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|May 5, 1738. Ran away from the Subscriber's Quarters on Sapponic, in Prince George County, 14 or 15 Weeks ago, a Mulattoe Man Slave, named Tom, 25 Years old, about 5 feet 8 or 9 Inches high, thin faced, and bushy Hair, if not cut off; he is very apt to grin when he speaks, or is spoken to; had on an old dark Fustian Coat, with plain yellow Metal Buttons; Hath been several Times taken up, and escaped again before he could be deliver'd to the Quarter whereunto he belon'd; and the last Time shackled, Handcuffed, and an Iron Collar about his Neck, with Prongs, and to some of them Links. Whoever will deliver him to me, in Charles-City County, shall have a Pistole Reward, besides what the law allows; and if brought from any great Distance a farther Reward suitable to the Trouble, by
John Stith
N.B. It is suspected he will endeavour to escape on Board some Vessel
|May 2, 1766. Run away from the subscriber, in Mecklenburg county on Wednesday last, a fellow named Jack. It appears he has been principally concerned in promoting the late disorderly meetings among the Negroes, and is gone off for fear of being prosecuted for many robberies he has committed. He is a low squat made fellow, bow-legged, his eyes remarkably red, has been branded on the right cheek R, and on the left M, though not easily to be perceived. It is supposed he intends for Carolina or Georgia. Whoever apprehends the said slave, and will deliver him to me, shall receive 50s. If taken 50 miles from home and 6d [pence] a mile for a greater distance.
Robert Munford.
|Oct. 10, 1767. Prince George, Sept. 28, 1767. RUN away from the subscriber, the 22d of this instant, three slaves, viz. JUPITER, alias GIBB, a Negro fellow, about 35 years of age, about 6 feet high, knock kneed, flat footed, the right knee bent in more than the left, has several scars on his back from a severe whipping he lately had at Sussex court-house, having been tried there for stirring up the Negroes to an insurrection, being a great Newlight preacher. ROBIN about 25 years of age, a stout fellow, about 6 feet high, has a film over one of his eyes, a sore on one of his shins, and is brother to Gibb. DINAH, an old wench, very large, near 6 feet high; she has a remarkable stump of a thumb, occasioned by a whitlow, by which the bones of the first joint came out and is mother to the two fellows. They carried with them a variety of clothes, among the rest an old blue duffil great coat, one bearskin do. a scarlet jacket, and a fine new linen shirt. It is supposed they will endeavour to make their escape southward. Whoever takes up, and conveys to me the above slave, shall have a reward of 50s. for each of the fellows, and 20s for the wench, if taken in Virginia; if any other government, £5 for each of the fellows, and 40s for the wench paid by
George Noble
|Oct. 20, 1768. RUN away from the subscriber in Chesterfield, the Wednesday before Easter last, a bright mulatto wench named Jude, about 30 years old is very remarkable, has lost one eye, but which I have forgot, has long black hair, a large scar on one of her elbows, and several other scars on her face, and has been subject to running away ever since she was ten years old. I have great reason to think she will pass for a free woman, and endeavour to make into South Carolina. She is very knowing about house business, can spin, weave, sew, and iron, well. She had on when she went away her winter clothing, also a blue and white striped Virginia cloth gown, a Virginia cloth coperas and white striped coat, besides others too tedious to mention. Whoever conveys the said slave to me shall be well rewarded for their trouble.
Mary Clay
|May 11, 1769. Run away from the subscriber in Charles City county, the 14th of April last, a VIRGINIA born Negro fellow named PETER, about 44 years of age, of a black complexion, a slim fellow, his teeth cut before as if broke off, and is a sly artful rogue if not watched; he carried with him sundry clothes, such as crop Negroes usually wear, also a white Virginia cloth waistcoat and petticoat, a Tarlton plaid gown, and sundry other of his wife's clothes. He also carried away a gun of an uncommon large size, and a fiddle, which he is much delighted in when he gets any strong drink, which he is remarkably fond of, and then very talkative and impudent. I suspect he has gone to Amelia county, to Mr. Tanner's, as Mrs. Tanner, alias Mrs. Johnson, sold him to Mr. Richard Hayles, and by him sold to the subscriber, as he often told the other Negroes that if ever I used him ill he would go to his old mistress, as she never sold him to Mr. Hayles, but only lent him during pleasure, and that he would go to her and be protected. The said Negro is outlawed; and I will give £10 to any person or persons that will kill him and bring me his head, separate from his body, or 40s. if delivered to the subscriber near the Long Bridge.
William Gregory
|Apr. 5, 1770. Forty Shillings Reward. RUN away from the subscriber, in York County, about the 11th or 12th of November last, a very black Negro man named Ben, about 5 feet 6 inches high, 35 years old, spare made, by trade a carpenter, and understands something of the coopers business, his upper teeth rotten, he has many clothes, so it is impossible to describe them. He took with him sundry carpenters and coopers tools. I expect he will endeavour to pass for a freeman, as he can read tolerably well, and am doubtful of his obtaining a pass from some evil disposed person, and leave the colony. This is to desire all master of vessels, and others, from harbouring him; and I will give the above reward to any person that will deliver him to me, at Mr. James Shield's, near Williamsburg.
Joshua Jones
|June 16, 1774. RUN away from the subscriber, about the 20th of April, a Mulatto Fellow named Peter Brown, by Trade a Painter, but can do Carpenters Work, about 35 or 40 Years of Age, five Feet eight or nine Inches high, of a dark Complexion, slim made, thin Visage, has lost several of his upper fore teeth, is fond of Singing and sings well, has several Suits of Clothes, therefore I cannot describe his Dress. He was some Years past tried for Robbery; and found guilty, but obtained the Governour's Pardon on suffering one Year's Imprisonment. After that Time he was sold to Mr. John Fox of Gloucester, with whom he lived one or two Years; he then ran away and passed for a Freeman in the Counties of King William, Caroline, and Hanover, where he was taken up and brought home. As he had a Wife at Mr. Benjamin Hubbard's, it is likely he may be lurking in that Neighbourhood, or near Petersburg, where he was raised. Whoever takes up the said Runaway, and delivers him to me at Osborne's, shall have 40s. Reward. All persons are forbid from harbouring or carrying him out of the Colony.
Peterfield Trent
|Oct. 13, 1774. Run away from the Subscriber, last Friday, a likely Virginia born Negro Man called JOHNNY, about 22 Years of Age, five Feet eight Inches high, has a down Look, and Waiter. This Fellow formerly belonged to Armistead Lightfoot, Esq; deceased, and is remarkable for Cock-fighting, Card-playing, and many other Games. I suspect he will pass as a Freeman, and endeavour to get out of the Colony, as he can read and write. All Masters of Vessels are cautioned not to carry him off, at their Peril. I will give 40s. if taken within this Colony and brought home, besides what the Law allows, or £5 if taken in any other Colony.
Charles Grymes
|Dec. 1, 1774. RUN away from the subscriber, a Virginia born Negro Fellow named WALTON, 23 Years of Age, of a light Complexion, middle Size, has a pleasing Countenance, his Skin very smooth, one of his upper fore Teeth is decaying, which it is likely he will pull out, and his Hair on the fore Par of his Head is cut short; he carried with him four Shirts, two of them new Sheeting, two Suits of Clothes, one Russia Drilling, the other dark brown Duffil, trimmed with gilt Buttons, &c. He had a Surtout Coat, Velvet Cap, Hat, and every Thing else suitable for a Waitingman. As he is a very artful and likely Fellow, he may endeavour to pass for a free Man, and I am doubtful has got a Pass from a Negro of mine who can write a good Hand. This Fellow has waited on me for three Years past, and always rode with me, so that he has a general Acquaintance: but as he was raised in Nansemond, near the old Town, it is probably he is gone there, as his Friends live in that Neighbourhood. Whoever takes up the said Runaway, and brings him home, shall have £3 Reward, or 30s. if committed to Jail. All Persons are forbid harbouring or carrying the said Slave out of the Colony.
Peterfield Trent.
** As the said Fellow ran away without receiving any Abuse, the Taker up is desired to give him ten Lashes every ten Miles.
|Dec. 1, 1774. RUN away from the Subscriber's Plantation in Manakin Town, the last of July or first of August last, a black Negro Man named Tom, formerly the Property of Major Henry Gaines of King William, but since the said Gaines's Death has been sold several Times, and is now my Property. He was bred by Major Gaines to keeping Horses and riding Races, but is now a good Sawyer. He is not tall, knock-kneed, full Eyes, and I believe a Speck in one of them, caused by a Chip as he was cutting with an Axe. He values himself for his fine Dancing, is subject to Liquor, and fond of talking about Religion. If he is taken in the Colony, and brought to me, near the old Courthouse, in Albemarle County, or my Overseer, James Scott, at Manakin Town, I will give £3 and if out of Colony £10.
John Scott
|June 16, 1775. TEN POUNDS REWARD Run away from the subscriber in Dunmore county, in May last, a negro fellow named SAM. 5 feet 5 or 6 inches high, has a broad face, and is a well looking fellow. As to his clothing, I cannot be certain, he having carried several things with him. He also took with him an old bay horse very gray about the head, an iron pot, a narrow axe, a handsaw, and an old smooth bore gun. About three years ago he purchased his freedom of his old master, Mr. Francis Slaughter, and continued in that state till this spring, when it was discovered he was attempting to inveigle away a number of negroes to the new or Indian country (where he had been most of the last summer) upon which the neighbours insisted on his being reduced to slavery again, and I purchased him. I imagine he will endeavour to pass as a freeman, he having a discharge from his old master, as well as one from Lord Dunmore, having served in the expedition against the Indians last fall. Whoever delivers said slave to me shall have the reward that is offered.
Gabriel Jones
|Dec. 1, 1774. RUN away from the subscriber in Dinwiddie, the 5th day of April last, a dark mulatto man named JEMMY, 5 feet 9 or 10 inches high, well made, has remarkable long feet, the middle toes longer than the rest, which they ride over, has lost part of one of his foreteeth, which occasions the next to it to look blue, is a very artful fellow, and will probably endeavour to pass for a freeman; he is very fond of singing hymns and preaching, and has been about Williamsburg ever since he went off, passing by the name of James Williams. Whoever apprehends the said slave, and secures him so that I get him again, shall have 40s reward, and if delivered to me in Dinwiddie.
David Walker
|Nov. 29, 1776. RUN away the first of January 1775 a likely mulatto negro wench named Kate, 18 years of age, well made, 5 feet 9 or 10 inches high, and talks very smooth. She was hired to mr. Philip Moody of Williamsburg in 1774, and last year to mr. John Thruston, from whence she ran off. She has got a husband in Williamsburg, and probably may pass for a free person as she is well acquainted in that city, and I have repeatedly heard of her being there. She formerly belonged to the estate of Mr. John Cary, deceased, of York county. I will give 20s. to any person that will secure her in jail and give me intelligence thereof, or 40s if brought to me in King & Queen, at Mr. John Thruston's.
EDWARD CARY, jun.


