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By the Spring of 1972 the US military presence had fallen to about 65,000 men from a high of 543,000 thousand in 1969.
I had first arrived in South Vietnam in July of 1965. The US buildup had just begun. This much lower figure meant that the US army was now no longer in a position to launch, let alone maintain, a major offensive. The program of Vietnamisation was continuing. The regular Vietnamese army now carried the M16 rifle instead of the good if rather unwieldy old M1 Garrand. The US still had a large presence of advisers to the South Vietnamese army at all levels. I formed the opinion, that with the exeption of the advisers, the Americans no longer seemed in a hurry to get killed and were more defensive than aggressive in their tactics.
The quality of the South Vietnamese army varied greatly. The Regional and Popular Forces fought very well when defending their home ground which was their job. The better units such as the Parachutists and Marines fought well as did some of the Ranger Units. There were not enough of these to be sacrificed uselessly.
I sometimes thought of the war as a game of chess. The South Vietnamese had the regular pieces. The queen being US air power. Their King being Saigon, former Pearl of the Orient and key to success or the North. The North Vietnamese only had pawns, but an unlimited supply of replacements. Their King (Hanoi) was off the board. It would be amusing to see a Garry Kasparov representing the South and some amateur the North. Such a much more fascinating game than the dominoes that the Americans seemed to favour.
The communists were fighting a war of attrition, trying to wear the South down on the battlefield, and the continuous assassination of officials at the local level. They also wore down American public opinion, helped of course by My Lai, Kent State, photos of the young napalmed girl etc. The US were unlucky in that they got a bad press. Of course they were the good guys, the boy scouts of the world an open to such charges.
The South Vietnamese and their American allies depended largely on US airpower to avoid defeat.
Such was the state of affairs when the communists launched their Spring offensive of 1972, four years after that of the Tet offensive of 1968.
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text: The shifting of the historic Batmaloo bus stand to Parimpora was supposed to alleviate traffic congestion in Srinagar city. But, as of now, there appears to be no palpable difference to the traffic mess in the city. On the face of it, the traffic mess appears to have become more intense. This might accrue from the Durbar Move wherein there is skeletal administration in Kashmir and , in terms of traffic management, there might be a skewed traffic managers to people/ vehicles ratio at work here. But, if this is trotted out as an excuse by the administration for the unregulated and uncontrolled traffic mess in Srinagar city, it does not wash. There can really be no excuse for what are actually lapses, omissions and commissions. In terms of the congestion and traffic chaos that defines Srinagar city- especially during peak hours- multiple reasons account for it. The major one that stands out is unplanned , or badly planned, urbanization. It stands to reason that the defining feature of cities, or perhaps more accurately, urban landscapes is population growth. This is both "organic" and inorganic. With respect to the former, there is a natural population growth that happens because of the obvious: new births and declining mortality rates, complemented by the needs and demands of the new population groups. In terms of the latter, cities attract migrants from the rural areas as well as other assorted outsiders. The reasons for this are usually economic: Cities offer more and better economic advancement and mobility. As a result, there is unusual stress on cities. Add to this increased vehicular traffic- private and commercial- and you have clogged and congested cities. These general points hold true for Srinagar city as well. But, all these conjunctural trends and themes , could be pre-empted. The key would lie in pre-emptive planning based on real forecasts and then a city devised around these. However, having said this, this is Kashmir where planning -whether long or short term- forecasting and so on are precluded by a combination of inertia, politics of patronage, corruption and a generalized structural disincentives – psychological, social and political- to work. All this has a bearing on traffic, its management and congestion thereof in Srinagar city, in particular and Kashmir, in general. The question is: can the issue be remedied or ameliorated? Yes, is the qualified answer but for this to happen, a paradigm shift has to take place and happen. Will this happen? While hope rests eternal in the human heart, this paradigm shift seems like a distant prospect.


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From Plaza Saalcedo, I next drove to the Simbahan a Bassit (meaning "small church") Cemetery, which contains the graves of the town's eminent families. It has a cemetery chapel, one of the interesting religious heritage structures in the country. Located within a camposanto, very few of these remain in the country today and many are in a sad state of deterioration. This well-preserved chapel, done in the Neo-Classical style, has a facade supported by rectangular columns and adorned with a pair of Baroque-style volutes and some floral details.
|Simbahan a Bassit Chapel
Started in 1610, it was probably the first church built with permanent materials in the Ilocos. Blessed on November 9, 1852, it it also has an espadaña (a wall with holes in which bells are hung), the only one of its kind in the entire Ilocos region. Its floors, made mostly of granite slabs, were mostly used as ballast by Chinese trading junks left behind on the return trip to China. The chapel houses a statue of the Crucified Christ behind the main altar. Almost as old as the church itself, the image is reverently called Apo Lakay (Ilocano for "old man") and is renowned for its miracle cures.
Simbahan a Bassit Cemetery: Quezon Ave., Liberation Blvd., Vigan City, Ilocos Sur.


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A Family Prone To Death – The Brontes
Spare a thought for Patrick Bronte, priest of Haworth in Yorkshire from 1820 until his death in 1861. Patrick lived until the age of 84 – really quite an old age in comparison to most other Victorians – and in those years he buried not only his wife, but every single one of his children. This is a circumstance which every father would shudder to consider – but this was Victorian Yorkshire, and people died all the time. Not all of these people, however, were Brontes, and not all of them would 'live on' through the body of literature they left behind. While their physical forms of the Brontes passed away very quickly, the literary lives of the Bronte sisters have endured for centuries.
Inherently Weak?
To our modern eyes, it may well seem that there was a congenital weakness within the Bronte genepool, presumably inherited from their mother's side. Marie Bronte, the mother of the remarkable writers and their brother, Branwell, died at the age of 38 – setting a pattern which her children would follow. At the time, it was thought that she died of tuberculosis, although medical experts now speculate that she may have suffered from uterine cancer. She was followed in a few years by her eldest daughters, Maria and Elizabeth, who contracted tuberculosis at their boarding school and died before reaching their teenage years. These deaths were certainly tragic, but not particularly unusual for Victorian Britain. This was an era before the NHS, before widespread and systemic medical knowledge, and before the option of health insurance became available for the truly health-conscious. Those who fell ill (even from curable diseases) were in danger of their lives, and women – partly due to the risks of Victorian childbirth, and partly due to the plates of sons and husbands being piled higher when it came to mealtimes than those of daughters and wives – tended to die younger than men. This fact did not, however, save the unfortunate Marie's son – Branwell – who became the third Bronte sibling to succumb to tuberculosis some twenty years later, at the age of 31.
