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I am buying my first kite, and moving to San Francisco - just wanted to see what would be a good size kite to get for the Bay Area, and for a beginner (my weight is 135 pounds).
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I am buying my first kite, and moving to San Francisco - just wanted to see what would be a good size kite to get for the Bay Area, and for a beginner (my weight is 135 pounds).
7, 8, 9 or 10 should do it. If you're waiting for warmer water to learn, go a little bigger, if you're starting in the spring, a little smaller. You will certainly need more than one kite eventually. Take your instructor's advice after your lessons too. Yes, LESSONS!
I would say a 12 is the gold standart for the bay. If you plan to go out the the pacific the smaller will be fine.
But take lessons first and decide afterwards for the right size depening where you plan to go out.
CU then, K
Knyfe is right (partly) since everybody I know has a 12. But, hey guys, do we really want to recommend a 12 to a beginner, spring-wind learning, SF (Crissy?) rider at 135 pounds? (I say buy your smallest kite first, then move up to the 12 later on). Smaller is safer and easier to learn on IMHO and I weigh 260 so... think "safety". Too many casualties of late.
Go bigga'
ok, probably we should add:
- Start at alameda with a lesson. Best place for beginner in the bay!
- dont go out in Chrissy field (closest to SF). Its nothing for beginners. Gutsy like hell, strong currents and BIG ships. Taxi service sometimes avaiable (coast guard)
- Be careful and respect the strong laste/early year winds.
Otherwise I still think 12 is a good size.
Stay safe, K
... you are right, I thought this year I can spare out the 12 and went from a 14 to a 9. Now, at the end of the season I came back to the 12 ...
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Today, Shermer and Lukianoff discuss efforts to include "intelligent design" and other such hypotheses in classroom curricula. Previously, they weighed allegations of instructor bias in college classrooms and debated what roles a school might have in the expressions of its students. Thursday and Friday, they'll discuss the extent to which teachers should accommodate ideological diversity and whether professors should get lifetime tenure.
If you've got science, we'll talk
By Michael Shermer
Will anyone have the courage to stand up to Ben Stein and his money? Anyone? Anyone?
I will. I was interviewed by Stein in my office, am featured in his film "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed," saw a screening of it last month at the National Religious Broadcasters' convention (tellingly, a film allegedly about science education is being marketed to religious groups), and have written a thorough critique of it at skeptic.com and sciam.com (see also expelledexposed.com). Here I know of what I speak, and as such I can assure you of two things: First, the film is wrong in virtually every one of its factual claims about evolution and the alleged persecutions of those who challenge the theory, and second, viewers will be hoodwinked into believing all the lies for the same reason they were taken in by Michael Moore's films — the power of filmic propaganda to trump facts and reason. Leni Riefenstahl and Joseph Goebbels would have praised "Expelled."
The facts are these: No one has ever been fired or denied tenure (or "expelled" from school) for challenging Darwinism or for promoting "intelligent design," or ID creationism. The details of each alleged case of persecution presented in the film can be found at the aforementioned websites, but take it from a former creationist (when I was an evangelical Christian) and current evolutionary theorist (I teach a course in the subject at Claremont Graduate University) that Darwinism always has been and continues to be challenged by scientists. In Charles Darwin's own time, of course, numerous books and articles were published critiquing his theory, and through the turn of the century there was still no underlying mechanism to explain how natural selection works and why so much skepticism remained. From the 1930s through the '60s, the neo-Darwinian synthesis and its many variants seriously revised many aspects of Darwin's original theory. In the '70s, Stephen Jay Gould and Niles Eldredge successfully remodeled Darwinian gradualism with their theory of punctuated equilibrium.
In the 1980s, Lynn Margulis overthrew neo-Darwinism in the microscopic world with her theory of symbiogenesis, demonstrating that random changes in DNA and natural selection alone do not lead to speciation (at a science conference I attended she said, "It was like confessing a murder when I discovered I was not a neo-Darwinist"). In the '90s, sociobiologists and evolutionary psychologists battled Gould's and Richard Lewontin's belief that Darwinism cannot account for much of human psychology and culture. Currently, David Sloan Wilson's theory of group selection is making inroads into seriously modifying models of individual selection, and I even heard the highly respected evolutionary theorist William Provine (featured in "Expelled") tell an audience of scientists, "Natural selection does not shape an adaptation or cause a gene to spread over a population or really do anything at all."
What? How can this be? According to Stein, no one is allowed to doubt Darwinism, and yet scientific conferences, papers and books are full of challenges to the theory, all of which are taught in biology classes. What gives? Creationism, that's what. Despite the best efforts of the proponents of intelligent design to present their theory as pure science having nothing to do with religion, Stein has unwittingly debunked that myth in a film with a central thesis that intelligent design is a religious doctrine and that is why it is not taught. Because of that pesky establishment clause in the 1st Amendment to the Constitution, religion has been systematically expelled from classrooms to culture. Has it?
Of course not. Is there anyone in America who hasn't heard of intelligent design? These guys have created one of the most successful PR campaigns in the history of ideas, duping shills like Stein to pitch their case to the American public in hopes that no one will notice that their isn't a drop of science in ID. The reason ID isn't taught in science classes is because there is nothing to teach. Seriously. Nothing. Not a single experiment. No data. Not even a theory. As the ID proponent Paul Nelson (also featured in "Expelled") confessed: "Easily the biggest challenge facing the ID community is to develop a full-fledged theory of biological design. We don't have such a theory right now, and that's a problem. Without a theory, it's very hard to know where to direct your research focus. Right now, we've got a bag of powerful intuitions, and a handful of notions such as 'irreducible complexity' and 'specified complexity' — but, as yet, no general theory of biological design."
So, Mr. Stein, and all you erstwhile ID proponents, when you have some actual science to present, we would be only too happy to consider it. We await your data.
Michael Shermer is the publisher of Skeptic magazine (skeptic.com), a monthly columnist for Scientific American, an adjunct professor at the School of Economics and Politics at Claremont Graduate University and the author of 10 books.
How Ben Stein could really help students
By Greg Lukianoff
Don't hold back, Michael — tell us what you really think!
I contacted the producers of "Expelled" on Wednesday and told them about this Dust-Up. They set me up alone in a Park Avenue theater in New York for an exclusive night screening of the film. I felt very fancy, indeed, but sat down wondering what it was going to be about. After all, having reviewed thousands of free-speech claims by college students over the years, I cannot remember one instance of a student being expelled for arguing for ID or against Darwinism.
I will try to sort through what I saw. The movie starts with images of the Berlin Wall and a string version of "All Along the Watchtower," followed closely by Johnny Cash's version of "Personal Jesus." It then highlights the cases of a researcher at the Smithsonian Institution and professors at Iowa State University, Baylor University and George Mason University who Stein alleges got in trouble in different ways for mentioning or defending ID. Next came interviews with scientists and representatives of the Discovery Institute, both for and against ID. The main "villain" of the film is introduced here: Richard Dawkins, an evolutionary biologist, ardent atheist and author of "The God Delusion."
The film then goes in a pretty disturbing direction, with images of the Berlin Wall and tanks turning to images of Adolf Hitler and his scientists exterminating the physically or mentally handicapped. Stein meets with the author of "From Darwin to Hitler" and then discusses how Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger and other Americans were leading proponents of eugenics. Next thing you know, Stein is at Dachau, where he says, "Evil can sometimes be rationalized by science," and strongly implies all this could happen again — I guess if we don't reject Darwinism?