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Like most editors, CEE News editors see writers assault — and sometimes pepper — the English language every which way they possibly can. I guess we should be thankful. If articles and press releases came to us only in plain, understandable English, who'd need us?
The way I see it, editors have three main functions in life:
Decide what information is important to readers.
Decipher that important information so it doesn't slip from the straight, true track of reason and into a bewildering swamp of overgrown verbiage.
Delight in our delineated roles as nerdy know-it-all grammarians.
Most of the product press releases that we receive fill our needs to a tee. The really good manufacturers (or their public relations agencies) make it easy for us to write about their products. They even e-mail us press releases and photos.
We spend an awful lot of time trying to make sense of the rest of the bunch, which fall into two broad categories: corporate double-talk and techno-speak (or geek).
Corporate double-talk is the easiest to edit: read it once and throw it out — or at least cut 90%. Most double-talk repeats the same tired, canned clichés, including such meaningless adjectives as "cutting edge" "pioneering," state-of-the-art," "next-generation" and " new paradigm." (On an episode of "The Simpsons," a writer in a corporate meeting says, "Excuse me, but 'proactive' and 'paradigm'? Aren't these just buzzwords that dumb people use to sound important? Not that I'm accusing you of anything like that. [pause] I'm fired, aren't I?")
We also get tired of reading about "team players," "win-win" situations and about employees being a corporation's most valuable assets. As opposed to what — trained chimps and used cargo vans? Besides, it's no secret that money is a corporation's most valuable asset — unless it's a small family business. Worst of the bunch are releases that have little or nothing of interest to report, but spend a great of paper, ink and postage telling us about it anyway.
Company product press releases indiscriminately label electronic-boxes, calling them units, systems or my favorite, "solutions." For my money, don't call a product a solution unless you also clearly state what the problem is and then describe how only your product can solve it. Also, for some reason "solution" always reminds me of Sherlock Holmes' The "Seven-Percent Solution" — the wrong image for any non-pharmaceutical product.
We also tend to be suspicious of — and routinely discard — articles called "white papers " because we've never figured out who and what white papers are for. I've written them and still don't know. Also on the suspicion list: any market-research report that features "an executive summary" and every electronics market "research" study that forecasts a market to increase a pat, stable and unrealistic 15% a year over the next 10 years.
Techno-speak is harder to edit because it often contains grains of valuable information buried somewhere deep within its layers of technical minutia. But writing that's rife with jargony buzzwords fails to communicate what's most important — a big, clear picture. Basically, readers and editors alike want to know the same three things: what a product is, what it does and how it saves time and money compared to similar products. Period. Every other detail is superfluous. Every trade has its own "code," its own particularly precise language, but it's amazing many press releases can't be deciphered.
To be fair, some manufacturer technical coinage is cool (do kids still say cool 50 years after some Greenwich Village beatnik popularized the expression? Awesome! I was like…whatever.) Seriously, what better way to describe the ground space a generator or transformer covers than "footprint." I suspect some grunt in the Sea Bees coined "footprint" — probably a guy with a really big boot size.
Electrical contractors, maybe because they deal with tangible equipment, tangible deadlines and tangible satisfactions, tend to communicate better than most corporate "players" simply because they have to. They have to use concrete language to get concrete things done every day. Contractors don't have the time to muddy their language with confusing phrases. And it's not so easy to cover your tracks when you're dealing with tangibility.
Still, I see some corporate vagueness creeping into the electrical contracting trade, particularly through the datacom-installation window. Datacom cable installers are now called system integrators and designers, custom installers, custom designers and home systems integrators. For the record, my money's still on Electrical Contractor and Master Electrician. They both sound more impressive than most job titles I can think of — with the possible exceptions of rock star, movie star, astronaut, ambassador to France and retired millionaire adventurer.
When most residential customers want information about electrical work, they look for an electrical contractor in the yellow pages, which actually list them under Electric Contractors. That's why it's a good idea to keep "electric" in your company's name and on your van and buildings. Potential customers will know immediately who you are and what you do. Then you can tell them exactly how you'll save them time and money.
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The Dordt College criminal justice program prepares students and the community for service by equipping them with God-centered insight, skills, and knowledge for the purpose of doing justice in the criminal justice system.
Program Strengths
- Students and alumni perform well on standardized testing and in criminal justice positions.
- We offer diverse opportunities for excellent local field experience and flexibility for students from other parts of North America to get experience in distance settings.
- Our numerous contacts in area criminal justice agencies contribute to our program in a variety of ways.
Learning Objectives
Students will be able to:
- Articulate a Reformed, Christian perspective of criminal justice and those affected by the criminal justice system.
- Analyze and critique the role and impact of the criminal justice system in contemporary culture.
- Describe the interaction of crime, the criminal justice system, and society-including deviance and the system's process development.
- Demonstrate a firm understanding of the skills and processes critical to the criminal justice system, including limitations, guidance, and tools established by the law.
- Display a commitment to personal and professional standards, attitudes, and service to the community.


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It may not be a happy holiday holiday season for thousands of Bank of America employees. The bank could be cutting 16,000 jobs by the end of December, accelerating the 30,000 layoffs it had previously said would take a "few years."
The Wall Street Journal reported a document provided to top management that described the details of the 16,000 job cuts, which would leave 260,000 in the remaining headcount, the lowest number since 2008.
After closing 178 bank branches last year, the bank is also planning to close 200 branches this year, a person familiar with the matter told the Journal.
Last September, Bank of America announced a cost-cutting plan that would include reducing 30,000 jobs, the biggest layoff announcement last year by a company, according to outplacement firm Challenger Gray & Christmas.
"As the decisions are implemented, employment levels in the areas under review during Phase I are expected to be reduced by approximately 30,000 jobs over the next few years," the bank said in a statement at the time.
Jerome Dubrowski, a spokesman for Bank of America, declined to comment on published reports about the company's cost-cutting plans and the number of jobs the company has reduced so far.
Shares of the company closed down 0.82 percent to $9.11 on Friday.
If the bank is accelerating its planned job cuts or slimming down operations, that would actually reflect a healthy business move as opposed to a sign of a troubled company, said Anthony Polini, an analyst for investment firm Raymond James.
Even with the possible job cuts and branch closures, the bank will still be considered the largest retail bank, Polini said, with a strong presence coast-to-coast.
"The company is doing great," Polini said. "It's in another phase of expense control."
Polini said the environment of low-interest rates (the Federal Reserve has committed to keeping the federal funds rate near zero at least until 2015), has negatively affected banking profitability.
Regulatory issues have also affected banks' costs, Polini said. The capital requirement burden, with banks required to have higher capital ratios as a result of the financial crisis, has also been a "burden" for banks, he said.
Polini said the closure of bank branches is likely to persist in the industry as more customers bank online and on smartphones.
"There is no country more overbanked than the U.S.," Polini said. "I don't know what you see more of in New York City: Starbucks or bank branches."