Mortal Influences
While such deaths may have been expected for a Victorian family, this did not mean that the sisters were unaffected by the loss of their loved ones. Indeed, the Bronte sisters appear to have been profoundly affected by the untimely demise of their siblings and mother – so much so that the strong feelings and symbolism inspired by these deaths permeates their work, inspiring both passion and tenderness by degrees. Most directly, the death of Maria is said to have influenced the character and death of the saintly Helen Burns in Charlotte Bronte's turbulent masterpiece 'Jane Eyre'. More obliquely, the enjoined themes of mortality and eternity run through the Bronte canon – particularly within the single, incredible novel of Emily Bronte, 'Wuthering Heights'. Alas, Emily did not long outlive her brother.
The Curse Of The Brontes
By the time they approached their thirties, the remaining Bronte sisters – Emily, Anne, and Charlotte – had begun to carve considerable literary careers for themselves. In 1846, under the male pseudonyms Currer, Acton, and Ellis Bell, the sisters had published poems. In 1847, each sister had a novel – 'Jane Eyre' for Charlotte, 'Agnes Grey' for Anne, and 'Wuthering Heights' for Emily – published. 'Jane Eyre' received great acclaim, and 'Agnes Grey' was praised. The more prudish critics were shocked at the simmering passions and 'immorality' of 'Wuthering Heights', but all agreed that it was masterfully and beautifully written. 'Wuthering Heights' was ahead of its age – it is now considered one of the greatest literary efforts of all time. Alas, modern lovers of Emily's work were to be denied anything else from her pen. In 1848 she sickened and died, carried off by the same disease which had killed her siblings and possibly her mother – the curse of the Brontes, tuberculosis. A tantalising legend holds that Emily Bronte was working on a second novel at the time of her death and that this, like its author, met an untimely end when Charlotte Bronte burned it. Given the passionate nature of her previous work, and the way in which the critics had treated it, it is possible that Charlotte – seeing the same emotional intensity within the new novel – burned it to save her sister from being dragged through the jaws of the critics after death. If this is the case it is a great shame, for time would almost certainly have rectified the public's opinion of Emily's writing, just as it did with 'Wuthering Heights'.
The Death Of Anne
Anne and Charlotte were now the last of the Bronte siblings left alive – and Anne did not have long for this world. Anne's work was not as popular as Charlotte's, nor as widely discussed as Emily's during her own time – but has since received critical acclaim not only for the skill of her writing but for her refusal to romanticise male brutality. She was arguably the greatest feminist of this undeniably feminist family, refusing to obfuscate the dark realities of Victorian male-female relations with the glamor of brooding sexuality. During her short life, she managed to publish two books – 'The Tenant Of Wildfell Hall' and 'Agnes Grey' – but sickened shortly after the death of Emily, and declined rapidly thereafter. Determined that the sea air would be good for her lungs, Anne Bronte had herself taken by donkey cart to Scarborough. However, she died at the age of 29 in 1849, and is buried in Scarborough. She, too, had succumbed to pulmonary tuberculosis.
The Death Of Charlotte
That left just Charlotte Bronte to grieve with the ageing Patrick. Charlotte is a sometimes controversial figure among Bronte lovers. As mentioned, she is thought to have burned Emily's second novel, and she suppressed the publication of 'The Tenant Of Wildfell Hall' after Anne's death for motives which she took to the grave. However, her love for her sisters is not in doubt, and seeps into her writing at many points. 'Shirley' – not critically acclaimed and rarely thought of these days – was written as a manner of coping with Anne's death. She went on to publish the novel 'Villette' in 1853, much of which is probably inspired by her own oft-expressed but unrequited love for a married professor in Belgium. She ultimately married her father's curate, but it seems that Charlotte did so out of a sense of womanly duty rather than much love on her part. She soon fell pregnant, opening up the possibility that a new grandchild could once more fill the depleted family life of poor Patrick – but, sadly, the weakness of the Brontes caught up with poor Charlotte. She died in 1855 at the age of 38, and her unborn child died with her. She was initially thought, like her siblings, to have fallen prey to tuberculosis – but is now considered to have suffered and died from extreme morning sickness, the same condition with which the Duchess of Cambridge was hospitalised with while pregnant with Prince George in 2013.
Patrick Alone
Patrick Bronte had come tantalisingly close to seeing his family proceed into the third generation. To lose both his final child and his first grandchild at once must have been a terrible blow. Patrick, by now very elderly, poured the rest of his life into helping Elizabeth Gaskell with a biography of his daughter Charlotte, and saw to the posthumous publication of Charlotte's first, rejected novel, 'The Professor'. His widowed son in law stayed with him until his death, and it can only be hoped that this man and the comforts of his daughters' literary afterlife provided the last living Bronte with some solace.
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Apple Pay has had a rather turbulent upraising, ever since it was announced back in September 2014. Cupertino's NFC-based wireless payment service has hit more than a few snags in the short time it has been around, ranging from technical and hardware problems to user and retailer distrust. But whether the tech giant wants to admit it or not, it has been working extra hard to shove the platform into use any way it can and by all means necessary. One testament to this dedication is the huge saga Apple has been tackling ferociously to push the payment system into China, as well as the US and Canada.
Industry sources now hint at yet another major effort to boost the popularity to Apple Pay. Rumors state that Cupertino is preparing a rewards program to compliment Apple Pay, which should be announced at this year's WWDC on June 8. The idea is that Apple Pay users will get the benefit of various perks when they use the NFC payment system instead of more traditional methods. Currently, the only real incentive to opt for ApplePay was convenience and even though that has proven to be enough of an incentive for a lot of people, Apple wants to give current and prospective users more reasons to switch to Apple Pay.
