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PUNXSUTAWNEY — About 20 local residents heard about WPSU-TV's proposed "Our Town: Punxsutawney" Wednesday evening in the Jackson Theater, with several story ideas suggested and cameras issued to those ready to start rolling.
"You get to tell us what you want in the show," said Jessica Peters, who, along with fellow WPSU-TV producer Whitney Chirdon, described the process of coming up with ideas and stories, filming scenes of those stories and talking about them before all the stories are edited and prepared for a revisited "Our Town: Punxsutawney" set to air in October.
The first "Our Town: Punxsutawney" aired in 2000. It was a WPSU viewer who recently watched "Our Town: Reynoldsville" who suggested to the station that after 11 years, it revisit Punxsy.
WPSU-TV serves 29 counties in western and central Pennsylvania.
"We get to come in and tell the good stories," Peters said.
Attendees got to see an example of another "Our Town," an episode about DuBois, in which Bruce Cornelius discussed the DuBois Barbershop Choir.
Peters said the station is looking for between 20 and 25 stories for the upcoming, hour-long "Our Town: Punxsutawney." Each story — running about two minutes each — must have a volunteer to narrate the piece.
Narrators need not come up with an elaborate script. Chirdon said, "We turn a casual conversation into a narrative to go with the story.'
Peters and Chirdon had a few pieces of video and recording equipment for those prepared to begin filming right away. They also stressed the fact that there is no such thing as too much footage.
"Never think you're giving us too much, because you're not," Chirdon said.
"Whatever you talk about, you need photos or video to back it up," Peters added.
Residents who wish to film footage of a story have between now and Sunday, Aug. 21, to do so. That day, the producers will collect the footage for all the stories and conduct the interviews that pertain to the stories.
Those who film footage are welcome to use still photos as well, provided that photos — such as framed pieces — are not too large. The producers will have a scanner on had during the interviews to scan photos and return them to their owners on-site.
Once producers have edited the final cut of the program, WPSU-TV will host a screening for only those who took part in the show's creation, as well as a live studio event when the program airs in early October.
"This is your story, so you give us the tools to tell your stories," Peters said.
Some possible ideas discussed for the new "Our Town: Punxsutawney" — set to air in early October — include service and social clubs, industry, volunteer fire companies, history, Punxsy's huge population of recreational walkers and even chili cook-offs.
Think you have a good story, too?
Even if you missed Wednesday's informational meeting with WPSU-TV for the "Our Town" project, there's still time to get involved — but the sooner, the better.
Tips for appearing on camera and production manuals are available at the Punxsutawney Area Chamber of Commerce downtown.
For more information, to suggest or begin filming a story, contact Jessica Peters at 814-863-6224, or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com, or Whitney Chirdon at 814-863-6634, or e-mail email@example.com.


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Oregon bolstered its receiving corps on multiple fronts Friday.
New UO coach Mark Helfrich made his first hire, according to multiple reports Friday, tabbing former Oregon State assistant Matt Lubick to coach receivers for the Ducks. Hours later, four-star recruit Devon Allen announced on his Twitter account that he had become the first recruit of the Helfrich era to verbally commit to Oregon.
Lubick�s hiring after three seasons at Duke gives the UO coaching staff, by at least one measure, the country�s best teachers in the passing game. The website footballscoop.com named Lubick its receivers coach of the year for 2012, his third season with Duke; Helfrich was named footballscoop.com�s quarterbacks coach of the year.
Lubick will replace Scott Frost, who is being promoted to offensive coordinator, sources have said. Neither move has been officially confirmed by the Ducks.
Footballscoop.com, which first reported Lubick�s hiring, said he will be both receivers coach and recruiting coordinator. Linebackers coach Don Pellum previously has served as recruiting coordinator.
Allen, a 6-foot-1, 190-pound Phoenix native, caught 43 passes for 749 yards and nine touchdowns last fall at Brophy College Prep, according to maxpreps.com. He had previously been offered a track scholarship by the Ducks, according to reports, having run 13.58 in the 110 hurdles and 36.94 in the 300 hurdles to win Arizona high school state titles last spring.
Allen, who made an official visit to Oregon in December, also visited Stanford, UCLA and Florida State. But he jumped at the scholarship offer from the Ducks when it was made this week.
�The opportunity to play football and track at Oregon is big,� Allen told DuckTerritory.com. �I get to run at a historic venue like Heyward Field for track and play football on a BCS-caliber football team. I loved my visit and Oregon has always been my dream school.�
Allen was recruited to Oregon by Frost, who will be his offensive coordinator rather than his position coach, a job newly filled by Lubick.
A 1995 Colorado State graduate and the son of former Rams coach Sonny Lubick, Matt Lubick coached defensive backs at Oregon State in 1999-2000. Former OSU head coach Dennis Erickson hired Lubick again in 2007 at Arizona State, where Lubick spent three seasons before moving to Duke as passing game coordinator, receivers coach and recruiting coordinator.
Before working at ASU, Lubick spent two seasons at Ole Miss, where he helped recruit star all-purpose back Dexter McCluster. After joining the Sun Devils, Lubick recruited star linebacker Vontaze Burfict, who just finished a standout rookie year with the NFL�s Cincinnati Bengals.
�Matt Lubick � no offense to anyone I�ve ever worked with � is simply the best recruiter that I�ve ever worked with,� Duke coach David Cutcliffe told footballscoop.com when Lubick was named its receivers coach of the year, in a vote of other assistants nationally.
The Blue Devils were the only team in the country last fall to boast three receivers with 60 receptions each. Conner Vernon caught 75 passes for 955 yards and seven touchdowns, Jamison Crowder had 70 receptions for 1,025 yards and eight touchdowns and Desmond Scott added 61 catches for 606 yards and two scores.
�Coach Lubick is really big on fundamentals and he�s crafted my game monumentally from that standpoint,� Vernon told footballscoop.com. �He�s a phenomenal coach and a great teacher, but overall he�s a better person than all of that.�
With Oregon, Lubick will benefit from two returning starters at receiver in senior Josh Huff and junior Keanon Lowe, plus veteran backups Daryle Hawkins and Eric Dungy. Running back De�Anthony Thomas also factors heavily into the Ducks� passing game, and they have a talented core of underclassmen in sophomores B.J. Kelley, Bralon Addison and Dwayne Stanford, redshirt freshman Chance Allen and committed recruits Allen and Darren Carrington.


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By Sen. Carlos Uresti
A simple yet eloquent Bible verse came to mind when Republicans abandoned long-held Texas Senate traditions to pass a state budget that will slash funds for education and basic health and human service programs, while leaving a pool of emergency revenues untouched.
Proverbs 3:27 says, "Do not withhold good from those who deserve it when it is in your power to act."
Crafting a better budget for the people of Texas was well within the Senate's power, but a majority chose not to act.
Instead, they did an 'end run' around the Senate's cherished two-thirds rule and for the first time adopted a floor amendment for the budget, stripping a provision allowing the use of the Rainy Day Fund. In doing so they pushed Democrats out of the process and took full possession of a spending plan that won't meet the needs of our state.
The Senate budget would spend about $11 billion less on all programs and services than the current budget. The reductions include almost $4 billion less for public education, lower Medicaid rates to hospitals and other providers, and less money for college financial aid, child protection, family planning, libraries, law enforcement education and training, and community health services. And it doesn't pay for enrollment growth at state colleges and universities or provide funding for the anticipated growth in caseloads and other costs for Medicaid.
For the first time in 27 years, according to the bipartisan Legislative Budget Board, the state will not fully fund public school formulas or student enrollment growth.
Part of the budget balancing act depends on $1.5 billion in Medicaid savings, a stronger economy and the deferral of some payments to the next biennium, including $2 billion to the Foundation School Program. So, as meager as it is, this budget will be flying on a wing and a prayer, and it puts a big tab on the state's credit card as well.
All of this could be avoided by using a portion of the state's Rainy Day Fund, the very purpose for which it was created, but the adamant objection of the governor and other Republicans have taken this source of funding off the table. Given past uses of the fund, their position defies a rational explanation.
In 2003, the Legislature almost drained the Rainy Day Fund to close a budget shortfall, and some of the money went into the creation of the Texas Enterprise Fund. Two years later the Emerging Technology Fund got some Rainy Day money, and the governor has even proposed using it for tax relief.
Given that history, why not use some Rainy Day money to keep teachers from losing their jobs? After all, it's raining pretty hard right now. No one who opposes using the fund has provided a good answer.
My colleagues and I voted against the Senate bill for a second reason. It must be reconciled with the House plan, which reduces current spending by a staggering $23 billion. It cuts public education by $7.8 billion, reduces reimbursement rates to health care providers by up to 40 percent, and abolishes college financial aid for those who aren't already receiving it.
The House and Senate spending plans will now go to a conference committee. What will emerge from that compromise? There is little doubt that conferees will produce a final budget that is greatly diminished even from the Senate plan and completely inadequate to address the needs of Texas.
I believe the people of Texas want us to spend their tax dollars wisely and efficiently. They want government and those who receive government services to be responsible. But they also understand that job growth and economic development and opportunities for personal advancement require an educated work force and a healthy populace.
But as it is now, Texas is last among all states in the percentage of population 25 or older with a high school diploma. How can that change under a budget that doesn't account for the state's booming population growth and the demand it brings for more schools and teachers?
The budget debate reminded me of a second verse from Proverbs, which says, "Do not say to your neighbor, 'go and come back, and tomorrow I will give it', when you have it with you now."
I cannot say that to my neighbors and to the children across my district. We have the means to produce a better budget today, but too many of my colleagues in the Legislature would wait until tomorrow, if then.