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It happens when you peer down a winding, third-world alley to see skeletal children bathing in buckets and widows begging for food. It happens when you receive yet another letter from your favorite charity, with the word EMERGENCY stamped in red across the front.
It happens when you turn on the TV to see tanks rolling, cars exploding, and effigies burning. It happens when your insides grind at the site of a needy friend or a supposed enemy.
It happens when all the sin and pain inside of you and around you and beyond you rushes into your awareness in one awful moment, and all you can do is throw your hands up and say, I can't fix this. This is too much. It is beyond me.
For followers of Jesus, these are the moments that test our hope and temper our pride.
On the one hand, there are those who respond with a shrug of the shoulders and a pithy comment about how the end is near and how they can't wait to hightail it out of here when Jesus comes back to call them home. On the other, there are those who grit their teeth, clinch their fists and say, "It's okay. Things are getting better overall. We've just got to work harder, get more politically involved, and stay strong until we've successfully achieved justice and peace on earth."
Both responses are distortions of the gospel. The first all but ignores Christ's teachings about the kingdom that is among us here and now. The second arrogantly assumes we can bring such a kingdom to completion all on our own.
I'm always a little surprised when folks ask me if I've sold out to the so-called "social gospel." I never really know how to respond to that question. If by social gospel they mean the notion that mankind will eventually evolve out of evil and create a utopian society all on its own—then certainly not! If by social gospel they mean the good news that God loves the world and intends to redeem it, that God is building a new kingdom in our midst under the authority of Jesus Christ, and that we show our allegiance to this kingdom whenever we love our enemies, serve the poor, turn the other cheek, pursue holiness, preach the gospel, and care for the least of these—then yes, I suppose I have. As I see it, the gospel was never meant to be merely intellectual, but has always had a social implications.
So what do I do when I turn on the TV to see news of another shooting, when I realize that neither political party comes close to representing the radical teachings of Jesus, when I get tired of receiving emails from "Save Darfur," when I look in the mirror and see the worst sinner who has ever walked the earth, when I honestly have no idea how to resolve the question of how pacifism could ever be justified in light of Auschwitz and Buchenwald?
On bad days, I keep trying—to prove myself, to come up with all the right answers, to fix what God can't seem to fix.
But on good days, I give up on trying to change the world, and get back to living like Jesus—in this moment, in every moment.
Shane Claiborne put it this way: "'Leaving things in God's hands is an often abused and quaint phrase that many seem to think means 'don't bother with doing anything, because Jesus will come someday and undo all your work anyway'…Leaving things in God's hands' should rather be used to mean 'do what Jesus did.' Follow Jesus' example without regard for whether you are effectively changing the world. Jesus demonstrated what it means to leave things in God's hands." (Jesus for President, p. 283)
This is not to say that alleviating poverty, pursuing justice, and supporting peace are not part of being like Jesus. Jesus certainly healed the sick and cared for the poor, and any community seeking to reflect the kingdom should be involved in addressing the root causes of poverty, war, disease, injustice, ignorance, and fear. .
But the thing about living like Jesus is that it doesn't always feel like changing the world. In fact, often the easiest, most practical, and seemingly effective solutions for changing the world are not even options in an upside-down kingdom. Power, control and violence may seem like good ideas when we have as our goal ridding the world of evil. But when we have as our goal living like Jesus, we have to get more creative. We have to think outside-the-box. We have to work together.
Keep in mind, the cross did not look like a victory. It looked like a complete failure.
"Into your hands I commit my spirit," Jesus said.
He was faithful to the point of death.
Three days later, Jesus rose from the dead, and someday, Jesus will return again.
Until then, we may have to settle for looking like failures. We may even have to settle for feelinglike failures. But if we commit our spirits to Jesus, there will always, always be hope.
How do you respond when you feel overwhelmed by all the evil in this world? What does it mean to be part of Kingdom that is both here and yet to come? What is your response to the term "social gospel"?
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The end of a decade. Goodbye 2010
A lot of things happened in 2010… First of all Micah was born. (Can't imagine life without our newest little, happy, baby boy.) Elijah started 2nd grade and Jonah started a pre-school speech program. Sadly, the Wilsons moved away (but we will be with them again soon.) Those of us still in Indiana are planning our migration back home, Arizona. For the most part 2010 has been a good year! Ben and I are grateful for all the blessings we have been given this year and we are looking forward to what 2011 has in store for us. I am excited to start in a painting class in January and open that new chapter in my life. Ben is well on his way to having all the certifications and the job he dreams of. And soon we will be back with our family (most of them) and our friends.