Some could argue that this is also a strategic move against competitors like Google Wallet and Samsung, which recently acquired LoopPay, both presumably headed in the same direction. An NFC payment war could, indeed, be looming, but both of these services are currently limited to Android, whereas Apple Pay naturally requires iOS and we don't really see anybody opting for one or the other because of payment methods quite yet.
It is not yet clear what kind of perks Apple will offer. Perhaps some reward point system will be put into place, or a much simpler and straight-forward discount plan. It is also important to see what vendors take part in the initiative. All of this and more is most probably going to be addressed at WWDC. We might even see the rewards program get officially announced, but, it is expected that it won't start to function before the roll-out of iOS 9 later this fall.
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The gods of ancient Egypt have spoken, and apparently what they said is that they enjoyed bubbly beer. A group of Japanese researchers from Waseda University, recently came across what they believe to be the tomb of an ancient brewer of beer. This brewer, believed to be called Khonso Em Heb, is believed to have had the responsibility of creating brews to please the Egyptian gods of the dead. Jiro Kondo, the leader of the Japanese expedition, accidentally discovered the tomb while working in Luxor on a different tomb. Beer was a part of everyday life in ancient Egypt, but only now can investigations begin about how important beer was to the ancient Egyptian culture.
Typically making beer was women's work in ancient Egypt, primarily using bread from a yeasty dough to create the concoction. The bread underwent a partial baking process before being reduced to tiny bits and then strained with water. Dates were added for flavor and the fermentation process occurred in large vats before transfer to smaller containers for storage and later enjoyment. There are also indications that a brewing process for beer that involved the heating of barley, and sometimes emmer, being combined with yeast and malt that was not cooked yet before beginning the fermentation process was also in use at the time. This would perhaps be a cousin of modern beer, though it would produce bubbles.
Egyptians looked at beer as nourishing and sweet, offering it to workers three times a day as part of their rations. Ancient Egyptian beer was not known to be intoxicating, though myths suggest otherwise. A well-known Egyptian myth suggests beer saved the human race because Sekhmet, also referred to as the "Eye of Ra," was tricked into drinking red beer which she mistook for blood, and became intoxicated enough to sleep for three consecutive days. Although several goddesses were associated with beer, Tjenenet was, in fact, the ancient Egyptian goddess of beer.
Khonso Em Heb, was not only the brewer of beer for the gods, he was in charge of the royal storehouses during the pharaonic Ramesside period, which ran from 1,292 to 1,069 BC. Em Heb was also the chief of the workshop and chief brewer for the Temple of Mut in Thebes. His duties probably included overseeing daily beer and food supply to the goddess Mut at the Temple of Mut in Thebes. The offering of beer to the gods was just as important as offering women and children.
In true Egyptian style, Khonso Em Heb's tomb boasts elaborate drawings with vivid colors depicting daily life, culture and religious rituals. A leading Egyptologist at Hong Kong's Chinese University,Professor Poo Mun Chou, says the recent discovery is significant because of what it can tell archeologists about life during the New Kingdom period of Ancient Egypt.
Although beer was consumed by all levels of society in ancient Egypt, the unveiling of Khonso Em Heb's tomb suggests beer and beer brewers were thought to hold high rank and importance. Beer was considered a sacred offering to the gods of ancient Egypt. Until the tomb is fully excavated and researched, the extent of how important beer was will not be known. It is known that brewing beer was cheaper than wine and, with the right mixture, just as intoxicating. Perhaps modern-day revelers wanting to feel closer to the gods will choose a bit of beer with bubbles for their celebratory toasts in the future.
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Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Maybe a Snickers Bar Will Help
Their room is empty. It feels empty. We're not officially empty nesters, and yet we are...Our son and his bride have officially been in their Chicago apartment for three nights. Both our daughters are in the Washington Studio. Our college boy is in his dorm at Whitworth.
This parenting thing is a series of hellos and goodbyes and it's not for the weak. I grasp the concept that we're supposed to raise and launch our children out into the world, but I like them around. Since I returned to Illinois at Christmas, I'd gotten into an easy routine. Mitch would come home from work, run on the treadmill, then we'd have a small "tide me over" snack and usually a little cocktail of some sort. The three of us would watch sports or read until it was time for Amy's commuter train to arrive. I liked planning and making meals for four. (Remember, I used to cook for six!) I'd cook while Amy ran, then we'd enjoy catching up over dinner.
I wish I could say I used our treadmill on a regular basis but it is almost George Washington's birthday, and like him, "I cannot tell a lie." The treadmill just died. Guess it knew instinctively that it's major users were gone. We'll have to see if it can be repaired once we arrive back in our rainy state.
While Mitch and Amy resided here we sort of ran a small B & B. Lots of their out of town friends came and stayed with us for nights, weekends or weeks. I liked having a home that was used and welcoming. Now it's quiet. It's staying clean for showings and Mike and I are enjoying our together-time knowing it's like we're in the "eye of a storm". Our world was active and crazy before and it will be again.
"Why are you downcast, O my soul." Psalm 43:5
I know it won't be long before we're packing up the Carver Cottage and heading west to a rental where we can be with our girls again. This week though my heart is heavy, I'm cranky and not much fun to be around. Mike told me I needed a Snickers bar. "You're not yourself," he said. Well of course not!I am the Momma Bear and none of my cubs are here!
Living close enough to walk to town has it's advantages. Maybe I'll go to the store and buy a Snickers bar!
In His Grip, Jane
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Chuck (that's Grampa's nickname for Evan Charles) is the girl's only cousin on Daddy's side of the family. He's such a handsome little boy! Right? It was his birthday on Sunday. He's just 6 weeks younger than Joshua. I love watching him grow up. It's like I have a built-in Joshua-meter. "This is what Joshua would be doing. This the size I would be buying. These are the toys we would have."
Which of course, is a little off. Evan's got to be one of the tallest 3-year-olds I've ever met!
Here's a few pictures from his bowling birthday party. The girls had a great time, and the cupcakes were yummy! (After a midnight baking project! I was in charge of cupcakes and the first batch bombed. It was midnight before the second batch were done.
