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When you are a little girl, dandelions don't seem like a weed, instead they are simply beautiful little flowers that you can pick and give to your Mom or perhaps put in your hair. You certainly don't have the faintest idea as to why adults seem to concern themselves with their removal. I've always thought they were pretty little rays of sunshine, poking their heads up among the grassy forest. It seems like sort of a needless fight really… yet people spend their hard earned money every year waging war. Don't worry, I live in an apartment, so I'm not your neighbour and you don't have to worry about my lawn being the bane of your existence.
Their sunny little faces always made me happy. In fact, I should probably use the words "make me happy" given that it was just over a year ago that I found myself picking a small dandelion bouquet on Prince Edward Island, right after my husband asked me to marry him.
Yet I digress… this is after all a beauty and travel blog.
What I mean to say, is that I've always had a bit of a love affair with dandelions and I now have a new reason to rave about their existence.
You guys might recall my being stoked about my most recent Topbox that featured samples solely from benefit cosmetics. I was so excited about it, I really wanted to make time to go into extra detail for some of the products. First up on my hit list is (you guessed it) the sample set I received featuring both the dandelion brightening face powder and the corresponding dandelion ultra plush lip gloss.
These two products have quickly raced their way up my list of favourite products.
The brightening face powder is a gorgeous soft pink shade. It creates a very subtle and natural looking glow. This "dandelion" powder applies nearly sheer but is easily built-up for a more noticeable look. And don't forget the soft shimmery kiss this "everyday" blush leaves behind on your cheeks.
If you've been wanting a blush that leaves a nice natural look without being overloaded by shimmer or looking flat with matte, this product might be just what you need.
The full size product is .25oz complete with a brush for easy dusting. It retails for $36.00 CAD or$28.00 US.
Now, as much as I love the blush and think its a very versatile and flattering shade, my favourite of the pair is the gloss.
This "dandelion" Ultra Plus Lip Gloss smells absolutely amazing for starters! It smells like peaches with a slight touch of mango but isn't too overpowering, it's just strong enough to be noticeable. When I first did my Topbox research and I discovered the full size gloss from Sephora was $18.00 CAD or $16.00 US (for a 0.5oz) I remember thinking to myself, who is going to pay that much for a gloss…gloss is gloss. But honestly…I'm now one of those people that would be happy paying that for this product. This lip gloss by benefit is soft, smooth and as far in the opposite direction of "sticky" as you can imagine. It glides on incredibly smooth with no dragging.
The only draw back with this non-sticky lip gloss in "dandelion" is that the product isn't really pigmented. Don't pick this shade if you are hoping for a soft pink, it is mostly clear, but will do the trick if you just want a pop of shine…and for your lips to feel amazing. benefit does offer this gloss in a variety of colours, so if you are wanting something with more colour, perhaps check out their darker shades.
Here is a swatch of both of the dandelion products for you. It really allows you to see how sheer and soft the blusher is (very faint, yet visible on the left) as well as the clear finish of the gloss (on the right):
I also used them both in the below makeup look. Whenever I go heavy on the eye makeup I like to keep my cheeks and lips soft and subtle, so both dandelion products worked great for that purpose:
Now if you are wanting to try out these two products, but don't feel like spending $54 CAD or $44 US, benefit cosmetics actually has a great value set for those interested in rocking these in tandem this Spring. It is called "feelin' DANDY" and is available where benefit products are sold. Sephora carries it for $32.00 CAD or $28.00 US.
You'll also be able to try out "posie tint" and "high beam" minis as well. It's a hard deal to beat and allows you to try multiple products for a very affordable price!
Have you tried the dandelion Ultra Plush Lip Gloss or Brightening Face Powder by benefit? What did you think?!?
And now for my most important question: how do you feel about the dandelion weed? 😉


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When a political party talks of development, it often talks of roads, ports, GDP growth, stock markets, agriculture, exports and international trade, among other issues. To the BJP, however, development is all this and much more. At its core, the BJP's concept of progress means Indians experiencing change that enables them to fulfil their potential trigger an overall improvement in their daily lives and well-being. With this primary agenda, the party that's armed with an incorruptible and progressive leadership aims to transform and empower the weakest and the most neglected sections of Indian society, without any biases for caste, creed or religion.
Today, the BJP is the only political party in India that respects merit and follows true secularism that says 'Justice and development to all, appeasement to none'.
As our party's prime-ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi ji has already emphasised working on the principle of 'Minimum Government, Maximum Governance' should BJP form the government in New Delhi. The Government's role and involvement in non-essential sectors will be reduced; cutting red tape and the bureaucratic license raj will be an article of faith. These have impeded our growth and bred corruption.
Some of the changes we propose are very fundamental and basic, but will lead to India taking off in a high-growth trajectory. For instance, we will reward area and domain experts in the field of policy making that will ensure that the problems of today and the distant future are already accounted for. India once used to be called the 'Golden Bird' because of its indigenous production base and self-reliance; we will bring such policies that take us back on the path of being self-reliant in manufacturing, defence, agro-processing and allied services sector among others. Today's India is a young India, where the people are willing to work hard with an assurance of being masters of their own destiny. Our model of development will let them write their own destinies, where even the weakest Indian has a just and fair chance of making it big through sheer dedication and determination.
This is the idea of development that the BJP envisages. A united nation where every citizen gets an equal share of opportunities; where merit and hard work is respected. Each citizen is an agent of economic change and productivity. As 1.25 billion such economic agents work together as a single well-oiled machinery, there will be no milestone beyond reach.

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From the good – Ricky Gervais' hilarious stand-up routine – to the bad – Lost should have won! – here are my highlights and lowlights of the 62nd Annual Emmy Awards!
Hey there HollywoodLifers! I had my first Emmy Awards experience last night and let me tell you – aside from some of those monotonous categories (Outstanding Directing in a Miniseries? Yawn) I completely enjoyed my experience! So what were the highlights of the show and Governor's Ball? Read on, BFFs!
- I was 'glee'-ful over the opening number! Good music, a lot of laughs, some eye candy and Betty White make for one amazing montage! From Jimmy Fallon's epic Bruce Springsteen impersonation to Cory Monteith's adorable dumbness (math is not his strong suit) to Jon Hamm's booty-shake and a surprise appearance from Kate Gosselin, what a brilliant way to bring the funny to this year's Emmys.