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Consumer spending is the bedrock of the global economy, and consumer spending depends on expanding debt and leverage. Once that subsystem fails, consumerism and the global economy grind to a halt.
The failure of any critical subsystem in an organism triggers a catastrophic, fatal decline. It doesn't matter if the rest of the critical subsystems are functioning at optimum levels; the failure of even one essential "part" leads to death.
The metaphor is easily extended to machines, where a perfectly sound engine will fail once the oil pump ceases functioning.
The cliche is that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. The conventional wisdom is that the U.S. economy is so large and diverse that the failure of any one part will have only limited consequences on the economy as a whole.
But this belief was undermined by the financial crisis of 2008, in which the apparently "limited" implosion of subprime mortgage debt dominoed into a full-blown global financial crisis.
Conventional wisdom confuses redundancy and complexity. The implicit foundation of the conventional view (that the U.S. economy is so large and diverse that the failure of any one subsystem will have limited negative effects) is a belief that the system's complexity offers intrinsic redundancy: that is, if one part of the economy underperforms or even vanishes, it will quickly be replaced by the expansion or emergence of some other part.
This view can be distilled down to a belief in a sort of "automated redundancy," that capital and labour that is displaced by failure in one sector will naturally flow to a replacement sector.
This belief system fails to grasp the critical roles of financialization and consumerism in the economy. The two are of course intrinsically bound together, two sides of a single coin: consumption depends on expanding credit, leverage and assets, and financialization depends on consumers' expanding debt service and collateral.
When financialization fails, the consumerist economy dies. This is what is happening in Greece, and is starting to happen in Spain and Italy.
The central banks and Central States are attempting resuscitation by issuing credit that is freed from the constraints of collateral. The basic idea here is that if credit based on collateral has failed, then let's replace it with credit backed by phantom assets, i.e. illusory collateral.
In essence, the financialization system has shifted to the realm of fantasy, where we (taxpayers, people who took out student loans, homeowners continuing to make payments on underwater mortgages, etc.) are paying very real interest on illusory debt backed by nothing.
Once this flimsy con unravels, the credibility of all institutions that participated in the con will be irrevocably destroyed. This includes the European Central Bank (ECB), the Federal Reserve, the E.U., "too big to fail" banks, and so on down the financialization line of dominoes.
Once credit ceases to expand, asset bubbles pop and consumerism grinds to a halt. And since ever-expanding consumption is the bedrock of the global economy, the global economy will also grind to a halt.
There is no magic redundancy in a complex economy that ultimately depends on the functioning of a single subsystem, financialization, i.e. the permanent (and thus eventually exponential) expansion of leverage and credit based on phantom assets and illusory limits on risk.
As noted yesterday in Financialization's Self-Destruct Sequence, the one critical subsystem of the economy (along with liquid petroleum fuels) is self-destructing before our eyes if we look beneath the surface chatter of propaganda, bogus official statistics and officially sanctioned manipulation of stock, bond and currency markets.
As I observed in We Are All Muppets Now, everyone with a stake in the Status Quo wants the resuscitation/reflation to succeed, by whatever means are necessary, lest their piece of the pie vanish along with the phantom assets and illusory guarantees.
These expectations of security and wealth have been slowly raised to lofty, impossible-to-meet heights, and the inability to meet those expectations will inevitably lead to the wholesale destruction of institutional credibility: Heightened Expectations and the Collapse of Credibility.
Everyone who benefits from the continuation of financialization hopes it will continue expanding and thus save their piece of the Status Quo. But systems that self-destruct by their very nature cannot be fixed by waving dead chickens around and declaring "we will do whatever it takes to save the Status Quo."
This magical-thinking Cargo Cult mentality is the result of expectations exceeding the resources and surpluses of the real world: rather than accept losses, we prefer to place our faith in "leaders" who have painted radio dials on rocks and are busy declaring that they are now in contact with the gods of permanent prosperity, and that the gods will magically restore the broken machine.
Alas, it's all artifice, theatre and stage tricks: the assets are still phantom, the collateral nonexistent, the guarantees empty and the power illusory.
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Read the Introduction (2,600 words) and Chapter One (7,600 words) for free. We are like passengers on the Titanic 10 minutes after its fatal encounter with the iceberg: though our financial system seems unsinkable, its reliance on debt and financialization has already doomed it.We cannot know when the Central State and financial system will destabilize, we only know they will destabilize. We cannot know which of the State's fast-rising debts and obligations will be renounced; we only know they will be renounced in one fashion or another.
The process of the unsustainable collapsing and a new, more sustainable model emerging is called revolution.Rather than being powerless, we hold the fundamental building blocks of power. We need neither permission nor political change to liberate ourselves. A powerless individual becomes powerful when he renounces the lies and complicity that enable the doomed Status Quo's dominance.
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Capitol Debate Camps — Offering camps in debate, public speaking, mock trial and leadership. Run through Aug. 5, at 8890 McGaw Road, 8890 McGaw Road, Columbia. 443-538-4992.
Centennial High School Boosters Summer Camps — Sponsored by the Centennial High School Boosters Summer Camps. Offering basketball, football, lacrosse and soccer. Runs weekly through Aug. 12, at Centennial High School, 4300 Centennial Lane, Ellicott City. $120-$150. 410-313-2865.
Art Camp — Offered by the Columbia Art Center. Activities include printmaking, painting, sculpture, collage, drawing, clay and more. Art specialists will teach campers to experiment with colors, textures and mediums in a variety of theme-based projects as they travel throughout Columbia Art Center from studio to studio. Camp includes Zumba dancing and swimming. There is a gallery show of campers' art work at the end of each two-week session. For grades 1-8 in one- and two-week sessions. Extended care available. Runs through Aug. 19, at The Columbia Art Center, 6100 Foreland Garth, Columbia. One week: $235 resident, $275 nonresident; two weeks: $405 resident, $475 nonresident. 410-730-0075.
Glen Mar United Methodist Church Summer Day Camp — Offering summer camps, in weekly sessions. Full- and half-day sessions are available. Five percent discount for participating siblings. Runs weekly through Aug. 5, at Glen Mar United Methodist Church, 4701 New Cut Road, Ellicott City. $145-$225 per week. 410-465-4995.
The Etiquette School of Maryland Summer Camp — Offering week-long summer camps for boys and girls ages 4-12 to help increase self-esteem and allows children to feel confident in any social situation. Manners Can Be Fun, for ages 4-7, teaches greetings, eye contact, body talk, table manners, kindness, helping others and more. Mad About Manners, for ages 8-12, teaches social etiquette, communication skills and table manners. Class size is limited. Runs through Aug. 12, at Historic Oakland, 5430 Vantage Point Road, Columbia. $225-$255. 410-465-4969.
Howard County Arts Council Arts Camps — Offered by the Howard County Arts Council. Offering one- and two-week visual and performing arts camps for grades K-7, which conclude with an exhibit or performance of student work on the last day of camp. Programs are open to the public, regardless of residency in Howard County. Runs through Aug. 5, at Howard County Center for the Arts, 8510 High Ridge Road, Ellicott City. 410-313-2787.
Marriotts Ridge High School Boosters Summer Camp — Sponsored by the MRHS Boosters Club. Instructed by MRHS staff. Runs through Aug. 12, at Marriotts Ridge High School, 12100 Woodford Drive, Marriottsville. $150. 410-313-5568.
Reservoir High School Boosters Summer Camps — Accepting registrations for soccer, baseball, field hockey, football, lacrosse, basketball, volleyball and softball. Runs through Aug. 12, at Reservoir High School, 11550 Scaggsville Rd, Fulton. $130-$150. 410-888-8850.
16th Annual River Hill Boosters Summer Sports Camps — Offered by the River Hill High School Boosters Club. Featuring week-long sports camps, instructed by RHHS coaches and associates. Price includes T-shirt. Runs through Aug. 12, at River Hill High School, 12101 Route 108, Clarksville. $160. 410-313-7120.
Slayton House Camp of the Arts — Offered by Slayton House. Offering musical theater camp for grades 1-8. Each session culminates in a full theater production. Runs through Aug. 8, at Slayton House Theatre, 10451 Twin Rivers Road, Columbia. 410-730-3987.
Howard County Youth Program 2011 Summer Basketball Camps — Offering weeklong basketball camps for boy and girls, ages 5-15, under the direction of Kevin McDuffie. Runs through Aug. 12, at Burleigh Manor Middle School, 4200 Centennial Lane, Ellicott City. $175. 410-461-7694.
Young Artists Theatre Camps — Offering day camps in one-, two- and three-week sessions for ages 7-15, plus 6-year-olds with reading skills. Camps include acting, improvisation, drama games, musical theater, movement, and arts and crafts. Morning and evening extended care available. Runs through Aug. 26, at Chartwell Professional Park, 8184 Lark Brown Rd, Elkridge. 301-604-2844.
My First Art Camp — My First Art Camps Little artists exercise their independence in this developmentally appropriate art summer camp. Children are immersed in artists, art history, vocabulary and styles. Offered twice in week-long sessions. Offered twice in week-long sessions. $129. 410-381-5566.
Hand Sewing Made E-Z Summer Camp — Offered by Amherst House. Featuring hand sewing techniques for 12 functional stitches and an exposure to quilting and clothing embellishment. The following stitches will be taught: running, whipped running, blanket, stem, chain, cross, fly, satin, vertical hem, and back, slip and whip stitches. All sewing threats and needles will be provided by the instructor. For ages 11 and older, 1-3 p.m. Aug. 1-5, at Amherst House, 7251 Eden Brook Drive, Columbia. CA residents: $90, nonresidents: $100; materials fee: $30. 410-381-9600.
Nature 'N Art Classes — Offered by Abrakadoodle Art and Echoes of Nature. Offering Nature N Art weekly classes for ages 2-4 with an adult helper. Registration required. Runs 10-11:30 a.m. Aug. 2-30, at St. John's Parish Day School, 9120 Frederick Road, Ellicott City. $149. 410-381-5566.
Dance Classes — Offered by the Long Reach Community Association. Presents a six-week dance class for ages 14-21, 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays and for ages 7-13, 1-3 p.m. Thursdays, featuring hip hop, R&B and krump dancing. Runs through Sept. 8, at Long Reach Community Center, 8775 Cloudleap Ct Ste 7, Columbia. $60; 5 percent discount for those on CA-assessed property. 410-730-8113.
Tai Sophia Institute Spring and Summer Open Houses — Tai Sophia Institute is holding a series of general and program-specific graduate school open house events, including all graduate programs open houses. 9:30 a.m. July 30, at Tai Sophia Institute, 7750 Montpelier Road, Laurel. 410-888-9048.
Summer SAT Preparation Classes — Offered by River Hill PTSA. Offering classes for both math and critical reading/writing. 8:15 a.m. Aug. 1-5, at River Hill High School, 12101 Route 108, Clarksville. $275 both math and critical reading/writing, $175 for either. 410-313-7120.
River Hill High School Driver's Education Program — Offering a summer driver's education program through Street Smarts. 9 a.m. Aug. 1-7, at River Hill High School, 12101 Route 108, Clarksville. 410-313-7120.
"Odd Birds" — Hosted by the American City Building. Exhibiting "Odd Birds" by Howard County sculptor Ken Beerbohm. Featuring 25 displays of his works, depicting the plight of prehistoric, flightless birds trying to adapt to the modern world. Runs through July 31, at Artists' Gallery, 10227 Wincopin Circle American City Building, Columbia. 410-740-8249.
Molly Safren and Marie McGing — Runs through Aug. 13, at Bernice Kish Gallery at Slayton House, 10400 Cross Fox Lane, Columbia. 410-730-3987.
Baltimore Watercolor Society Exhibit — Hosting an exhibit at the Heather Glen Show Home in Clarksville. Runs through July 28, at Heather Glen Show Home, 6206 Heather Glen Way, Clarksville.
And They're Off! 100 Years at Laurel Park — In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Laurel Race Track. Exhibiting a collection that explores the glamor and grit of racing, life behind the scenes at the Laurel Race Track and the impact on the town for which its named. Runs through December, at Laurel Museum, 817 Main St., Laurel. 301-725-7975.
Clemens Crossing Downtown Development Art Exhibit — Exhibited by the Columbia Association Headquarters. Displaying the work of a third grade art class from Clemens Crossing Elementary School, which combines digital photography, writing and drawing showcasing the students' view of the future of the community. Runs through mid-August, at Columbia Association Headquarters, 10221 Wincopin Circle, Columbia. 410-715-3000.
Local Color 2011: 4th Annual Juried Show at Artists' Gallery — Exhibiting work by artists from Howard and surrounding counties (Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Montgomery, Prince George's and Baltimore City) for its 4th Annual Local Color show. Reception 6-8 p.m. Aug. 5. Show runs Aug. 1-26, at Artists' Gallery, 10227 Wincopin Circle American City Building, Columbia. 410-740-8249.
2011 Farmers' Market — A farmers' market taking place in the hospital's visitor parking lot featuring locally-grown produce, baked goods, flowers, fruits and specialty items. 2-6 p.m. Fridays through Oct. 26, at Howard County General Hospital, 5755 Cedar Lane, Columbia.
66th Annual Howard County Fair — Special day celebrations include Preview Day and Family Armed Forces Day Aug. 6; Grand Opening, West Friendship Volunteer Fire Dept. Parade and Baltimore's Marching Ravens, Aug. 7; Senior Day, Aug. 9; Amateur Talent Show, Aug. 11; Health and Wellness Day, Aug. 12; and Parade of Floats, Aug. 13. The fair will also feature rides, and agriculture and home arts competitions. Runs 8 a.m.-11 p.m. Aug. 6-13, at Howard County Fairgrounds, 2210 Fairgrounds Road, West Friendship. For ages 10 and older: $5; ages 62 and older: $2. 410-442-1022.
Columbia Lakefront Film Festival — For the 40th year, the Columbia Association offers free outdoor films on the Columbia Lakefront, every Monday and Friday through Aug. 22. Showing "Flipped," July 29; "Gnomeo and Juliet," Aug. 1; and "Secretariat," Aug. 5; 8:30 p.m., at Columbia Town Center Lakefront, 10221 Wincopin Circle, Columbia. Free. 410-715-3388.
Family Movie Night — Hosted by Mt. Zion United Methodist Church. Presents an outdoor screening of "Soul Surfer: The True Story of Champion Surfer Bethany Hamilton." 8:30 p.m. July 30, at Mt Zion United Methodist Church, 12430 Scaggsville Rd, Highland. Free. 301-854-2324.
Awaken Wellness — Free movie presentations, followed by information presented by health coach Charmaine Flanagan on how to incorporate eating locally into our daily lives. 7 p.m. Aug. 5, at Awaken Wellness LLC, 7130 Minstrel Way Ste 160, Columbia. 410-312-9922.
Solar Box Cooking Contest — Sponsored by Columbia Association Teen and Middle School Advisory committees. Solar boxes can be used to make hot dogs, cookies, nachos and more. Prizes will be awarded for the best cooked item. Registration required. Noon July 30, at Columbia Town Center Lakefront, 10221 Wincopin Circle, Columbia. 410-715-5523.
Angel K-9 Bark-B-Q Bash — Hosted by Angel K-9. Holding a Bark-B-Q celebration featuring demonstrations of the training techniques, discussions about obedience and socialization; door prizes and raffles; dog costume contest, with prizes to be awarded for best costume as well as most unusual costume; and live musical entertainment. Noon-4 p.m. July 31, at Angel K-9 Training, 3243 Bethany Ln, Ellicott City. 410-461-3647.
Grief Workshop — Offered by Gilchrist Hospice Care. Presents a 90-minute grief workshop, entitled "Tending the Spirit: Living with Questions of Meaning," exploring the rebuilding of relationships with family, friends, spirituality, faith and oneself. Registration required. 6:30-8 p.m. July 28, at Gilchrist Hospice Care, Howard County, 5537 Twin Knolls Road, Suite 433, Columbia. Free. 410-730-5072.
Grief Workshop: Tending the Spirit — Living with Questions of Meaning — Offered by Gilchrist Hospice Care. Presents a 90-minute session on rebuilding relationships with family, friends, spirituality, faith and oneself following the death of a loved one. Registration required. 6:30-8 p.m. July 28, at Gilchrist Hospice Care, Howard County, 5537 Twin Knolls Road, Suite 433, Columbia. Free. 443-539-4086.
Smoke-Free Lungs — Offered by Howard County General Hospital. Participants can learn tips for quitting a tobacco habit and mastering long-term success. Attend one or all sessions. Registration required. 7-9 p.m. July 28, at Howard County General Hospital Wellness Clinic, 10710 Charter Drive, Columbia. Free. 410-740-7601.
Blood Drive — Hosted by Laurel Regional Hospital and Laurel Lions Club, in partnership with the American Red Cross. Holding a blood drive. Walk-ins are welcome, but scheduled appointments will be given priority. 2-8 p.m. Aug. 2, at Laurel Regional Hospital, 7300 Van Dusen Road, Laurel. 301-497-7914.
Find Out What Your Kids Don't Want You to Know About Drug and Alcohol Abuse — Hosted by Grace Community Church. Presents John Michael Weber and the Young Guns Sober Posse to discuss substance abuse, how to recognize it and how to get help. 7 p.m. Aug. 6, at Grace Community Church, 8200 Old Columbia Rd Fulton, Fulton. 301-237-4086.
College Savings Plans of Maryland Informational Seminar — Hosted by Laurel Moose Lodge #1504 and Laurel Women of the Moose Chapter #1327. Offering an informational seminar presented by the College Savings Plans of Maryland. The Maryland Prepaid College Trust allows individuals to lock in tomorrow's tuition at today's prices and offer the security of a Maryland Legislative Guarantee. The Maryland College Investment Plan offers a variety of different investment portfolios managed by T. Rowe Price. 7:30-8:30 p.m. Aug. 4, at Laurel Moose Family Center, 3340 Laurel Fort Meade Road, Laurel. Free. 301-490-7000.
Tai Sophia Institute Graduate School Summer Showcase — Featuring presentations about the school's graduate programs, interactive demonstrations and campus tours. Registration recommended. 9:30 a.m. July 30, at Tai Sophia Institute, 7750 Montpelier Road, Laurel. 410-888-9048 6647.
National Dance Day — Hosted by the Columbia Association. To benefit the Coalition for a Healthy Maryland. Celebrating National Dance Day with CA Zumba instructors who will lead participants through the National Dance Day-choreographed dances and Zumba dances. Open to ages 14 and older. Space is limited. Registration begins one hour prior to event. Noon July 30, at Supreme Sports Club The, 7080 Deepage Dr Supreme Sports Club, Columbia. CA members: free; nonmembers: $10. 410-290-7854.
Joy Ike and Nelson Emokpae — Hosted by the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Columbia. To benefit people in crisis and families in need. One World Coffeehouse presents soul singer Joy Ike and Nelson Emokpae of Nelly's Echo. 7 p.m. July 30, at Owen Brown Interfaith Center, 7246 Cradlerock Way, Columbia. Adults: $12, ages 5-10: $6, ages 4 and younger: free. 410-381-0097.
Savage Bluegrass — Aug. 2, at Sam and Elsie's Bar and Restaurant, 9994 Washington Blvd. N., Laurel. 301-317-7797.
Howard County Recreation and Parks Summer Concert Series — Hosting its summer concert series, with a refreshment stand on site and free Edy's ice cream on Fridays while supplies lasts. Presents the Regal Beagles, 7-8:30 p.m. Aug. 3, at Centennial Park, 10000 Route 108, Ellicott City; and Appaloose, 7-8:30 p.m. Aug. 5, at Schooley Mill Park, 12975 Hall Shop Road, Highland. Free; Centennial Park parking donation: $3. 410-313-7256.
Seth Kibel — Performing jazz, blues and swing music at Great Sage. 8:30 p.m. Aug. 4, at Great Sage, 5809 Clarksville Square Drive, Columbia. 443-535-9400.
Music Matters Showcase — Mad City Columbia presents Tres Amigos. 6:30 p.m. Aug. 6, at Mad City Coffee, 10801 Hickory Ridge Road Ste 101, Columbia. Free. 410-964-8671.
River Hill National Night Out Pool Party — River Hill residents are invited to celebrate National Night Out and River Hill's 20th birthday, promote neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships. Residents can pack a dinner or buy a pizza from Pudgie's. Also featuring a disc jockey, crafts, swimming and neighborhood safety information. Registration recommended; space limited. Held rain or shine. 6 p.m. Aug. 2, at River Hill Pool, 6330 Trotter Rd, Clarksville. 410-531-1749.
National Night Out at Wilde Lake — Co-sponsored by the Wilde Lake Community Association, Howard County Police, The Columbia Bank, Pizza Boli and Family Services. Present a family pizza party, featuring pizza, drinks, ice cream, prizes, entertainment and more. For Wilde Lake residents only. Held rain or shine. Children ages 16 and younger must be accompanied by an adult. 6 p.m. Aug. 2, at Slayton House, Wilde Lake Village Green, Columbia. Free. 410-730-3987.
Transformation of Ourselves and the Image of God Being the Compassion of God Today — Hosted by Bon Secours Spiritual Center. Hosting a retreat on the concept that by transforming one's images of God, themselves and one's relationships, one can transform their emotions and lives. Registration required. July 29-31, at Bon Secours Spiritual Center, 1525 Marriottsville Road, Marriottsville. $225. 410-442-1320.
Discovering Christ for Young Adults — Offered by ChristLife. Class includes a free meal, a talk on the question of the meaning of life, a chance to discuss in small group, and the opportunity for participants to discover or renew their relationship with Jesus Christ. For ages 18-35. 7 p.m. Aug. 3, at Shrine of St. Anthony, 12290 Folly Quarter Road, Ellicott City. 410-531-7701.
Inner Life Transformation Using Prayer Practices — Offered by Bon Secours Spiritual Center. Presenting a session on how one's relationship with God changes and transforms one's life. The interior part of this process — the processes of change and practices of prayer — will be presented and reflected upon. Participants should wear comfortable clothing, bring a Bible and journal writing materials. Registration required. 9 a.m. Aug. 6, at Bon Secours Spiritual Center, 1525 Marriottsville Road, Marriottsville. $30. 410-442-1320.
Profiles in Discipleship — Hosted by Bon Secours Spiritual Center. A week-long retreat exploring the profiles of various disciples from both the Old and New Testaments. Aug. 7, at Bon Secours Spiritual Center, 1525 Marriottsville Road, Marriottsville. $600. 410-442-1320.
Anything Goes — Cole Porter's music fills the deck in this tale about the crew and passengers on a transatlantic ocean liner. Runs through Aug. 28, at Toby's Dinner Theatre, 5900 Symphony Woods Road, Columbia. $33.50-$52. 410-995-1969.
Aida — Presented by the Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts Teen Professional Theatre. 7 p.m. July 28-29, 2:30 and 7 p.m. July 30, 2:30 p.m. July 31, at Reservoir High School, 11550 Scaggsville Rd, Fulton. General admission: $15, seniors and students: $10. 410-381-0700.
A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) — Performed by The Chesapeake Shakespeare Co. outside in the ruins. Pre-show entertainment, including juggling, live music and stage-combat demonstrations. 8 p.m. July 28-30, 6 p.m. July 31, at PFI Historical Park, 3691 Sarah's Lane, Ellicott City. $15-$36. 410-313-8661.
A Midsummer Night's Dream — Presented by Howard Community College's Arts Collective. Performs Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Recommended for ages 10 and older. 7:30 p.m. Aug. 4-6, 3 p.m. Aug. 7, at Alfred J. Smith Jr. Theater, 10901 Little Patuxent Parkway Howard Community College, Columbia. General admission: $15; seniors, military and groups: $12; students with ID: $10. 443-518-1500.