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Raymond Daniel Manczarek, Jr., known as Ray Manzarek (February 12, 1939 – ∞) was an American musician, singer, producer, film director, and author, best known as a founding member and keyboardist of The Doors from 1965 to 1973. He was a co-founding member of Nite City from 1977 to 1978, and of Manzarek-Krieger from 2001 to his death. Manzarek died on May 20, 2013. May he rest in peace and his brillian music live forever!
|From left to right Jim Morrison, John Densmore, Ray Manzarek and Robbie Krieger
Ray Manzarek was one of the most individual and influential musicians in rock history. In a genre dominated by guitars, his sinuous, rhythmic, weaving keyboards, replete with jazzy flourishes, Gothic arpeggios and colourful splashes, provided the rich, fluid, ever-expanding backdrop to the greatest American rock band of the Sixties, perhaps of all time.
'The music lives on. It may be a cliché but that doesn't make it any less true.'
'The music lives on. It may be a cliché but that doesn't make it any less true.'
Manzarek was both the root of The Doors sound and its highest, wildest branches, providing slinky, funky bass with his left hand and noodly, hypnotic, surging, flowing, melodic and rhythmic adornment with his right. He was a dazzling musician, certainly, but he was a lot more than that – a bespectacled, thoughtful intellectual who approached rock music as he approached life, as a vehicle for self-exploration and higher possibility.
The Doors were a finely balanced group, one of those special units where every member counts, even if they are chiefly remembered now for the beautiful, brilliant, tragic Jim Morrison, the shamanistic frontman who established some of the abiding myths of rock and roll, a wayward, poetic archetype for living fast, and burning bright.
'The Doors should be taught in schools.'
'The Doors should be taught in schools.'
That rather prosaic band name was actually a reference to Aldous Huxley's Doors Of Perception, itself drawn from a quotation by William Blake. Morrison effectively lived by Blake's dangerous notion that the road to excess leads to the gates of wisdom. Sadly, wastefully, what he found there was alcoholism, heroin use and death at 27. Morrison's self-destruction brought a premature end to a phenomenal musical unit while ensuring their immortality as symbols of rock's dangerous power for both transcendence and destruction. Today, The Doors are almost celebrated more as an idea than a band but they left behind a lot of astonishing
Rock careers are short, and life is long. Manzarek had a frustrating time since the death of Morrison. There were two inevitably diminished albums as a trio, and various post-Doors projects involving the spoken word poetry of Morrison. There were solo projects and pick up bands, and many collaborations with guitarist Krieger, including some ill-advised tours effectively as a Doors tribute act. It may have seemed a diminishment of the band's myth to perform with stand-ins for someone as uniquely individual as Morrison yet it is hard not to feel sympathy for any musician who just wants to get out and play his own music.
Manzarek also managed some interesting collaborations over the decades. He worked with Philip Glass, played with Iggy Pop and produced Echo & The Bunnymen, a band heavily influenced by The Doors. The teenage son of one my colleagues only recently discovered Manzarek, through his work with US electro sensation Skrillex.
Music, of course, isn't everything. Whenever Manzarek popped up in the media, he came across as a fascinating, lively, well-balanced individual. He married Dorothy Fujikawa in 1967, and she was with him until the end. They had one son, Pablo, and three grandchildren. Manzarek died of cancer yesterday, in a clinic in Germany. When he died at 74, he had outlived his old band mate Morrison, who died aged 27, by 42 years.
The music lives on. It may be a cliché but that doesn't make it any less true. I have been listening while I write this to The Doors Live in Boston 1970, a posthumously released recording of two shows performed at the Boston Arena on one night, April 10, 1970. Morrison turned up drunk (or, as Manzarek recalled "pie eyed, stinko, a rummy in training") but he is on rambling, audacious, improvisational poetic form. And the band, marshalled by Manzarek, shift and move behind and around him, not just keeping him afloat but pushing him and the audience ever higher. "Listen to the band work and cajole and follow and lead him," wrote Manzarek in the liner notes. "What a wild Doors night."
Wild indeed. People will be listening to Manzarek's brilliant, expressive playing on that night and many others for a long, long time to come.
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...Strawberry Fields Forever. Merry Friday lovelies! I was feeling real inspired by one of my favorite Beatles songs today. I just kinda woke up with it stuck in my head. It's a dreamy and whimsical sort of song. When I was young I used to close my eyes and picture how this world of strawberry fields would look. I would get lost in the lyrics and beauty of the imagery presented. Alas, this is how I interpreted it with my outfit.
Outfit Details:
Strawberry Intarsia Cardigan and Chambray Skirt: Urban Outfitters
Shoes: Seychelles (I found these beauties for 1/2 off)
Hat: Target
Bracelet: Macy's


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Yesterday morning I woke up to find that we were having a light dusting of snow. It has been hovering at and below freezing here for about a week and the weather people keep saying we are going to have snow. In the distance you might be able to see that there is some ice on the Fraser River.
Sunday afternoon my mom and I went out for dinner and then checked out the lights at St. Paul's Hospital.
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the Huffington Post. Below it for me is a slide show about Christmas Giving in Vancouver that features some lovely photos. I hope you enjoy these both.


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So, we think the best model for e-commerce in social media is the popup shop – temporary single-page stores in social media that are designed to create buzz around new products or events, and that are quick and easy to set up. In the real world, Adidas is something of the king of pop-up retail. And in social media, Burberry is emerging as the best practise player in the pop-up space.
But how should you optimise your popup shop in social media? There are no best-practise rules (yet), but here's a natty little R.E.A.D.Y acronym (and white paper) from our Boca neighbours ion interactive that might help (they're written with a view to optimising landing pages, rather than popup shops, but applicable nonetheless). And in a share-gate, and you'll be head and shoulders above the rest…
Your popup shop should be
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One of the things I worry about in talking about issues in adoption, particularly my issues, is that I'm going to over-pathologize adoption.
I do think that adoption harms children. I think its harm is real, describable, and something to avoid. But I do not think that adoptees are irreparably broken. I do not think we are damaged goods.
Adoptees are some of the strongest people I've ever had the pleasure of knowing. They are resourceful. They deal with adversity, and they fight for what they believe in. They are competent, functioning, and contributing members of society. They are not hopeless and broken.