- Jimmy Fallon. Oh, Jimmy, I adore thee! That man should have been born with a guitar in his hand. Although he wasn't always knock 'em down laughing hilarious, as long as the late night host was warbling his home-made ditties, he was magic.
- Alexander Skarsgard lights up my life. Whenever the True Blood star passed me, Bette Midler's "Take My Breath Away" played in my head. I could see a montage of us on the beach, horseback riding and walking hand in hand through the cobbled streets of Sweden (they're cobbled in my imagination, OK? Let a girl have her fantasies). When we stood together at the Governor's Ball ordering cocktails from the Grey Goose ice bar, I was in heaven.
- Ricky Gervais needs to be at every awards ceremony. Always. Dare I say it, but Ricky Gervais may be one of the funniest men on the planet. Everything out of his mouth is snarky and amusing – and I love how he took a dig at the Emmy producers for closing the open bar by serving non-alcoholic beer. Watch him diss Mel Gibson HARD and you'll be a RG convert!
- Jane Lynch FINALLY got an award! Jane has been consistently and relentlessly hilarious in everything from the 40-Year-Old Virgin to Party Down, and it's about time she got her due recognition. You deserve it, woman!
- Claire Danes forgot to thank her hubby! What's up with this shittastic trend? First, Scarlett Johansson nearly forgot to thank Ryan Reynolds at the Tony Awards this summer, and now Claire outright ignored her husband of a year, Hugh Dancy, while accepting her Best Actress in a Mini-series award for Temple Grandin. Show some respect!
- Kim Kardashian's singing. Please, never do it again. Not even Jimmy Fallon and his guitar could make your 10-second ditty any less painful, Kim. Good thing you've got so many other careers – beauty, reality TV, fashion, producing – to fall back on!
- Lost lost! Really, Emmys? You take one of the best shows on television that WILL NEVER HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE TO WIN and you give the trophy to Mad Men yet again? What a cop out.
- Connie Britton was robbed! Read my above statement, insert Friday Night Light's brilliant Texan mom and repeat. A TV travesty if I ever saw one.
- Julia Ormond, you are an epic fail. Who hasn't heard of Catherine O'Hara? Julia's long-winded speech – for the inconsequential award of Best Supporting Actress in a Mini-series, no less – was rendered even more irritating when she proceeded to announce it was a pleasure to be nominated with Susan Sarandon, Brenda Vacarro, Kathy Bates and Catherine What's-Her-Name. Guess we know who's never going to be asked to star in a Christopher Guest film, hm?
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Back Country: A designation whose time has come
The classification that is currently being used to "protect" land is Wilderness. Wilderness is a worthy designation for many lands, but some lands don't qualify as Wilderness. These lands still need to be protected.
The restrictive Wilderness designation has already been applied to over 107.4 million acres of federally-managed lands in the U.S. With Wilderness use representing less than 5% of the total use of these lands, is this a reasonable approach? We think not!
Wilderness severely restricts necessary management and significantly increases the costs of protecting the land. There is a reasonable alternative that will protect the land but will also allow it to be used and enjoyed by the public. That alternative is Back Country.
History has shown that administrative action has been unable to resolve the conflict associated with public land recreation and roadless areas. It is imperative that Congress take some specific action to put this issue to rest. Congress needs to establish a land designation that provides the protection the public demands for these lands while at the same time providing the managing agencies the necessary management flexibility to respond to recreational demands and address cirtical concerns of forest health, fire prevention and wildlife habitat enhancement.
Much of our public lands reflect an undeveloped, back country character. Evidence of man's activities may be present and obvious to a knowledgeable observer. However, this evidence is not dominant and the landscape is generally perceived as possessing natural, primitive or back country characteristics. It is important that these characteristics be maintained under any land designation category established by Congress.
These lands provide a very valuable resource for recreational activities that allow people to experience and enjoy these natural appearing landscapes. They provide opportunities for people to escape from the pressures of large crowds and the more developed world. This can include a wide range of recreational activities including use of ATVs and off-highway motorcycles, hunting, snowmobiling, fishing, hiking, bicycling, horseback riding and 4-wheel driving. At the same time, many of these lands are threatened by insect and disease epidemics and by catastrophic wildfires that could destroy the very values that the public wants to see preserved. Therefore, it is essential that this land designation also allow the managing agencies the ability to apply the minimum level management to deal with these threats.
Any management activities that are planned for these areas must also be subject to all the existing laws, regulations and policies that address the protection of the environment as well as cultural and historic resources. The public land management processes must also apply to these lands. In this way the public's ability to participate in and influence the process is preserved.
The establishment of a Congressional Back Country land designation can achieve all of these objectives. The land will be protected and the public will still be able to experience and understand the values of these unique areas and the countless court cases and legal challenges can be reduced. Congress needs to begin the process to make this new land designation a reality.
Why is Back Country the answer for the 21st century?
Back Country's first priority is to actually protect the environment and protect the character of the land. To accomplish this active management, actions are often required. These may include such things as forest health, wildlife improvement and scenic enhancement projects. Back Country designation would allow these activities as long as the character of the land is preserved.
Back Country would allow the reduction of excessive fuel loads from overstocked stands or bug killed trees. Fuel loads often lead to catastrophic wildfires that devastate the environment and take decades for recovery. These catastrophic wildfires wipe out all wildlife and fish and devastate watersheds for at least a decade.
Back Country allows the most efficient methods of trail maintenance, which protects the environment while protecting access routes. There are no unnecessary restrictions on the types of equipment that can be used.
Back Country is inclusive, rather than exclusive. It allows the types of access and recreation preferred by over 95% of the Americans who visit National Forests. The very young, the elderly, and the physically challenged are all welcome in Back Country areas by means that will allow them to visit their public lands.
Back Country encourages tolerance and diversity. Back Country would allow responsible use of mountain bikes, trail bikes, SUVs, snowmobiles, and other mechanized and motorized means that a significant number of Americans already have, can afford, and desire to use.
Back Country encourages cooperation, as the lands are shared between many interest groups. These user groups are brought together with a shared love of our public lands.