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Compared to other occupations and professions, attorneys show higher rates of substance abuse & dependence, depression and suicide. Factors unique to our profession are believed to contribute to these higher than average rates.
Attorneys present greater treatment and recovery challenges due to a range of cognitive and environmental factors such as impaired judgment, stigma and the belief we are or may be beyond help.
1. 1 of every 4 lawyers suffers from "toxic" stress levels & a strong correlation exists between work-related toxic stress and higher rates of alcohol consumption.
2. Lawyers have a higher rate of alcoholism than the general population. 30% of lawyers reportedly abuse alcohol.
3. Studies from numerous jurisdictions peg the rate of alcoholism in the legal profession at between 15% and 24%. Roughly 1 in 5 lawyers is addicted to alcohol compared to the national average of about 9%.
4. The National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse (NIAAA: www.niaaa.nih.gov) cites an ABA study in which 13% of lawyers surveyed admitted to drinking 6 or more alcoholic drinks in 1 day, compared to 7% of the population who are alcoholics.
5. The International Journal of Law and Psychiatry reports problem drinking developed in 18% of lawyers practicing between 2 and 20 years and in 25% of lawyers practicing 20 years or more.
6. Alcoholism among lawyers contributes to approximately 60% of disciplinary prosecutions. 75% of disciplinary proceedings in California in 2008 involved alcohol abuse. Similarly, over 60% of all malpractice claims involve alcohol abuse.
7. The ABA Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs has concluded as many as 90% of all serious trust fund disciplinary matters involve substance abuse, primarily alcoholism.
8. The medical community reports 20% of all active attorneys are addicted to drugs or alcohol.
9. 26% of lawyers reported using cocaine at least once. This is more than TWICE the figure for the general population.
10. 33% of practicing lawyers suffer some form of mental illness and approximately 19% in one study suffer from depression. As a profession, attorneys rank first in depression— a principle co-occurring disorder aggravating substance use.
11. Lawyers have the highest suicide rates among the professions.
1. Denial: is a defense mechanism used when faced with a fact that is too uncomfortable to accept and so is rejected despite overwhelming evidence. Denial is both conscious and unconscious behavior with positive and negative roles in healthy relationships.
In the Addiction-Recovery setting, denial is often a thoroughly developed, organized and sophisticated alibi system an affected individual rehearses, refines and repeats to her or himself and to others. This alibi system includes
a. Ignorance:
Denial is ignorance when we ignore the meaning of addiction as a disease – something over which we lack control and cannot correct with willpower or intellect alone. Denial is ignorance when we fail to appreciate the consequences of our addiction on others.
Without their intercession, we may be unaware of the chaos we bring into their experience. When we are aware, our shame may limit our willingness to accept our true condition and investigate our recovery options.
b. Defensiveness:
Denial is a defense mechanism used to deflect unbearable pain, anxiety and helplessness. Psychiatrists and Psychologists understand denial as an unconscious defense when the existence of unpleasant internal or external realities is denied and kept out of conscious awareness. By keeping the stressors out of consciousness, they are prevented from causing us anxiety.
c. Deception:
Denial is deception when it is a calculated tactic to manage our self-image, manipulate others and avoid or shift responsibility and accountability for the havoc our addictive behavior creates. Deceptive denial includes lying about or minimizing our using behavior and its consequences, or trying to shift responsibility away from ourselves and to those most affected. As conscious deception, denial implicates our professional fitness.
d. Delusion:
Denial is delusional thinking reflecting our brain's altered neural circuitry and its effects on our judgment, decision-making and related cognitive abilities. We may firmly– but mistakenly– believe we don't have a problem, that we are in control of, can manage, or even quit our using activity anytime we want. Misjudging the impact of our addiction on ourselves and others, we lack the impetus to change.
2. Traits of the Person & Profession: may predispose attorneys to substance abuse or addiction as well as contribute to the difficulty attorneys have admitting to the problem and seeking treatment. These traits may include:
a. Traits of Personality:
1. A heightened orientation toward achievement, dominance, control & materialism;
2. A innate competitive adversarialism;
3. Interpersonal insensitivity manifest as objective neutrality;
4. Aggressive responses to stressors;
5. A "thinking" rather than "feeling" preference when decision making.
b. Traits of the Profession:
1. An emphasis on debate, argumentation, conflict & subterfuge– even against clear evidence;
2. A de-emphasis on self-revelation, self-insight and self-awareness in the guise of objective neutrality;
3. An strong & often inflated sense orientation toward self reliance — one at odds with mutually inclusive, and therefore favoring mutually exclusive– goal achievement;
4. The ability to remain high functioning while feeding our abusive & addictive behaviors
c. Enabling Alliances:
Enabling describes those actions of others that insulate the affected practitioner from the consequences of her or his substance related behavior. We can be enabled by family, firm partners & staff, colleagues, judges, even our clients!
Whether their conduct is intended to be supportive, assistive, defensive, or deflective, it is enabling when it prevents us from experiencing the consequences of our addiction and thereby delays our coming to terms with problem and taking voluntary steps to address it.
d. Stigmatization:
Fear of being shunned, disapproved of or held in a negative light by colleagues, clients or judges often prevents us from admitting to substance dependence; or, once admitted, from actively seeking comprehensive help to restore ourselves to wellness.
Stigma and denial may work in tandem telling us our professional reputations and careers are at stake should we "come clean." Rarely do we weigh the alternative consequences of allowing our disease to progress to the point of criminal conduct, professional discipline, or post-treatment relapse due to poor or non-existent aftercare.