Having said that, they shouldn't have to have put up with the adversity that they have. They shouldn't have been put through that emotional turmoil. They should have been free to grow and develop without losing their identity.
Adoptees are survivors. But they shouldn't have had to be.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
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Wow, your last line struck me.
As a member of an email list of mothers who lost a child/ren to adoption I've heard the survivor comment more times than I would like, and it doesn't make me feel good. It reminds me of all of those who haven't survived adoption. I truly believe that suicide is a high statistic among mothers and children involved in adoption separation.
Being a survivor is such a high price to pay for being alive.
- November 17, 2009 at 12:04 AM
- maybe said...
On the flip side is the over "normalizing" of adoption.
- November 17, 2009 at 8:14 AM
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- IMSI is a variation of ICSI that uses a high power light microscope (enhanced by digital imaging) to magnify the sperm sample over 6000 times. Sperms are then selected which have the most normally-shaped nuclei and least number of vacuoles. . The sperm is then injected into the egg and then placed in the incubator for further development.
The technique for examining sperm to use in IMSI was developed by a team led by Professor Bartoov. In 2002, his team used a high-powered microscope to determine which morphological characteristics of sperm might affect the outcome of ICSI. They suggested that ICSI pregnancy rates may be affected by subtle abnormalities in the shape of the sperm nucleus which embryologists may not detect during normal ICSI sperm selection.
In 2003, the same group published a study that looked at whether selecting sperm using IMSI improves the pregnancy rate in couples with repeated ICSI failures (compared to conventional ICSI).
Comparing results of ICSI with IMSI the pregnancy rate was significantly higher (60% vs 25%) and the miscarriage rate significantly lower (14% vs 40%) in the IMSI group compared to the conventional ICSI group.
There also is a significant improvement in implantation, pregnancy and birth rates using IMSI in patients with two or more previously unsuccessful IVF-ICSI attempts.
The pregnancy rates for patients were 29.8% in the IMSI group compared with 12.9% in the ICSI group. The miscarriage rates for these patients were also significantly lower in the IMSI group compared with the ICSI group
The use of IMSI is limited by the resources needed to carry out the technique. IMSI takes a minimum of 60 minutes and more often takes several hours. In addition the technique involves special equipment to reach the necessary magnification ( X6000), it has to be carried out by experienced embryologists trained in the specific technique, and this explains the significant extra cost of providing IMSI.
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Happy NewsMarch 26, 2009 at 3:38 am | Posted in Random Nothings | 2 Comments
Today I receieved a phone call from Alice at the Hawaii State Art Museum Shop. They have recently starting carrying my Etsy products in their store. The products were displayed this Monday, and already are selling out! Yay! Alice called for a reorder. I am very happy. A link to my Etsy shop is on the top right of this page.
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Congratulations! Although, I'm not surprised you sold out- they are so adorable. Still need to post my blanket with the birdie- will do it soon!
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Happy December 1st! Yay I am SO excited that it's December! It really is the most wonderful time of the year 🙂
This month I will be participating in Blogmas! If you haven't heard of Blogmas, it's when bloggers write a Christmas related blog post everyday until Christmas – It's kind of like a blog advent calendar! This is similar to "Vlogmas" when YouTubers make daily videos counting down to Christmas. I'm going to be blogging about Christmas topics but also continuing with my non Christmas related posts occasionally during the week as well so there will be a good mix!
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The diverse Friends of Mississippi Civil Rights, Inc., comprised of community leaders, elected and appointed officials, and organizers from across Mississippi and Washington, D.C., formed in December to honor past and current civil-rights heroes such as U.S. Congressmen John Lewis, Bennie Thompson and other legends. The Friends are hosting a two-day celebration worthy of people who believe the honest history inside the newly opened museum provides a roadmap to racial healing and transformation in Mississippi and the nation. This two-day event will showcase to the world this most significant, state-of-art and interactive Civil Rights Museum, which sits in the cradle of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi's capital city.
Both Lewis and Thompson, who did not attend the museum's initial grand opening in early December, have confirmed that they will attend the Grand Celebration and Gala, speak and accept their awards. Congressman Lewis will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award, and Congressman Thompson will receive the Chairman's Award.
The gala on February 23 will be a night to celebrate and apllaud great American heroes. The awards dinner will honor five men and women who have long dedicated their efforts to freedom and equality of black Mississippians, and acknowledge the efforts of two ex- governors, a Democrat and a Republican, for helping make the Civil Rights Museum a reality: Governors William Winter and Haley Barbour. Congressman Lewis will give the opening keynote address at 10 a.m. Saturday to kick off that day's festivities. A series of symposiums, open dialogues, and limited museum tours for Saturday, February 24, all free to the public.


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Coastal bedroom decor
The board and also batten walls in this bunkhouse bed room make it feel more comfy than the stone-clad bedrooms in the main residence. Kate Horgan is an interior developer as well as frequently gathers beach prizes to decorate the house. Right here, a stunning branch discovered on the beach puts up from the bunkhouse ceiling.
The customers wanted larger, more exclusive bedrooms– a big modification from the residence where they raised their 7 children. These spaces were to kept light and also straightforward, with antique furnishings that mirrors the home's roots.
Pure simplicity … less is more in the children' area for a rental coastline home. Tidy lines, no clutter and significant safety and security awareness take spotlight in this room. I had the ceiling fan directly over the bunk bed got rid of first thing as well as picked strong storage space cabinets for steps rather an-accident-waiting-to-happen ladder on a rail. picture by Jamie Hobbs
I wanted this space to be light, gentle and also soothing,' she claims. At the other end of the bedroom there's a French door with a little balcony exterior.
Coastal bedroom decorating ideas
It's a classic selection for bathroom ceramic tile as well as bed room wall surfaces, but it could operate as a neutral anywhere, particularly when you maintain it tone on tone. Something various: Does this suggest you cannot have brights in a beachy inside?
Once again, pure simpleness … less is much more in the kids' space for a rental beach home. I had the ceiling follower directly over the bunk bed got rid of initial point as well as chose strong storage drawers for steps rather an-accident-waiting-to-happen ladder on a rail.
The board and also batten wall surfaces in this bunkhouse bed room make it feel much more relaxing than the stone-clad rooms in the primary home. The clients desired bigger, a lot more private bed rooms– a giant modification from the home where they raised their seven children. At the various other end of the room there's a French door with a little veranda outside.