Back Country encourages ALL citizens to appreciate and enjoy their public lands and builds support for proper management and funding for land managing agencies.
Back Country encourages sharing and finding common ground with other interest groups.
Back Country preserves the last of America's relatively undeveloped public lands for the majority of Americans.
Back Country will provide future opportunities for non-Wilderness recreation, which is growing very quickly.
Back Country designation will provide stable long-term protection for the land and will reduce the need to apply some other, more restrictive classification in the future.
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Back Country are the two words that need to be in every letter we write concerning lands matters. Back Country is open to all the Men and Women that work and play on public lands whether it is Forest Service or BLM.
Back Country is open to Motorized Vehicle travel for work and outdoor recreation. With a network of trails, thousands of miles long which are connected to all public lands. From Mexico to Canada trails spidering out to all the states that have connecting lands. Trails that are open to all Three Class of OHVs. Trails built form easy to very difficult with no one class of OHVs receiving preference over the other.
Back Country is a lofty goal that we all should be working on. Lands open to all the people and cannot be closed for any reason. Lands that cannot ever be turned into Wilderness, National Monuments, National Parks, ETC but open for Americans to Work and Recreate on particularly the largest user group which is motorized. Let the existing wilderness, National Monument, Parks, etc... be for hiking and back packing and the other lands left open to the American people.
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As of now, the Wednesday meeting between the Redskins and cornerback Antoine Winfield is still on the books.
According to a report from Mike Jones of the Washington Post, however, that meeting could still wind up getting cancelled. Jones spoke to a person familiar with Winfield's thinking who told him that the former Viking has received other offers and "might" cancel his visit to Washington to accept one of the offers from "at least two different teams."
That said, Winfield is also reportedly "intrigued" about the prospect of joining the Redskins. Since he's yet to accept one of the reported offers, the suggestion is that Winfield is looking for something more than those teams are willing to pay. Creating a bidding war, real or perceived, would be a good way to get that offer.
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Iowa farmland reached a record $8,296 an acre as of November 1, a rise of $1,588 an acre, or 23.7%, from 2011, according to the annual Iowa State University (ISU) Land Value Survey. This marks the third year in a row values have increased by more than 15%, says Dr. Mike Duffy, leader of the survey. For perspective, Iowa land values rose at a rate exceeding 30% a year for the consecutive years of 1973, 1974 and 1975. A 25% annual increase then followed in 1976.
The percentage increase is stronger than the 18% rise (October 2011 to September 2012 basis) reported by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. The stronger percentage gain reported by the ISU survey reflects the powerful demand that swept across Iowa this fall.
Highest County: O'Brien with an estimated $12,862 average value. It also had the strongest percentage increase and highest dollar increase in values at 35.2% and $3,348, respectively. Surprisingly, nearby Osceola, Dickinson and Lyon counties also saw 35.2% increases each.
Decatur County has the lowest average value of $3,242 an acre and the lowest dollar increase of $521. The lowest percentage increase was 14.8% in Keokuk and Washington counties.
As you'd expect, the northwest crop district, which includes O'Brien, Osceola, Dickinson and Lyon counties, has the highest average land value at $11,404 per acre. The lowest land values are reported in the south-central crop district at $4,308 an acre. The smallest percentage increase was reported in the southeast crop district — an 8.2% rise.
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However, FBR analyst Ed Mills points out that the accelerated wind down "does not limit the amount of loans that Fannie or Freddie can guarantee; this is just the loans in their retained portfolio." As a result, "nothing in this agreement reduces the dominance of Fannie and Freddie in the securitization of conforming loans."
The GSEs currently guarantee the overwhelming share of U.S. home loans, and will continue to do so. So while Treasury claims it is winding down the institutions themselves, what it is really doing is winding down the percentage of loans they carry on their balance sheets. The rest are securitized and sold to investors, with the GSEs still standing behind them if the borrower fails to pay.
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As the GSEs take fewer loans on their balance sheets, then, it will give mortgage insurers an increasing opportunity to pick up some of the slack, Mills contends. Shares of mortgage insurers have been strong performers since the Treasury's announcement Friday morning. From Friday's open through late afternoon trading on Monday, shares of
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Earlier in the month, we found out who the most consistent publisher in the world is. As in, whose games consistently receive good review scores. Now let's find out who the best developer is.
And surprise, according to the people putting this list together, it's not Rockstar. Why? Because while Rockstar is a single entity in terms of publishing, there are, at last count, eight Rockstar development studios. And they had to be counted individually, meaning only one Rockstar team - Rockstar North (ie the main GTA team) - made the cut.
Its 11th-placed finish, only one spot behind Valve, is because the survey (by researchers GameQuarry) counted both quality and quantity. So while teams like Rockstar, Valve and Infinity Ward (at #19) do great games when they do them, they don't do them as often as the list's top four do.
Atop the list are Visual Concepts. Never heard of them? They're a former Sega team, and are the studio behind 2K's consistently-excellent sports games. Following Visual are another sports studio, EA Tiburon (the Madden guys), followed by Nintendo, followed by another sports team, EA Sports (FIFA).
You can see the full list below:
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* 3. Nintendo
* 4. EA Sports
* 5. Neversoft Entertainment
* 6. Konami Tokyo
* 7. Harmonix
* 8. Sports Interactive
* 9. Intelligent Systems
* 10. Valve
* 11. Rockstar North
* 12. BioWare
* 13. EA Canada
* 14. Criterion
* 15. Bethesda Softworks
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As the sun sets on Stillman Stadium, one rookie's shadow leads a team by showcasing a promising future.
Freshman running back Rovonta Johnson has impacted the Stillman Tigers each time he stepped on the field
As the sun sets on Stillman Stadium, one rookie's shadow leads a team by showcasing a promising future.
Freshman running back Rovonta Johnson has impacted the Stillman Tigers each time he stepped on the field.
He made his debut against Concordia-Selma and scored the Tigers' first touchdown of the season.
"I really didn't feel any pressure," Johnson said. "When the lights come on and I am on that stage, I have my own mindset, but I did not expect my first college game to go like that."
Johnson said he remembers calling his mother after the game to inform her on his performance, and she said his hometown was ecstatic.
