil' Bonds...
Mom is an avid runner, Gabriel keeps us praying now that he's off to college, Eve is our mini-mom, Joseph loves gardening, Patrick loves to fish, Blaise is everyone's little buddy, Anastasia is our dancer and little Mary-Joy is great at smiling through it all. Dad just likes to watch his family and soak it all in; he's also been known to enjoy a good cigar on special occasions or whenever he can go fishing or skeet shooting.
Our Catholic prayer card / holy card ministry came about by chance (better known as God's loving providence). Peter has been in the printing business for almost 28 years and about 17 years ago wrote his first prayer. Well you guessed it, he had a few copies printed and the demand for more increased, so more holy cards were printed and new ones written as well. What started off by leaving a handful of prayer cards in the back of the church one day has now taken off to send millions and millions of holy cards all over the world. We currently have our Catholic holy cards on six (6) continents and we have close to 700+ different designs and stock well over 3 million cards on our shelves.
We have received the blessing of Bishop Emeritus John H. Ricard, and His Holiness,
Pope Benedict XVI for the work that we do in providing free prayer cards to the missions,
our troops, prisons, and various other ministries...
All of our Catholic Holy cards are free of charge and we distribute many to the mission fields of Africa, Asia and right
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Dancing With The Stars Season 13 Las Vegas Odds After The Second Dance
Once again, the Las Vegas Odds change after another week of dancing. Ricki is making a move to the top of the list finally and where she should be. J.R. and Hope have switched places. It's a more correct shake up compared to last week's odds. But, the odds makers still aren't putting much faith in Nancy, her dancing ability, or her fan base which I think is a big mistake? I think they have Carson too low as well. What do you think?
J.R. Martinez 2/1
Hope Solo 3/1
Ricki Lake 5/1
Chynna Phillips 11/2
Kristin Cavallari 15/2
David Arquette 10/1
Carson Kressley 15/1
Robert Kardashian 15/1
Chaz Bono 50/1
Nancy Grace 50/1
Heidi's Note: Well, no, I don't think Nancy or Carson are too low. Remember, these are the odds to WIN the show. Actually win – it's not really a ranking although it could certainly be viewed that way. And we have been viewing it that way. 🙂 I still don't see why they have Hope ranked so high – I would switch her and Chynna, personally. I would also love to see what would happen if Ricki and Derek made it to the final. He's never made it to the final and NOT won. But we have a long way to go before we start talking about that. Carson and/or Nancy could still play spoiler, a la Ty Murray or Kelly Osborne.


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The Health Careers Resource Center services the colleges of the Dallas County Community College District and provides resources and information about health careers and working in the health industry in Texas.
Specifically directed toward the citizens of Dallas County, it is a free service to help users identify a career goal, enroll in a health careers program and get a job in that field.
We facilitate in-person and online access to the rich array of diverse credit and continuing education health professions programs in the DCCCD colleges — the largest undergraduate institution in Texas — to help people make informed choices about their future careers.
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general information about DCCCD.
We inform the community (current and potential students, health care providers and employers) about available health career options in the DCCCD colleges by providing a clearinghouse of information for all of its health careers programs, both credit and non-credit.
We advise students and provide assessment tools to help them identify the best health career for their interests. We provide the resources for students to explore health career options, including information on the job market, education requirements, salaries and career paths.
We help employers connect with the graduates of the programs by advertising and posting job openings, announcing internship possibilities, meeting with students who are about to graduate and interviewing on campus.
Community colleges educate and train more than 70% of practicing health care professionals in Texas; many are the first ones who touch you or a loved one in an emergency or during routine doctor visits. Unfortunately, North Texas faces an alarming shortage of qualified nurses and allied health professionals. The colleges of Dallas County Community College District are working hard to respond to this challenge.
The Texas Workforce Commission projects that nearly 7,000 nurses will be needed to fill positions in Dallas County in less than seven years. Each year, Dallas County needs 1,000 new nurses and 1,000 new allied health technicians to keep pace with the growing demand for health care services.
DCCCD colleges produce an average of 230 registered nurses and 200 graduates from its allied health programs each year. While many universities also graduate students in these fields, two-year colleges place more health care graduates in Texas jobs every year than four-year institutions. For example, in 2004 DCCCD's El Centro College partnered with Texas Health Resources to prepare 100 employees to become registered nurses in five years. This innovative approach has produced 150 new nurses, ahead of schedule.
DCCCD colleges have trained highly skilled health care providers for more than 40 years, but North Texas needs more to keep providing health services for an aging population. The HCRC is part of the DCCCD's "Health Initiative for Excellence" plan, which aims to attract talented students to health care fields; provide incentives to draw more qualified faculty; and provide world-class facilities, equipment and services, thanks to a $450 million bond program approved by voters in 2004.
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Committee meetings calendar
Greater Wellington (GW) and its committees meet once every six weeks to receive reports from GW staff, debate issues and decide on policy. All meetings are open to the public and meeting dates are advertised in local newspapers.
Agendas are available from Greater Wellington in advance of all meetings. If you wish to say something about any item on the agenda, you can do this during the public participation section.
Download a brochure on Council committee responsibilities here.
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Every Wednesday during the Advent season, we will post a reflection in hopes that it may help you on your own journey through Advent. This weekís reflection is offered by Larry Livingston, CFCA church relations director.
"Cry out with joy and gladness: for among you is the great and Holy One of Israel." (Isaiah 12:6)
More often than not, living our faith is simply a matter of doing the right thing.
What tends to complicate it is the impressive ability we humans have to con ourselves into not recognizing the right thing when we see it.
In today's Gospel for the Third Sunday of Advent, John the Baptist is urging the crowd to change their lives in preparation for the coming of the Messiah.
One by one, the various groups ask him what, specifically, they need to do. His answers are consistently simple and straightforward ó share your resources, don't cheat people, don't bully anyone, be satisfied with what you have. Ö In other words, do the right thing, and go about living your life.
What strikes me about this exchange is not John's advice (which is logical and down-to-Earth) but the fact that these folks ask the question to begin with.
You would think they'd know without asking what they should do, but it seems that they were either unable ó or unwilling ó to see the answer.
I wonder if part of the problem was that the people listening to John were fixated on the notion that repentance takes a major spiritual overhaul rather than the simple series of virtuous little tune-ups that are usually required.
Perhaps these folks, like many of us, over-thought the situation.
I've heard it said that it is easier to act your way into a new way of thinking than to think your way into a new way of acting.
Based on personal experience, I believe it. At those times in my life when I've made change dependent on mindset, I generally fail.
But when I just start moving the ball down the field a little at a time by simple changes in my behavior, I find that my mindset usually comes along on its own.
This is a good thing to remember during Advent, when we might be tempted to get all pie-in-the-sky about the coming of Jesus at Christmas.
When we do that we over-sentimentalize one of the most central, basic and earthy truths of the Christian faith: God dwells among and within the human family.
The core of John's message to the crowd, as it would be later for Jesus, was that you don't need to worry about settling your ledger with God if you concentrate first and foremost on reverencing God's children.
The best way to prepare to behold the face of Christ at Christmas is to gaze upon it daily in the faces of other people.
At CFCA we see this proven every day.
Time and again, our sponsors share with us stories of how their simple desire to help a child ended up taking them on a transforming journey deeper into the heart of Christ.
They began by simply wanting to do the right thing, with no expectations and no pretense, and that began for them a journey of surprising blessings.
Should such a journey come before you this Advent, my advice is to not over-think it. Just take the first step and let your heart and mind come along at their own pace.
Related links:
Awakening our hearts to love [1st Advent reflection]
ëFor it is in giving that we receiveí [2nd Advent reflection]


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Surface organic and mineral soil layers were sampled in retrogressive thaw slump disturbance scars and nearby undisturbed tundra to estmate the influence of this thermo-erosional--thermokarst--disturbance type on soil carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) pools. Within six independent sites, we identified multiple thaw slump scars and determined time after disturbance for each scar by (1) aging the population of tall deciduous shrubs rooted in the mineral soil and (2) by dating the basal layer of the re-accumulating soil organic matter.