It's a timeless choice for washroom floor tile and also bed room walls, but it could operate as a neutral anywhere, especially when you maintain it tone on tone.


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Hi ladies!
We had an ultrasound and OB appt today (22w1d) and it was great. The twins are re-confirmed as boy-girl, and they are so darn cute! They both weigh about 1 lb now, and are doing great. My OB gave me a note to stop work in 2 weeks ... so excited about that.
Man, these little cuties are not even born yet, but they make me so happy :)


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It's nakabi [the middle day] of the 2018 Hatsu Basho, and we're down to just two undefeated rikishi atop the leaderboard. Yokozuna Kakuryu is looking like he always WISHES he would, strong and confident with a determined sense of purpose. Meanwhile, sekiwake Mitakeumi looks like he's trying to take his already formidable sumo to the next level—he's been in the upper division for two years now, and he's shown great promise, now as a new crop of young phenoms is climbing the banzuke [ranking sheet], he's looking to show that he's one rung up the ladder from them.
Trailing behind the leaders is a group of four rikishi with 6–1 records—M3 Tochinoshin, M9 Shohozan, M13 Daieisho, and M16 Asanoyama. I'll admit that Tochinoshin is one of my favorite rikishi, so I have rooting interest in him, but still he really does seem like the only one of the bunch who has a real chance at staying in the yusho [tournament championship] hunt for the long haul. His only loss has been to Kakuryu, and he's already beaten both ozeki and a komusubi. After watching him struggle through chronic knee injuries for the past year-and-a-half, it's great to see him looking healthy again.
Our two ozeki seem to be going in opposite directions. After both Goeido and Takayasu lost two matches midweek to fall out of the yusho race (at least for now), Goeido came back strong yesterday with a convincing win over komusubi Takakeisho. Meanwhile, Takayasu lost to M2 Ichinojo by playing right into the only winning strategy that the big lug has. The thing that keeps Ichinojo from succeeding at the highest level of sumo is that he is a one dimensional rikishi, and all the upper tier competitors can fairly easily block that assault and take the match into dimensions that Ichinojo can't handle. But Takayasu didn't do that yesterday, which says to me that his head wasn't in the game.
M12 Sokokurai (2–5) vs. M15 Ishura (4–3)—Ishiura is back up in the Makuuchi division after spending a few tournaments down in Juryo. He seems to have regained some of his inspiration, but still struggles against opponents who are generally bigger, heavier, and stronger than he is. I post this match mostly because I think the gyoji got the call wrong. Watch the replay and see if it doesn't look like the "winner's" knee doesn't touch the clay before the loser's does. (1:10)
M16 Asanoyama (6–1) vs. M12 Kagayaki (4–3)—Asanoyama held a piece of the lead until his loss to Daieisho yesterday. He'll have to bounce back immediately if he wants to keep his name in the headlines. Luckily for him, Kagayaki is having another one of his hot-and-cold tournaments. Some days he comes out like a champion, other days it seems like his mind is somewhere else. If it's the latter, Asanoyama should have no trouble staying in the yusho hunt. If it's the former, though, this should be a closely fought match. (2:15)
M13 Daieisho (6–1) vs. M9 Chiyomaru (5–2)—Daieisho has looked terrific this tournament, most recently with his win over co-leader Asanoyama yesterday. He's a long shot to actually stay in the yusho race all the way, but there's no reason he can't hang in for another few days and make a surge for double-digit wins and maybe a special prize. Unfortunately for him, though Chiyomaru is also looking very strong this tournament. Should be a good bout. (4:05)
M6 Takarafuji (4–3) vs. M9 Shohozan (6–1)—Shohozan is one of the few rikishi I generally root against. I just don't like his rough-and-tumble, street sumo style of fighting. I'm not saying there's anything wrong or dirty about it, I just don't enjoy it. But there's no denying that it works well for him, and is doing so especially this basho. Takarafuji has historically had a difficult time against Shohozan, having lost nine of their ten matches. But he broke his losing streak in their last encounter, and I hope that was the start of a long winning streak for him. (4:55)
M2 Yoshikaze (3–4) vs. M3 Tochinoshin (6–1)—Tochinoshin notched his first loss yesterday, but he was facing a yokozuna so there's no shame in that. He needs to bounce back right away with a win and he can stay in yusho hunt for a while. But he's facing Yoshikaze, who has notched wins over two yokozuna and an ozeki so far this basho, so it won't be easy. (8:30)
Sekiwake Mitakeumi (7–0) vs. M1 Ichinojo (3–4)—This match is something of a measure of just how far Mitakeumi has matured. Ichinojo is the biggest and heaviest rikishi in the division, and that allows him to dominate less experienced rikishi. However, opponents with more experience generally know the big Mongolian's weak points and how to manipulate them fairly easily. If Mitakeumi is ready to step up and be a top tier rikishi, he has to be able to handle Ichinojo regularly and easily. (11:00)
Yokozuna Kakuryu (7–0) vs. M4 Shodai (4–3)—Kakuryu continues to look like the yokozuna he's always wanted to be. Yesterday he handled Tochinoshin without any difficulty, and he should do the same today against Shodai. In the past, this is the kind of match where one might have expected Kakuryu to have a slip concentration and take a bad loss . . . but if he seems as if he's beyond that this tournament. We'll see. (14:30)


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Daniel Naud
Université de Sherbrooke, Canada
Title: Barriers to Social Participation in Rural, Urban and Suburban Areas, according to Gender and Age, in Québec, Canada
Daniel Naud recently completed a PhD in cultural geography at the University of Montreal, Canada. He teaches Geographic Information Systems at Concordia University, Montreal. Currently, he is a postdoctoral fellow at University of Sherbrooke (Canada), collaborating on the development of the Social Participation Potential Index, to improve health and quality of life of aging populations
Social participation in older adults is positively associated with their health and well-being. With increasing age and fluctuating capacities, the social and physical characteristics of the local environment can help older adults having challenges by providing, for example, support and access to resources. However, local environment can also become a barrier to social participation by, for example, creating insecurity and lacking accessibility to public transportation. As they differ in terms of environmental characteristics, rural, urban and suburban areas can present different facilitators and barriers to social participation. Still, little is known about social participation according to rural, urban and suburban areas, and specifically barriers in social participation and according to gender and age. This study thus aimed to describe and compare older adults' barriers to social participation, according to environment (rural, urban and suburban areas), gender and age. Secondary analyses were realized from the cross-sectional 2008-2009 Canadian Community Health Survey, "Healthy Aging" thematic, conducted among 5,217 respondents from the province of Quebec. Pairwise comparisons identified significant differences and logistic regressions considered the influence of the environment on the barriers, controlling for gender, age and chronic disease. Some barriers don't appear to be specific to environments (e.g. too busy, health problems) or are universal (e.g. physical inaccessibility), while others were mostly found in rural (unavailability, 10.5%; transport, 6.9%), urban (not wanting to go alone, 14.3%; cost, 11.2%) or suburban (personal responsibilities, 13.2%) areas. When comparing genders, these barriers are restricting more women than men. In all three areas, transportation problems are increasing with age, reaching 27.0% of the rural population aged 65 and over, while being too busy is a barrier for half the adults aged 45-64. The reference group, i.e. rural women aged 60, with a chronic disease, had 2.7 more chances (odds ratio; OR) to report barriers (p < 0.001), compared to 3.5 and 3.2 in urban and suburban areas, respectively. Personal responsibilities (OR = 1.4) and cost (OR = 1.1) were the most likely barriers for the reference group and schedule (OR = 0.5) was less likely, but they were aggravated in urban (cost, OR = 1.3) and suburban (personal responsibilities, OR = 1.7, and schedule, OR = 0.6) areas. Knowing barriers in social participation according to area, gender and age will increase awareness of decision makers planning for local and regional action strategies to promote social participation in older adults.