Johnson grew up in Lakeland, Fla., and was influenced to play football by his older brother. His family played an important role in his upbringing.
"My mom is my role model. I remember when I wanted to quit and play in the band," Johnson said. "Even though it was for only a week, my mom always supported me."
Johnson ventured into different endeavors but was convinced to trade in his trumpet and set out on his football journey.
"When I recruited Rovonta, I knew he was as good as they come," Stillman coach Teddy Keaton said.
Keaton said the Tigers were lucky to land the 5-foot-6 Johnson.
"He could've easily played Division I if he was 5-9, 5-10, but he is explosive. He has vision and tangibles that you want in a football player," Keaton said.
His fairy-tale beginning came to a halt as Johnson suffered a high ankle sprain in Week 2 against Clark Atlanta.
Johnson sat out for three weeks but had the support around him to help salvage his confidence and keep him focused during his recovery.
"My trainer, Brittney, helped me out a lot. She kept telling me not worry because she knew how much football meant to me," Johnson said.
Johnson said he appreciated how Keaton and the staff delivered advice to help him realize this was just a minor setback.
"Stillman has taken me in and made me feel welcomed," Johnson said. "They treat me like I am at home, and when you are home, you are relaxed."
Johnson returned in the Tigers' homecoming game against Benedict last week. He scored two touchdowns in a 35-21 victory.
"Going into the game, I was confident because I felt no pain in my ankle," Johnson said.
Johnson said his only concern was being able to find his rhythm, but he had faith in his offensive line to block and protect him.
Johnson is thriving in Stillman's family atmosphere.
"He came in since Day One and worked hard," Keaton said. "He calls me Pops and he is like a son to me. I love him to death."
Now that he is back in action, Johnson is motivated to keep striving for higher success.
"The reason I chose Stillman was because I felt like I could play early, and so far this season I have accomplished some of my goals," Johnson said.


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ST. PETERSBURG -- Each Rays starter has pitched six-plus innings in the team's first four games. If the team is to compensate for the loss of James Shields this season -- meaning his 200-plus innings every year -- all of the starters will have to step up. To that end, the group is off to a good start.
"It's good to see our starters do what we've done so far, innings wise," David Price said. "But we still want to get better. You know, Matt Moore throwing the ball the way he did [Friday night] gives us that feeling in the locker room. It gives a feeling to the starting pitchers. It's kind of back to the Ray way, and that's what we were talking about.
"[The staff] just put up nine zeroes and [had] a starter go out there and give us a quality outing the way he did. We're not sputtering, but we hadn't had a starting pitcher go out there and give us what we need to see. And that's what he was able to do yesterday. And that's the first game of the series, and that's very big for us.


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Bank of America's online banking crashes
NEW YORK (AP) — Bank of America says its online banking website crashed Friday, leaving customers unable to access their accounts.
From late morning Friday, customers trying to log on saw a message that said the site was "temporarily unavailable."
Bank of America (BAC), based in Charlotte, N.C. and the second-largest U.S. bank by assets, said it was working on the problem, but wouldn't elaborate on what caused the outage.
"We're aware of the online banking issue and addressing as quickly as possible," Mark Pipitone, a spokesman for the bank, wrote in an email. "We're also working closely with our customers to help alleviate any concerns."
Angry Bank of America customers took to Twitter to say that they were left frustrated, trying to do their banking on the first day of the month.
Customers of another bank, BBVA Compass, also hit social networks on Friday to complain about problems accessing their accounts online.
The bank responded on Facebook, telling customers that it was working to resolve system issues affecting direct deposits, such as payroll and Social Security checks, online banking and phone-banking access.
The lender announced a few hours later that the problems had been resolved.
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BBVA Compass is the U.S. division of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA, Spain's second-largest bank.


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It's a story that has parents hugging their children a little tighter. Seventeen-year-old Brittanee Drexel recently went to Myrtle Beach for spring break against her parents' wishes, and she hasn't been seen since. Did the high school junior run away, or is something more sinister behind her disappearance?
Brittanee's mother, Dawn, joins the show via satellite from South Carolina, where she is intensely searching for her daughter. What is the grieving mom's theory about what happened that fateful night? Brittanee's father, Chad, gives Dr. Phil his reasons for believing that the teen ran away.
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Avril Lavigne said Chad Kroeger let her "take the reins" when it came to planning their wedding and she turned it into a true rock 'n' roll celebration … complete with a black dress.
The "Here's to Never Growing Up" singer went the nontraditional route for her second trip up the aisle, donning a black tulle Monique Lhuillier gown for her July 1 wedding to the Nickelback singer in the South of France. It was strapless and featured a full, but not princess-like, bottom.
The 28-year-old's long hair, which was loosely curled, cascaded down her back, and she had on light-catching jeweled crown-type headpiece. It seemed fitting as the wedding took place at Chateau de la Napoule, a medieval castle near Cannes. So she still had a true princess moment.
Kroeger matched his bride in black. In the photographs taken outside their wedding venue — as they watched a fireworks on a balcony — he wore a suit in the dark hue and the same color button-down shirt.
The wedding was an all-night party fit for rock stars, as we detailed here, with dinner not being served until 1:30 a.m., the cake cutting at 3:30 a.m, and guests partying until 6 a.m. However, Hello! magazine reports that the candlelight ceremony was "emotional and intimate" for the couple and their 110 guests.
"I wanted to make sure it's a crazy vacation and an experience of a lifetime for our guests," the bride told the magazine.
The punk princess's wedding look was a stark contrast from her first wedding. Just 21 when she married Deryck Whibley in 2006, she wore a very traditional, classic dress — a white strapless Vera Wang with a sweetheart neck and long train. She also had a long veil.
However, as any wedding expert can tell you, brides tend to go in a different direction for a second wedding. In this case, Lavigne went a little wild ... and perhaps a more true to her personal style.
As for her decision to wear black, we've seen a lot more of the color since Vera Wang debuted a line of dresses in that shade at a runway show in 2011. Former "90210" actress Shenae Grimes wore a black and blush dress from the designer when she married Josh Beech in May.