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Spelt. Have you heard of it? Or should I say, do you know what it's all about? I had absolutely no idea until about two months ago. At that point I had seen it enough that I thought it would be worth finding out exactly what it was.
Spelt is an ancient grain and basically a cousin to wheat which is what most of us are familiar with. The benefit of spelt is that it has a few more nutrients than wheat and it also doesn't seem to cause the gluten intolerance that wheat does. Spelt is a great source of manganese, protein and fiber. It actually has more fiber than wheat. Manganese helps your body absorb other nutrients and spelt is one of the best sources of this mineral.
For more information on the health benefits of spelt and whole grains in general you can read here or here. The second link talks specifically about spelt as it relates to eliminating gluten from your diet.
I bought my spelt flour at Whole Foods and there were a few different brands I could buy. I bought the Arrowhead Mills brand although they also had Bob's Red Mill. I haven't seen spelt flour in my local grocery stores yet, but I imagine they will carry it soon.
Spelt has a nutty flavor and I thought that it tasted somewhere between a whole wheat and buckwheat pancake (which I really like.) I think spelt pancakes are a great place to start with this grain because you aren't dealing with yeast and they are pretty forgiving. Plus I thought that the recipe I found was a great basic starting point. I sautéed some bananas in a little Smart Balance and cinnamon and put them on top with some blueberries and it was a nutritious, filling breakfast (except the bananas upset my stomach because for some reason I can't eat them….oh well.) Even though the kids didn't oooh and aaah like some of my other pancakes, but they cleaned their plates and seemed quite happy. I plan on trying to make bread or biscuits next….I will let you know how that goes. Enjoy!
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Spelt Pancakes
- 1 cup spelt flour
- Dash of sea salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 tteaspoonbaking powder
- 1 egg beaten
- 1 cup milk
- Mix dry ingredients in a bowl and combine with a whisk. Add the beaten egg and milk and mix until combined.
- Heat a skillet over medium heat and either spray with cooking spray or melt some butter. Spoon batter onto the skillet and cook on the first side until bubbles form on top and they lose their shine. Flip over and cook for another minute or so on the second side.
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Hey MikeIf you use a top plate on the H-frames like our overhanging ones (17:" deep), the base we ship with the MTM flat packs will be almost flush,, it shouldn't overhang at all. LMK if you are going to want some MTm's as I'm doing some cutting within the next couple weeks., might still be able to get some of those inthe "q" Danny can advise yo u better on the height of the room.... I think you'd ideallly want some additonal height but not sure it will be a deal breaker. Adding some diffusion on your ceiling myay be a big help....How big is the room aside from the height ? The other thing is that 3.5 watts is not a ton of power witha 93 - 93.5 db speaker... at what SPL's do you tend to listen to your tunes at ? jay
I just measured the whole length of the long wing on my NX-Otica and only get 15.5". That's not front to back length. That length would be a little shorter. The depth of the standard H frame is 14". So increasing it a little over a half of an inch each direction is not a problem.
Hi all. I'm about to hit the go key on an Otica MTM and a double H-frame build. The easy part of my questions will be about the build. I'm a little smitten with the way ebag4's build came out and plan on emulating (hopefully not too poorly) to a certain extent his build. I have seen specific dimensions for the H-frames but not the Otica MTM so I'm not sure how they fit together. Going off of random photos I can get off of the interwebs though. It appears they have different depths. I plan on buying the flat pack for the MTM and building my own H-frameThe flat pack appears to be hanging off of the back of the H-frame. Assuming this is the case, That would mean either the the MTM was cut down or the H-frame was added to in depth, and also height as the woofers are both facing forward. Is adding to the depth an issue or should the mtm be cut down? Also it appears that ebag4 added a 1/2" thickness to the h-frame for his speaker grills. Was this also accounted for and the h-frames are a total of 1" wider now?
If you are veneering the h-frmes the flush nouints will be no issue... if you are planning on painting, prepare for some serious work to deal wiith that seam down each side and around the front / rear corners. They are not fun to deal. This piano black pair took a ton of work and numerous coats of epoxy/block sanding
Hi Mike, here's what I did. The kit I got from Jay was one of his beta layouts, it came with the wings and baffle, no base. The large wing is 15", I built the base to reflect the footprint of the baffle and large wing so my top half is 15 3/4" deep. With regard to the grills, they are actually built on a 3/4" frame, they are inset to the H frame 3/8" and protrude the front by 3/8". This allowed me to rabbet out the top of the grill so it could overlap the middle section and match up to the 3/8" overlap of the MTM.
Mike,The best thing I've found for sealing and taming MDF seams is West System epoxy (105 Resin and hardener of choice). Two coats. Apply one, sand it back, apply the second then sand that one back also. Finally scuff sand with 100 grit before applying the veneer. Mike
Mike (flavo), wasn't meant to scare you !! Just wanted to let you know to be prepared to deal with the seams involved with flush tops.jay
Excellent advice, thank you. I'll likely pick some up.Would the process be different or more difficult if I was going to a low gloss or matte paint?
No different regardless of how you finish them. The idea is to seal and stabilize the seams so they don't show throught the finish down the roadMike
Mike, do you use the fast hardener or the slow? And, what kind of shelf life does this have?Thanks
Oh, and pay attention to the ratio's, not every hardner uses the same 1:1 ratio, pay attention if you are buying a pump or using a measuring beaker etcjay
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Michael Scully necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 216 diseños de 50 diseñadores freelance.
New logo needed for a mobile technology start-up focused on converged media delivered with an exceptional user experience.
In a very complicated ecosystem of technology, Interactions provides infrastructure that abstracts all the complicated network components required to deliver a service, so that the user has on-demand access to the media they want wherever, whenever, and on whatever device they want.
This new start-up has industry veteran experience and young energy.
It's services include:
* product design and architecture
* user experience testing
* innovation consulting
* mobile smartphone applications that deliver rich media experiences
* developer tools that facilitate easier integration with advanced mobile network services, so that third parties can deliver exceptional user experiences
As mobile networks and devices become more advanced, experiences are converging and the technology to connect these is lagging behind increasing consumer demand for a unified experience across platforms. We understand this technological convergence, and we build solutions that help abstract all that complicated back-end stuff, so that developers may create seamless cross-platform experiences and users find real value in new ways to interact with their media and friends.
User-centered product and service design is central to our value proposition. By enabling rapid development of new services (lego-like building blocks of code inspired our current logo), we allow new ideas to be tested in a real environment with minimal upfront investment, so that the offer can be refined with real feedback before it is committed.
We interface with several parties including consumers, developers, mobile carriers, and other big brand service providers, so several audiences will see this logo.
The team tends to like a lower-case font and a simple color scheme.
Company's current site is at http://www.interactionsltd.com (although it is quite outdated). We have a bit of an "open source" vibe that is certainly not reflected in the current imagery.
Feel free to ask any questions that would be helpful.
- sometimes, simple is better
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- The company is Interactions, Ltd, but the logo only needs to include "Interactions" (we don't want to include "Ltd")
- nothing too design trendy, which could look dated in a few years
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The Steelers activated offensive guard David DeCastro from injured reserve Monday, a move they hope will add stability to an offensive line ravaged by injuries.
DeCastro returned to practice last week and could slide back into the starting lineup at right guard, his initial position before he was shut down by a knee injury during the preseason. Ramon Foster, who filled in for DeCastro, likely will move elsewhere to plug another hole.
The hits kept coming to the Steelers' line in a 20-14 loss to the Cleveland Browns on Sunday. Mike Adams, starting at right tackle in place of Marcus Gilbert, was carted off with an ankle injury. Gilbert -- who has been sidelined since suffering his own ankle injury in Week 6 -- was moved to injured reserve Monday. The team promoted guard/center John Malecki from the practice squad, a sign Adams will miss time.
Left guard Willie Colon was a late scratch from Sunday's game because of a knee injury, moving Doug Legursky into the lineup. Legursky previously filled in for Maurkice Pouncey when the All-Pro center missed time with a sprained knee.
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WASHINGTON — Concluding two days of intense debate, the Supreme Court signaled Wednesday it could give a boost to same-sex marriage by striking down the federal law that denies legally married gay spouses a wide range of benefits offered to other couples.
WASHINGTON — Concluding two days of intense debate, the Supreme Court signaled Wednesday it could give a boost to same-sex marriage by striking down the federal law that denies legally married gay spouses a wide range of benefits offered to other couples.
As the court wrapped up its remarkable arguments over gay marriage in America, a majority of the justices indicated they will invalidate part of the federal Defense of Marriage Act — if they can get past procedural problems similar to those that appeared to mark Tuesday's case over California's ban on same-sex marriage.
Since the federal law was enacted in 1996, nine states and the District of Columbia have made it legal for gays and lesbians to marry. Same-sex unions also were legal in California for nearly five months in 2008 before the Proposition 8 ban.
Justice Anthony Kennedy, often the decisive vote in close cases, joined the four more-liberal justices in raising questions Wednesday about a provision that defines marriage as the union of a man and a woman for purposes of federal law.
It affects more than 1,100 statutes in which marital status is relevant, dealing with tax breaks for married couples, Social Security survivor benefits and, for federal employees, health insurance and leave to care for spouses.
Kennedy said the Defense of Marriage Act appears to intrude on the power of states that have chosen to recognize same-sex marriages. Other justices said the law creates what Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg called two classes of marriage, full and "skim-milk marriage."
If the court does strike down part of DOMA, it would represent a victory for gay rights advocates. But it would be something short of the endorsement of gay marriage nationwide that some envisioned when the justices agreed in December to hear the federal case and the challenge to California's ban on same-sex marriage.
Still, the tenor of the arguments over two days reflected how quickly attitudes have changed since large majorities in Congress passed the federal DOMA in 1996 and President Bill Clinton signed it into law. In 2011, President Barack Obama abandoned the legal defense of the law in the face of several lawsuits, and last year Obama endorsed gay marriage. Clinton, too, has voiced regret for signing the law and now supports allowing gays and lesbians to marry.
In 1996, the House of Representatives' report on the legislation explained that one of its purposes was "to express moral disapproval of homosexuality." Justice Elena Kagan read those words in the courtroom Wednesday, evoking a reaction from the audience that sounded like a cross between a gasp and nervous laughter.
Kagan's quotation gave lawyer Paul Clement, representing the Republican-controlled House of Representatives that has taken up defense of the law in place of the administration, some uncomfortable moments at the lectern.
"Does the House report say that? Of course, the House report says that. And if that's enough to invalidate the statute, then you should invalidate the statute," Clement said. But he said the more relevant question is whether Congress had "any rational basis for the statute." He supplied one: the federal government's interest in treating same-sex couples the same no matter where they live.
Opposing Clement was the Obama administration's top Supreme Court lawyer, Donald Verrilli, who said the provision of DOMA at issue, Section 3, impermissibly discriminates against gay people.
Both Verrilli and Roberta Kaplan, the lawyer for Edith Windsor, the 83-year-old New York woman who sued over DOMA, told the court that views about gay people and marriage have shifted dramatically since 1996 when the law was approved.
But Chief Justice John Roberts jumped on the idea of a rapid shift in opinion to suggest that perhaps gays and lesbians do not need special protection from the court.
The court also considered the related questions of whether the House Republican leadership can defend the law in court because the Obama administration decided not to, and whether the administration forfeited its right to participate in the case.
Roberts and Scalia seemed most interested in this sort of outcome. If the Supreme Court finds that it does not have the authority to hear the case, Windsor probably would still get the $363,000 estate tax refund for which she sued because she won in the lower courts. But there would be no definitive decision about the law from the nation's highest court, and it would remain on the books.