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Let-down of the day
After losing the PR battle following his no-show after the World Cup, Graeme Smith knew he had a lot to do to gain back trust. He has spent the latter part of the winter on a bit of a charm offensive, humbling himself before the media and admitting that he had work to do to improve his own form. Smith prepared with Claremont Cricket Club, and said he was ready for a new role in limited-overs cricket. As it turned out, he was not. The left-handed Doug Bollinger caused him trouble from ball two (because ball one was a wide) and after peppering him for five deliveries, bowled him off the inside edge. Smith flung his bat down in frustration.
Leap of the day
Colin Ingram played an attractive and feisty knock, after South Africa's two early losses, but he flirted with danger once. After eight overs and one ball without sending the ball sailing over the boundary, Ingram took David Hussey on. He launched it down the ground, towards long-on and David Warner kept his eye on the ball and had the distance to take the catch, had he not already been over the rope. He jumped up, got fingertips to it and tried to knock the ball back in, but it had a bit too much power and the first six of the match had been hit.
Klutz of the day
Young Patrick Cummins was on a hat-trick and bowled a low, swinging full toss to Johan Botha. The former South Africa captain moved across a little and flicked him through deep square. Shaun Marsh, who was fielding on the boundary, slid straight past the ball and allowed it to bobble over the rope. The crowd sitting in that corner of the ground, closest to Table Mountain, had as big a jeer as they could but Cummins struck again before the over was finished.
Dousing of the day
Much of the build up before this match was about Warner and his back-to-back centuries in the Champions League. South Africa's bowlers were asked how they would deal with the power-hitting and aggression, but before they had the chance to think of any of that, Warner had been dismissed. Lonwabo Tsotsobe presented Warner with a short ball first up and he mistimed a pull to Morne Morkel at short fine leg. Morkel, who is not known for his grace in the field, got down well to collect, had enough to time to aim and fire at the stumps to send Warner on his way for a first-ball duck. Morkel had said South Africa would fight fire with fire when it came to Warner, but they put the flame out before it even lit up.
Beauty shot of the day
Cape Town provides one of the most picturesque backdrops for a cricket match. Few things are as beautiful as the sun setting over Table Mountain, with hues of orange, pink and purple splashing across the sky. But, there was something to rival that stunning shot on Thursday evening. Watson made the most of the final Powerplay over, first taking advantage of Rusty Theron's width, then his length and then came the class. With very little wrong with the last ball of Theron's first over, Watson played a velvety, straight drive, down the ground for four. It was a gorgeous shot of elegance and poise which purred along the outfield to the boundary.


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Storms on Sunday that left more than 36,000 homes without power are just a precursor to the wild weather expected to hit Victoria today.
The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a Severe Weather Warning for damaging winds of up to 110 kilometres per hour for the state's north-east, south-west, central, west and South Gippsland and East Gippsland.
Winds of 115 kilometres per hour were recorded in Mt Hotham just after midday today. St Kilda has already recorded gusts of 90 kilometres an hour.
An eight-metre gum tree crashed through powerlines on Canterbury Road, Ringwood East, just before 10am this morning, blocking two lanes of traffic.
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A 41-foot yacht (named Licensed to Chill) washed up on Mornington beach after slipping its moorings at the Mornington Yacht Club.
A cold front is expected to hit the metropolitan area at around 4pm, which could cause delays during peak-hour traffic.
Waves seven metres in height are expected to hit Victoria's west coast today and tomorrow.
Despite the wild winds, rainfall in Melbourne will be relatively low: between one-to-five millimetres.
SES Victoria has warned people to keep safe by clearing or securing backyards of loose items (such as outdoor furniture, umbrellas and trampolines) and to move vehicles away from trees.
It is expected that the winds and showers will ease rapidly this evening, with a clear day expected for tomorrow.
If you require assistance for storm-related damage, call SES Victoria on 132 500. For emergencies, call 000.


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guys..somtimes my phone doesnt display the name or the pictures of the contact when i have amissed call or amessage..what should i do???????help plz
they said memory up to 8 GB , i have 1 GB and it is making some problems ,all of my friens who got this phone said that they have also the same problem
This phone gave me depression.
I couldn't leave the house for about 2 months, it kept switching off, couldn't ring my mates, couldn't ring my bank, couldn't ring '3' (mobile phone network)... don't get me started on those boys.