"No one has to wear white down the aisle anymore — and certainly not for a second wedding," wedding expert Harmony Walton, the creator and founder of Bridal Bar, told omg! recently — and she's right. Just take a look at all these other celebrity brides, like Lavigne, who ditched the classic white dress on their big day:
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My first column of 2006 was about a New Year's Eve wedding marred by a thief who filched a fistful of cards from the gift table at the happy couple's reception. What made this petty thievery especially newsworthy wasn't the value of the cards — which, it turns out, contained almost $1,000 in cash and retail credit — but the juice on the guest list. As one attendee told me, "It was pretty much a who's who of the justice system": cops, prosecutors, judges, and federal law enforcement agents. They were all celebrating the blessed union of Sangamon County first assistant state's attorney Steve Weinhoeft and his bride, Amy Nash, daughter of retired FBI agent Steve Nash.
Biggest problem for me writing that column was finding an adjective that might accurately convey the magnitude of this criminal faux pas. I mean, we're not allowed to use expletives in this paper. I ended up calling this little looting something lame like "foolish on a scale that's difficult to fathom" [see "The wedding crasher," Jan. 19].
Next biggest problem after the column was published was getting Weinhoeft to go on the record about the progress of the case. He kept saying something about ethics and staying out of it and how Amy was handling everything anyway. But Amy, who has a much lower-profile job simply helping the sick and injured regain their lives (she's an occupational therapist at a local hospital), was strangely disinclined to talk to the media. I assured her that no one but my mother reads my column, and she reluctantly agreed to talk to me.
First thing I wanted to know, as a once-upon-a-time bride myself, was how the heck she handled the whole thank-you-note thing. How do you write notes for gifts you that you never receive, especially when they're from powerful people you can't honk off? Does Emily Post cover this scenario in her etiquette book?
Well, no.
"That was a very awkward situation. I would not wish that upon anyone," Amy said.
She and Steve came up with a solution Miss Manners might have approved. They typed a letter explaining that there had been a theft at the reception and asking guests to contact the couple "if your gift is not mentioned within this card." Then they folded a copy of the typed letter into each handwritten thank-you card. If they had received a gift from the guest, they wrote Thank you for the beautiful breadbasket or whatever. If they had not, they wrote something more generic, like Thank you for attending our wedding.
"We were trying to think of a good way to go about making sure we captured every single gift that had been stolen," Amy says.
Eventually, the tally reached almost $1,000 — none of which has yet been returned to the couple. "Nor have our guests received a penny back," Amy says.
A suspect has been charged with theft over $300, a class 3 felony. A former bellman at the downtown hotel that hosted the reception, he was in charge of transporting the wedding gifts to a secure location after the reception. Somewhere between the ballroom and the maid of honor's hotel room, he allegedly reached into a decorative hurricane lamp and helped himself to a handful or two of cards.
"He was very chatty, a very personable, kind of jolly guy," Amy says, quoting friends and relatives who came into contact with this bellman.
He has pleaded not guilty to this charge and a similar charge in Logan County. The cases should be resolved in February.
In other words, the Nash/Weinhoeft juice apparently hasn't made the wheels of justice grind any faster or any differently for them than for anybody else.
"Do I feel like I got special treatment? No," Amy says.
And she's not asking for any. She's focused on the meaning of the event, rather than the details.
"Our wedding was wonderful. We're just grateful for what we have and how it turned out," she says. "It was about getting married and spending the rest of our lives together. It was about being with friends and family. It was not about gifts and money."
She does sound a wee bit peeved, however, that the hotel has never even attempted to contact her to apologize for or even acknowledge this "unfortunate event." She says she knows her friends and family will choose a different venue for her baby shower.
That's right — there's a little Weinhoeft on the way.
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The Aldrich Alert
A Publication of the Patrick Henry Center for Individual Liberty
by Gary Aldrich - Volume 2, Issue 14
This article appeared on WorldNetDaily.com on Thursday, March 14, 2002.
Senators Grassley and Leahy have introduced legislation entitled the "FBI Reform Act of 2002" to ostensibly address systemic problems at the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Everyone seems to agree that some change is necessary, but I have seen little in the Grassley-Leahy bill that gives me confidence things will improve at the FBI if this law passes and is signed by President Bush.
What's proposed can only be considered "baby steps" toward a solution to a much bigger problem. Given the numerous and recent well-publicized missteps, the public is ready to believe FBI reforms are necessary. There is a unique opportunity to make meaningful changes. So, why won't the Senate propose real reform?
A key element of the proposed reform is to bring FBI employees under a whistleblower umbrella of protection by making them eligible for "all the benefits" afforded other federal employees currently covered under the existing whistleblower protection act. Before we consider the merits of the rest of what these well-meaning senators propose, we should first determine how useful the inclusion of FBI employees under this act would be.
Today, there are no benefits for federal employees afforded by the current Whistleblower Protection Act. The only benefits fall to federal agencies whose legions of lawyers have managed, over the years, to totally gut the act. The current "protections" are as tattered and useful as a blown-out bumbershoot on a cold, windy day in Chicago.
Federal employees who trudge off to work each day believing they have an obligation and a right to surface serious wrongdoing will get the shock of their soon-to-be-ending careers if they ever try to use this law. There are no protections!
Major whistleblower advocates like the Patrick Henry Center, the Project on Government Oversight and the Government Accountability Project have been working for years to get some teeth back into the whistleblower laws.
Ironically, the more incompetent and corrupt a federal agency is, the greater the benefits for the "guilty" federal agency. Seasoned agency managers can pretend they have a whistleblower protection system while unleashing a legal and professional jihad against any honest, well-meaning insider who sets out to correct a serious wrong.
Under the existing meaningless law, revengeful bureaucrats will always get away with it!
I'm certainly for following the chain of command to try to correct serious wrongdoing, especially at a time like this. After all, employee managers are hired to be honest and paid to correct problems. But there's no evidence that even now, when we are at war and good performance counts for more anything has gotten better.
Actually, the war provides new excuses for keeping the lid on any internal problems: Silencing whistleblowers can be claimed as a good thing to do, in the interest of national security!
But consider that two of the terrorists received approvals from the INS for their student visa applications, by ordinary mail, to the flight school in Florida where they learned how to crash airplanes into our buildings, exactly six months after they began the worst attack on America that has ever been launched!