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- Page 1 HTC One S Review
- Page 2 Screen and Performance Review
- Page 3 Android 4.0 / HTC Sense 4.0 Interface Review
- Page 4 Calling, Contacts, Messaging and Internet Review
- Page 5 Maps, Apps and Multimedia Review
- Page 6 Camera, Battery Life and Verdict Review
- Beautiful slim but strong design
- Dazzling and colourful screen
- Incredibly fast processor
- Feature packed camera
- Matt black finish doesn't wear damage well
- Screen has iffy viewing angles and isn't as sharp as the best
- HTC image quality still isn't brilliant
Key Specifications
- Review Price: £415.00
- 4.3in, 540 x 960 pixel AMOLED screen
- 1.5GHz dual-core processor
- Fast 8MP camera with 1080p video
Following swiftly in the footsteps of the HTC One X, the HTC One S sits in the middle of the company's new trio of One branded Android smartphones. But while it may not be feature packed enough to perch at the top of HTC's pile, there's still potentially enough here to make this one of the choice phones of the moment.
Chief among the One S' features is its design. At just 7.8mm thick, it's the thinnest phone HTC has ever produced and it holds a candle to the best of them in this regard. However, far from being a flimsy phone that's compromised by its slenderness, the metal chassis used here gives it a reassuring solidity.
As well as giving strength, the metal body looks great. The aluminium that makes up most of the back and that wraps round the edges has been bathed in a plasma field. This etches the surface, giving it a matt black (it's more of a dark grey really) appearance, and a feel that's similar to sandblasted metal finishes, though it's a little rougher. Rather than being just a cosmetic process, though, this method of etching creates a surface that is four times tougher than traditional anodised aluminium, something that is immediately noticeable.
Some people have reported this finish as being overly slippery, and while it is quite smooth we haven't found it any more difficult to handle than most other phones with a matt finish. Also, when flat on a surface the soft touch plastic bottom section provides a pretty good purchase so it won't slip off – it's a shame the camera lens sticks out in this regard.
However, while tough, this finish can't perform miracles so for instance when we received our review sample there were already a few scuffs around the microUSB socket where the steel plug of the microUSB cable has scratched it. And during our time with the phone it picked up a large scratch on the back just from rummaging around in a bag. Clearly bad fortune played a considerable part here but it's still a little alarming how easily this scratch was obtained and moreover how noticeable it is thanks to the contrasting silver of the aluminium shining through the matt black.
You can also get this phone in a graduated anodised finish. This looks just like a standard sandblasted, anodised finish but the colour fades from light to dark. It's a beautiful effect, though you do miss out on the extra toughness of this plasma-blasted (micro-arc oxidised is the technical term) finish. Then again, what scratches it does pick up may be less noticeable.
It's almost a shame then that the metal must be broken up by two sections of soft-touch plastic: up top around the camera lens, and at the bottom around the speaker. However, this is required to let the various wireless signals out, and overall it still looks very nice indeed.
On the front, HTC has performed a neat trick that gives the impression the screen curves round the sides of the phone, when in fact it's a perfectly flat panel. They've done this be extending the strip of shiny black plastic that surrounds and protects the edges of the screen down the sides. It's a bit of a cheat but it both looks and feels good.
Features and Connectivity
Features wise, up top you've got the headphone jack and power button while the left edge is home to the microUSB socket and on the right is the volume rocker that is finished in a matching matt black. Joining the main camera on the back is a single LED flash, and there's a front facing camera too. And finishing things off are the three touch sensitive, backlit navigation buttons that sit under the screen. The whole lot throws up few surprises and ticks all the right boxes. However, our bugbear of not being able to unlock the screen without stretching to reach the top edge power button rears its head once again. That said, as the One S is a smaller phone, the problem isn't as bad as on the HTC One X and you soon get the hang of it
Under the hood there has been one potentially major slip up, though. Prize off the small plastic section at the top (something that is easier said than done) and while you can add in your microSIM, you can't add anymore storage or replace the battery. And with only 16GB of built in storage, this could instantly kill the appeal of this handset for many people, especially as only about 10GB of it is available to the user.
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Now that you've learned how to pick a Dutch oven for outdoor cooking it's time to learn how to prep it and cook with it! Dutch oven cooking has become almost an art for people like Byron Bills and also for Archie and Linda Dixon, authors of Don't be Afraid of Your Food Storage . . . Just Dutch It! As converts to Dutch oven cooking, the Dixons are living proof that even a beginner can master Dutch oven cooking.
Cooking without electricity is a very important skill to have for your emergency survival. Since Dutch oven cooking is a delicate process, let's talk about how to prep your oven and how to cook with it, so you can become a Dutch oven cooking master!
Prepping Your Oven: How to Season Your Oven
You can buy pre-seasoned cast iron Dutch ovens, skillets, and griddles. If you choose to season your own, you can follow the steps below.
Cast iron must be seasoned before use by having shortening, bacon grease, lard or certain vegetable oils rubbed into the inside and outside surfaces and baked on. Some vegetable oils become sticky, so choose a good oil. The best choices for seasoning cast iron are flaxseed oil, soybean oil, and canola oil. A good explanation of why can be found in this informative article by Sheryl Canter. She also includes great steps for getting a nice seasoning on your pan. It's more involved than the steps below, but seems to give fantastic results.
A cast iron oven that has been properly seasoned and cared for can last for generations. Seasoning is a much more intricate process than merely rubbing a couple of oils on and calling it good. Follow Sheryl's process or the Dixon's tips for preparing your new oven:
- After washing out your oven with warm water, wipe the dry oven and the lid all over with a lightly oiled paper towel or cotton cloth while the oven is still warm. After oiling the Dutch oven, place it in your kitchen oven on the bottom rack at 350 degrees with lid ajar. Bake one hour.
- You may get strange smelling fumes so turn on your kitchen fan and open a few windows (This process should be done before there is an emergency, ie. No power). If you can't use your kitchen oven and have a barbeque with a lid, you can use that instead.
- Once the Dutch oven has cooled down, remove it, oil it, and bake it again. Leave it in the kitchen oven until warm, remove it, then oil it lightly one more time. Your oven is ready to use.
- Your oven will turn a golden color, but after you use it several times it will have a black shine. If your oven rusts, scrape off the rust with steel wool, and repeat the oiling process again.
Cooking Your Food with Charcoal
- Use good quality briquettes and place hot charcoal in a circle (rather than a pile) under the oven, so air can circulate. Place briquettes in a checkerboard pattern on the lid. Avoid bunching coals either under or on top of your oven, as this can cause hot spots and possibly burn food.
- To attain certain temperatures in your oven, add or remove hot coals to the lid and under the oven. For example, to achieve 350° F., use a ring of very hot coals under the oven (about 3-4 between each leg) and place briquettes in a checkerboard pattern on lid (about 15-16). Check out Prepping to Survive's advice on how to heat a Dutch oven to 350 degrees. Since this is not as exact a gauge as your kitchen oven, you may need to learn by experimenting with the number of coals and checking your food as it is approaching the time when it should be done. Some experts have learned to test the temperature by counting how many seconds they can hold their hand over an open oven!
- To roast food, place an equal number of coals above and below the oven. To simmer soups and stews, place 1/3 of the coals on the lid and 2/3 below the oven. Several ovens may be stacked (largest on the bottom) with coals on top of each oven.
Use this temperature guide can help you determine how many coals you will need to heat your Dutch oven to a specific temperature.
Using your Oven to Bake
For baking, either obtain a baking rack for the bottom of your Dutch oven or make one very simply by tightly rolling an 8-inch sheet of aluminum foil like a snake, then shaping it into a ring or coil and flattening it slightly. If you are baking a pie, breads, or anything with that uses a dough, place the dough/crust in a loaf or pie pan and put the pan into the Dutch oven. Make sure that you either use the aluminum coil or a slightly flattened foil ball to place the loaf or pie pan on so that the bottom of your pan does not sit directly on the Dutch oven. If your pan does sit directly on the floor of your Dutch oven, the bottom of your baked goods will burn.