Stein leaves out the fact that there is quite a bit of difference between Social Darwinism (which he conflates throughout the movie with Darwinism) and current evolutionary theory. He also completely ignores that the other major faction of mass murderers in Europe — the communists — during the time of the Nazis rejected Darwinism and subscribed to the genetic theories of Trofim Lysenko. Lysenko's theories (for instance, that environmentally acquired characteristics could be passed down through genetics) were distinct from Darwin's, which the communists explicitly rejected as "capitalistic." And yet communists managed to kill millions without Darwin's help. "Expelled" then argues that Darwinism is bad because it devalues human life and that the rejection of ID is a threat to America itself.
The last major field trip of the film is to the remnants of the Berlin Wall. Stein once again equates the alleged conspiracy against ID to the building of the Berlin Wall and part of President Reagan's famous "tear down this wall." The ending of the film is supposed to be inspirational, with Stein arguing that "no lie can live forever" and ends with Stein repeating his famous "Anyone, anyone?" line from "Ferris Bueller's Day Off."
After one hour and 40 minutes, I was left a little perplexed as to what Stein was actually trying to say. America is heading toward death camps? Evolution is a lie? Dawkins does not believe in Ganesh or Allah?
But no matter what the point of the film was, my primary reaction to it was personal. Despite all of Stein's talk about honoring academic freedom and free speech, I had to wonder, where has he been all these years? As part of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, or FIRE, I have been fighting abuses of free speech on campuses and violations of academic freedom for most of this decade. I have seen literally thousands of examples of such abuses. And although FIRE has successfully fought hundreds of cases on behalf of wronged students and faculty, serious abuses persist. If Stein really cares about this fight, he needs to join it for real and not just on behalf of one allegedly forbidden argument.
If you are reading this, Mr. Stein, I ask you to please take a look at the cases I cited yesterday. Please take a look at the violations against religious students' rights (including banning "The Passion of the Christ"), the gross violations of due process, the crazy indoctrination of students, and the actual ideological litmus tests at schools as prestigious as Columbia University's Teachers College. Did you know that most colleges that FIRE surveys maintain oppressive speech codes? Did you know that many colleges maintain tiny and out-of-the-way free speech quarantines called speech zones? We could use some high-profile help here, Ben. With your power and influence you really could help bring a missing dose of liberty back to campuses. But if you only care about ID education, I suspect that you will only be preaching to people who already agree with you.
Greg Lukianoff is a constitutional lawyer and the president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (thefire.org). He is a frequent guest on national TV news programs and a blogger at the Huffington Post.

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Linux Distro War: Sabayon vs. Mint - A lot of people have been pairing and matching their favorite distros with the hope of finding out which is better or superior among their choices; and I'm one of them. I often visit different forums or do a search on Google looking for answers and curious about the real winner among my favorites.
I have recently reviewed Sabayon 3.3b Mini Edition and Mint 3.0 Light Edition. As we all know, they are two of the most promising and hottest Linux distros today. They are currently ranked number 5 and 6 respectively on Distrowatch. I know more and more people have been pairing these two that is why I'm starting a distro war. I'm rating Sabayon and Mint based on the tests I made to find out who has the clear edge.
Distrowar Arena (Test Machine Specs):
Board: Intel D101GGCL
Processor: 3 GHz Intel Pentium 4 with HT Technology
Hard Drive: Samsung 80GB with 10GB allocated to VM disk
Memory: 1.5GB 400 MHz DDR with 512MB allocated to VM memory
Graphics Card: On-board
Tale of the Tape:
Distro Name:---------------------------Sabayon Linux----------------Linux MintOrigin:-----------------------------------Italy-----------------------------Ireland
Age (Since Version 1):-------------------?-----------------------------1 YR
Package Management:---------------SRC (Portage)----------------DEB(Debian)
Default Desktop:-----------------------KDE----------------------------GNOME
Installation:-----------------------------Graphical(LiveCD)-----------Graphical(LiveCD)Installation Time- Winner, Sabayon!
Speed Test:
Speed Test:
Boot/Startup Time - Winner, Sabayon!
Responsiveness- Draw!
Decoding: In VMware, it only took about 15 minutes to install Sabayon against 20 minutes in Mint. The Boot/Startup Time, measured from Grub to desktop, took 58 seconds for Sabayon and 65 seconds for Mint. It's a draw for Responsiveness due to fact that both distros are light and fast and I can't see a considerable difference between the two.
Default Theme- Winner, Mint!
Extras- Winner, Mint!
Artwork- Winner, Mint!
Decoding: Mint is my winner in all Aesthetics Category. The default theme is pleasing to the eye with several extra Mint wallpapers available. The artworks are sleek and polished like its boot-splash screen and log-in menu.
Pre-installed Applications- Draw!
Available Packages from Repo- Winner, Mint!
Ease of Use- Winner, Mint!
Decoding: The Pre-installed Applications Category is deadlocked because both have several important features installed by default like the multimedia capability of Sabayon and the key softwares found in Mint. The Debian/Ubuntu repositories have all the good and latest stuff available for Mint compared to the sometimes dated Gentoo packages. Ease of Use is hands down to Mint for being newbie-friendly.
Hardware Detection- Draw!
Software Maintenance- Draw!
Error Handling- Draw!
Decoding: I can only give a draw verdict in all of the "Stability" sub-categories because I have never used Mint and Sabayon long enough to declare a clear winner. But based only on my initial tests, I found out that both of them are very much capable and are generally stable for productive uses. I hope the readers can fill in the gap.
Final Score:
Mint = 5
Sabayon = 2
*Winner Mint!
The results are only based on my own opinion and were solely based on the tests I made. Mint may have won the war but the DVD version of Sabayon might have all the necessary weaponry it needs to beat Mint. What do you think?


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Davis and White of US lead Olympic ice dancing
SOCHI, Russia (AP) -- Charlie White threw his arms in the air in celebration to try to describe how he'd felt Sunday morning.
After four years, the moment had finally arrived for White and Meryl Davis, seeking to win the United States' first Olympic gold medal in ice dancing.
''I definitely woke up today ready,'' Davis said. ''And yes, it's great to wake up with a smile on your face.''
They were grinning even more broadly after their short dance, when they set an international personal best with 78.89 points to lead training partners Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada by 2.56.
Davis and White won silver at the 2010 Games when Virtue and Moir became the first Olympic ice dance champions from North America. The free dance is Monday, and Davis and White, both from Michigan, are one performance away from gold.
''I told Charlie in the middle of the program I felt like I was in a dream,'' Davis said. ''It is such a surreal experience.''
Virtue and Moir rebounded from a shaky performance in the team event, but the Americans, skating last, have overtaken their rivals over the last four years, and it was no different Sunday.
A Russian team was in third, though it wasn't world bronze medalists Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitri Soloviev. Elena Ilinykh and Nikita Katsalapov were 3.29 points behind Virtue and Moir.
France's Nathalie Pechalat and Fabian Bourzat were fourth, just 0.26 out of the bronze position, with Bobrova and Soloviev fifth.
Davis and White will again skate last Monday.
Their twizzles are at another speed from the rest of the field, and yet they spin across the ice in perfect unison. Skating to ''My Fair Lady,'' they gaze at each other and into the crowd with an exuberant bliss.
''They fly,'' said their coach, Marina Zoueva, who also works with Virtue and Moir. ''And you can see at the same time where they are strong. And they are so light at the same time and so flowing.''
With White's tuxedo and tails and Davis' gauzy pink dress, they were decked out for a coronation.
''They really did the best this program can be done, with joy,'' Zoueva said. ''Total joy.''