Are there more than a few honest INS insiders yearning to come forward right now to make a report to a person in a position of authority someone who could make positive change so that incompetence like this can be prevented in the future? Will INS employees come forward? The answer is "yes" if they want to end their career in the federal service. It's just that simple.
Our U.S. senators must understand that the concept of telling the truth about agency shortcomings is as alien a concept to a federal bureaucrat as, say, working for free.
Those of us who have tried to surface national-security shortcomings are well aware of the real reason bureaucrats move to silence a whistleblower. Corrupt, scared, lazy federal managers' motivations often have more to do with covering up inadequate responses to earlier warnings. These cowards don't want to be seen by higher-ups as incompetent, cynical or uncaring.
Want real whistleblower protections? Want real reform inside the FBI and other important federal agencies? Then strengthen existing whistleblower protection laws, and severely punish those bureaucrats who are caught trying to silence our brave whistleblowers.
How about having an awards ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House to celebrate the courage of those honest federal employees who were "mad as hell, and refused to take it anymore!" Our soldiers are fighting to protect our freedom overseas, and we rightfully praise them. Our whistleblowers are fighting to maintain some semblance of excellence here at home. Wouldn't you agree, considering the odds stacked against them, whistleblowers deserve more than scorn?
Agency bureaucrats often label whistleblowers as "crazy," and in the current "kill the messenger" environment, maybe they are. But passing a feel-good bill that does little to protect whistleblowers is not exactly the sanest thing to do especially during times of war.


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We worked with Breville to create the Breville Juice Fountain Duo BJE820XL, a commercial-quality extractor with two interchangeable discs – a titanium cutting disc for crisp foods, and a custom-engineered stainless-steel puree disc that ensures maximum yield from soft, delicate produce.
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I've never put something in the juicer that it couldn't handle. And when I use the plastic beaker with a lid for juice collection, I've never created a mess on my counter. Something I have noticed is that the interior of the juicer is not easy to clean. It cannot be put in the dishwasher and if it's not cleaned immediately by hand, the produce dries onto the pieces making it necessary to scrub later. Additionally, if you have limited counter and storage space, keep in mind that this is a large appliance. It does not create a problem for me because I have ample space, but if you don't, you may want to consider a smaller product.Date published: 2013-08-06Rated 5 out of 5 by profchef from Never been happier with a juicer I received my Breville juicer last week and I have used it every single day - sometimes twice or three times. It performs beautifully, it is not the jet engine that several reviews have accused it of being (in terms of noise), but it has gone through every possible combination of fruit and vegetables that I could put in it. I have even posted pictures of Mason jars filled my juice combinations on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram/Pinterest. The juice/pulp ratio is great, very happy with the amount of juice extracted, the pulp is as dry as I would expect. It cleans up very easily and quickly, then reassembles in less than a minute. It's extremely well constructed, as durable as many of the commercial juicers. Obviously, I haven't needed to store it and it looks great with the whole kitchen. When it gets warmer out, I will just compost the pulp or I will use it for quick breads. I HIGHLY recommend this juicer - WORTH EVERY PENNY!Date published: 2013-04-02Rated 5 out of 5 by BlackSheepFarm from Good things come in Williams-Sonoma packages! We wanted to take juicing to the next level, since we're expanding our organic garden this year. We did some research on the best juicer for our needs. I highly recommend the Breville Juice Fountain Duo! The watercress had to go through twice, but the overall volume of juice was amazing. It's very easy to clean & my chicky-girls will make some mighty fine eggs with the addition of juice pulp to their diets!Date published: 2013-03-20Rated 5 out of 5 by amy777 from LOVE THIS!!! I just bought the Juice Fountain Duo today and used it this evening. It was a breeze to use! I have owned a Champion Juicer for the last ten years. The Champion took a whole hour from washing veggies all the way through the cleaning process. The Breville took less than half the time. I no longer have to cut up cucumbers, apples, beets, etc into small pieces to feed into the juicer. The champion would require cleaning mid-way through juicing if I juiced celery or kale. I also had to put my juice through a strainer because it was gritty otherwise. No grit with the Fountain Duo. I had read reviews that said how loud it is. I did not think it was any bit louder than my Champion. I am beyond thrilled with this purchase. Totally worth the price and I wish I had bought it a year ago.Date published: 2013-01-28Rated 5 out of 5 by Agatha from Breville 820 We wanted a juicer that would not break the first time we used it! It has worked to our expectations! It is easy to clean and juices everything we have put into it! I would highly recommend it to serious juicers!Date published: 2013-01-23Rated 3 out of 5 by Megifog from Disappointed!! Last February I purchased the dual disc juicer. I specifically bit the bullet and bought this more expensive model because I was told by the sales associate that it would be the best for leafy greens, i.e.: spinach & kale. 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ATLANTA – A year ago, B.o.B was frustrated over his music career. He was anxious because his album hadn't materialized yet, and also worried that he wouldn't be able to combine all of his talents — rapping, singing, and playing instruments — into one niche.
But a hit changes things. And after his first single soared up the charts — the song "Nothin' On You," featuring Bruno Mars — it impressed his record label enough that his debut album was released a month ahead of time, an unusual occurrence in the music industry.
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I have a mono plantronics ear/mic boom headset with a 2.5mm jack which was designed for a mobile phone. I happened to have an old pair of bust headphones with a stereo 3.5mm plug on it, so I snipped off the lead about 4 inches long, and soldered on a 2.5mm stereo socket.
The connections are 1:1, tip to tip, middle to middle, back/case to back case. Use a multimeter if in doubt as to which is middle which is tip, case or back is generally obvious.
It works pretty well with the kphone/sip-phone and voice recorder application, and with a bluetooth network adaptor networked to my desk PC running SuSElinux9.2, I've used it with our VOIP system at work (had to "acquire" my extension's password using a dubious bit of network sniffing with ethereal, but that's for a different forum!).
I'm thinking of making a little switch box so that I can use a stereo headset, with a switch to change it to a mono headset plus microphone.
I have wondered if I need a three-way 3.5mm plug - does the Zaurus's connector output stereo sound and simultaneusly have microphone input?