Other Helpful Tips and Tricks
- Never pour cold liquid into a very hot oven—it will crack.
- Don't allow cast iron ovens to soak in water—wash quickly in hot water (no soap) and dry with a cloth, then re-season. (Some suggest placing it over heat again for 10-20 minutes to dry out any remaining moisture before rubbing down with oil and storing).
- Don't place an empty cast iron oven over a hot fire—use coals
Now that you know how to prep and cook with your Dutch oven, check back tomorrow for the next installment in our Dutch oven mini-series, "Dutch Oven Recipes—Breakfast."
Check out the rest of our series:
Dutch oven Basics Part One: Picking Your Oven
Dutch oven Basics Part Three: Breakfast Recipes
Dutch oven Basics Part Four: Sides and Main Dishes
Dutch oven Basics Part Five: Desserts


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At the InnoTrans 2016 exhibition the automation company Pilz will be showing how industry-proven automation technology can be used in the railway sector. The stand will focus on the automation system PSS 4000-R, which enables Industrie 4.0 mechanisms to be transferred to railway technology. Pilz solutions can be used in applications up to the highest safety integrity level SIL 4; they also meet the normative requirements of CENELEC and support the open RaSTA protocol. Pilz uses virtual reality to help exhibition visitors experience the wide range of application areas for Pilz control solutions.
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Pilz at InnoTrans 2016 in Berlin (20-23 September), Hall 6.2, Stand 405 – Digital control technology for railways: safe and economical
Pilz is a safe automation partner to the railway industry. Our products and systems can be used to resolve control tasks on the track, on the train and on railway-related applications. They do this efficiently and in compliance with the high safety requirements", explains Renate Pilz, Chair of the Board of Pilz GmbH & Co. KG.
Rapid engineering, optimised diagnostics and maintenance
The automation system PSS 4000-R exhibited in Berlin satisfies the specific requirements of rail transport. On the one hand it consists of universal control systems, which are robust against electromagnetic interference, extreme temperatures and mechanical loads. On the other hand, the automation system contains the software platform PAS4000 for preparation, configuration and parameter setting. Various editors reduce the configuration work, improve diagnostic options and simplify maintenance and repair. The overall solution meets safety and environmental requirements up to SIL 4 in accordance with CENELEC.
En route to Rail 4.0
The automation system PSS 4000 enables clear control even of complex and distributed plants. The system relies on the distribution of control intelligence in the field and a modular plant structure. So Pilz transfers key elements of Industrie 4.0 to the requirements of rail transport.
PSS 4000-R can be used in various applications within the railway industry with different safety integrity levels. These include control or monitoring functions in the signalling area, such as signal monitoring on level crossings, control and safety technology or the signal box connection. Control functions on rail vehicles and track building machinery can also be implemented. Visitors to the exhibition can experience the wide range of application areas and options thanks to virtual reality (VR): VR glasses convey the details of a railway application to visitors, an application in which they can move about and explore.
"Industry corner" for new applications
An "Industry corner" completes Pilz's exhibition stand. This is where the company exhibits other industry-proven products and systems that can be used to resolve safety-related applications in the railway sector. The products exhibited include guard locking devices for safety gates as well as a textile with sensory capabilities, which can be used for passenger protection in the door area.
Pilz is exhibiting at InnoTrans in Hall 6.2, Stand 405.
Further information at: https://www.pilz.com/en-INT/innotrans
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) The New York Giants signed tight end Jamie Childers, cornerback Buddy Jackson and kicker-punter Jake Rogers to reserve-future contracts on Friday.
Childers was signed as a free agent by St. Louis in May. The former quarterback and tight end at Coastal Carolina played in one preseason game before being waived.
Jackson was signed as a free agent by Indianapolis in May and was waived Aug. 15. He was on Washington's practice squad from Nov. 12 until the end of the season.
Rogers handled punting and placekicking at the University of Cincinnati. He made all three of his field goal attempts for Tampa Bay in the 2011 preseason and punted six times for a 41.7-yard gross average and a 24.5-yard net.


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Create a "uniquely yours" artistic treasure with your child's name! Using each initial of the name, we'll write a customized poem in rhyming couplet, then print it on ready-to-frame 8 x 10" heavyweight paper. For names with odd numbered letters (ex. Sally or Brent), we'll add a final line of prose to complete the rhyming verse. Comes with a white washed wood frame.
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My in-laws celebrate 50 years of marriage next week. We are throwing a big party in small-town Oklahoma with BBQ and gold latex balloons.
We are all about The Fancy.
I'm in charge of the table centerpieces and a few other things. I'm going with mason jar decor since my in-laws are farmers and they make their own food, seed to table.
[black pictures of them dating and their wedding party 50 years ago, tucked into mason jars, with a little gold bow and cupcake picks I got off Etsy]
My parents just hit their 46th year.
I believe we have what you call A LEGACY on our hands. It's a heavy mantle.
This December we will celebrate 18 years of marriage. I love that guy. I share my life with him. We are in this thing for the long haul. We've been to hell and back and we are committed for life.
But do you know how I think you get to 50 years?
You've got to do more than love your spouse, you've got to like them too (at least most days). Let's be honest, that line between crazy passion and white fury can be fine. One of the things I love most about my in-laws and my parents is they generally like each other. They enjoy eating together, talking and just being together.
I know it may sound simple-minded, but I know a lot of couples who airquote love each other, but treat one another pretty badly. It's sort of like the way people feel about extended family sometimes– you probably wouldn't have chosen them, but here they are.
But we did choose are spouses and that choice is for the good, bad and ugly times. Making a conscious choice to hush when we really want to say something negative or thank them when it cost us something or putting our plans and dreams aside temporarily to make theirs come true–that's what makes this whole thing work.
I texted my husband this picture while he was sitting in a two day meeting on the other side of town last week.
I love him.
Even more, I like him.
And most of all, I choose to do both even when I don't feel like it.
Get the Shirt. Tell the world you like them.
Funny side note: I wore this shirt to the airport the other day. I got flagged for a security check because the guard wanted to get the website. Plus, I kept getting "thumbs up" from random men. At first, I was confused (thinking I must look really good) and then I remembered the t-shirt 🙂
Disclaimer: My friends over at Union28 sent me this shirt and this post is part of a joint initiative we have to make our marriages rock!


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BOULDER, Colo. — A special study group has advised NASA that Venus is far too hellish of a world for life to exist on or below the planet's surface. Furthermore, while the potential for life in the clouds of Venus can't be ruled out, the expert panel gauged this possibility as extremely low.
The assessment concluded that "no significant risks" exist in contaminating Venus with Earth organisms on any future landers or atmospheric probes, including balloons. Likewise, any surface materials shot back from Venus or whiffs of its atmosphere returned to Earth pose no significant risk to our planet in terms of "back contamination."
A Washington, D.C.-based arm of the National Academies, the National Research Council's Space Studies Board, formed a Task Group on Planetary Protection Requirements for Venus Missions under its Committee on the Origin and Evolution of Life.
The six-person study group was chaired by Jack Szostak of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, with their findings released today in a letter report to NASA that requested the advice.
"In its deliberations, the task group examined planetary protection considerations affecting Venus missions. The known aspects of the present-day environment of Venus offer compelling arguments against there being significant dangers of forward or reverse biological contamination, regardless of the unknowns," Szostak explained to John Rummel, NASA's Planetary Protection Officer, in a Feb. 8 cover letter to the task force findings.
Far from friendly
Since the early years of spacecraft exploration, Venus has been repeatedly targeted for up-close inspection—by orbiters, balloons, atmospheric probes, as well as landers.
Venus Express, launched by the European Space Agency (ESA) and now en route, will swing into orbit around the planet in April.