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Sharia in the West? Religious Legal Systems in American and Other Democracies with John Witte, Jr.
Date: 7/25/2011; 57 minutes
John Witte, Jr., Director, Center for the Study of Law and Religion, Emory University, explores a new issue of religious freedom and family law that is now confronting many Western democracies: to what extent may Islamic and other religious communities have the freedom to develop their own internal religious laws to govern the sex, marriage, and family lives of their voluntary faithful. (#21039)
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Wednesday 12 December 2018
6.45pm for 7pm, finishing approximately 10.30pm
Why not join a friendly group for an evening of bridge and dinner at the Jolly Sailors in Brancaster Staithe. Locals and visitors are most welcome to join in for any of the dates throughout the Winter.
The evening begins around 7pm, with dinner being served after the 1st rubber, and bridge then continues after everyone has eaten.
Dinner is prepared by The Jolly Sailors team and includes a main course, glass of wine with the meal, and coffee or tea afterwards. Other drinks can be bought from the bar, the perfect activity for when you are the dummy (a Bridge term not an insult).
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These evenings are primarily for those who know how to play this card game, Bridge (sometimes known as Contract Bridge). However if you are interested in learning how to play, please get in touch, as it may be possible to create a beginners table - Alister is keen to get more people playing.
In case you aren't sure what Bridge is, then this is the Wikipedia definition:
Contract bridge, or simply bridge, is a trick-taking game using a standard 52-card deck. It is played by four players in two competing partnerships, with partners sitting opposite each other around a table. Millions of people play bridge worldwide in clubs, tournaments, online and with friends at home, making it one of the world's most popular card games, particularly among seniors.
Price: Ł20 per person (which inlcludes bridge, Christmas meal, glass of wine and coffee or tea)
Location: The Jolly Sailors, Brancaster Staithe, North Norfolk Coast
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I've seen some people suggesting to get a motherboard that supports two processors and stick two Xeon Nehalem processors in it.
Could you use this system as a desktop PC or is this useless or even impossible?
It's more hypothetical question if Windows 7 would support such a set-up. I know you could just take an i7, but wouldn't two of those processors be a whole lot more awesome? Like the previous generation Skulltrails?
The idea would be to have a motherboard like this ASUS Z8NA-D6C Dual LGA 1366 Intel 5500 ATX and two Xeons (since I don't think i7's could be used) Intel Xeon E5405 Harpertown to run something like Windows 7 Ultimate.


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The Zend Developer Zone has starting up their own contribution to the security side of the PHP community - a "Security Tip of the Week" starting with the first three new ones posted just recently:
- Tip number one involves a good recommendation - keeping your PHP version up to date. Many security issues and exploits have come around because of older versions and the issues they hold.
- Tip number two focuses on the errors that your site gives to the viewing public and the information they can betray (file locations, etc)
- Tip number three talks about using other applications to help you find issues in your code that you might not even know were there - such as Chorizo and the PHPSecInfo reporting tool.