When it was over, they held their embrace for a few extra seconds.
''We kept in the moment and neither of us was pushing it,'' White said. ''We were out there enjoying each other's company. This was special for us.''
The other American teams, Madison Chock and Evan Bates and siblings Maia and Alex Shibutani, were eighth and ninth.
Virtue had a bobble on a twizzle during the team short dance, but on Sunday, she and Moir looked much more like the couple that charmed the home crowd in Vancouver four years ago. Their footwork again crisp, they seemed to bounce over the ice as they performed to jazz standards from Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald.
In his black bowtie and suspenders, Moir, ever the showman, smiled coyly from start to finish, eyebrow arched. Virtue's face beamed brighter than the sparkles on her flapper-style dress.
With the two still posed cheek to cheek just like the lyrics to the final song in their medley, Moir shouted out ''Yes!'' and pumped a fist. He whirled across the ice in celebration, then lifted Virtue into the air, burying his face in her shoulder.
''That was more like it,'' Moir said afterward.
The week between their programs seemed to drag on forever - Moir called the waiting miserable.
''I just wanted my chance to be on the stage and do that,'' he said.
So when the music ended, he let out all that tension, though Virtue teased him: ''You left me.''
''I didn't get the memo on that,'' she joked later of his extra little dance.
''I get a little emotional after we skate like that,'' he explained.
Both couples have been together since they were little kids, and each talked about wanting to revel in the moment of these Olympics. That was accomplished Sunday.
''We've been together 17 years and that plays a huge part in just how comfortable you are on the ice in big moments,'' White said. ''We have been through so much together in competitions and in life. It's just having that consistency in our training and our approach, and when it comes to big competitions, being a little bit nervous. You want to be able to count on that.''


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Turner for the better: Braves amazing at home
The Braves rarely lose these days when streets named "Peachtree" are several fungoes shy of the ballpark, along with historic Stone Mountain, Ga., and their own lovely beds. In fact, the Braves win 73 percent of the time at home, which is the best mark in the Major Leagues by a bunch. Why? Well, that's a good question.
To hear Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez tell it, this is just one of those baseball things.
The Braves rarely lose these days when streets named "Peachtree" are several fungoes shy of the ballpark, along with historic Stone Mountain, Ga., and their own lovely beds. In fact, the Braves win 73 percent of the time at home, which is the best mark in the Major Leagues by a bunch. Why? Well, that's a good question.
To hear Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez tell it, this is just one of those baseball things.
"You look at the course of the year, there's always something," said Gonzalez, sitting in the friendly confines of the home dugout at Turner Field. "I think a couple of years ago, we couldn't play well on Mondays for whatever reason."
Actually, Gonzalez only was partially correct. Those Monday blues for the Braves began "a couple of years ago," but their weekly jinx after the Sabbath continued through the first half of last season. The Braves eventually dropped 16 consecutive Monday games before they won on July 30, 2012. Depending on whether you believe in voodoo, the streak ended courtesy of Braves players opting to play with their pants rolled up to their knees. Though perhaps it was pure luck, or simply 13 hits and eight runs for the Braves against a struggling Marlins team.
Gonzalez thought some more about the Braves' brilliant home record, and he shrugged again.
"I remember seven or eight years ago that they always used to turn [switch-hitter] Chipper [Jones] around to one side," Gonzalez said. "That's because he was struggling from that one side, for whatever reason. [Opposing teams] spent one year doing that, but they couldn't do that anymore."
Translated: Chipper became Chipper again, meaning both a prolific left-handed and right-handed slugger.
"You just have those things happen in baseball," Gonzalez said, "and you have guys who don't do well in day games for a given year, and then it switches around. Who knows?"
Here's what we do know: According to the folks at Elias Sports Bureau, the Braves have a chance to lead the Major Leagues in home victories for just the third time since they moved to Atlanta in 1966, and guess what? Those other two times, they reached the World Series. If you're keeping score, we're talking about 1996, when they still played at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, and 1999. It's frequently about home-field advantage in sports, which is splendid news for these Braves.
Since the Braves have the best record in baseball -- with much help from their home success -- they obviously also own the National League's top mark. If the latter continues, they will earn home-field advantage through the NL Champtionship Series. The Braves wouldn't have such an edge during the World Series since the AL won the All-Star Game this year, but first things first.
Atlanta entered Tuesday night's game against the Mets at Turner Field with a home record of 50-19 (.725). The Reds were second to the Braves in that category at 42-23 (.646), followed by the Red Sox and the Pirates at 45-25 (.643), the Athletics at 43-25 (.632) and the Rays at 44-26 (.629).
So we're back to the question of the moment: What is this love affair with playing at home all about for the Braves?
We know it isn't the ballpark.
Turner Field's dimensions are strikingly bland. It is 335 feet down the left-field line, 330 feet down the right-field line, 401 to dead center, 380 in the alley to left and 390 to the alley in right. The 16-year-old ballpark doesn't feature anything close to the Winds of Wrigley, and there isn't a Green Monster or a slope as you approach the fences.
Not only that, Turner Field lacks a label. Dodger Stadium and AT&T Park are called pitcher-friendly ballparks, for instance, and the Dodgers and the Giants often construct their rosters accordingly. In contrast, the baseball homes of the Red Sox (Fenway Park), the Rockies (Coors Field) and the Reds (Great American Ballpark) are partisan to fly balls, which means those teams attract sluggers more often.
Then there is the quirkiness of Tropicana Field, which center fielder B.J. Upton called home for eight years before he left the Rays for the Braves after last season.
"It was a domed stadium, so you had to get used to trying to catch fly balls with the white ceiling," Upton said, and don't forget the catwalks in play. As for other unique ballparks, Upton said, "Maybe Oakland [with its vast foul territory] and San Francisco, because it's always cold and damp in the city."
No such things happening with Turner Field. Then again, after it opened in 1997, it was considered a pitchers' ballpark. But I'm guessing that was because the Braves had some guys in their rotation named Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine and John Smoltz. Turner also resembled a hitter-friendly ballpark during the 2008 season, when Jones streaked to the NL batting title with a .364 average. It's just that, as a future Hall of Famer, Jones likely would have hit like that in the Grand Canyon.
"I feel like this is a really fair ballpark," said Braves shortstop Andrelton Simmons. "It's not small. It's not impossible to hit a home run here. I guess when we come home, and we're playing on what is a regular field [without unique features], we have a chance. It feels comfortable."
We're getting closer to the definitive answer.
Braves closer Craig Kimbrel said, "With our team, I just feel like the way that we are set up, we score late in games. Our starters have been so good this year, and so has our bullpen. So you're scoring all of those runs late during games, and you're already a little more comfortable at home than you are on the road. And then you have the fans getting into it and things like that, and it's really worked out well for us."
Kimbrel paused, then added, "But you know, it could just be as simple as, in baseball, everybody just feels more comfortable sleeping in their own bed than in a hotel. There are a lot of variables."
Apparently so.
Terence Moore is a columnist for MLB.com.


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Immortality of the soul versus Resurrection of the body are the predominant themes within the pages of Journey to Heaven: Exploring Jewish Views of the Afterlife, by Leila Leah Bronner. Bronner also encompasses the area of reincarnation after we die.
From biblical times, the afterlife has been a concern and thought that is foremost on the minds of those who have lost loved ones. Bronner includes so much within the pages regarding whether we live on through our souls, or whether we will live once again through the body's resurrection. The journey from biblical times to today's modern world is explained by her, and her viewpoints. She uses biblical quotations to infuse her thoughts and ideals regarding life, death, afterlife, and all the possibilities within those realms to give the reader information to ponder, and even to discuss with family and friends.