In its report, the task force noted that despite Venus being Earth's near twin in terms of its mass, radius, and other bulk properties, the planet's surface is far from friendly and perhaps represents "the most hostile planetary environment ever explored by robotic spacecraft."
Surface temperatures are hot enough to melt lead. The surface pressure on Venus is the crushing equivalent of being nearly a mile deep in Earth's ocean. The landscape, covered in volcanic rock, is desolate and waterless, but rich in sulfur. Venus's atmosphere is more than 96 percent carbon dioxide, with 3 percent nitrogen and traces of other gases.
Enshrouding Venus are three distinct cloud layers. Water vapor there ranges from a few parts per million at the top of the cloud deck to a few tens of parts per million at the base. Cloud droplets, however, are formed of extremely concentrated sulfuric acid. Now toss in for good measure a high flux of solar ultraviolet radiation that floods the cloud deck.
Cloudy life
The task group said that there is general agreement that surface conditions on early Venus were much more Earth-like and far more conducive to life than what is present today. Many of the processes on Venus in its past are thought to be relevant to the origin of life here on Earth.
Plausible theories have been posed, the task force stated, about how life may have occurred on early Venus. As the planet's environment was overtaken by a runaway greenhouse effect, some scientists suggest, perhaps microbial life that existed fled to more clement temperatures and pressures in the clouds.
In its report, the task force observed that any life remaining in the cloud deck would have had to adapt to conditions that do not overlap the range of conditions inhabited by life on Earth.
"Consequently, considerations of a possible origin of life on Venus are not relevant to considerations of the possibility that life currently exists on the surface of Venus or that living organisms of Earth origin could survive there," the report states. "The origin of life within the Venus cloud deck must be considered to be highly improbable."
Hostile chemistry
The task force questioned whether or not the surface of Venus has been volcanically active on a constant basis. It is not clear whether or not clouds have lingered throughout the history of the planet.
"There may well have been periods when Venus was entirely cloud free. If this has occurred, any cloud-based microbial ecology would have been permanently extinguished," the report explained.
However, the task force added that while it is impossible to completely rule out the possibility that life might exist in the cloud decks of Venus, they consider this possibility to be "extremely low because of the hostile chemical nature of the cloud environment."
Therefore, any hitchhiking terrestrial organisms having survived the trip from Earth to Venus on a spacecraft plowing through that planet's atmosphere would be quickly destroyed.
Planetary protocol
But what about a spacecraft headed back to Earth with a cargo of Venus specimens?
"It is not possible to demonstrate conclusively that a spacecraft returning to Earth after collecting samples of Venus's surface and atmosphere will not come into contact with hypothetical aerial life forms and inadvertently carry them back to Earth; however, this has to be considered an extremely unlikely scenario," the task force reported. "At any rate, any life forms that had adapted to living in the extremely acidic environment of Venus's cloud layer would not be able to survive in the environmental conditions found on Earth."
In light of its findings, the task group advised NASA that future Venus spacecraft don't need to undergo stringent planetary protection protocol. Only simple documentation is appropriate.
"I am satisfied with the conclusions," NASA's John Rummel told SPACE.com, "and hope that Venus science will proceed at a rate that will make another update necessary before another 30 years have passed. Venus Express is a good step in that direction!"
Venus-life connection
While agreeing with the report on certain points, Dirk Schulze-Makuch, an associate professor in the Department of Geology at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington remains open-minded that the clouds of Venus may be a safe harbor for microbial life.
Not a task force member, Schulze-Makuch has extensively looked into the Venus-life connection, and also briefed the task force on his research.
"I agree with the task force that the risk of forward and backward contamination is very low," Schulze-Makuch told SPACE.com, "because of the very different living conditions in the Venusian clouds compared to basically all known Earth environments."
However, Schulze-Makuch said he was disappointed that the study group did not suggest any scientific investigation for the explicit purpose of reducing uncertainty with respect to planetary protection issues.
"I wonder if they would come to the same conclusion if we would have confirmation that oceans on the surface of Venus existed for billions of years until fairly recently," Schulze-Makuch said, and that life originated there and later found a refuge in the Venusian atmosphere. Even as hostile conditions gradually increased within the atmosphere, life may have been able to hang on and could still be present in the cloud layers, he suggested.
"For me this is an entirely plausible scenario," Schulze-Makuch added.
Rare niches
As the task force explained, there shouldn't be any significant interaction between putative Venusian cloud microbes and Earth organisms, Schulze-Makuch said. However, there is some uncertainty because most Earth microbes are still unknown and there are some known organisms that come close to living in Venus-like conditions, he suggested.
"We do not know [about] and thus obviously cannot estimate capabilities of any alien organism," Schulze-Makuch said. "Perhaps, if they originated in an earlier Venus ocean they may have still retained the capability to quickly adapt to their earlier environment. Thus, they might be capable of competing in selected, rare niches on Earth, such as volcanic vents."
ESA's Venus Express will not resolve the question of possible Venusian life, Schulze-Makuch said. "But its measurements of water, chemical species, and volcanic activity will shed some light on the viability of our hypothesis of possible microbial life in the Venusian atmosphere."
The chances of an indigenous microbial community floating around in the Venusian atmosphere, Schulze-Makuch concluded, "are not remote but are significant in my mind!"
Alien to Earth
"I am satisfied with the letter report," said David Grinspoon, a planetary scientist here at the Southwest Research Institute and a task force member.
"The point isn't that there is definitely no life on Venus," Grinspoon told SPACE.com. "In our present ignorance, restricted to studying the life of one planet, we don't know enough about the true biodiversity of the universe to make such a claim."
But Grinspoon added that if there is life in the clouds of Venus, "then it exists in conditions which do not overlap conditions in which even extremophile terrestrial organisms can survive." This life, he pointed out, would be so alien to Earth life that it and Earth life could not threaten each other.
ESA's Venus Express, in Grinspoon's view, is unlikely to turn up results that change informed views on the life question. "Of course we should always be ready to revisit this if we find something truly surprising about Venus, or about life, that challenges our ideas."
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OK, so 10.15 on a Saturday night happens to be one of my Favorte Cure songs…
… and the tap drips under the street light…
The above image however, show my least favorite WoW information…
Yeah, I was warned… when I logged on at 8pm AEST (Australian Eastern Standard Time), that at 5am in the Pacific the server was going down.
1st tip Blizzard…
If you are going to take Oceanic Servers down… give us an Oceanic time. Yes I use those time converters… painful as it may be to have to go elsewhere to find the time… which never has PDT, so I pick a US city on the West coast and hope it's close enough.
You have given us AEST times before…
What's more I dare say it wouldn't be that hard to make the time a variable that can be based on our local clients time zone… surely it can't be that hard?
2nd tip Blizzard…
If you are going to take a server down on a Saturday, why the hell make it prime time?
Raids are now shot for Saturday nights.
PuGs never reform even after an instance restart.
It's now 11.13… 1 bloody "short" hour since you started!
There goes my Saturday night… you know how rare they are?
Shape Up!
Please get it together Blizzard, there are some simple common courtesies you could extend to us. It's bad enough that we lose prime time every Tuesday, but why on earth would you take our Saturday as well?
I assume we wont get compensated… 2 play "days" in one week gone… with our AUD$20
[Edit] Tease
11.30 on a Saturday nigh, post uploaded and I refresh the screen to see that Aman'Thul is back!
Maybe that's less tease, more taunt…
I guess I should be thankful that they at least remembered to put the Oceanic tab back this time… when 3.2.2 was released the servers were up, there just wasn't an Oceanic tab to select from.
I'm going to go download Aion… can you do that… Pfft bugger it.
Down again….
Gnomer and Out (Well now I wish I had gone out!)
edit: Monday.
Seems like I wasn't the only one scratching my head on Saturday night… a couple of googlers even found their way here…
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The idea for this puzzle came from Jerry Slocum and Jack Botermans "New Book of Puzzles".