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Responsible travel is important to Peregrine. Maintaining our integrity and upholding principles of sustainable development are core to our travel ethos.
Our values are ingrained in the culture of our business and in the design of our trips. We respect the people, cultures and local environments that we encounter while travelling and encourage the spread of good will and cross-cultural sharing. We are committed to making a positive contribution wherever possible.
Economic Impact
We aim to ensure we create economic benefits that can be shared across our staff, host communities, suppliers and key stakeholders. Our trips are designed to ensure that we support local communities by:
- Hiring local leaders and staff from the destinations where we operate, therefore contributing directly to local employment and ensuring competitive local remuneration
- Using locally owned ground transportation and locally run accommodation
- Recommending local eateries, shops and businesses to our passengers.
- Investing in renewable energy projects which support the local economy through temporary and permanent employment, as well as contributing to the communities' infrastructure
- Creating procurement policies that ensure we have fair and equitable relationships with our partners and suppliers
Environmental Impact
Peregrine recognises that climate change is a reality and unfortunately the travel industry plays a part in contributing to global carbon pollution. Understanding that we as a travel operator are having an impact, we have decided not to shy away from our responsibility and are working hard to reduce our global footprint.
We develop our trips to be low impact by design. In planning our trips we aim to ensure that we are reducing our impact where possible. Keeping our tour groups small, we can focus on providing a more immersive experience, using smaller-scale accommodation and vehicles. Our group sizes and style of travel ensure that we can steer clear of using large coaches for transport or huge hotel chains, which can often have a bigger environmental footprint.
The emissions that our trips and global operations create are calculated and offset through the purchasing of carbon credits. Our portfolio of carbon offsets are derived from a range of high quality Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) or Gold Standard (GS) credits. For example, we are currently supporting the Kasigau Corridor REDD+ project in Kenya, a program that prevents unplanned deforestation and degradation of forests that are home to vulnerable species including the African elephant, cheetah, lion, African hunting dog and Grevy's zebra. It is estimated that deforestation accounts for 18% of global carbon emissions, greater than that generated by transport and aviation combined.
In Cambodia we are working to ensure that communities have access to clean drinking water through the purchase of GS carbon credits which fund the production and dissemination of ceramic water purifiers throughout the country.
We also purchase carbon credits from the Akbuk Wind Farm Project in Turkey, a GS project that has resulted in the installation of 15 wind turbines, that collectively reduce 67,570 tonnes of CO2 from entering the atmosphere each year.
Our carbon management plan helps us operate our business in a sustainable manner and address our environmental commitments as a signatory of United Nations Global Compact.
Respect local customs and culture
All of our Peregrine leaders are able to guide you on the intricacies of the local customs and cultural etiquette of the places we travel. We ask you to respect the local culture and be aware of any actions that could negatively impact local communities.
Play your part as a responsible traveller:
When travelling we ask you to do a few simple things ensure your trip creates positive benefits for you and the places in which you travel:
- Shop locally from traditional artisans – we strongly encourage our travellers to eat locally produced food and goods. This reduces the embodied energy (energy consumed through production and transport) and supports the local economy and keeps their traditional crafts alive.
- Say no to plastic – when exploring those local markets take your own bag and say no thanks to plastic.
- Bring a water bottle – we encourage our passengers to bring and refill a water bottle where possible. For disposable bottles, every 1 litre of water sold means 3 litres of water was used to create it. Peregrine is working with TAP to try and reduce the harmful impact of disposable plastic water bottles on our environment.
- Ensure that you are familiar with what is acceptable to photograph in the destination you are travelling to – some religious sites and processions are prohibited from being photographed or filmed. Always ask permission before photographing people.
- Supporting vulnerable communities – please don't give money or gifts to beggars, this includes children. Supporting organisations that in turn support vulnerable communities such as educational programs is often a more constructive approach to helping those in need. See The Intrepid Foundation for example of grassroots organisations that focus on the wellbeing of vulnerable people and communities.
The Intrepid Foundation
Responsible travel is a big reason we do the things we do. It's why, way back in 2002, we set up The Intrepid Foundation, Peregrine's not-for-profit organisation. Its purpose was pretty simple: to empower travellers to make a difference and to help communities in the places we visit. Since it began, we've raised over AUD$5m for 53 grassroots projects in 25 countries around the world, covering 100% of the administrative costs and doubling your donation, dollar for dollar*. Adventure may be what we do; this is the why.
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Projects you'll support, through The Intrepid Foundation, by travelling with Peregrine
Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity
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Asha Ka Jharna (AKJ) provides services to disabled children and adults, the destitute, divorcees, widows, distressed women and elderly persons, creating awareness and mainstreaming these people into society. Read more
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Sunday, April 29, 2012
Better Crazy Quilts
11 comments:
- WoolenSails said...
I love crazy quilts and never thought of them as being perfect, that is the charm. Most people made them from old clothes and used scraps, so that is what made them crazy quilts. My grandmother used to make them from my grandfather's old wool pants, wish I had one of them.
- April 29, 2012 at 8:42 AM
- Becky in VA said...
Those are some crazy good quilts!
- April 29, 2012 at 8:49 AM
- Brenda said...
wow! these are great. lots to look at. I especially like the one with the big star. thanks!
- April 29, 2012 at 9:03 AM
- Fran said...
Always enjoy your interesting blog, thank you.
- April 29, 2012 at 9:21 AM
- Gail said...
Are there any circumstances under which sewn pieces of fabric are just that or do we have a quilt classification for everything? Also are crazy quilts a classification ie are they in a juried group at shows and if so, what on earth is being evaluated?
Thanks and love your blog
- April 29, 2012 at 9:31 AM
- Sujata Shah said...
I don't know how to pick one and call it my favorite from all if these! Love them all.
- April 29, 2012 at 9:52 AM
- Nifty Quilts said...
I'm always so inspired by crazy quilts. Thanks!
- April 29, 2012 at 2:01 PM
- rlbates said...
I love crazy quilts. I often use my scraps to make baby quilts like this one: http://rlbatesmd.blogspot.com/2008/09/planning.html
- April 29, 2012 at 3:38 PM
- Pip said...
There are some lovely crazy quilts there, I especially like the first quilt and the seventh quilt.
- April 29, 2012 at 5:20 PM
- Cynthia@aquilterbynight said...
Fabulous quilts, all.
- April 30, 2012 at 5:22 AM
- Alyssa said...
Who cares...they still looks great for me. Crazy quilts are charming! :)
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Heart transplant recipients whose bodies are starting to reject the new organ might carry genetic warning signs. A new test of recipients' blood appears as accurate in catching rejection as a heart biopsy, the current gold standard for monitoring donated hearts, researchers led by Stephen Quake and Kiran Khush of Stanford University report in the June 18 Science Translational Medicine.
The scientists scoured each heart recipient's blood for free-floating DNA from the donor. The researchers distinguished recipient DNA from donor DNA by tracking naturally occurring genetic variations called single nucleotide polymorphisms. Donor SNPs are common the day after transplant, the researchers found, but decline within a week. After that, increases in donor DNA serve as a warning sign of rejection.
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Original oil painting painted with palette knife on canvas.All my art works are stamped with my personal stamp.When buying a picture invoiced
The picture is a unique one of a kind.I work with quality oil paints that retain the work fresh, and the top bringing ferniz to protect picture.
Along with the invoice you will receive a certificate of authentisity with your name,if the work is a gift certificate will write the recipient's name with wishes.
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Scott Guthrie is corporate vice president of Microsoft's .NET Developer Platform, where he runs the development teams responsible for delivering Visual Studio developer tools and.NET Framework technologies. Laurence Moroney is a Web Development Strategist at Microsoft, focusing on ASP.NET, Silverlight, user experience, Java, and PHP.
After what we think is an amazing engineering effort, Microsoft is ready to release Visual Studio 2010 with the .NET Framework version 4. The guiding principle behind Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 is pretty straightforward: We wanted to simplify the entire development cycle, while at the same time making it easier for developers to unleash their creativity, and build quality applications.
Since the days of Visual Basic 1.0, we have aimed to deliver tools that let developers harness new technologies with languages and environments they already know. Visual Studio 2010 continues that tradition with integrated support for Windows 7, Microsoft SharePoint 2010, Windows Azure, and more. Built on .NET Framework 4, Visual Studio helps developers extend and transfer existing skills to new technologies, providing greater flexibility and power.
We've worked hard to make sure that Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 have something for every developer, and this is particularly the case for those focused on Web development. This is where we'll spend the bulk of the time in this article, as we take a tour of some of the new features for Web developers. We'll start with a look at IDE improvements, then we'll go into some of the API improvements for ASP.NET Web Forms and ASP.NET MVC.
However, this is only a portion of the new functionality we've introduced in these releases, so check out www.microsoft.com/visualstudio for more information or to download the trial version.
Multiple Monitor Support
One of the first productivity improvements is multi-monitor support in Visual Studio 2010. In previous versions of Visual Studio, we joked that you could support multiple monitors, but you would have to do that by launching multiple instances of Visual Studio and running one on each monitor! With Visual Studio 2010, we've added real multi-monitor support, so you can "tear off" any window, such as a code window, and dock it in a separate monitor. So, for example, you can be running your application by stepping through the code in one window on one monitor, and looking at trace information on another. It's one of those features that once you start using it; you'll wonder how you lived without it!
Improved Intellisense
Intellisense is one of those great features that make using an IDE a real pleasure. With Visual Studio 2010 we've provided a subtle but wonderful upgrade to the Intellisense feature. In the past, when you started typing, the Intellisense window would look for methods, properties, or events that are available to you and that begin with the characters that you just typed. With the updated Intellisense in Visual Studio 2010, the characters will match any part of the available classes. So, for example, if you type cart, then Intellisense will find all available APIs where the characters are present, and provide some basic documentation on that API; see Figure 1.
Note also that the search is sensitive enough to understand Pascal casing, so, for example, in Figure 1, we could have typed db.ATSC, and found the AddToShoppingCarts method.
The Intellisense improvements aren't limited to .NET -- you can also use it with JavaScript, including JavaScript libraries like jQuery. Figure 2 is example where you can see not only does the Intellisense pick up the available APIs for the myItem Var, but it also picks up the jQuery documentation as a tooltip!
This documentation is also fully customizable. In the case of jQuery, you'll see a file called "jQuery<version>-vsdoc.js" in your solution. Find the desired method (in this case load) and you'll see the <summary></summary> tags containing this documentation. Follow this syntax in your own JavaScript libraries, and you'll be able to provide intellisense and documentation tips in the same way.
load: function( url, params, callback ) { /// <summary> /// Loads HTML from a remote file and injects it into the DOM. By default /// performs a GET request, but if parameters are included /// then a POST will be performed. /// </summary> /// <param name="url" type="String">The URL of the HTML page to load.</param> /// <param name="data" optional="true" type="Map">Key/value pairs that will be sent to the server.</param> /// <param name="callback" optional="true" type="Function">The function called when the AJAX request is complete. It should map function(responseText, textStatus, XMLHttpRequest) such that this maps the injected DOM element.</param> /// <returns type="jQuery" /> if ( typeof url !== "string" ) return this._load( url );