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The Eastern Guilford baseball team went through a season-long process of maturation, coach Jay White said.
That journey included a 1-5 start, a six-game winning streak and reaching the Mid-State 3-A Conference Tournament final before coming to a dramatic conclusion with Tuesday night�s 7-5 loss to Orange in the fourth round of the Class 3-A state playoffs.
�Once things got rolling and we got some confidence and guys started believing in themselves and continued to come to work every day, it got really fun really quick,� White said.
When White and the team�s assistant coaches addressed the team at Orange after the game, there were few dry eyes in the huddle of about 25.
Among other topics, White had the chance to point out what the team had to build on after winning five conference games combined in the two seasons before winning six games and finishing fourth this past season.
�(Wednesday) at school, there was still some disappointment there, but it was a lot of reflection of the good things and I think everybody is excited because we are so young. It�s kind of bittersweet,� White said. �You�re excited for the future, but getting back to that spot is never guaranteed.�
The Wildcats were boosted by the arrival of three brothers � junior Caleb Robinson and freshmen Andrew Robinson and Luke Robinson � in replacing a large graduating class from the 2012 season. The trio transferred from Shining Light Academy in Greensboro and had lived in the Eastern Guilford district.
The brothers regularly occupied the Nos. 2-3-4 spots of the Wildcats� lineup. Luke Robinson was the team�s catcher, with Andrew Robinson and Caleb Robinson getting the starting nods to start playoff games on the mound.
�I heard good things with them coming in. We knew they were good players in the area but we really didn�t follow them much,� White said. �They showed up in August and they�ve been a big part of our program.�
Their impact was also noticed by senior center fielder Ryan Hackett.
�Without these three guys transferring in, Marque (Johnson) being eligible, we would not be in this point right now,� Hackett said. �I can�t thank them enough for transferring in.�
On the field Tuesday night, Andrew Robinson sounded eager to begin working immediately on proving that this postseason run won�t be a flash in the pan.
�We just have to work in the offseason, work back so we�re even better next year,� he said.