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A great challenge for the math inclined as it is VERY difficult. It might make a good class project from middle school to high school. There are only 9 possible solutions.
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To derive this number we'll start by orienting the lowest block on the base. Since there are no markings on the base that need to be lined up with, the block can be freely rotated with no constraints. There is no wrong way to orient the first block. It's a freebee.
The second block (second from the bottom) gets oriented next. The second block can be rotated into 4 different positions to have its 4 numbers line up with the 4 numbers on the first block. This results in the first two blocks being able to form 4 combinations. This can also be viewed as 1 x 4; one way to place the first block and 4 ways to place the second block. Once the third block is added, for every combination of the first 2 blocks, the third block can be placed in 4 different rotations. This provides 4 x 4 or 16 combinations for the first 3 blocks. When the fourth block is added, for each of the 16 combinations of the first 3 blocks, the fourth block can be placed in 4 different rotations. This results in 16 x 4 or 64 combinations.
The pattern of multiplying the number of combinations by 4 for each block holds for the remaining blocks resulting in 1 x 4 x 4 x 4 x 4 x 4 x 4 x 4 x 4 x 4 (also written as 4**9) or 262,144 combinations for all 10 blocks.
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If the first block were restrained by adding by adding numbers to the base, the equation would be :
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My sincere thanks to Ken Irvine of Prediction Systems, Spring Lake, NJ for his analysis work above.
Now, there are 9 possible solutions to this puzzle. With 262,144 possible permutations of the blocks possible you have a pretty slim chance (1 in 29,127) of finding an answer on the first try!
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The latest issue of Sustain Magazine reflects current thinking in the area of green urbanism and urban sustainability in our cities. The issue features seven perspectives on the ideal city in terms of policy and planning. This publication (co-edited by John Gilderbloom and Matt Hanka) presents American and Dutch analysis on a range of topics including: equitable development; downtown revitalization; the benefits of bicycling; neighborhood planning; urban morphology; creating aculture of tolerance; and reducing carbon emissions.
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30 January 2012
Two boys. And why I want them.
And since finding out I was having another boy: "Oh are you happy about that?"
Of course, I totally understand why people might ask those questions. I think it's pretty common for people to assume that if you already have a boy, you will want a girl next. And vise versa.
So here is my response to those popular questions.
Since Bennett, I have always wanted another boy. Like BADLY. Of course, I would have been thrilled if we were having a girl, but the truth is, in my gut- I always knew I was meant to have at least 2 boys. So I wasn't surprised at all when it was confirmed at my U/S a couple of months ago that I was in fact carrying my 2nd little man.
So to put it very simply, of course we are happy about having another son. I'm absolutely ecstatic about it. I mean, I look at Mom's like Summer, Sarah, Adriel, Lauren, Mandey (all mom's of 2 boys)... they make me SO excited for Bennett to have a brother. Bennett is so full of life & energy I really think that it will be good for him to have a little brother to play with and be crazy with. He definitely needs a little companion.
Here's another thought. A deeper, more personal thought.
I truly believe that the world is deprived of great guys. That's not to say there aren't a lot of them out there- I mean come on, I married one! ;-) BUT I feel there are so many men out there that aren't respectful at all of women. My Dad, being one of them. I don't think that I have ever talked about him on this blog before- mainly because his entire life and existence has been very depressing. He's just not a good person. I'm not going to get into specifics right now, just trust me on this.
So with that said, I think that part of the reason that I really wanted boys, was to do my part to raise sons with good morals & values, ambition & work ethic, honor & humility. But most importantly, I want to raise my boys to respect women and treat them well. And to honor the institute of family. I kinda feel that if I can accomplish that, it will *sort of* make up for the absolute let down that my Dad is. I know nothing will ever right the wrongs that have been done by my Dad, but I think it sort of makes it better (for me at least) knowing that I am trying to raise boys that will become wonderful Husbands themselves one day. And Fathers.
I know this all might sound weird, but it's really important to me. And I realize what a huge task this is. Nature vs. nurture, right?? We'll see. But I will, to the best of my ability, instill in my boys the importance of being humble, gracious, and appreciative. I will try to lead them down a path of righteousness, so that they can be good examples & hopefully inspire others.
So ladies that have little girls.... just know that there are Mama's out there with little boys, that truly want to shape them into the kind of man worthy of your girls one day. :)
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Wow. Get out of my head! lol I have always said the same thing, even before I had kids. Girls would be fun, but I knew if I could raise at least one good man, I was contributing something amazing to society. And I love that last part. I'm so not that blogger that says "come check out my blog" but I wrote a similar post last year about raising boys called Why I read Cinderella to my Son. you might like it. Anyway, I'm very happy for you that you're getting your 2nd boy. That mommy/son bond is seriously the best.
- January 30, 2012 at 5:30 AM
Mandy, I could not agree more! I am so happy for you! My dad and my brothers are all men that you speak of. They are men who have characteristics and manners that are not easily found now days. Honestly, I feel like that is why my dad was put in the calling he was in our church, to help mold all the young men. He did such a fabulous job with the three he had it is telling of who he is as well. Good on ya! You are an adorable mother and I absolutely adore reading your blog! Such an uplifting and inspiring message! Love ya girl!!!
- January 30, 2012 at 5:47 AM
Great post! Coming from someone who always wanted a little girl and got a little boy, I couldn't be more thrilled now raising a boy! I can't even imagine raising a girl now. If we ever are blessed to have another I actually want another little boy for a lot of the same reasons you posted. Boys are so fun and it makes me happy reading your blog about raising your little Bennett :)
- January 30, 2012 at 6:32 AM
Great post!
- January 30, 2012 at 6:36 AM
- Courtney B said...
LOVED reading this! You are such a great mama! And now it makes me really excited about having kids one day, specifically boys, and raise them to try to be as good as my hubs is!
- January 30, 2012 at 6:37 AM
Someday, 4 men are going to come into my life through my princesses, and I hope and pray that they had mamas like you. <3
- January 30, 2012 at 7:02 AM
I love this! I'd like 4 kids, ideally, but if I can choose, I'd like 3 of them to be boys. We're praying we can raise a good one, too.
- January 30, 2012 at 8:17 AM
Oh man you got it right. My hubby and his brother are REALLY good guys. Like, my in-laws raised some pretty awesome kids. From what I understand they really didn't even get into trouble when they were younger. Another part of raising good men is them having a good male role model in their lives. As they get older, they'll always want to please their mom but will look to their dad for those big things (that's how my husband is anyways).
We just have to remember that no matter what we do, and no matter how good of people we raise them to be, they'll still make their own decisions when they're grown. We all stumble. We all make dumb choices. But that doesn't mean you didn't do an amazing job of raising them. Just remember that some day :)
- January 30, 2012 at 8:55 AM
- Nikki said...
Aww, I love this post. I got all teary ;) Thanks for opening up, and I can tell you'll definitely succeed. Bennett seems like such the lover already and has a great example of a Husband and Father. You're a lucky gal!
- January 30, 2012 at 9:04 AM
I love this post! I am not pregnant {yet ;)} but when we do I am so hoping for another boy! I love having a son he is just the greatest thing and I have always felt that I should be a momma to boys. They always seemed to gravitate to me more than girls when I was babysitting & in their classrooms at the TA {I was going to be a teacher so I spent a lot of time in classrooms!} and the boys always liked me more than the girls. So I just always have known that I need to be a momma to boys and am so hoping that I get lucky enough to have another boy like you! :)
- January 30, 2012 at 9:20 AM
- JOYSLAUGHTER said...
This was a beautiful post!
- January 30, 2012 at 9:22 AM
- Kiarabuechler said...
I love this! Such a good way to go about parenting. We are trying to raise Dane the same way, so his future mother-in-law will be grateful for the job we've done.
- January 30, 2012 at 9:28 AM
- Emily @ PeckLife.com said...