Bronner points to the fact that "Sheol" is used quite often within the Torah. "Sheol" is a place where the dead are gathered and descended to, "the biblical underworld", it also can mean a pit or grave, or beneath the earth. The transition of beliefs regarding "Sheol" has evolved throughout the centuries.
An afterlife has been a dimension of Judaism throughout the ages, whether it be through a belief in a 'world to come", an eternal soul or through a Jewish belief in a resurrection.
From Rabbis to philosophers, the afterlife has been discussed in great depth. Rabbis, in particular wanted to impart upon their congregants that there would be an afterlife. By doing so they try to give a sense of comfort to congregants and their often harsh and debilitating surroundings they are currently under. They try to impart that there will eventually be a world that will be rewarding. Bronner cites from the Talmud the fact that one is assured of an afterlife through living properly, and exhibiting good deeds and behavior that is proper.
She relates Kabbalah perspectives affirming a mystical approach to life after death. Since the first notion of Kabbalah in the Middle Ages, the theory has gained momentum in succeeding centuries. In today's modern world, Kabbalah centers can be found almost everywhere, and the practice has taken on a large population, not only of Jewish individuals, but others, as well.
Bronner explains what she calls "Verbs of Resurrection". She believes these words reflect to resurrection of the dead. They are found in small passages. Some of the words are: "to awaken, to take, and to return".
I enjoyed the comparisons and the quotations. And, I found a deeper understanding of some biblical references and what their meanings might actually be. One must look at each sentence and the structure of each source carefully. Examine it cognitively, and also for any underlying mystical reference.
The steps on the path towards learning can be a comfort to those who find themselves in a state of disorder or confusion. Whether you believe or not, this inspirational book will definitely give you insight into perspectives of an afterlife, and it will bring you content to ponder and make your own decisions on.
Journey to Heaven: Exploring Jewish Views of the Afterlife, by Leila Leah Bronner is an excellent resource that affords the reader motivation to further examine biblical references, the Torah, the Mishnah, etc., in their journey towards educating themselves on the aspects and/or Jewish beliefs of Heaven and the afterlife.
I highly recommend it to everyone.
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Oh, wow.. I've been too busy lately to update my blog! How I wish I could continue on writing my Europe entries! After I launched Le Couette Macaron, I got extremely busy! Since I'm not into conducting this business on a full time basis, I do not have the luxury of spending much time in the kitchen. Therefore, I need to manage my time wisely.
I just can't believe that up till now, I have baked almost a thousand pieces of macarons! I'm so glad that my business partner has also been working just as hard like me
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The next confirmation class with multiple Finnestad descendants was 1913. I'd posted Ole and Mari Finnestad's granddaughter, Lillian's photo and ledger in 2009.
Ole and Mari's great grandson, Elmer Seward Sanderson was in the same class as Lillian Finnestad.
Lillian Finnestad is seated in the bottom row, far right.
Lawrence is standing in the back row, second from the left side of the photo.
Lawrence's parents were Ellen Marie/Mary (Vallem) and Seward Sanderson, his grandparents were Rachel (Finnestad) and Lewis Vallem.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Lillian Finnestad and Elmer Seward Sanderson - confirmation
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The European ecological label « Ecolabel » granted to hotels by AFNOR is taking a foothold in France. It is currently the most demanding environmental certification in the European market. Convinced of the importance of this socially responsible approach, Le Negresco has nevertheless decided to undertake the measures necessary to obtain this label.
By adopting new solutions and with the initiatives of our employees, we are changing habits and methods of work, but also the attitude of our guests who may, if they wish, participate in this scheme. An internal and external publication has increased the awareness of both the team and the guests' of the important role each and every one of us has to play if we are to achieve a significant impact over the short and long-term.
As the hotel is an old building, devoid of suitable equipment or installations, we are aware that the program we have implemented will be complex and require a substantial effort from all of us. Here is a broad outline, based on 3 main issues:
1) Reduction in the consumption of energy and transport :
Notably, with electricity produced from renewable sources and the replacement of all light bulbs by energy-saving bulbs, with an increase in energy efficiency for the equipment wherever this is possible and also by sufficiently informing our guests to encourage them to make a gesture for economy. Regarding transportation, we favor local suppliers and incite our guests to use hybrid cars provided by a rental car company with whom we have signed a specific contract. Lastly, in the kitchens, the chef promotes produce from our local suppliers.
2) Life cycle of products and waste :
We encourage our clients to selectively sort their waste in bins provided for this use. We have also installed a system of dehydration to treat the several tons of organic waste produced by the kitchens every month. Individual sachets and portions are progressively withdrawn, in the restaurants and also the guestrooms (bathroom products). The consumption of bottled mineral water is controlled thanks to the installation of a water filter machine which provides pure healthy table water for our guests.
3) Water, solvants and chemical products :
We encourage our guests to re-use their towels and sheets and we have taken important measures to reduce water waste. The personnel have been trained and are aware of the importance of economizing water. New procedures have been introduced to reduce the use of chemical substances.
The Negresco has made this new environmental policy a strategic priority and has applied for the European Ecolabel which will be a fitting recognition for the efforts made.
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Newton's boys attacked the basket against Knoxville and pulled away late for a win on Friday night. The Newton girls had a off-night and lost. In Heart of Iowa Conference play, the PCM boys and girls knock off rival CMB at home while Colfax-Mingo struggles at Roland-Story. Lynnville-Sully's girls win big and the Hawk boys lose a close one.
Knoxville boys 81, Knoxville 68
KNOXVILLE — Shooting over 50 percent from everywhere on the court — outside the three-point arc, two-point range and the free-throw line — Newton's Cardinal boys knocked down Knoxville's Panthers Friday night. The Cardinals pulled away from their hosts in the fourth quarter for an 81-68 victory.
Leading the attack on the basket for the Cardinals were guards Chandler Sturtz and Tyler Wood. Sturtz finished with 25 points, going 7-of-10 from the free-throw line. Wood downed 6-of-7 free throws on his way to 16 points.
Both Sturtz and Wood had two 3-pointers on the night. Connor Gholson came off the bench to drain three 3-pointers, ending up with 15 points. Newton was 9-of-17 from three-point range.
It was a back-and-forth game, with Newton up 31-30 at halftime. Newton outscored Knoxville, which put up 36 shots, hitting 12, from beyond the arc, 50-38 in the second half. The Cardinals were up 56-51 after three quarters.
Garrett Davis scored 20 points for the Panthers and Bryce Zoutte had 12 points. Each had four 3-pointers.
Newton improved to 6-4 in Little Hawkeye Conference play and 7-8 overall. The Cardinals head to Dallas Center-Grimes in conference action Tuesday.
Knoxville girls 49, Newton girls 38
KNOXVILLE — Newton's girls found out how Pella Christian felt Tuesday on the road at Newton. Everything that could go wrong for the Cardinals did go wrong Friday night at Knoxville, losing 49-38.
Foul trouble put the Cardinals behind the eight-ball early. Michaela Jacobsen and Shelby Gray each had three fouls before the end of the first quarter. The Cards were down 13-8 after one quarter to the hosting Panthers. The Panthers pulled out to a 10-point lead in the second quarter.
Hannah Rhoads hit a 3-pointer for Newton just before halftime. The Cardinals were down 26-19 at the break. Knoxville used a 15-4 third-quarter run to establish complete control.