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I'm getting more in a habit of listening to whole albums now. A couple stood out:
Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath and Master of Reality (first 5 albums really, I haven't heard each and every one 100% yet)
Burzum - Filosofem (by far the scariest album ever IMHO)
Creedence - Green River
Dethklok - The Dethalbum
Fugees - The Score (practically the only hip hop album I truly listened to)
Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction
Hole - Pretty In The Inside (I get disappointed with Hole's next albums which are not as abrasive and raw)
Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden, Fear of the Dark, Somewhere in Time, well all of their albums except for X Factor
Megadeth - Killing is My Business, Peace Sells
Metallica - First 5 albums front to back are about as immaculate collection of music as you can get in my humble opinion
Muse - Absolution (I got out of them and got back into them, weird)Amy Winehouse - Frank
Chrono Cross Musical Soundtrack
I practically have all of the Final Fantasy soundtracks, I kinda like VII the best because it has a mix of the old school video game sounds and orchestration with classical.
I have regretted never listening to a Beatles album from front to back yet.
Wow I thougth I was the only one who collected the Final Fantasy soundtracks. I love all of their games with the exception of FFXI and FFXIV. I don't know why their online games never had any appeal to me. Even friends of mine who have been long time fans of the games don't care for the soundtracks.
I still have many of the songs on my Ipod, especially the works of Nobuo Uematsu.
I frickin love Uematsu. I still have the FFVII soundtrack I bought from FuncoLand 100 years ago. I have the whole collection in CD, and put all of the soundtracks on my iPod. It's perfect when you want to lay down close your eyes. I also like Hitoshi Sakimoto and Masato Nakamura. Sakimoto did Gauntlet IV which has an amazingly underrated soundtrack in the 16 bit era.
If they called FFXI and FFXIV, Final Fantasy Online (like they did with Tactics), I think people would be more willing to tolerate it. When people play Final Fantasy they are used to a type of gameplay that's engaging but at the same time feel like your in a Fantasy world. Oh and the XIII sucked.
Yeah FFX had the same problem with not letting you go where you want, I guess for me the difference was that the story to FFX was more engaging.
I guess I'd say that in FFX I felt like I was a part of it, where in FFXIII I felt like I was watching a movie.
Even in FFX you went to a town engaged with people, learned about secrets, once in awhile, try to learn al bhed and bought things. In, FFXIII you go forward, watch a movie, go forward, watch a movie.
I thought it was a bit embarrassing that Final Fantasy took a giant step back and games like Fallout and Dragon Age are taking leaps forward.
It's funny, all this talk of the downfall of Final Fantasy has caused me to blow the dust off my playstation games. I've decided to start with FFIV. After that maybe VII, or VI. I'm not sure which.
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TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine signed a bill that will exempt the initiation fees, membership fees and dues charged by nonprofit health and fitness clubs from the state's 7 percent sales tax.
The sales tax exemptions will be retroactive to Oct. 1, 2006, and the measure will create a system for consumers to receive a refund.
"Slapping the sales tax onto a gym membership is not a means of enticing someone who wants to take the first step to improve their health," New Jersey Assemblyman Reed Gusciora says. "The ability to offer tax-free fitness memberships will allow us to further promote the ideal of a healthier New Jersey."
The International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) opposed the bill, saying it wanted a sales tax repeal on all health clubs, nonprofit and for-profit.


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Monday, March 15, 2010
Thanks A Whole Lot
As if going through security isn't enough of a hassle, taking off your shoes, removing liquids and gels. Will flying to the States from Doha, Qatar, require me to go through one of those full body scanners, too? I have no objection to doing so and firmly believe that flying is a privilege, NOT a right. To all who oppose to going through the full body scanners? Ride a camel to your destination. Take a boat. Walk. But you are not getting on any plane I am getting on if the rest of us have been put through the scanner. Who doesn't go through the body scanner? Someone who has something to hide, that's who. No, I'm not willing to listen to any argument that it is against someone's values or morals or cult beliefs. Take a long hard look at WHY it is that flying has become such an ordeal. Then try to present an argument that it is against your values or morals or cult beliefs. There is one reason why flying has become such a nightmare and one reason, only. I don't think I have to spell it out.
Here's what I'm pissed off about today, though. And it is not because my luggage gets searched, by hand, in Doha, by someone who is touching everyone else's stuff without even changing her gloves - yeah, that lip gloss you just opened and stuck halfway up your nostril? You can keep it. I don't want it now. Those sneakers in the bag before mine that you just man-handled and now you are opening my eye shadow to rub one of your filthy dirty gloved fingers across it to make sure it is powder and not cream? You can have the eye shadow, too. Sure, maybe you think I have some sort of germ phobia - I do - but again, that isn't why I'm pissed off about flying. Not even pissed about the full body scan.
I am pissed off because I cannot take my knitting on the plane. That's right. Knitting! Why? Because the knitting needles could be used as a weapon by someone if they fell into the wrong hands. Yep. Knitting needles are not allowed on planes. Is that like one of the most ridiculous things you have ever heard? No. Probably not. I can see how a knitting needle could be used as a weapon. I don't use two long needles, I use one circular needle. Think piano wire around someone's neck. Why that's an incredibly pleasant thought, isn't it?
So, let's see. Fly out of here to Doha. Sit in Doha for a couple of hours. Then get on the flight there to Washington, D.C. It is a 14 and a half hour flight. FOURTEEN AND A HALF HOURS on one flight. Can you even imagine how much knitting you could get done in that amount of time? Then I think I'm in Washington for three hours - it might be four - before I get on the final flight leg home. Knitting sure would pass the time for me. But, nooooo. No knitting needles allowed. Yarn? Sure. No problem. Just no needles.
Thanks a whole lot!
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I dislike the scanners. I dislike the fact that someone will essentially see me naked. I don't display myself naked for the world to see, so why should some idiot in a booth see me naked? It's not like they can't save and print out photos...and frankly, I'm no one's wank material.ReplyDelete
It's not like they actually catch anything, anyway. That underwear bomber could have walked through one of those without anyone detecting the powder in his undies.
I'll happily drive or take the train anywhere I need to go. The train's more comfortable, anyway (and the car train is the best of both worlds - load car onto train, have personal vehicle in destination, no putting tons of miles on said car in the process of getting from A to B).
- Anonymous3/15/2010 11:57:00 PM
No way you can have knitting needles on board! You might knot an Afghan!ReplyDelete
- vermindust3/16/2010 01:24:00 AM
"Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them."ReplyDelete
— Lily Tomlin
Or did mean some Other Phuckktards?
The body-scan equipment is an interesting tech toy, but I have not seen anything that says it is actually effective in any meaningful way. And yeah, it makes me a bit squeamish even if it just resolves to make everyone look like a department-store window dummy before putting on whatever-is-being-advertised covering is put on.ReplyDelete
Yarn is allowed? But it can so easily be fashioned into a garotte!
Come to that, what about shoes? Even after they have been cleared as explosive-free. I was present once when a guy was charged with assault-with-a-deadly-weapon -- he kicked a cop, and deserved to be charged with something, but that statute could be used against anyone/ for possessing a deadly weapon.
One solution for the knitting needles- my friend uses the circular bamboo knitting needles and secures them as "hair chopsticks" before going through security. Just a thought...ReplyDelete
I can look in my purse at any given moment and find something that could be used as a weapon, one NOT on the "watch" list. After all, I worked with juvenile delinquents for 15 years. Those kiddies taught me a LOT about weaponry.ReplyDelete
"Flying is a privilege not a right."ReplyDelete
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FERRISBURGH — A fire that started at about 10 o'clock on Sunday night burned to the ground the rear third of a Route 7 building in Ferrisburgh and badly damaged the rest of it. The conflagration destroyed many valuable tractors, cars and equipment stored there, and it is forcing a marine sales and service business renting space there — Eriksen's Crow's Nest Marina — to relocate.
BRISTOL — For five-and-a-half innings on Saturday, the host Mount Abraham and Middlebury union high school baseball teams battled on even terms in a crisp game that stood at 3-3.
Then, in the sixth, things started going wrong for a Tiger team that had been playing well enough to win three straight road games and enter the day at 3-1.
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Currently an administrator for an expansive school union in greater- Austin, Texas, Fenimore will succeed longtime ACSU Assistant Superintendent Jan Willey, who is stepping down on June 30.
"I am very excited to become a part of the (ACSU) team," Fenimore said during a recent telephone interview.
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Hello, world.
A lot of discussion has gone on behind the scenes in recent days and weeks regarding the current homeless circumstances of 091 Labs. Some of the discussion has been heated. Laconic quips have been made. Properties have been researched and prospective landlords have been contacted in and around Galway City. The outlook right now is pretty good: We're close to securing a property in the city centre and negotiations have begun about the letting of the property to 091 Labs. More than that it really isn't my place to say.
We've started to move our books, furniture, electronics and bookish electronic furniture from Exchange House into temporary storage around the city and county. Almost all of the small pieces were moved yesterday afternoon. More is to go in coming days.
And yes, many weeks of summer still lie ahead of us, but inevitably September is going to come and a fresh batch of mundane…first year college students will arrive in Galway. Just like we did in 2010, classes are in tentative planning to be held for them: Electronics, programming, Linux, computer maintenance.
We're not dead (yet).