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KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct. 7 (UPI) -- UFO experts in Missouri said strange lights were reported above Kansas City on three consecutive nights.
Margie Kay, assistant state director for the Mutual UFO Network, said Kansas City residents reported bright lights and hovering craft in the sky above the city Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday night, WDAF-TV, Kansas City, reported.
"We do have other reports of very large craft hovering in different areas, and that's quite unusual because normal airplanes do not have that behavior. Helicopters do, but these are not described as helicopters," Kay said.
She said the organization spoke with area airport officials, who said some of the sightings could have been attributed to stunt planes in the area. However, she said many of the reports remain unexplained.


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In anticipation of Mother's Day, notorious adultery dating website Ashley Madison released information about its current mother members, who make up 69 percent of the site's total users.
Here's the picture of a typical cheating mom based on a survey of 2,865 unfaithful mothers:
- She's 31 years old
- Has been married five years or less
- Has a daughter under three years old
According to the website, the day after Mother's Day is the second biggest day for female sign-ups and the biggest for married women to join.
"Mother's Day is a day of reflection for many women, taking stock of what may (or may not) have transpired in the last year or their entire marriage," CEO Noel Biderman said in a press release. The idea of taking on a potential lover forms if they end up disappointed by the Mother's Day celebration, Biderman added.


text: HomeArticlesIslamic BeliefAL- HAKIM - The Judge AL- HAKIM - The Judge Harun Yahya "Am I to desire someone other than Allah as a judge , when it is He Who has sent down the Book to you clarifying everything?" Those We have given the Book know it has been sent down from your Lord with truth, so on no account be among the doubters. (Surat al-An'am, 6:114) Allah created all people and placed them on Earth, a place of trial set up to distinguish the good people from the evil ones. He sent Messengers with books that would enable the people to distinguish right from wrong. Throughout history, all Messengers warned their peoples and summoned them to the straight path. But over time, people distorted these books by replacing parts of the divine messages with personal judgments designed to protect their own interests. Despite this, Allah sent down an incorruptible Qur'an as a "guide" to them: "We have sent down the Reminder and will preserve it" (Surat al-Hijr, 15:9). The Qur'an is the sole reference for arriving at the truth, for only It is unique and contains all of His commands. Those who embrace this Book and strive to fulfill its commands have found the true path. Those who judge according to Allah's commands and fulfill His demands will be rewarded in the Hereafter. Mon 30 Apr 201217967 تعليقات (0)أضف تعليقك تعليقات


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State Sen. Joe Fain was elected as the floor leader by his caucus, one of four top leadership positions filled by Republican senators as they met Wednesday in Olympia.
"I'm looking forward to working with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to make progress for Washington residents on important issues like education, budget sustainability, and transportation," said Fain, of Auburn.
As floor leader, Fain will coordinate floor action when the full Senate is in session and will work across the aisle on actions that take place in the Senate chamber.
The floor leader also serves as a member of the powerful Rules Committee, which is an important step in determining which pieces of legislation will be voted on by the full Senate.
Fain, the Senate's youngest member, was selected unanimously by the caucus and is the youngest senator to serve in this position in recent decades. He is midway through his first term as state senator for Washington's 47th Legislative District, which includes Auburn, Kent and Covington.
"The public is rightfully demanding that their elected representatives work together to solve problems," continued Fain. "Good ideas don't have an 'R' or a 'D' next to them. Our state Senate is in a strong position to get things done without being hobbled by the partisanship we see in Washington, D.C."
Legislative committees will assemble Thursday and Friday to review decisions from previous sessions and make plans for the 2013 legislative session, which begins Jan. 14 and will last 105 days.


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Happy Chinese New Year! It is the Year of the Horse. People who are born under this sign are said to be cheerful, be skillful with money, and are very perceptive. They are said to be independent and may not listen to advice. They are thought to be wise, have many talents, are good with their hands, and like entertainment and large crowds.
Happy Chinese New Year! It is the Year of the Horse. People who are born under this sign are said to be cheerful, be skillful with money, and are very perceptive. They are said to be independent and may not listen to advice. They are thought to be wise, have many talents, are good with their hands, and like entertainment and large crowds.
To make a Chinese dinner menu easy, purchase the egg rolls at the local Chinese restaurant. If store-bought soup is desired try the house special, egg drop wonton soup or hot pot soup, if they have it. An appetizer, soup, vegetable dish, fried rice, and an entr�e will make a pleasant dinner. A simple dessert may be added � ice cream with pineapple chunks goes very well with Chinese food.
You may already have Chinese five spice in your pantry; now is the time to use it again. Many of these recipes use that spice, if you don�t have it just use a combination of cinnamon, anise, ginger, clove powder and licorice root for the seasoning, or any combination of these.
Carrots, Ginger and Pot Sticker Soup
Serves 4-6
8 cups low sodium chicken broth
1 teaspoon sesame seed oil
� inch piece of fresh ginger, peeled and cut into small matchsticks
16 ounce package of frozen pot stickers
4 medium carrots, peeled and thinly sliced into coins
1 cup frozen green peas
8 ounces shitake or white button mushrooms, sliced
1 jalapeno pepper, thinly sliced (Optional)
In a large saucepan bring chicken broth, ginger, sesame seed oil, and jalapeno (Optional) to a boil. Add pot stickers and carrots; simmer until carrots are just tender, about 8 to 10 minutes. Add peas and mushrooms, gently stir to mix, and simmer for 2 to 3 minutes. Serve hot.
Oven Baked Chinese Spare Ribs
Serves 6
2 racks loin baby back ribs ( 5 to 5 � pounds)
� cup brown sugar, packed
2 tablespoons garlic powder
� teaspoon ground black pepper
1 tablespoon Chinese five-spice powder
� teaspoon ground ginger
Pinch of salt
� cup hoisin sauce
2 tablespoons molasses
1 tablespoon reduced sodium soy sauce
1 tablespoon rice vinegar
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Cut ribs into serving-size pieces. Set aside.
In a bowl stir together brown sugar, garlic powder, pepper, Chinese five-spice powder, ginger, and salt.
Brush meaty sides of ribs with spice mixture and pat into ribs to adhere to meat. Place ribs, meat side up in a large shallow roasting pan. Bake, covered for 1-hour. Carefully drain off fat.
In a small bowl stir together hoisin sauce, molasses, soy sauce, and rice vinegar. Spoon mixture evenly over ribs. Bake ribs, uncovered, for 40 to 60 minutes more or until ribs are tender.
Bok Choy Asian Slaw
4 cups bok choy, finely shredded
3 large carrots, peeled and shredded, about 1-cup
� cup rice vinegar
1 tablespoon canola oil
1-2 teaspoons granulated sugar
Salt and fresh ground black pepper, to taste
In a large bowl combine bok choy and carrots.
In a bowl stir together vinegar, oil, sugar, salt and pepper, to taste. Drizzle this mixture over vegetable mixture, toss and serve.
Stir Fried Green Beans
Serves 4.
2 tablespoons canola oil
3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
� pound green beans, trimmed
Kosher salt
1 tablespoon lemon juice
In a large skillet heat oil over medium high heat. Add garlic and cook for 2-3 minutes, stirring. Add green beans and some Kosher salt, to taste, gently stir. Cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until green beans are tender and browned in spots, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in lemon juice.
Pork Fried Rice
Serves 4
1 egg, lightly beaten
� pound boneless, center-cut pork chops, fat trimmed and cut into �-inch strips
2 teaspoons canola oil
1 tablespoon canola oil
4 scallions, trimmed and sliced, light parts only
1 � cups dry white rice, cooked according to package directions
1 cup frozen peas, thawed
� cup low-sodium soy sauce, use more if needed
2 teaspoons sesame oil
In a 12-inch skillet heat 2-teaspoons canola oil over medium heat. Add beaten egg and let cook, undisturbed for 1-minute. With a pancake turner flip egg over and cook an additional 30 seconds, until cooked through. Move to a cutting board and cut into 2 x � -inch strips. Set aside.
Increase heat under skillet to medium high and add 1-tablespoon canola oil and pork strips, stirring occasionally. Cook 3 minutes, until no longer pink, add scallions, rice, and peas. Cover with a sheet of foil and cook another 2-minutes. Fold in cooked egg, soy sauce, and sesame oil and heat through. Serve hot.
Chinese Five Spice Oven Fried Chicken
Makes 8 pieces.
1 � cups panko bread crumbs
1 teaspoon Chinese five spice
1 teaspoon garlic powder
Pinch of salt
� cup honey
1 tablespoon orange juice
1 fryer chicken, cut into 8 pieces, skin removed
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place a wire rack in a large rimmed baking sheet. Spray rack with vegetable spray.
In a shallow dish mix together panko, garlic powder, Chinese five spice, and salt. In another bowl whisk together honey, 1-tablespoon warm water, and orange juice.
Dip each piece of chicken into the honey mixture, shaking off excess. Roll in the panko mixture pressing to adhere to surface and place on the sprayed rack.
Bake chicken pieces at 400 degrees for 15 minutes. Sprinkle chicken with nonstick cooking spray and bake an additional 30 minutes or until internal temperature is 170 degrees on a meat thermometer. Remove chicken from oven and serve immediately.
Chinese Almond Cookies
Chinese almond cookies are a popular treat for the Chinese New Year.
2 cups all-purpose flour
� teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
Pinch of salt
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup shortening
� cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
2 � teaspoons almond extract
30 whole, blanched almonds (one for each cookie)
1 large egg, lightly beaten
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
In a large bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
In a medium bowl, with an electric mixer beat the butter, shortening, and sugar. Add the egg and almond extract and beat until well blended. Add to the flour mixture and mix well. The dough will be crumbly at this point, that is what it�s supposed to be like.
Use your fingers to form the mixture into a dough, and then form the dough into 2 rolls or logs that are 10 to 12 inches long. Wrap and refrigerate for 2 hours (this will make it easier to slice the dough into circles).
Take a log and lightly score the dough at 3/4 inch intervals so that you have 15 pieces and cut the dough. Roll each piece into a ball and place on a lightly greased cookie baking sheet, approximately 1 1/2 inches apart. Place an almond in the center of each cookie and press down lightly. Repeat with the remaining dough.
Brush each cookie lightly with beaten egg before baking. Bake for 15 minutes to 18 minutes, until golden brown. Cool and store in a sealed container.
Hope Cusick has won awards at the North Carolina Strawberry Festival in 2012; The North Carolina Blueberry Festival, winning first place for her Blueberry Cheese Danish Pastry in 2012, and placing on her blueberry spinach salad and dressing; and has won various other contest awards for her blueberry cheesecake, breads, cookies, brownies and jams. She resides in Hampstead.