Rhoads led the Cardinals with seven points. Newton dropped to 5-12 overall and 5-5 in Little Hawkeye Conference play.
Ricki Hall paced Knoxville with 19 points and Meredith Cunningham added 17 points. The Panthers hit 22-of-32 free throws in the game.
Newton goes to Dallas Center-Grimes Tuesday in LHC action.
Lynnville-Sully girls roll; boys lose heartbreaker
SULLY — Lynnville-Sully's boys came up one point shy at home Friday against Montezuma's Braves. The Braves edged the Hawks 53-52 in South Iowa Cedar League play.
Fifth-ranked Lynnville-Sully's girls had little trouble in a 68-27 win over Montezuma. The Hawk girls led 40-14 at halftime.
Lysandra James poured in 23 points and grabbed 15 rebounds for the Hawk girls. Lyndsay Terpstra added 11 points and Cassie Cullen had 10 points. The Braves got seven points each from Mackenzie James and Courtney Petersen.
The boys' showdown was close the entire way with Lynnville-Sully leading 28-24 at halftime. The Hawks were up 40-32 after three quarters, but the Braves outscored them 20-13 in the final eight minutes.
T.J. Cunningham led the Hawks with 17 points. Ben Trettin had 14 points. The Braves were paced by Brody McKeag with 16 points.
Lynnville-Sully's teams host North Mahaska Tuesday.
PCM sweeps HOIC doubleheader with CMB
MONROE — Prairie City-Monroe's Mustang boys outlasted visiting Collins-Maxwell/Baxter's Raiders, 67-55, in Heart of Iowa Conference play Friday night. The Mustangs shot 73 percent from the field to the Raiders' 48 percent.
The PCM girls won their fourth game in a row with a 57-35 victory over the CMB Raider girls. The Lady Mustangs used a 20-3 first-quarter push to take control.
Courtney Van Houweling led PCM with 16 points and 10 rebounds. Rachel Feland chipped in with 13 points and had six steals. No individual information was available for the CMB girls.
In the boys' contest, CMB and PCM waged a great HOIC battle on the court. The Mustangs had a 37-33 halftime lead. A 10-0 run by PCM in a two-minute span of the third quarter gave the Mustangs a 49-38 lead that the Raiders couldn't counteract.
PCM got 25 points from Dillon Bruxvoort and 20 points from Logan Gilman. Ryan Jennings added 13 points. CMB was led by Austin Moorman's 21 points, and Seth Balke had 14 points plus 10 rebounds and Bryce Kemp scored 10 points.
These Heart of Iowa rivals play again on Feb. 10 in Baxter. The PCM boys are at Knoxville today. On Tuesday, the CMB teams host South Hamilton and PCM's squads are at North Polk.
Pella Christian teams beat Oskaloosa
PELLA — Being home did the the trick for the Pella Christian Eagle basketball teams Friday. The PC boys broke a five-game losing streak and the girls halted a four-game skid.
The Eagle girls defeated visiting Oskaloosa 46-33, using a 14-2 surge in the fourth quarter. Tessa Howerzyl scored 11 points for the Eagles and Hannah Beltman blocked nine Indian shots. Oskaloosa was led by Alexis Westercamp's 11 points.
Pella Christian's boys dominated the Oskaloosa Indians, 77-46. Coltin Collins paced the Eagles with 24 points.
The Eagles host Pella in Little Hawkeye Conference play Tuesday.
Colfax-Mingo squads lose on the road
STORY CITY — Colfax-Mingo's Tigerhawk teams lost in Heart of Iowa Conference play Friday at Roland-Story.
Roland-Story's girls beat the Tigerhawk girls 67-24. The Norsemen boys defeated the Tigerhawk boys 66-34.
There were no individual statistics available for Colfax-Mingo from Friday night's games.
These teams turn around to play again Monday at Colfax in games rescheduled from Jan. 16.


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The state of Florida plans to file a brief in support of a lawsuit filed Sept. 26 by the Mississippi Insurance Department seeking an injunction that would delay flood insurance rate hikes that went into effect Oct. 1.
A hearing on the lawsuit in federal court in Gulfport, Miss. is scheduled for Oct. 28, according to Mike Chaney, Mississippi insurance commissioner.
At the same time, Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) announced Monday that 24 members of the Senate were sending a letter to the Senate leadership calling for immediate relief for flood insurance policyholders affected by Biggert-Waters, the legislation that led to the rate hikes.
The senators ask that a temporary delay for certain rate increases "be included in any viable legislative vehicle" while they continue to work on a more comprehensive solution.
The federal government is shut down because funds to run it ran out Sept. 30. There have been continuing efforts to include such a provision in legislation extending the debt limit and refunding the government.
However, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), a member of the Senate leadership, has told representatives of citizens group that have organized to persuade Congress to delay the increases that is more likely that action on such provisions will be taken up by Congress only after the debt and shutdown crisis is resolved.
In announcing plans to file an amicus brief Thursday, Republican Florida Gov. Rick Scott lambasted President Obama, saying the president "is failing to save Florida families from huge flood insurance rate hikes and that is why we are going to support Mississippi in their lawsuit against the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
"This unfair rate hike could devastate Florida's real estate market and homeowners," Scott said. Ultimately, the buck stops with the president and that's why we continue to ask him to get his agency – FEMA – to undo this unfair insurance rate hike on Florida families."
However, the Obama administration was not consulted before the provision mandating phasing in of actuarial rates for flood insurance was voted on in the Senate in June 2012, according to FEMA officials.
Imposition of actuarial rates was the price demanded by Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) for allowing legislation reauthorizing the National Flood Insurance Program for five years to be added to legislation reauthorizing transportation programs.
Support of all senators was required to add the NFIP reauthorization title, known as the Biggert-Waters Act, to the legislation.
Moreover, FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate said in congressional testimony last month that the administration has determined that it has no authority to delay the rate hikes, as Scott is demanding.
Fugate is formerly head of the Florida Emergency Management Agency.
Chaney said Monday that South Carolina is considering joining the lawsuit, as is Louisiana.
"I welcome the support of Governor Scott, Attorney General Bondi and the State of Florida, and am very pleased that they recognize the significance of what we're trying to accomplish," Chaney said.
Chaney said the rate hikes proposed under the Biggert-Waters Act "are excessive and will affect millions of homeowners not only in Mississippi and Florida, but all across the nation. Our states are united in attempting to bring reason and common sense to the NFIP reforms."


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Turkey, stuffing - and a $97 TV if you could wake up in time.
This may not have been the Pilgrims' idea of Thanksgiving, but they never got door-buster price discounts.
For shoppers who just couldn't wait until Black Friday, many retailers opened their doors Thanksgiving Day.
The sales weren't quite as glorious as the Black Friday specials that stores promise to roll out late tonight and Friday morning. But they were pretty good, nonetheless.
JoAnne Garcia walked into Kmart in Burbank in search of a roasting pan in which to cook her turkey. She walked out 90 minutes later, having shelled out $491, including $329 for an 39-inch RCA flat-panel LCD television.
"The roasting pan was $14.99," Garcia said, laughing at how much she spent as she rolled her cart to the parking lot.
To the 53-year-old machinist at an aerospace company, shopping on Thanksgiving made perfect sense.
"You get up, throw your turkey in the oven and you come back [after shopping] and it's all done," Garcia said, standing near a store display touting "Freak Out Pricing."
Not everyone was so lucky buying a TV.
Kathy Castillo, a letter carrier from Burbank, planned to wake up at 5 a.m. to get to Kmart by its 6 a.m. opening. But her son unplugged her alarm clock to charge his computer.