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Staff writer
She might have manure on her boots and a hat on her head when she comes to town to pick up groceries or supplies, but Jamie Peters of rural Hillsboro would not have life any other way.
Born into an agriculture family in Illinois and married into the Peters Cow/Calf Ranch southwest of Hillsboro in 1999, Peters believes women have long held an important place in agriculture and will continue to do so as food production becomes paramount in a world with continued population growth.
According to a recent report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the number of women in agriculture education outpaced men from 2009 to 2011. The number of women enrolled in agricultural programs at colleges currently surpasses that of males nationwide.
Peters, an animal science graduate from Kansas State University, said the majority of her classmates in agriculture were male but she never felt like a minority or that she needed to prove her place.
"A true agriculturist has a love for the land and the livestock that consumes its bounty, no matter if they are male or female," she said. "That is the way I feel about agriculture. I could not imagine my life any differently. This is what I know, what I love."
Peters grew up on a farm in Illinois where her grandparents raised corn, soybeans, cattle, and hogs, and her father was an equine science professor at a community college in addition to farming and ranching.
"I often saw my grandmother out on the field in the tractor," she said. "It is only right for me to be a woman in agriculture continuing the legacy of my ancestors."
While at K-State, Peters judged horses competitively under the direction of her older sister, who was the coach of the team. She was quite thankful to learn, after finding the love of her life there in Ryan Peters, that he was into farming, cattle, and horses.
"The Peters Ranch is where my agriculture experience blossomed," she said. "My husband considers me his trusty sidekick and 'on call' help and I am so thankful."
Peters, who along with Ryan has two children, Charlie, 9, and Ashley, 6, said her daily activities consist of general care and well being for the family's livestock and keeping track of farm finances.
"There's never a dull moment," she said. "In early spring, I am out on a horse checking pregnant heifers to see who is calving, if there is any having trouble, or finding newborns. We check the heifers every three to four hours during the season to be able to assist any cow that needs help. There is always the thrill of seeing the cuteness of a newborn calf, the motherly instinct of a brand new mama, and the wonder if she is going to be over- protective and chase you to the nearest fence."
After calving is complete, Peters assists with vaccinations, branding, moving cattle out to summer pasture, and watching heat cycles for artificial insemination. Since the family produces all the feed their cattle herd requires, there is hay to cut, grain to harvest, and a lot of fieldwork to fit the family's schedule.
"During wheat or milo harvest, my husband will have me running the combine or hauling the grain to the elevator by semi truck," she said. "He must have a lot of faith in me that I won't wreck the equipment."
Peters said she often has the children right along with her, as work on the farm continues as long as the sun is up, and sometimes even after dark.
"Life on the farm and ranch requires a lot of hours of labor and being out in the elements," she said. "But it also gives me the flexibility to be at the house when my kids get home from school, and I can volunteer as a leader for their 4-H clubs and other activities."
Peters said the hardest part of functioning as a working sidekick on a full-fledged farm and ranch was dealing with communication issues.
"Sometimes I have to be a mind-reader," she said. "It's hard to figure out where you are supposed to be when the wind is howling, the gates are banging, and the cattle are coming. Communication under stress is probably the thing we have to work the hardest on."
Peters said good moments always outweighed difficult moments, and she never tires of watching baby calves at play.
"They play tag, king of the mountain, and have races," she said. "People in cities or those that don't get to work directly with agriculture don't understand how much we love and appreciate the animals we raise. They all have such unique personalities. Sharing all this with someone you love is the best."


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There are various oils out there that you can use neat on your skin and hair to keep it in good condition. Many of these can be sourced quite cheaply, some are rarer but I have tried all of the following ones out with good results.
The advantage of using an oil need is that it tends to last longer, works out cheaper, and its free of a lot of the nasty preservatives found in some treatments.
Here it is!
1. Olive Oil
Olive oil has a high content of monounsaturated fatty acids and its high content of antioxidative substances.
Good For: Hair treatment, mixed with sugar or salt (fine!) as a scrub, as a moisturizer after a shower and on my salad.
Buy: From any supermarket! I like Extra Virgin although that has a stronger smell. You may prefer a lighter oil for that reason and it is easier to wash off as the consistency is lighter.
2. Emu Oil
Emu Oil is high in linolenic acid and oleic acid. The combination of these off relief to muscle and joint pain and it sinks into the skin easily with an anti-inflammatory effect.
Good For: Skin Care and as a muscle rub.
Buy: The luxurious end has Dremu (£30 for 30ml – the bottle pictured above) or more affordable is Golden Emu Oil for £14.95 for 55ml.
3. Coconut Oil
Coconut Oil consists of more than ninety percent of saturated fats – good fats and has a large range of uses beyond beauty.
Good For: Skincare, Hair Treatment, can be used with food (to cook it for example).
I always go for VIRGIN coconut oil as it is unprocessed. Processed or refined coconut oil is much cheaper to buy and isn't a terrible choice if you on a budget – it's still great for hair treatments but if you can, buy Virgin – the smell of raw coconut is heavenly.
This pic is of my Elemis 'moisture melt exotic oil' – which by the way is just coconut oil with some scent in it (I checked the ingredients list) dressed up in a luxury bottle. It doesn't even say if the oil is virgin or refined. Boo to you Elemis for charging £29 for 100ml of coconut oil with a bit of scent in it (sorry Product Placement Blog, Elemis fan extraordinare).
Buy: Virgin coconut oil is expensive, especially if you are using it for your hair (like mine!). I buy it in 1lb baggies (and put it into my own jar) from eBay for about £18.
4. Bhringaraj / Sesame Oil:
Sesame oil has rejuvenating properties help to prevent early greying and balding. It's said to add depth to hair.
I first encountered it when I got some Bhringaraj hair oil – Bhringaraj is a herb which is mixed with sesame oil. The smell is better with Bhringaraj oil although because it is expensive, I would save it has a hair treat, and use sesame for more general use like body massage (I should be so lucky).
Buy: 500ml from Pukka Herbs at £27.95 . Normal sesame oil can be bought at all Chinese and Asian supermarkets and probably a lot of regular ones too (although at a higher price). Note – sesame oil smells STRONG. Could be great if you sit next to someone at work who you hate with nut allergies.
5. Crocodile Oil.
Not to be mistaken for the mother in law.
Crocodile oil is said to be highly anti-bacterial – Crocs actually have the strongest immune system in the world.
Uses: Skincare – said to be good for eczema, cuts, bruises, rashes, burns, psoriasis and other skin problems (even dark circles allegedly!). Can be used on pets (for sarcoptic mange, not dark circles silly).
What about the issue of farming Crocodiles for this? The site I bought mine from says:
Crocodiles are farmed for their meat, the same as cattle and chickens. The meat is low in cholesterol and regarded as a delicacy in many restaurants around the world. There is less than 800g of fat on each crocodile which can be used for medical research. The fat is a by product of farming and unless used for medical purposes it is discarded. No crocodiles are killed for the sole purpose of obtaining the fat.
The one thing about this oil is that it does have a fatty smell too it – it don't like it very much so I would use it to treat a rash or burn but I wouldn't use it regularly without a definite reason (unlike say with the coconut and olive oil).
Buy: Jamu Shop is very good for this kind of thang.
The other thing I realized looking at these oils is that so many of them promise to do everything. One is amazed that someone hasn't just chucked a giant globe sized vat of oil over the earth to heal everyone and everything.
I suggest trying them out for yourself and not getting too excited until it actually works for you.
Easiest to get hold of: Olive, Sesame
Most Affordable: Olive, Sesame, Coconut
Best for Hair: Olive, Coconut, Sesame,
Best for Face: Emu
Best intensive treatment: Crocodile