Mar 18 2005, 03:45 AM
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As far as i know, you just need the switch between the second speaker and the mike... i think the applications change it to input / output.
Mar 18 2005, 04:01 AM
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from other articles I have read, yes, it seems anything demanding sound in simply switches output to input.
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This is an istruction page I am writing for some friends and another webite. I thought that it may help some people if I pasted it here. Sorry that the pictures and formating could not be included, and sorry it is so long.
HOW TO MAKE AN ADAPTER TO USE YOUR PC HEADSETS WITH ANY PHONE (CELL PHONE), WITH A STANDARD HEADSET JACK. (In other words how to make a simple yet multi functional adapter that accepts two 3.5mm plugs and that then plugs into 2.5 in phone jacks)
Why would you want to do this?
There are many reasons to make this adapter. The adapter allows you to plug many devices into your phone and use the direct audio from your phone in many ways. The main reason for most people is to be able to connect your PC headset to your phone.
How do you connect it?
Since it is currently impossible (as far as I can tell) to find any adapter manufactured that would do the job you need to make one yourself. The adapter needs to connect the two 1/8 in plugs that are standard on PC headsets into the standard 2.5 mm jack found on most cell phones and cordless telephones handsets.
To build it first get these parts (See picture). (They are sold at Radio shack and other hardware stores and the items numbers from radio shack.)
1. One 1/8 Stereo Plug – Item # 274-869. That is the one with screw terminals, but you can also use the jack without screw terminals, that is just made for soldering).
2. Two 3 conductor stereo 1/8 (3.5mm) phone jacks – Item # 274-373 (that package comes with 2). You can also use the longer covered and protected type of jacks, but they are harder to solder.
3. One 1/8 to 3/32 adapter – Item # 274-373 (this is the 3.5 to 2.5 converter and it will have two rings on the male part.) Do not get the mono—one ring style adapter.
4. Different colored small wires (you only need a few inches of wire). You can cut and splice wire from an extra phone chord. That works great.
5. A PC headset. Logitech or any brand with the two 1/8 plugs on the end. One of those plugs is pink and the other one is usually colored black (but sometimes green).
6. A cell phone or a telephone with standard headphone jack.
The tools you need are:
1. A wire cutter (or scissors)
2. A soldering iron and electrical solder
3. Electrical tape
4. A small Phillips screwdriver (only if you got the plug with screw terminals—which I recommend.)
1. Cut your wires:
Cut each cut about 2 inches long. You will need a total of four wires. Two of the four wires need to be the same color (this will be for the ground terminals), and the other two to be of different colors (these will be for the mic and the headphone speakers).
2. Attach wires to the 1/8 plug.
(This is a special procedure because the cell telephone jack uses one channel to carry the sound out to the headset earphones and the other channel to carry sound in from the headset microphone. Therefore the plug is wired so that these channels can be distinguished and then in step 3 these each of these 2 separate channel wires go to its own 1/8 (3.5mm) phone jack).
a. Unscrew and take apart the 1/8th plug. Do not loose the case and plastic liner.
b. Connect the two wires of the same color to the longest terminal. Either screwing or soldering. I twist the wires tightly together first so there are no frayed copper filaments sticking out. The longest terminal of the 1/8 plug is the called the ground terminal. To explain the procedure I call both the wires that have the same color the ground wires, there are two of them because the ground needs to connect to both Jacks as shown in step 3).
c. Connect the two wires you have left (they each are a different color) to the two remaining terminals which are closer to the top of the plug jack. One connects on the right terminal and the other on the left terminal. each receive one wire of a different color. (In the pictures below these are the blue and the red wires).
d. You can solder these connections (solder if you feel the screws are not enough) or you may have to solder them if you are using a non screw type of plug.
e. Put back the plastic liner around the connections you just made and screw the other parts of the jack back over the finished connections. Now you should have all of the wires coming out of the back of the 1/8 plug.
3. Attach the other end of the wires to the two 1/8 jacks.
a. Attach the ground wires to the 1/8 (3.5mm) phone jacks. These are the wires that you have two of the same color), There are two because one goes to each jack. Attach this ground near the top of each jacks. (that terminal corresponds to the connection that touches the base of the plug when the male plug is inserted into the jack.)
b. Attach the colored wires to the 1/8 (3.5mm) phone jacks. Once wire goes to each separate jack,
• First you need to prepare the jacks for the wires by squeezing the ends of the bottom terminals on the jacks closer together with your fingers. (You cannot squeeze together the bottom terminals if you chose to a different model jack. That is why I prefer to use the radio shack model jacks)
• String one of the singularly colored wires through the holes on the bottom of one terminal that you just squeezed together. You need to fish it through both holes. After you fish it through, you can bend and tie it around is you are skillful. Repeat the above procedure with the other color wire and the other jack. Note: By squeezing the terminals and putting the wire through the holes you connecting the "right and left†channel of on each jack you enable the equipment to work optimally. Both ears of your headset will have the sound and the mic from your pc headset can deliver its full signal into the telephone or cell phone. (so if you are using a different style of jacks in this step you need figure out how to string the wire to connect both right and left terminals and then solder them).
c. Solder all of your connections
4. Test for the audio out – The moment of truth!!!!
Now that everything is wired. You can test which jack that you made is the audio out and which is the mic in. After you figure out which is which you label these jacks so you always know which plug from the headset goes into which jack.
a. Plug the 1/8 male plug into the One 1/8 to 3/32 adapter and plug that adapter into a standard cordless telephone or cell phone headset input jack.
b. Plug the black (or green) 1/8 plug your headset into one of the 1/8 (3.5mm) phone jacks that you just wired. (do not use the pink plug).
c. Put the head set on and hit talk on the phone, or if you are using the cell phone either call you voice mail or do something that produces sound.
e. Either you will hear some of the sound/dial tone or you will not. If you hear a dial tone or your cell phone then you know that that jack you are plugged into is the audio out (for the sound that goes to your ears.)
f. If you heard nothing in step e, then take the black (or green) headset plug out and plug it into the other 1/8 (3.5mm) phone jacks that you made. You should hear the dial tone/sound or voice mail. Whichever jack that did not produce sound in the head set is for the mic. You should label the jacks, "ear and mic†so you can remember which one correspond to the mic (pink) and which to the earphones (black-or-green). You can see in the picture that I wrap colored tape around the jacks. It would ideal if you used pink and green colors for this is becoming the standardized colors. Pink for mic and green for audio out.
g. In this test \Did you notice how great the sound quality was? It should have been in both ears of the headset, loud and clear
5. Finishing up
a. Wrap the jacks in electrical tape so that the connections are not exposed.
b. Attach the finished jacks to the plug using tape.
c. As described above use colored tape or a pen to label your nifty adapter for ease of use.
d. Plug into your phone and enjoy.