The $97 TVs were gone by the time she got to the store, Castillo said.
No worries. She pledged to return tonight to snatch a door-buster TV deal when the store reopens at 8 p.m.
"After I go to my sister's to eat, I'll be back here by 6," Castillo said.
Some people had mixed emotions about shopping on Thanksgiving, put off by the steady encroachment of commercialism on a day that traditionally has been free of it.
"You should keep respecting Thanksgiving for what it is," said Rocio Rodriguez as she and her fiance pushed a cart around Kmart. "I feel bad for the workers who are working today."
Noting the relatively modest salaries of retail employees, she said: "These aren't your $25-an-hour workers.... It's almost like [employers] are taking advantage of the recession. People have to work. They have no choice."
Elena Saenz, a 33-year Kmart veteran who is the store's assistant manager, was philosophical.
"When you work retail, that's part of the job," she said. "And with times being so tough, I'm just thankful to have a job."
Workers are getting paid time-and-a-half today, Saenz said.
Some shoppers were drawn by the lighter crowds compared with the pandemonium that engulf stores on Black Friday.
"Today the parking is easy," said Kartik Sundram, an IT strategy consultant, as he and his wife stuffed several bags with children's clothing at the Gap in Pasadena.
And let's not forget the discounts, which ranged from 20% to 60% at the Gap.
"I'd rather not be shopping today if I could," Sundram said. "But the retailers with their economic bait are drawing us in."
[Full disclosure: After interviewing Gap shoppers, this reporter also succumbed, picking up three pairs of pants and a shirt, all at 40% off.]
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Gosh, that description reminds me a bit of…the late 1990's.
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UNDP, Myanmar opens a new chapter of partnershipApr 9, 2013
UNDP Assistant Administrator visits Myanmar to strengthen cooperation between Myanmar and UNDP
Nay Pyi Taw – Myanmar and United Nations Development Programme signed a 3-year Country Programme Action Plan (CPAP) on 8 April that outlines the development agency's engagement in the country for 2013 to 2015. The action plan follows the UNDP's Executive Board decision in January 2013 to approve a normal country programme for Myanmar after 20 years.
UNDP's USD150million programme aims to strengthen institutions of democratic and local governance, environment and disaster risk management and to support government's efforts for poverty reduction during three-year period.
"With the approval of the normal country programme and the signing of the action plan, the Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and UNDP just opened an exciting new chapter of partnership," said Dr. Ajay Chhibber, United Nations Assistant Secretary General and UNDP Assistant Administrator.
The CPAP was signed by U Set Aung, Deputy Minister of National Planning and Economic development and Mr. Toily Kurbanov, UNDP Country Director in Myanmar. Dr. KanZaw, Minister of National Planning and Economic Development, Dr. Chhibber and Dr. Ashok Nigam, UNDP Resident Representative in Myanmar, witnessed the signing of the action plan.
During his visit to Myanmar Dr. Chhibber and U Set Aung, Deputy Minister for Economic Planning and National Development officially opened an office in Nay Pyi Taw that houses UNDP, UNFPA and UNOCHA. "Opening of the office in the capital allows closer and strengthened partnership between UN agencies and the Government," Dr. Chhibber said.
Dr. Chhibber made courtesy visits to U Thura Shwe Man, Speaker of PyithuHluttaw and U Mya Nyein, Deputy Speaker of AmyothaHluttaw, during which the parties discussed Parliament's role as an active institution supporting democratic transformations and socio-economic reforms in the country and the support that UNDP is providing.
As part of UNDP's support to Parliament, Dr. Chhibber handed over more than 300 books for the Parliament library. The collection includes titles on law making, democracy, human rights, international law, development and globalization.
During his visit, Dr. Chhibber also had meetings with U Tun Tun Oo, Chief Justice of the Union, Dr. Tun Shin, Attorney General of the Union, U Kyaw Thu, Chairman of Union Civil Service Board to discuss priorities for UNDP's cooperation in the areas of justice sector development, access to justice and support to public administration reform.
His Excellency President U Thein Sein pronounced reforms in the area of democratization, socio-economic development, and people-centered governance and public administration. UNDP interventions are in line with Myanmar' stransformation efforts and it remains committed to support the Government in realizing those reforms.
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Jill Calderone is looking to hold a neighborhood reunion for a section of Warwick that was swept away by the Great Hurricane of 1938.
Seventy-five years have past since that storm and Calderone not only vividly recalls the hurricane, but also the fond memories of the community along Seashore Road known as Grant Station.
Seashore Road is still visible on plat maps, but the shoreline properties, which are also on the maps, are underwater.
Calderone, whose maiden name is Martino, is looking to reach as many of the families who once had summer cottages there as she can.
"There used to be a little building with the sign 'Grant Station,'" said Calderone. "It was the last stop on tracks and used to have open air trolley cars to go to Rocky Point and Providence." There were about 20 cottages along the stretch of shoreline.
When the hurricane hit, Calderone was in Providence working at Roger Jewelry, which at the time was located on Westminster Street. It wasn't until after the '38 hurricane that the hurricane barrier was built, so the city was fully exposed to the storm surge driven by winds thought to top 170 miles per hour that pushed up Narragansett Bay.
"By the time we were able to get the good jewelry out of the windows, the water was really high and the chemicals that were in the water were very dangerous," said Calderone. "We formed a human chain to get out, the current was so strong I couldn't do it alone. The credit manager went first and we all held hands, the water was up to my neck."
From there the group treaded through water to get to the Alice Building and stayed there all night and could hear glass being broken the following morning from looters. Following the hurricane, Calderone said everyone needed to get vaccinations due to the exposure of the contaminated water.
She then learned what became of the family cottage and others in the area. They were swept out into the bay or lifted and deposited inland.
Some Longmeadow and Highland Beach homeowners who were not directly on the shoreline rebuilt, only to have their homes destroyed by another hurricane.
Jill's husband Bill Calderone, who was a resident of Rocky Beach, was in San Diego at the time in the Marine Corps.
"I got a telegram from the Red Cross and it said, 'Dear Son, we are all okay,'" said Calderone.
But despite the harsh memories of the hurricane, the fond memories of Grant Station are the driving force for this reunion.
"Such a nice community, we had a lot of professional people out of that area," said Calderone. "This was a private water supply, we had our own sheriff and treasurer; we even cleaned our own beach."
Calderone recalls picking wild raspberries and eating them. At night, they would walk to the bowling alley and could hear the musicians playing banjos in boats with lanterns to light their way.
"We would walk to Rocky Point when it was low tide; some nights we would have to cut through the pasture and get chased by the bulls," she said.
Calderone hopes to collect original photographs of Grant Station and the homes in the area in order to put together the reunion for this upcoming spring.
Among the families Caldarone is trying to reach are, Taylor, Lionelli, Dipitrillo, McGovern, O' Boyle, Guglieimi, Dichiara, Dipippo, Sollitio, Spadetti, Azzarone, Masso, Amicarelli, Grande, Giordano and Dimaio.
"This is what this is all about, a story about Grant Station, as it used to be," said Calderone.
Calderone hasn't set a date and location for the reunion until she gets an idea of how many people might be coming. She urges those with connections to Grant Station to call her at 944-1881.


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We've said before in this space that ESPN's pseudoscientific Sport Science segments are "sneakily awful," but this weekend I happened across something from Japanese national broadcaster NHK that puts ESPN to shame.