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Behind the Scenes at Appaman: Susan's Sketchbooks
October 10, 2013 in Appaman News, New This Season
Susan Kay is our ultra-talented designer that's responsible for taking the Appaman aesthetic and turning it into a fashion-forward, cohesive collection with cool and wearable pieces. We asked her to share some pages from her sketchbook so our fans could take a peek behind the scenes into her creative process and see where some of their favorite Fall/Winter 2013 pieces began.
There are many steps involved in design and production, starting with Susan's initial meetings with Harald, where they discuss looks that inspire them, favorite vintage styles, and upcoming trends they love. Lynn weighs in with feedback from buyers about what our customers like and styles they want to see.
Check out Appaman's Pinterest page to see what inspires us this season
In the meantime, Susan begins to sketch, and the ideas start to come to life. She draws out croquis (fashion sketches of outfits) and individual pieces to visualize the garments and establish the look of the season. She experiments with different designs she has in mind and adds notes about the detailing.
Most of the styles will undergo lots of revisions before they go to production (if they make it that far), so it's always fun to look back on the process and see the origins of some of our favorite pieces…
- Here's an early sketch of a modern, casual cheerleader-inspired look, which pairs a stylized varsity jacket with a pleated skirt and knit hat. Our collection features this style in the form of the Varsity Bomber with quilted stitching, the Box Pleat Skirt, and Tilly Hat.
- For boys, Susan imagined a preppy vintage cardigan, inspired by letter sweaters and classic Ivy League style. We ended up with the Thompson Cardigan, which looks updated and modern with our Skinny Twill Pants.
- Outerwear requires lots of detailed notes! Here's the development of the Pratt Down Parka and versions of the Varsity Jacket, boy Puffy Vest and girls' Moto Club Vest:
- Both Susan and Harald draw original images for our graphic tees. Here are Susan's sketch of the Prom Gathered Tee and the first version of the Stars Gathered Tee:
For more behind the scenes fun straight from Appaman HQ, be sure to follow us on Facebook and Instagram!


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Rockers Green Day have teamed up with a skateboard company to create a line of boards inspired by the band's latest multi-album release to raise money for charity.
The "American Idiot" hitmakers have joined forces with Real Skateboards, one of the biggest board companies in the U.S., to benefit the Children's Hospital & Research Center in Oakland, where the sister of frontman Billie Joe Armstrong works.
Real Skateboards co-founder Jim Thiebaud is a long-time friend of Armstrong and collaborated with the band on the custom boards, which feature designs mimicking the graphics for their "Uno!, Dos!, and Tré!" album set.
Thiebaud tells the New York Daily News, "It's a true collaboration with Green Day. I've been friends with Billie Joe for more than 15 years. I grew up in Berkeley and Oakland … Skateboarding is an amazing platform. It's not just about pushing a board; you can use it to change the world. … Billie Joe's sister works at Children's Hospital, and he suggested it. It's entirely Green Day. I'm just lucky to be a part of it."


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When Honda introduced the NSX in the early '90s, they created the first Japanese supercar. The legendary car was endorsed by racing phenoms like Ayrton Senna and Alex Zanardi and accolades for the engine, handling, and looks were near universal.
But the car reached the end of the line in 2005 and a successor hasn't come close to production since, disappointing enthusiasts worldwide.
But that is all about to change.
Today at the Detroit Auto Show, we were on hand for the introduction of Acura's new NSX Concept.
As one of the most anticipated introductions of the show, we were scared that the car might not meet our lofty expectations.
It didn't disappoint. Of all the press conferences we went to today, the NSX was the only car that was met with raucous applause from the jaded journalists in the audience.
We did still hear some grumblings about lackluster styling or disappointment in the power, but they were few and far between.
The old NSX used a mid-mounted V6 to power the rear wheels. The new NSX adds a bit of a twist.
Like the old car, this NSX will also be powered by a V6 placed behind the driver. However, the new car is all wheel drive with a hybrid powertrain that is used to power the front wheels.
Honda CEO Takanobu Ito was on hand for the announcement and said that we can expect the new NSX to be on the road in the next three years. In yet another twist, the car will actually be built in Ohio with development undertaken by Honda R&D in the USA.
If the production car looks this good and performs anything like the old car, then Acura could very well have a winner on their hands.
Full disclosure: We would not be able to attend without Ford, who offered to fly us to Detroit and grant us access to the show as well as their design studios.


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Reviewed by Jose V. (age 8)
I liked the book very much, because the pictures were very funny to look at. The illustrator made the art so fun to look at that I couldn't stop looking at all the silly characters. The words were fun to read too.
I really think every kid who reads this book will like it because the words and pictures are so funny. I think adults would like also, because it just makes you laugh out loud.


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Look no further than our Ultimate 10x8 Apex Combination Double Door Workshop for a premium workshop that offers a multitude of work and storage possibilities. This custom made garden workshop features three areas: a 6x8 area perfect as workshop or for storing larger items; a 4x8 rear storage area for keeping your garden equipment and tools tidied away; and a 3ft log shelter with large overhang for storing your logs, bikes, barbeques and any other items which require shelter from the weather. With two internal spaces, and an extra exterior shelter this formidable garden building a truly high quality and practical investment. Accessibility is improved by the wide double doors to the 6x8 area and a wide single door to the rear storage area, so you can comfortably manoeuvre large items in and out of either section of this garden workshop. The doors are quality ledged and braced, hung with heavy duty galvanised hinges and fitted with integral rim locks for builtin security. Once inside, the elevated eaves allow a superb amount of headroom and enhanced vertical storage options. The workshops superior finish is completed by the two opening windows which provide a source of natural light and ventilation. Our entire Ultimate garden building range has been pressure treated to guarantee against rot and fungal decay for a fantastic 15 years. Premium pressure treated joists give your workshop the necessary elevation to avoid rot and fungal damage. To protect the long term structural integrity of this garden workshop, we strongly advise building it on a hard, flat surface such as concrete or decking. This incredible outdoor building is available in even more spacious sizes. Professionally handcrafted from premium quality selected European Softwood Pressure Treated to include a wax additive, repelling moisture and giving a 15 year guarantee against rot no need for re-treatment Manufacturers approved same day installation available; please see details in the accessory options below Quality ledged and braced doors, with integral rim lock for built-in security and hung with heavy duty galvanised hinges High quality, joinery made, opening windows with toughened glass as standard- outward opening for ventilation Extra eaves height for a more practical and flexible working and storage space All fixtures, fittings and finishings provided to include finials and assembly instructions Professionally finished with barge boards and diamond finials manufactured from smooth planed timber For that extra personal touch, we can add a window, change a door position or create a completely bespoke one off shed just for you. Please call us to discuss your requirements and the options available