I would be totally content with another boy at some point too. I can relate to this on many levels. :)
- January 30, 2012 at 10:07 AM
- kk @ the mom diggity said...
This makes me SOOOOOOOOOO happy! I'm so obsessed with having girls and my heart is so happy to hear of mamas who are molding their little men into Godly young men who will chase after the hearts of precious girls. My precious girls, who I am every day working at giving them a fairy tale heart and letting them know that they should wait for their prince charming. Because he is out there somewhere. Somewhere an amazing boy mama is teaching her son how to serve and love unconditionally. So we better stay in touch for oh....another 20 years or so our kiddos can meet ;) Great job mama! Love ya!
- January 30, 2012 at 10:23 AM
- Shondra Walker said...
I can relate to this post on so many levels. I also have two boys. One is 2 years old and the other is 6 months old and I got all of those same questions. I still get them actually. "So are you praying that number 3 is a girl?" Lol. And I don't mind the questions, but I love having boys. And I can relate with the dad thing. My dad is not a good person either. Not even close. But seeing my boys being raised by a father who loves them dearly and is such a good example is such a fulfilling experience. I don't even care if he is their favorite because I know what it feels like not to have a dad as a role model.
All that to say...I understand. :)
- January 30, 2012 at 10:33 AM
- Meghan said...
Aw, what a wonderful outlook on having boys. And you're so right about having the opportunity to raise great guys. I must remember this. I actually just posted today about how much I'm loving having 2 boys. I'd been a little scared about the craziness that will come of 2 boys, but whenever I see my oldest give the baby a kiss, I could seriously not care less!
- January 30, 2012 at 10:34 AM
- WeeMason Man's Mom said...
I totally get that! One of the big reasons I was hoping Mason was a boy (and wanted to have a child in general, actually) was because I really wanted to create another person who really loved animals and reading, especially since that seems to be pretty hard to find these days with men.
Totally love this post :o)
- January 30, 2012 at 10:50 AM
- mandy at asortafairytale said...
I'm a little scared of the craziness of two boys as well, but in the end - if I can raise to healthy, happy, respectful men... I will be one happy mama!! :)
- January 30, 2012 at 11:52 AM
- dumb mom said...
Amen, sister! As a full blown Dude Mom (I have three) I love all of the opportunities to learn about men that alluded me in my youth! And, I love being able to teach them about how to treat a lady (although I've not been able to convince them yet that girls do NOT like being farted on!). I am adding you to my Dude Mom Lifers list right now! And, I plan to share your post on my blog an the next Dude Mom Monday (if you don't mind), it's really powerful!
- January 30, 2012 at 11:52 AM
- mandy at asortafairytale said...
Isn't it crazy how many people ask you if you want a girl next? Or if you wish you had a girl instead?? Like I said, I totally get that it's normal for people to want a boy and a girl.. or whatever. But I couldn't be more thrilled for the opportunity to raise two little boys (and maybe more in the future!). And you're so right about about the Father's being the favorite. I don't even care, because my hubs is a great guy so I hope that Bennett looks to him for an example!
- January 30, 2012 at 11:54 AM
- mandy at asortafairytale said...
Umm... yes!!! My two boys would LOVE to meet Jessi and Zoey!! Seriously. They WILL meet. :)
- January 30, 2012 at 11:55 AM
- mandy at asortafairytale said...
Boys are the best. And I do think Sky would be a great older brother to a little brother :)
- January 30, 2012 at 11:55 AM
- mandy at asortafairytale said...
Thanks Kiara! I have no doubt that Dane will grow up to be a wonderful boy, and then an even better man. With you and Chad as his parents - he's got it in the bag! :)
- January 30, 2012 at 11:56 AM
- mandy at asortafairytale said...
Thanks Joy!
- January 30, 2012 at 11:56 AM
- mandy at asortafairytale said...
It's funny cause in high school/college years, I always thought I'd want girls and only girls. But after I got married... my perspective totally changed. Maybe it was a combination of my Dad, and some of the loser guys I dated... but I felt an obligation to raise good boys. So glad I have that chance, and I hope I succeed!! As I am sure that you will :)
- January 30, 2012 at 11:58 AM
- mandy at asortafairytale said...
Thanks Nikki!! I am a lucky girl :)
- January 30, 2012 at 11:58 AM
- mandy at asortafairytale said...
Good for your in-laws!!! They must be so proud of their boys. And you're totally right about remembering that not matter what we do as parents - our kids will make their own decisions and they will also make mistakes. Doesn't always mean we didn't do our best! Thanks Mandey!
- January 30, 2012 at 12:00 PM
- mandy at asortafairytale said...
Thanks Shannon. 4 kids would be wonderful!!
- January 30, 2012 at 12:00 PM
- mandy at asortafairytale said...
Awe, thank you!!
- January 30, 2012 at 12:01 PM
- Mindi said...
Such a great way to look at having boys. I'm a boy mama myself with an almost three year old (how did that happen) and a 9 month old. I love watching them play together and hope they grow up to be best friends. It is crazy how people ask you the most personal things (is there going to be a third? don't you want a girl?). Um, stop being so nosey! I would like a girl to do girly things with but am happy with my boys too. :) It's hard to imagine having a boy and a girl now that I have two boys.
- January 30, 2012 at 12:01 PM
- mandy at asortafairytale said...
Thanks Courtney! I am excited for you to have kids one day, too!! And I'm sure you will be a wonderful Mother!
- January 30, 2012 at 12:01 PM
- Brooke said...
They are going to be great boys! I love your outlook on this just as Meghan said! My next child I definitely want a boy!
- January 30, 2012 at 12:01 PM
- mandy at asortafairytale said...
Aren't boys great?? Thank you for your sweet comment!
- January 30, 2012 at 12:02 PM
- mandy at asortafairytale said...
Thank you so much!
- January 30, 2012 at 12:03 PM
- mandy at asortafairytale said...
Thanks Mindi!! I am so excited to watch my sons play together and I also hope my boys will grow up to be best friends! And you're so right - it's hard to imagine having girls now. Ha ha
- January 30, 2012 at 12:09 PM
- mandy at asortafairytale said...
Thank you Brooke! I hope you get your little boy. But if not- Your Little One will be a fabulous big sister to a little sissy!! xoxo
- January 30, 2012 at 12:10 PM
Beautiful! I feel the same way about raising Jasper. Glad to know all those thoughts in my head aren't totally off the wall!! :)
- January 30, 2012 at 12:10 PM
- mandy at asortafairytale said...
Not off the wall at all!! I'm so happy to hear there are so many other Mom's out there that think like this!
- January 30, 2012 at 12:11 PM
- melissa rohr said...
this is a totally great heartful post! in total honesty, what you write about here is EXACTLY why i am scared to death to have a boy (even though i want one so bad!) i feel like you put such a great spin on it though, and make me feel way more confident that i could have a boy and do the world a favor!
my ex husband is such a horrible person, and i always worried...what if my son grew up to be like that? i would feel like such a failure.
- January 30, 2012 at 12:29 PM
What a FANTASTIC, FANTASTIC post :)
- January 30, 2012 at 1:14 PM
I love this. And I truly believe I was meant to have boys for the exact same reason. I hope I can raise my son to be a kind, loving, Christian man. Thankfully he has a great example in his daddy and grandpa. If we were to get pregnant again I would definitely love another boy so they can grow up to be best buds!
- January 30, 2012 at 2:02 PM
Some of my best memories as a child were moments I spent with my sister, I have a boy and that is why I want another boy I believe they will bound in a more profound way being the same gender. My sister is also my best friend!
- January 30, 2012 at 2:14 PM
- Courtney Kirkland said...
I think your mentality on having boys is both honorable and purposeful. I have that same thought pattern...I hope that I can raise Noah to be all of the things that most men these days AREN'T: chivalrous, polite, hard-working...Raising our sons to be men of integrity is one of the most important things we, as moms, can do. Beautiful post!
- January 30, 2012 at 2:53 PM
Love this post!