The segment takes on the science of the knuckleball, and fortunately this version comes from NHK's English-language feed so everything is intelligible. (The mulleted co-host you see is "TV Personality Thane Camus," and beyond that we know nothing.) Technically this isn't a sports science program per se, but a sports-themed episode of the "Science Lens" segment—and given a CRT monitor is spotted at one point, it might be really old. But seriously, it features a knuckleball launcher! While I've always been told the knuckleball's lack of rotation subjects it more to air movements (a claim asserted in this Reuters video), we're shown in the video it's actually the seams of the baseball that disrupt air flow and create vacuums that direct the ball's erratic movement.
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Wednesday, 18 November 2009
Bern Knits and other winter warmers
Its well and truly winter wardrobe time. So while your digging your winter coat and boots out of the bottom of the wardrobe here a few suggestions for winter cycling accessories.
Our love affair with the Bern helmets continues and the new Winter helmets with plaid knits are to die for. The knits simply press stud into the helmet so you can be warm and snuggly in the winter but can be removed for summer cycling. What is also quite fabulous about Bern's winter helmets is that they can also be used for skiing/boarding . And from my experience, quite a lot of us cyclists enjoy swapping our bike for a board and launching ourselves down snowy mountains once a year.
My personal favourite is the Brighton with Hunter knit £74.99.
A few other winter warmers. Wonderful handlebar covers £65 from designer knitwear label Lowies - get these down on your Christmas list!
Wacky but wonderful reflective earwarmers from Two and Fro £19.99
Sheepskin effect Paws, cosy and cool £29.99.
Both have reflective arrows on to alert drivers to your presence as you turn left or right.
And finally look after your boatrace and protect your skin from the cold. Drink lots of water and wear heaps of moisturizer. For some more detailed tips take a look at this article on Woman knows . Any other winter tips, please let us know??
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2 comments:
- Dottie said...
Cute mittens.
I own and love a Bern winter helmet. The ear flaps are all the protection I need.
- 20 November 2009 at 01:48
- Caz said...
Hi Dottie, Nice bike! I love you bakers basket at the front. Where did you get it from?
- 20 November 2009 at 11:43
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I declare the winner of BB15 are the updaters!!!
KitKat you mean thanks from keeping us with their humor!!
I emailed CBS that the Realityfanforum live feed updaters are true professional editors.CBS needs to take notice....Ya'll did them a HUGE favor!
Not a chance ugot... You really did do CBS a favor by keeping the more controversial live feed dialogue off the net in this particular neck of the woods. Great job to you all!
Wait, we were suppose edit what the HGs were saying? Crap...I just let the vile filth fly...well sometimes, especially late at night
I just want to say how much I really appreciate the updaters!! This is my first year watching BB. My son is so into it and he dared me to watch... I would have been so upset that my son has watched this for so many years, if it wasn't for the updaters telling me all the bashing is unusual, the racism is unusual, etc...I am also glad that the updaters are so offended by this years HGs, that they don't update the most vile and disgusting things said and done...Because of this forum and their wonderful updaters, I may watch again next year... Thanks for making my first season, um, bearable!!
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Game of Thrones in Daly City
We love featuring all kinds of Bay Area Real Estate win: the bad listing photos, the atrocious listing copy, the ridiculous pricing, the uncorrectable defects better known as location fail, the horrendous décor choices, or any other example of Realty WTF that our readers send us.
Today's entry will start your weekend off well. While Game of Thrones just finished its third season on HBO, you can play the game on the Peninsula! Thanks very much to Burbed reader waiting_for_the_fall for this fantastic installment!
96 PARKVIEW Ave
Daly City, CA 94014
3 Beds
2 Baths
1,150 Sq. Ft.
$425 / Sq. Ft.
Built: 1922
Lot Size: 3,300 Sq. Ft.
On Redfin: 40 days
Property Type: Detached Single Family
Community: 'Original' Daly City
Stories: 1
County: San Mateo
Complete fixer in great Daly City neighborhood. City approved remodel plans in place to create legal 3 bedroom 2 bath. Large corner lot close to transportation and shopping. Detached garage and private, low maintenance yard. Lots of sweat equity in this home ready for the handy buyer!
First let's have a good look around, especially that low maintenance yard.
What does waiting_for_the_fall have to say about this charming cottage?
I got another one for you. This one is a real stinker.
Check out the steps up to both toilets. I've heard of toilets called thrones before, but this is taking it a bit too far. The listing history is like a roller coster. How can anyone think this crapshack (with toilet thrones!) is worth 489k?!?
If anyone buys this house at the listed price, they are mentally insane.
If everyone is high on bubbly, that's not mental insanity. That's a day in the Bay Area that ends with "-y"! Y for Yes We Are!


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St. Cloud Man to be Inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame
ST. CLOUD - Six men will be inducted into the Minnesota Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame this weekend.
One of the inductees is St. Cloud's Bob Karn. He began playing amateur ball in 1955. He's also coached the Cathedral baseball team since 1970, leading them to seven state championships.
This year is the 50th anniversary of the Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony and banquet are tomorrow (Saturday) night at the River's Edge Convention Center, the home of the Minnesota Amateur Baseball Museum.


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The public hearings being held around Bill 60 — also known as Quebec's Charter of Values — started last month in Montreal. With 250 briefs — or requests to appear in person — to wade through, it's likely the hearings will drag on through April.
Essentially, the bill proposes a ban on all religious symbols worn by government employees in the province of Quebec. It not only affects a majority of Quebecers — the government is the province's largest employer — but also it effectively overrules Canada's federal Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
On the surface, Bill 60 appears to be an act of discrimination aimed at Muslims and so unconstitutional it's believed to be unable to stand up to a court challenge. Even so, the Parti Quebecois (PQ), Quebec's governing party, hasn't changed its position since first announcing the bill last September.
The bill has made for strange bedfellows. Opponents include the Catholic Church and original hard-line separatists — the old guard PQ leaders who have called the charter a bad move. One has even said it is the "politics of demagogy," reported Peter Stockland, editor of the Montreal-based Catholic journal Convivium.
In a statement made last September, Montreal's Archbishop Christian Lépine said the issue wasn't so much about whether the values were good or not, but enshrining them in a charter. Separation of church and state — the neutrality of religion within the state — he said, "should not mean forbidding religious expression in the public square. ... (T)he state promoting a system of values of belief ... diminishes the aims of a charter to protect rights, rights we have as human beings."
"If you are going to be free to have your belief system and your value system, you are going to be called on to respect others' value system," he added. "Behind that is a call to trust other human beings, to trust the human heart, and to trust in the possibility to live in a society with different belief systems and different value systems."
Surprisingly to many observers, francophone Catholics living in Quebec's more rural areas are supporting the bill, in spite of their bishops being openly opposed. Why these Catholics would support this bill that would ban all but a few small religious symbols, including crosses, from hospitals, schools, day cares and government offices, has much to do with culture, said McGill University history professor John Zucchi, who is also the Canadian coordinator of the international Catholic movement Communion and Liberation.
Rural Quebec, which is where most of the charter — and PQ — support comes from, is engaged in a cultural tussle with Montreal, a diverse, multiethnic and anglophone city. The more Montreal opposes the bill, the more rural Quebec will support it.
"I think this comes from an ideological place, a fear of society changing," Zucchi said. "It's no longer the old familiar Catholic society, and they believe if they take a position to stem any overt presence of these new religious groups, then they'll help keep the presence of Catholicism in the province."
Nothing, however, could be further from the truth, Zucchi added. While the bill upholds some Christian symbols — for example, the cross can stay in some government offices — it has reduced these to merely cultural and historical symbols.