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HOOVER, Ala. — Florida coach Will Muschamp fired a shot Tuesday afternoon at Urban Meyer and Ohio State, which recently turned in the Gators for an alleged secondary recruiting violation.
"That's really a dead issue with me," Muschamp said at an interview at SEC media days — but then kept talking about the dead issue.
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"In both situations we were turned in by Ohio," he continued. "We didn't do anything wrong. The University of Florida didn't do anything wrong. And so we appreciated our friends from Ohio making sure we're compliant with NCAA rules.
"They certainly know a little bit about that subject."
The Buckeyes are on NCAA probation for violations committed under former coach Jim Tressel and his staff; Ohio State was banned from postseason play last fall, the program's first under former Florida coach Urban Meyer.
Ohio State has turned in the Gators for two secondary violations since Meyer joined the university before the 2012 season. In early July, The Gainesville Sun reported that OSU had turned in Florida for a "bump" recruiting violation involving Gators running backs coach Brian White and Brooklyn, N.Y., running back Curtis Samuel, meaning White had contacted Samuel during prescribed non-contact recruiting periods. Last year, OSU notified the NCAA about a situation with 2013 defensive end recruit Jordan Sherit, who rode to Florida's campus with a friend then on the Gators football team.
Gators coach Coach Will Muschamp addresses the media for the start of the 2013 football season at media days.
As a result of the claim, Muschamp had to pull White away from recruiting for three days while an investigation was conducted.
While not denying that OSU had notified the NCAA of the possibility of a recruiting violation, Meyer denied responsibility for the university's accusation.
"It is absolutely not true that I turned in the University of Florida," Meyer said, according to The Gainesville Sun. "Weeks after, I learned our compliance guy (without any coach involvement) forwarded an article to the conference office. This is standard procedure. Once again, zero coach involvement."
However, ESPN.com, citing sources, said that although Meyer was not initially aware of Ohio State's allegation, he "was aware of it and endorsed it."
In each case, both with Samuel and Sherit, Florida was cleared of any wrongdoing by the NCAA and the SEC. Although Sherit would eventually sign with Florida, Samuel has since eliminated the Gators from his list of potential schools; according to the New York Daily News, Samuel is down to Ohio State, Alabama, Notre Dame, Miami (Fla.) and Rutgers.
Though Meyer denied doing it, someone at Ohio State apparently notified the NCAA. Asked if he found it odd that Meyer's current school turned in his former school, Muschamp didn't bite.
"Big Ten media days are next week," Muschamp said. "Ask him."
Whether or not the issue is "dead," it clearly didn't sit well with Muschamp. Don't miss his reference to "Ohio" rather than Ohio State — like Michigan coach Brady Hoke, who intentionally refuses to call the Wolverines' rival anything else.


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About a year ago, I wrote about the benefits of four natural water filters — plants, sand, oysters and coconut. Well, it seems you can throw the prickly cactus in there as one of nature's water filters as well, according to Norma A. Alcantar, an assistant professor in the University of South Florida chemical and biomedical engineering program.
Alcantar first learned about the thick, gooey mucilage from her grandmother. Now, she and her team are using the gummy goo to provide clean drinking water to residents of rural Mexico. Apparently using the mucilage of a cactus to filter water is nothing new, but it's now been scientifically-validated.
So how do you filter water with a cactus? Just extract the cactus mucilage from the cactus and put it in the water, where it binds to dirt, particles, bacteria and even arsenic. The mucilage and other contaminants bound to it can then be removed. Alcantar and her team are still researching to see if the cactus mucilage will remove other heavy metals..


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Well Met, Helmet
Apparently, there was a football game over the weekend. Or something. And while I care slightly less about football than I do about squirrel husbandry, I figured now would be a good time to talk to you about protection.
Er, of your heads, I mean. Not my squirrels' nuts. (Those are in the shed. Next to the zippers.)
So...helmets! For your heads! Except the cake ones, of course, which are for your mouth!
It's actually really hard to make a cake that looks like a helmet. There are all the doodads and thingamajigs and whoosywhatsits, and if you're not careful it just looks like a heap a' flimflam jibber jabber!
(Wow. I just turned into my grandfather)
First, let's have Mr. Floopers model a real football helmet for us:
See? It's simple. Just wrap your cat in a towel, and you can get almost anything on his head.
Oh, and the helmet is pretty easy, too.
In fact, when you break it down artistically, you can see that it's really just a big tombstone with a snail on it:
A well-executed cupcake cake (hooy-patooty!) is great for crushing the other team's spirit.
I'm choppin' brocolay-hay!
I'm choppin' broccoli!"
Why, just look at the terror in their eyes:
Thanks to Tim M., Cassidy S., Hunter F., Molly M., Erica B., Dena G., Amy K., & Lisa K., who think someone really should tell Giselle.


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Apple and Google were back making waves in the television world last week, with reports suggesting they were renewing efforts to use technology to transform the box in your living room.
But Netflix already has.
Netflix knows a little about transformation. It's worth remembering that it managed to go from the largest user of the Postal Service to the largest source of download traffic on the Web in the span of months, not years. After a big stumble on pricing in 2011, Netflix recovered and then some, using its expertise in technology and algorithms to accrue over 36 million users worldwide, a number that will probably grow when it announces its earnings on Monday. Its stock has already risen more than 200 percent in the last year.
But few would have guessed that Netflix's software expertise would extend to entertainment produced by top-flight actors, directors and writers. Beginning this year, Netflix streamed four original series — "House of Cards," "Hemlock Grove," "Arrested Development" and "Orange Is the New Black." The shows earned generally good notices, kicked up a great deal of chatter, and, drum roll here, were nominated for 14 Emmys. It was the first time an Internet-only service earned a seat at the big-boy table in television.
The Emmys were the most prominent marker of change, but hardly the only one, in a week full of headlines about what TV is becoming. It's not their first foray, but if Apple and Google move further into the television space, they are sure to collide with not only traditional players, but Netflix, Amazon, Sony and Intel. And Aereo, which so far is a small but persistent player backed by Barry Diller, won another court victory for its plan to totally upend broadcast networks, by streaming their content without compensating them.
Meanwhile, what were the traditional television players up to? Squabbling yet again over retransmission fees, with a standoff between CBS and Time Warner Cable that could set off a blackout, driving audiences to other ways of viewing. The only constant was steady price hikes on cable bills.
The future of television — a place where cable is not the only answer for average viewers — just drew a little closer.
Netflix has earned its place in that future. It won some victories on the programming side by financing creators and staying out of their hair, an approach invented and perfected by HBO. Given that HBO pulled in 108 Emmy nominations last week, Netflix has a long way to go.
But David Bianculli, a professor at Rowan University in New Jersey who blogs at TV Worth Watching, says that Netflix is more like Pixar than Hulu, showing that a Silicon Valley company could produce creative, successful programming.
Ted Sarandos, Netflix's chief content officer, told The New York Times last week that the Emmy nominations solidified the idea that "television is television, no matter what pipe brings it to the screen."
He's right. Television used to come over the air or through the coaxial cable. Now it seems to come from everywhere on all kinds of devices.
Both Google and Apple continue to hover around the honey pot of television. Apple's rumored effort at making a TV set has been like Godot — much anticipated, never arriving — but in the meantime it is in talks with distributors like Time Warner Cable and programmers like Walt Disney to explore collaboration on apps.
Google has been in talks with program providers, including cable channels, about distribution over the Internet, a more complicated approach — the cable systems that distribute programming would be left out of the mix — with a higher risk in execution.
In both instances, the companies are taking the same wine and putting it in a new bottle, creating a new interface to replace clunky remotes while hoping to gain a lot of valuable data in the process. Figuring out how to put a new skin on the same database can be lucrative — Weather.com, a huge business, is built on existing government data — but it's one thing to present better navigation, and another to produce better television.
Apple reinvented the music industry on its terms and in doing so cut the legacy music business in half. The TV business, which is still sitting on healthy earnings, if not ratings, saw that movie already and wants no part of it.
But Apple is nothing if not relentless. One of its reported approaches is to enable ad-skipping while making a payment to ad-supported networks. "In essence they were saying that they would cut them a check while destroying their business model," said Craig Moffett, a telecommunications analyst. "How long do you think that conversation lasted?"
Meanwhile Google is selling its ability to make content more visible and searchable; that sounds like the favor Google did for the newspaper business, which, like music, is half the size it once was.
Netflix realized early on that it was a frenemy to traditional media providers and distributors and has been careful not to threaten them. Instead, it has positioned itself as a feature to help cable companies sell broadband products while opening up new paydays for content providers.
As its fortunes rose, Netflix also realized that legacy companies would start cutting off access to quality programming, so it turned from being a movie provider with so-so television, to a television company with so-so movies. The ultimate play was baking and selling its own goods.
Original content is hard. As silly as the network process is — let's finance 20 pilots, pick three and cancel two of them after three weeks — no one had come up with anything better until HBO came along. Its model of finding good people, paying them for full seasons and running their work until it builds an audience — or not — has been emulated to very good effect by Showtime, AMC, FX and now Netflix.
The difference at Netflix comes in execution and distribution. The release of all the episodes simultaneously around the world is a hugely disruptive strategy, one that has already altered consumer expectations. And the splash at the Emmys let talent, audiences and rivals know that it is playing for keeps in the ambitious, long-form genre that has become a signature TV product.
Oddly, Netflix, the media distribution company with the best handle on viewing numbers, refuses to share them because it doesn't sell advertising. The lack of audience numbers in a business historically reliant on ratings for establishing value gives it a huge advantage in negotiating with the people who sell it the programming. And streaming rights, which were once a toss-in freebie from studios and production houses, are now hotly contested by all kinds of players. (Netflix's willingness to pony up for AMC's "The Killing" is part of why it was revived.)
Consumer cord-cutting is a looming threat, not a current reality, but without prospects for growth, cable companies and programmers will continue to robotically raise rates, blaming one another as they go and deepening consumer antipathy that will eventually come home to roost.
Netflix would do well in that new world. It already is doing so.
It now seems obvious that an industry ripe for disruption would eventually be transformed from the outside. I just didn't think it would be by the company that used to mail red envelopes to my house.