- January 30, 2012 at 5:16 PM
- Sara @ Seeing Purple Stars said...
loved reading this!! i feel the same way!! i am raising 2 boys who will be good husbands/daddys someday!! :)
- January 30, 2012 at 5:16 PM
And I kinda would love to have another little girl so that my daughter has a sister and hoefully a best friend for life so I get asked that question a lot too:). I absolutely love what you said about wanting to raise up awesome sons because you are so right....this world needs more guys like that and my daughter will need a good hubby someday so thank you momma!!
- January 30, 2012 at 6:53 PM
- Sarah Halstead said...
I love this so much. :) I LOVE having two boys. I am so glad Dustyn has a little brother. It is so good for him. I am hoping to raise them to be good husbands and dads. If you ever need to talk I am here. My dad wasn't the best either. I am sure your boys will make awesome fathers and husbands.
- January 30, 2012 at 8:18 PM
- StephLynn said...
I think that the same sex siblings are so much closer....I was hoping for a 2nd girl, and I got her this past Oct!!! My other daughter is 3.5....I always wanted a sister close to my age and now my daughters have that!!!
- January 30, 2012 at 8:35 PM
- Andrea said...
What a wonderful thought, Mandy! I was the same way about wanting another boy. Now that Griffin is 2 and Michael is 5, they really talk to each other and Michael is Griffin's IDOL. You will be an amazing double boy Mom :)
- January 30, 2012 at 8:53 PM
- Mama Monkey said...
Just a great blog post! Good for you for raising GREAT boys who will turn into AMAZING men :) We just had our 3rd girl in August and I was so tired of the "You must be hoping for a boy!" and "Is that a baby brother in there?". I could hardly stand it! For us, it was more we wanted to have another baby, boy OR girl :)
- January 30, 2012 at 9:02 PM
- amy@agoodlife said...
i feel like i coulda written this post! i completely agree. with all of it. so happy bennett is getting his little brother & you will be such an awesome mama to those boys!!
- January 30, 2012 at 9:50 PM
I got chills while reading this post because I know exactly what you're talking about. There's that old attitude, "boys will be boys" and then they get away with everything and then they grow up to think they can get away with breaking hearts, treating others poorly, etc. I know because I encountered a whole lotta DUDS before I found my prince charming, so to speak. My cousin and I have been saying this since before we had kids: mothers need to teach their boys how to respect women. Now she has a little boy :) It makes me so happy that other women think the same way. And also, it really is a blessing to have 2 boys. You're a lucky woman!
- January 30, 2012 at 10:28 PM
- adriel @ the mommyhood memos said...
love it!! and i couldn't agree more. i've actually been writing about this very thing, but haven't edited it yet. :) i think it's so important that we raise MEN and not just boys. love your outlook. your boys are incredibly BLESSED to have you! x
- January 30, 2012 at 10:47 PM
- Leah :: marital bless said...
It's been on my heart to write a similar post for quite awhile now, but I've been constrained by family reading my blog. I have a relationship with my Dad, but it's not great. He's the most selfish person I know. I purposely chose my husband as the father of my children, because I know he is incapable of ever reaching the depravity of my Dad. I CHOSE him as the father of my children, it's the best choice I ever made for my family. As the mother of two boys, to my bottom of my soul, I know where you are coming from with this post.
- January 31, 2012 at 6:40 AM
I respect u 100%. I geel the same about my 3 girls. I want to raise them up to be respectable and loving mothers and wives. There aren't very many woman left who know how to honor their husband and love their children.. and if I can help it, my girls will!
- January 31, 2012 at 8:11 AM
Amen, Sister!! I have two boys and I wouldn't want it any other way. But, somehow I keep getting pushed for a girl. I have a ton of girls in my family, and I was always a tomboy growing up, so it made perfect sense for me. I agree with you on the lack of good men out there these days. Such a shame. I'm sorry to hear about your Dad, though.
- January 31, 2012 at 9:40 AM
What a beautiful way of seeing the joy of raising boys. Thank you from a mom of a little girl who is so worried about her future. These boys are lucky to have you!
- January 31, 2012 at 10:21 AM
- The Housewife said...
Agree, sister!! I have two boys too and definitely want them to grow up and be fabulously respectful and kind husbands and fathers. It's such a privilege to raise boys. :)
- January 31, 2012 at 10:38 AM
- mandy at asortafairytale said...
Thanks Andrea! I can't wait to watch my two little guys grow up together! Hope they are as close as your boys!
- January 31, 2012 at 1:37 PM
- mandy at asortafairytale said...
Congrats on your 3 girls. That is so great!! Sisters are such a belessing, I've very close with mine!
- January 31, 2012 at 1:38 PM
- mandy at asortafairytale said...
Thanks Amy!! Parker will make an awesome older brother someday soon :)
- January 31, 2012 at 1:39 PM
- mandy at asortafairytale said...
I definitely dated a lot of DUDS before my husband so I totally know what you're saying!! Thanks for your sweet comment! :)
- January 31, 2012 at 1:40 PM
- mandy at asortafairytale said...
Can't wait to read your post about this! So happy to hear that there are so many other Mama's out there really striving to raise their boys (and girls) up right!! I feel like there are so many lazy parents that just don't care enough. So I'm so comforted reading all of these amazing comments and following wonderful Mama's like you!
- January 31, 2012 at 1:41 PM
- mandy at asortafairytale said...
Thank you! I'm sure you are doing a wonderful job with your girls! They are lucky!
- January 31, 2012 at 1:41 PM
- mandy at asortafairytale said...
Thanks Andie! I am always being asked if I want a girl. And like I said in the post, I would love a girl. But I couldn't be more excited that I'm having another boy. I'm excited for Bennett to have a little brother and to do my best to raise them right.
- January 31, 2012 at 1:42 PM
- mandy at asortafairytale said...
Thank you!
- January 31, 2012 at 1:42 PM
- mandy at asortafairytale said...
It definitely is a privilege. One I hope I don't take for granted!! Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to read and comment!
- January 31, 2012 at 1:43 PM
- mandy at asortafairytale said...
I'm sorry that you feel you need to be careful what you write because of family. I definitely know how that can go sometimes. And I'm sorry to hear about your Dad. It's hard to accept when your Father isn't a good and decent person. But if anything, it pushes me to want to do right by my children. And I'm so happy to hear that it has had that effect on you, too!! Thank you for your thoughtful comment!
- January 31, 2012 at 1:45 PM
AMEN!!! As you know I am also pregnant with my 2nd boy...since we live parallel lives and all. Just kiddin! But I feel the same way. I wanted a boy so bad when I found out I was pregnant but of course I would have been happy with a girl too. I however have different reasoning, but quite honestly your reasoning is better! Good for you woman! Let's get some good men in the world!
- January 31, 2012 at 5:03 PM
2 boys is such a blessing...it's good to know there will be 2 more outstanding men in the world <3
- January 31, 2012 at 5:18 PM
I just found your page today, and love your post. I just became a mommy to a sweet baby boy and feel so much like you do when I look at his sweet face. I just hope that he becomes that kind of man! Thanks for sharing!
- January 31, 2012 at 6:42 PM
Ohhh I love the picture. Beautiful.
- January 31, 2012 at 7:57 PM
- Sarah said...
I love, love, LOVE this. This is my heart for my babies also :)
- January 31, 2012 at 8:24 PM
- mandy at asortafairytale said...
Yes, let's get some good men into this world!! Yay for boys! They are the best!
- January 31, 2012 at 8:55 PM
- mandy at asortafairytale said...
Thanks Angie! I hope I can do a good job :) Kaylin needs a good hubby one day ;-)
- January 31, 2012 at 8:56 PM
- mandy at asortafairytale said...
Thank you so much for stopping by and taking the time to comment! It's nice to meet you!