Zucchi agrees with Archbishop Lépine's assessment that the bill represents the culmination of an attack on the Church that started with the Quiet Revolution of the 1960s. "The government is deciding what value the Church has — historical and cultural only — which puts a nail in the coffin of Christianity as something positive for Quebec society," he said.
Moreover, the charter puts the state in a position as champion for Quebec identity and nationalism, while strengthening its capacity to hold sway over the Church. Zucchi is bothered that Quebecers — especially Catholics — are placing "blind trust" in the state, "that it will somehow protect their nation and culture … and bolster the Quebecois identity and culture."
The sad part, he said, "is how the state does not take into account the significance of society, and that its role is to serve society, not vice versa. Society is something that organically grows. And diversity in society isn't an ideology but a fact."
This kind of organic growth would end — to deleterious effect — in a society that codifies homogeneity over personhood. As the head of the Assembly of Quebec Catholic Bishops (AQCB), Msgr. Pierre-Andre Fournier, put it in a news conference last fall, "The more you try to have an identity by pushing back others, the more you create ghettos."
Quebecers, though, are more worried about allowing a diverse cultural picture to take place. Birthrates are very low — a direct result of the rejection of the Catholic faith and its moral guidelines — and so few descendants exist from the original settlers. Meanwhile, new immigrants are having large families and prefer learning English instead of French. It all makes the loss of French cultural identity a very real threat.
The reaction to the charter, Stockland said, "is about people who dismiss their own faith out of the public square, turned it into a kind of cultural relationship, but had no attachment to the Faith, except a hostile one. And now they see people who take their faith very seriously, intelligent people who work in public service and teaching. The reaction is hostility and anger and incomprehension — and I think a measure of guilt — that if you manifest your religion in an outward way, then we will have to deal with you."
There has been talk about a compromise position on the bill — allowing religious dress in some circumstances but not in others. In Stockland's opinion, the only possible compromise would be not allowing those working in a criminal law capacity — judges, police, prison guards — to cover their faces.
Meanwhile, the charter and its debate serve a political purpose. All attention it garners draws attention away from the political scandals that plague the PQ — overspending and an inquiry into corruption on construction deals — as well as the euthanasia bill which previously had been front and center.
As for likely outcomes, Stockland said "the informed speculation is that while the PQ won't listen to the opponents, they actually don't want this legislation to pass. They just want to campaign on it — a couple elections ago those who exploited the issue got a bump in support."
Zucchi agrees with Stockland that the charter issue will increase PQ support. If the charter does pass, the federal government will step in, adding fuel to the Quebec fire and making the separatists a shoe-in for the upcoming election, Zucchi points out.
Stockland believes — and hopes — the issue will die down after the election. "If I'm wrong, though, we could be in for real trouble," he said. "The Jewish General hospital is already saying they won't comply, that they will just defy them. So if this comes to pass, there will be civil disobedience, and it will get ugly, because we've had it in the past."
Alex Newman writes from Toronto.
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Jan. 5, 2006
Lipscomb's Lady Bisons started 2006 off right with their first victory of the season.
Thursday night at Allen Arena the Lady Bisons broke the eight-game losing streak that started the season with a 61-52 victory over Campbell University in an Atlantic Sun Conference game.
"When you have a losing streak the hardest win to get is the first one because it is hard to have the confidence to go ahead and finish a game," said Lipscomb coach Frank Bennett. "The keys were our defense and our rebounding. We were getting second shots and controlling the defensive boards. We took care of the ball. Campbell didn't have any real runs in the second half because we were doing those things."
It was only the second regular season game the Lady Bisons had played on their home court.
Both sophomore point guard Catie Woods, with 18 points, and sophomore forward Kaleigh Gossman, with 16 points, set career highs. All of Woods points were on 3-pointers as she connected on 6-of-13. Woods six 3-pointers tied the school record in the NCAA era. Her 13 3-point attempts broke the old record of 12 set by Courtney Boynton at Stetson on Feb. 10, 2005.
"Catie is a great shooter," said Bennett. "We need to see her make more shots like that."
"She had a couple of weeks where she couldn't do anything in practice. When she came back she was doing conditioning and shooting. She was shooting a lot. She was just nailing them in practice. I think that gave her a lot of confidence coming in here.
Gossman was 5-of-11 from the field and 6-of-7 from the free throw line. Gossman, whose father Dave was in the stands for the first time this season, finished with eight rebounds.
"Kaleigh had a tremendous game," said Bennett. "She was on the boards. She does a lot of little things for us. It was great to see him out there and for her to play so well with him here."
The Lady Bisons held a 32-31 advantage at intermission.
A little more than two minutes into the game the Lady Bisons took a 5-4 lead. They didn't give up the lead until the 5:21 mark when a lay-up by Jennifer Lodge gave Campbell a 24-23 edge. The lay-up by Lodge was part of a 10-0 run by Campbell for a 28-23 lead at 4:05. It would be the largest lead of the game for Campbell.
"We had that one spell in the first half where we kind of got stuck at 23," said Bennett. "We kind of lost our focus and made some mistakes. When it got to 28-23 that was a dangerous point in the game. But we finished strong."
The Lady Bisons came back with a 9-3 run to end the half as Woods hit a pair of 3-pointers and Gossman scored on a free throw and a lay-up.
The game remained extremely close in the first several minutes of the second half. At 17:49 Campbell took a 35-34 lead on shot by Letitia Dickson. The Lady Bisons responded with a 3-pointer from Woods and a pair of free throws by Penny Jones to take a 39-35 lead at 16:09.
Campbell refused to go away with Lodge and Marlena Murphy scoring on lay-ups to tie the game at 39-39 with 13:51 left to play.
The Lady Bisons then went on a 12-2 run that started with a lay-up by sophomore guard Dana Carrigan at 12:40 and ended with a 3-pointer by Woods at 8:30 for a 51-41 lead, the biggest of the half.
With 7:47 left junior forward Keirstin Head found the range on a two-pointer to give the Lady Bisons their final 10-point lead of the night at 53-43.
Campbell would not cut the lead closer than seven points down the stretch.
Woods was playing in her first game since Dec. 3. Without her in the lineup the Lady Bisons had committed 35, 38 and 43 turnovers. In the win over Campbell both teams made 19 turnovers. The 19 turnovers were a season-low for the Lady Bisons.
"Catie takes care of the ball," said Bennett. "She made her shots. And she is a very good defensive player. She helps us in several ways."
Also in double figures for the Lady Bisons was Carrigan with 10.
Lipscomb senior center Katie Beth Pate, also playing in her first game since Dec. 3, grabbed a team-high 11 rebounds and blocked six shots. Freshman Miriam McAlister was second in rebounding with nine.
"Katie Beth is such a defensive force for us," said Bennett. "And then she is a rebounder. She is going to get better on the offensive end."
Three Campbell players finished with eight points _ center Adrian Rieley, Dickson and guard Tomika Tomlinson.
Murphy pulled down a game-high 18 rebounds for Campbell.
Freshman forward Jillian Partin did not dress for Lipscomb. Head left the game with an injury. Both are listed as day-to-day.
The Lady Bisons will quickly be back in action when Gardner-Webb visits Allen Arena Saturday at 2 for an Atlantic Sun Conference game.
"We've talked about the next game mentality, especially in the conference with Thursday-Saturday games," said Bennett. "We'll see how a young team can handle being successful and focusing on the next opponent.
"Gardner-Webb is very physical and well-coached. It will be a tough game.'