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Four B.C. men facing charges in Washington State in a multimillion-dollar cross-border drug smuggling case have been arrested on extradition warrants.
Four B.C. men facing charges in Washington State in a multimillion-dollar cross-border drug smuggling case have been arrested on extradition warrants.
Colin Hugh Martin, Sean Doak, James Gregory Cameron and Adam Christian Serrano were picked up last month by the RCMP and have appeared in court in connection with the American extradition requests.
All four are alleged to be part of a major smuggling operation headed by Martin involving hundreds of kilograms of marijuana and cocaine and at least two helicopters to transport their illicit product. In fact, the pilot of one of those helicopters, Sam Brown, hanged himself in a Spokane jail after being arrested in February 2009 in the midst of a cross-border run.
U.S. court documents allege Martin, 39, sent helicopters he leased for his company, Gorge Timber, full of pot and ecstasy (MDMA) to remote landing sites in Washington and Idaho. The gang is alleged to have brought back to B.C. as much as 300 kg a week of cocaine.
Both Martin and Doak, 37, have previous convictions for drug trafficking in B.C.When the charges against the foursome were first made public in January 2010, U.S. authorities said they would seek extradition of the accused within weeks. But their arrests took place more than two years later and the extradition fight in Canadian courts could continue for several more years.
Delays in the extradition process can occur at several levels. Once a Canadian is charged in the U.S., the American jurisdiction gets its paperwork ready and ships it off to Washington, D.C. The U.S. capital then sends it off to Ottawa and eventually it makes its way to the court in the jurisdiction of the accused.
A growing number of B.C. residents charged in the U.S. are surrendering on their own in exchange for lesser sentences.
Just last Friday, Justin Harris, a former Hells Angel prospect charged in Washington in another drug smuggling case, got just three months in jail after surrendering to U.S. authorities and pleading guilty to one of the counts he was facing.
In March, former Bacon brother associate Dustin Haugen was sentenced to time served in Spokane for cross-border marijuana smuggling, also by helicopter. The U.S. Attorney submitted in sentencing documents that Haugen deserved a break on sentencing after agreeing to plead guilty and surrendering to American authorities.
Last year, several of Harris' co-accused were also given extra credit at sentencing in Seattle for voluntarily crossing the border to plead guilty without exhausting the extradition process in Canada. Figures provided this week by the Canadian Department of Justice show there are currently 11 cases before B.C. courts involving extradition requests by the United States.
Three of those cases, Iyhab El-Jabsheh, Ali Ibrahim and Omid Tahvili, involve telemarketing fraud charges in California. (Tahvili escaped from North Fraser Pre-trial in November 2007 and has never surfaced.) Five of the 11 cases involved drug conspiracy charges and the final three matters involve allegations of sexual exploitation, bank robbery and assault.
Another eight B.C. residents have been surrendered to the U.S. in the last two years in fraud cases, some voluntarily and some by court order after losing their appeals And 11 accused traffickers or smugglers from B.C. have been surrendered to the U.S. since spring 2010 after the requests for extradition were made.
Canadian officials only confirm extradition requests once they are filed in courts on this side of the border. So the most recent statistics don't include all cases where British Columbians are charged in the U.S.
Federal Department of Justice spokeswoman Carole Saindon said: "Many more cases are in the process of being filed."


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Hi again! It's Natalia from Piece N Quilt. I am so excited about this new Christmas quilt. Even though I pieced and quilted the whole thing while it was 100 degrees outside, it still makes me excited for Christmas. Don't forget to stop by my blog and my online quilt shop where kits and Fruitcake materials are available.
1 Fruitcake Layer Cake
2 Yards Fruitcake Grunge Sugar Cookies
3 Yards Fruitcake Grunge Avalanche
1/2 Yard Fruitcake Sugar Cookies
4 1/2 Yards backing material
Kits are available @ Piece N Quilt
Start by cutting 168 – 4 1/2″ squares.
Now take your 4 1/2″ squares and draw a diagonal line across them. As shown in the image above.
Snowball all 42 of your layer cake squares. Sew across that diagonal line.
After you've sewn across that diagonal line you will trim the excess material away. As shown in the image above.
Now press the block. You should have 42 blocks that look like the above block.
From the white material you will cut 18 – 1″x width strips.
Now cut those strips into 4″x1″ strips.
You will now create the point for your snowflakes.
As shown in the image above, cut a diagonal line.
Cut another diagonal line in the opposite direction to create a point.
Using our starch applique tutorial , applique the points onto the 42 layer cake blocks as shown in the image above.
Using the white grunge material, set your blocks using 1 1/2″ sashing. Arrange the blocks 7 across by 6. Refer to the picture below.
Aadd a 3 1/2″ strip off Avalanche grunge material to the top of your quilt.
Then add a 9″ strip of the Fruitcake Sugar Cookies material to the top.
Then add a 9″ strip of the Fruitcake Sugar Cookies material to the top.
Now quilt, bind and enjoy all winter long.
I like to add coordinating pillowcases to my quilts. Use our pillow case tutorial on my blog to make these darling Christmas pillowcases.
1- 72 1/2″x74″ Snowflakes are Falling quilt.
Thanks again! You can save 10% off your total purchase @ Piece N Quilt when you use discount code "modabakehop".


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Turn your living room into a world-class stadium, bowling alley, soccer pitch or arena. With Kinect Sports you're not only the star player, you are the controller -- through the magic of Kinect for Xbox 360. See a ball? Kick it. Spike it. Even give it a little top spin.
Kinect Sports is so real, you will almost feel the wind in your hair as you fly over hurdles and the sand in your toes as you set, bump and spike your way to volleyball victory. The game features six full sports -- Soccer, Beach Volleyball, Track & Field, Boxing, Bowling and Table Tennis -- and boasts a Team vs. Team mode, allowing the whole family to play in a fast-paced tournament style competition.
Get your game on with our guide.
Release Region: United States
Release Date: November 4, 2010
Publisher: Microsoft
Release Region: United Kingdom
Release Date: November 10, 2010
Publisher: Microsoft
Release Region: Japan
Release Date: TBA 2010
Publisher: Microsoft
Release Region: Australia
Release Date: November 18, 2010
Publisher: Microsoft
Kinect Sports at IGN
Kinect Sports Cheats at IGN
Kinect Sports Guide at IGN
Kinect Sports at GameSpy
Kinect Sports at TeamXbox
Kinect Sports at GameStats


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Storage is the missing link that will enable renewables to become a reliable supply of mainstream energy. It is no wonder then that, as renewables expand in their reach, new and innovative forms of storing that energy also become more relevant. Because of this dynamic, the market for traditional underground compressed air energy storage (CAES) is expected to grow dramatically over the next decade.
"Compressed Air Energy Storage," an August report by Boulder, Colo.-based market research firm, Navigant, describes the changes that are taking place in and around the technology that will cause demand for it to grow.
As Navigant notes, CAES has been commercially available for more than 30 years, but no new plants have been deployed since 1991. However, interest is growing, and higher efficiency, next-generation technology is also nearing commercialization.
The growing penetration of renewables and their intermittent nature are two factors driving CAES demand. Renewables need a reliable form of utility-scale storage to supplement their shortcomings. As a proven long-duration bulk storage technology, CAES meets that need.
Kerry-Ann Adamson, a research director for Navigant said "these macro conditions will drive demand for CAES, helping to rejuvenate a sector that has been largely dormant for the last two decades."
Like renewables, CAES has its own limitations, as the compressed air is usually stored in underground caves or abandoned mines. Advances in the technology, most notably, isothermal (or adiabatic) technology, now allows plants to be sited wherever they are needed. This, too, will help drive growth.
Navigant projects that more than 11 gigawatts of CAES capacity will be installed worldwide from 2013 to 2023.