Other benefits of this jack.
Since you can connect any speaker or microphone that has a 1/8 plug into this jack, you can connect most anything to your telephone or cell phone. This enables you to do many things such as running a line into your computer terminals. Some of the things you can do are.
• Use your PC as a telephone recording device. I've done this using the adapter to connect the cell or cordless telephone to the pc. I use a standard wire with 1/8 stereo plugs to connect the audio line out from the adapter to the audio line into the computer. That is in 1/8 input jack is usually colored blue on the back of the computer. Download software or use any software that records sound. Audacity is a great free ware recording program that works on PCs.
• Turn your PC into a speaker phone that works better than most standard speaker phones. Similar to the above you connect the audio out to your PC. Then from the mic out of the adapter you can connect any pc mic that you place on your desk in front of you. (Or you can just use your headset mic that goes closer to your moth and away from your computer). Unlike most speaker phone the conversation is not cut off at all you can talk and hear the other party at the same time
• Use the adapter to connect your phone to any mixer or PA equipment or stereo.
Jul 21 2006, 02:00 AM
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QUOTE(thousandarm @ Jul 20 2006, 12:57 AM)
This is an istruction page I am writing for some friends and another webite. I thought that it may help
sorry to be a dunce, but I found this difficult to understand.
would it be possible to provide a wiring diagram?
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I have this nasty feeling it won;t work on my 5600. . . Which is a shame because my Phone headset is in the form of an old Bakelite telephone, and is actually quite cool to use. XD
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What do you list under religious preference when asked to select from a list?
When registering for a test at the hospital, the woman asked for my religious preference. I asked if there was "atheist" (she was selecting on a list in her computer). The woman said not and laughed like she'd never heard of such a thing. Then trying to be helpful she said, "We do have Pagan." I said that's not the same thing. I asked if she had humanist. She said, "No, but we have Wiccan" (which she mispronounced). I said, "No." She said that she could put "unknown." Just annoying. I realize that atheism isn't a religion, but there must be something better to list under religious preference. If for no other reason, I want to stop people from coming in to try to pray with me (which happened in the hospital when I had my daughter).
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When I was in the same situation, the person who was taking my information didn't ask me my religious preference. She TOLD me I was Catholic (probably because I look and am Italian--I don't have an Italian last name) and then said, "Right?"
I said, "I'm no religion" and she said, "I'll put down Catholic, OK? Right?"
Again I said, "No. I'm no religion." Finally she got it. She also had a bible on her desk.
I also HATED that for military dog tags the closest they had was "No Preference." To get something else, you had to go to a store that could print anything on your tags. I don't know if that has changed, but I doubt it.
I'd like something even more clear than "none." I worry that someone may still take that as just "no preference," not what I want to say - "I am an atheist and don't you dare come in and try to pray with me, pray for me, or tell me some platitude about god taking care of everything. Am I asking too much.
I wonder what they put on the baby's form.
I hope they didn't change your religion on the forms. Maybe it's better where you live. It may be that since I live in North Carolina they assume the choice is not what religion you are, but which branch of Christianity you follow. I went took my daughter to a family festival put on by our local inter-faith council. Other places I have seen that consists of at least Christians, Jews, & Muslims. However, in my area the inter-faith council consisted of Baptists, Methodists, and one other Protestant. They didn't even have catholics (and there is one in our county). I guess different Protestant groups is their idea of multiculturalism where I live now.
I think that with as many religions as there are, in addition to a drop down menu (or instead), there should be a way to write in what the person says. So, that would not only keep from offending atheists, but also small religious branches. And it would be more accurate too.
Thanks. I think I will write the hospital and ask them to include more titles. I want it to be clear that I am not just "nondenominational" I want nothing to do with superstitious beliefs of any kind.
Before I write the letter, does anyone else have any other suggestions of what to include in my request of other title?
I actually felt a little sorry for the preacher who came in to pray "with" us. I know he was trying to do what he thought was helping. He was persistent and even when we told him we were atheists he kept trying to say "That 's OK, we can still pray." So I had to be pretty firm with him that I didn't want him praying with us, for us... over my daughter...etc.. When I was firm with him, he just looked so sad and dejected that I felt sorry for him. He left and didn't come back and I didn't have any other issues. But the worst part was it took away from the happy moment I was having with my husband and new baby. I felt annoyed that he kept wanting to pray "with" us and sorry that I made him so sad. I just had a hard time getting that joyful feeling back. Even now when I think of my daughter's birth, I bring up his dejected image.
Although I'm sure it would work, but I don't think I could use those words. :) Laughing is a good idea. I don't know if I could actually do it though. It seems a little mean.
What I might do though let my husband start asking them about their beliefs. He is a pretty good debater and usually knows more about their religion than they do. It might be entertaining.
When I had to go in last spring for a ultrasound of my kidneys, I was asked what my religious preference was and I said "None." The lady asked "No preference??" I said politely no and showed her my "ATHEIST & PROUD OF IT" bracelet and The God Delusion which I was reading at the time lol She smiled and laughed :)
What's funny is that I don't remember being asked my religious preference when I was in the same hospital for minor surgery or cat-scans (ALL outpatient procedures) in the last couple of years......
It amazes me that we are such a minority hospital workers that fill out this kind of thing on people all day long, are shocked when they come across an atheist.
I hate that when you say, "none" they think that's the same as "No preference" While I can see grammatically how that would make sense (religious preference - none = no preference) but what I really mean (and I suspect all of us here) is religious preference = no religion. I realize atheism isn't a religion but it would be more clear and less of a chance of getting prayed over.
I wish there was a better way.
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