- January 31, 2012 at 8:56 PM
Oh wow, I've got tears streaming down my face! I have a wonderful dad, but his dad was a terrible person.....not that I can relate at all with where you're coming from on this one, but I do see it. And to hear your perspective on it is really eye-opening! Sometimes being a mom is really fun and light-hearted (as it should be), and other times we really need to think about the huge responsibility we have as mothers. I think your boys are blessed to have a mom like you! And knowing that there are moms out there who truly care about the type of person they raise and the values and morals they want them to have.....well, that's really refreshing (and good for this girl-mama to know ;)
- January 31, 2012 at 9:34 PM
I love this post! I'm going to share it with all the Mama's I know with 2 boys :) I hope my little girl is lucky enough to meet a boy with a Mummy like you :)
I was always surprised when I was pregnant with my little man at how many people would tell me how lucky I was to be getting 'one of each' or 'a pigeon pair', like it would be so terrible to have two the same?!
- January 31, 2012 at 11:53 PM
- Amber said...
I really enjoyed this post and couldn't agree with you more. I hope my Bennett has a brother one day, but if we have a little girl that will be great too.
I am with you on the whole "our world is absent of great men" thing. There are a lot of wonderful men and my husband is def. one of them, but I know so many that are jerks for lack of a better word. I think my husband is such a wonderful father and will teach our son so much about being a man of strong character, integrity, and conviction that I hope we have another boy.
- February 1, 2012 at 11:41 AM
Funny the exact reasons you give for wanting boys is the same reasons I am terrified to have a boy. I also had a not so great deadbeat father. Luckily my husband is wonderful man and would be great with a boy but I am still terrified to have one.
- February 1, 2012 at 11:50 AM
- Chelsea @The Curly Cues said...
As a mom of Bennett's possible future wife I say "thank you!"
- February 1, 2012 at 4:15 PM
- mandy at asortafairytale said...
You're so right. Being a mom really is fun and awesome and silly. But there are so many women out there that don't take their role seriously as far as teaching their kids good values. I'm sooo happy to hear from all the mama's who agree with me on this and really strive to raise their kiddo's right!
- February 2, 2012 at 11:41 AM
- mandy at asortafairytale said...
Awe thanks!! I'm happy to tell you that there are lots of Mama's out there really trying to raise their boys right so hopefully your little girl will snag one of them up!
- February 2, 2012 at 11:42 AM
- mandy at asortafairytale said...
Totally!! It's super important to marry a good guy, after all, that is who our sons will look to for an example!!
- February 2, 2012 at 11:43 AM
- mandy at asortafairytale said...
Ha ha. You're welcome! :)
- February 2, 2012 at 11:43 AM
- molly said...
I love this post. I wanted another little boy too. In fact, if we ever have a third, I hope for a third boy ;)
- February 2, 2012 at 12:59 PM
Wow. I was expecting this to be another, "I need boys because they are so much more feisty and fun!" type of post. Pleasantly surprised. I think that is an amazing goal that you have for your kids! I wish you the best in achieving it.
- February 4, 2012 at 8:32 AM
Perhaps that should be "all the best." not "the best." :)
- February 4, 2012 at 8:34 AM
- Becca said...
That is so sweet. I don't think it's weird at all to want boys so you and your husband can raise them to be wonderful, repsectful men. I think that's great! I honestly would love to have a bunch of boys one day...
- February 15, 2012 at 2:54 PM
OMG I don't know if it is my hormones from being pregnant but what you said "So ladies that have little girls.... just know that there are Mama's out
there with little boys, that truly want to shape them into the kind of
man worthy of your girls one day. :)" just made me so teary eyed! Thank you for doing your part because some Mama's don't realize how important their role is in their sons' life.
- February 25, 2012 at 7:21 AM
- Deanna Fike said...
i was directed to this post from another blogger's post, and i really wanted to comment. :) i am a mama of two boys, 4.5 and 18 months. after having the first boy, i automatically knew if i had another child, i wanted it to be another boy. i hate it when people ask if i want a girl. why can't i be content with my two boys? i don't understand why people think that a family is not complete until they have a child of each sex. i LOVE being a mama of two boys. i LOVE watching them rough house and play together. i was meant to be a mother of two boys, and i don't need a baby girl to complete me. :)
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Umar Patek is accused of being a central figure in the 2002 attacks on two nightclubs on the Indonesian resort island, which killed many Western tourists including 88 Australians.
In an emotional appearance at his trial, Patek, 45, who faces a possible death penalty but says he was only a bit player in the attacks, spoke in a voice cracking with emotion.
"I am taking this opportunity to seek forgiveness from the victims, their families and whoever suffered losses," including the Indonesian government, he said, before repeating the apology to reporters and shaking hands with prosecutors.
"I was very sad and regret the incident happened, because I was against it from the start. I never agreed with their methods," said Patek, wearing a white shirt and trousers that stopped short of his ankles, his hair dyed henna-red in keeping with the Prophet Mohammed's custom.
Patek, who was arrested in the same Pakistani town where Osama bin Laden was killed just months before the Al-Qaeda chief's death, said the attacks on October 12, 2002, had been a "total failure".
He said the plans were drawn up at the home of Dulmatin, another Bali plotter, who was killed by police in 2010.
"The reason was to retaliate the killing of Muslims in Palestine but the people killed had no link to Palestine," he said during his three-hour testimony at the West Jakarta district court.
"Who were the victims, they were Westerners, they weren't Israelis. In fact many Indonesians were victims. They had no link to Palestine," he said, speaking calmly and gesturing with his hands.
When the idea of attacking Bali was brought up, Patek claimed he raised objections.
"I questioned why in Bali? Jihad should be carried out in Palestine instead. But they said they did not know how to get to Palestine," he said, adding: "Dulmatin told me not to think so hard, just help."
Patek allegedly used simple household tools including a rice ladle to assemble the Bali bombs, which according to the court indictment were housed in ordinary filing cabinets.
"The defendant filled up the black powder in four filing cabinets, in the meantime, Dulmatin made the bomb's electronic circuit," the indictment said.
With bombmaker Azahari Husin, a Malaysian later killed at a hideout on Java island, Patek assembled the detonating cord and then loaded the filing cabinets into a car, the document added.
But Patek said Monday his role went no further than mixing the explosives.
"I helped to mix the chemicals," he confessed. "Azahari assembled the bombs. They loaded explosives onto the car while I stayed inside my room and read the Koran."
Patek is accused of being the expert bombmaker for Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), a Southeast Asian terror network linked to Al-Qaeda. He is also accused of attacking churches in Jakarta on Christmas Eve in 2000.
He was arrested in January last year in the Pakistani town of Abbottabad, where US commandos killed bin Laden four months later.
During the trial, evidence has emerged that bin Laden gave JI $30,000 to wage jihad in the region and Patek might have met him when he was in Abbottabad, a claim Patek has repeatedly denied.
"I don't know about the source of funds," he said Monday. "In the name of God, I have never met the man named Osama bin Laden," he added.
US Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent Frank Pellegrino testified in April that Patek was widely known as an expert bombmaker.
According to Pellegrino, a witness interviewed by the FBI in the Philippines reported Patek as saying he "was interested in going back to Pakistan and Afghanistan and working with Osama bin Laden".
Patek was once the most-wanted terror suspect in Indonesia and spent nearly a decade on the run with the US offering a $1 million bounty on his head under its rewards for justice programme.
Prosecutors have said they will seek the death sentence on charges of premeditated murder, but will make their formal recommendation on May 21. The verdict is expected June 21.


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The wife and I are sitting here on a Saturday night doing some algebra homework. We are factoring polynomials and we both had the same thought at the same time: when are we going to use this?
I feel a little silly asking that question because it always bugged me when people would ask that in grade school. However, we're both grown, working professionals (I'm a programmer, she's a photographer), and I can't think of a single time where I found myself thinking that polynomial factoring would be a good solution to the problem I was trying to solve.
So, my question is this: are there real world applications to learning how to factor polynomials, or is it a "stepping-stone" math that will open my mind to more elaborate solutions that I actually will use?
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November 25th, 2001
Feast of Christ the King
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