Because of this im now in debt and danger. Have no mates, my bank is also threatening me with letters daily!
Good camera though!
Overall Verdict: HELP!
Jie, 30 Nov 2008I m going to buy a phone, but i wonder 6500 slide better or 5610 express music better ? any on... moredepends on what ur looking for. 6500 has a better camera 5610 has better speakers. if u like listening to music 5610 will suit you more, if u like to take pictures 6500 will be better for you. a
What is a "packet data"? I'm unable to use the web it says packet data not available. HELP...
what do you mean by 'hangs' frequently?
and if i was going to choose the nokia 6500 slide, am i going to regret it in a 2 year contract.
Please help
Anonymous, 01 Dec 2008hey lele i noticed that my mobile make that 2,can any one help us,ours mobile show wrong time ... morehi i solved the problem.i live in egypt and the time is 2 hours added to the GMT{timew zone}.the phone was set to the default which was GMT..SO JUST ADJUST THE TIME ZONE ACCORDING TO YOUR TIME ZONE.thanks i hope you adjust it.bye
hi guys..does this phone need an anti virus programm?anad if it doe what is the best programm?i've had the phone since 1 month the screen froze once and but it didnt turn off it just returned to the desktop..is it normal just after asmall time/?
i buy this phone from one week it has firm ware v.6.60
and it hangs some time how can i ubdate it please?
Anonymous, 01 Dec 2008hey lele i noticed that my mobile make that 2,can any one help us,ours mobile show wrong time ... morehaha , i remember "one missed call" movie
i have this phone for almost a year. in the first months, it was perfect. the camera is good, the design was perfect. but lately im having a big problem with it. it frequently hangs, turns off and dont want to turn on. it takes me more than an hour to try to make it work again. its sumthin that will surely piss you off. seriously.
this camrea is better as it has a carl zeiss lens they are very good quality
im thinking about getting this phone all i want to know is, is the sound loud? like my phone, if you play a song, its pretty quite. im wondering if this phone sounds clear and if its fairly loud??
Jie, 30 Nov 2008I m going to buy a phone, but i wonder 6500 slide better or 5610 express music better ? any on... more6500 has a carl zeiss lens (same as sony cybershot digital camera's) so the clarity is much better then the 5610. both are 3.2mp tho
Anonymous, 30 Nov 2008What about the music features? Is the quality good? Will I be able to play many songs?The Music Player is fine; it's not as good as Sony-Ericsson's Walkman 3.0 player found on their W series phones. But, it's still good none the less. It can read the ID Tags from files just fine and display the album art, if it's present in the Tag, as well. It's got shuffle, repeat, custom equalizer settings and Stereo Expander options too.
The sound quality is great with good quality headphones - the ones in the box are crap though.
As for the number of songs it can handle, it can play as many songs as one has room for on a memory card. I'm pushing close to 1,000 songs now on a 4GB MicroSDHC card right now and the player handles them just fine.
If one wants to best size/quality ratio I'd suggest encoding all music using AAC-HE (aacPlus v1) at 112Kbps. I've found this sounds just as good as MP3 encoded at 192Kbps - I'm serious. I've done an A/B test with both and can't hear a difference. I've also done an A/B test between the original CD and these AAC files and also couldn't tell the difference.
Ok, i can see that people don't understand either rules, or what a post on a mobile website means. First off, i just want to say that if you do have anything to share with the world, do it in plain old English. Better for everyone.
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For the third day in a row, weather conditions were perfect, with sunny skies and warm temperatures showcasing the Norwegian countryside.
In the women's four lap race, Malene Degn of Denmark opened a ten second gap on the Swiss duo of Koller and Sina Frei in the first lap. She managed to hold onto the lead until the halfway point in the race before Koller bridged up in the third lap. The two rode together for the beginning of the final lap before Koller pulled away on the climbs to win decisively, by over a minute. Frei hung on for third.
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"There are two quite different emotions: one that moves me supremely and I find small difficulty evoking: the heart-racking sense of the vanished past (best expressed by Gandalf's words about the Palantir); and the other a more 'ordinary' emotion, triumph, pathos, tragedy of the characters. That I am learning to do, as I get to know my people, but it is not really so near my heart, and is forced on me by the fundamental literary dilemma. A story must be told or there'll be no story, yet it is the untold stories that are most moving."
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BREAKING NEWS – New York City, New York – MSNBC's Chris Matthews is again defending his statement that he was thankful for Hurricane Sandy, because it helped get President Obama reelected. He also said, that if it'll help the democratic candidate get elected, in 2016 he wouldn't mind seeing a devastating earthquake in California, or a series of killer Tsunamis off the coast of Florida.
BREAKING NEWS – St. Paul, Minnesota – Charles Schulz' family files a law suits against Snoop Dogg, alleging that he is infringing on the copyrighted character Snoopy, created by the famous cartoonist. They also alleged other similarities, including that Snoop Dogg's brain is about the size of "Peanuts".
BREAKING NEWS – Chicago, Illinois – Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr., is currently trying to work out a plea deal with the U.S. Justice Department to avoid prison time. So far, he has agreed to resign as congressman and turn over a list of all the large companies that Jesse Jackson, Sr. plans on extorting donations from after making bogus claims of racism. He is also considering giving the Justice Department the names and addresses of all of his father's illegitimate children that are scattered throughout the United States.
BREAKING NEWS – Copenhagen, Denmark – The Danish government kicks Lindsay Lohan out of their country, after she hit one of their landmark buildings while driving under the influence. The U.S. Ambassador to Denmark was outraged, and reminded them that the United States doesn't want her either.
BREAKING NEWS – Chicago, Illinois – Several of Louis Farrakhan's former classmates from his teenage years, have come forward explaining why the outspoken Muslim leader is so intensely anti-Semitic. They state that it all began, shortly after he was stood-up on a date by a Jewish girl at his high school prom.
BREAKING NEWS – Washington, D.C. – President Obama announces that he soon plans on eliminating the high cost of printing cards for food stamps. He explained that sometime in 2015, all people who are on government assistance will have get a small mark placed on their right hand or forehead, that will be their personal code. Obama then added that his "revelation", is because he feels he is superior to every president in the past, thus the people should have placed on them, the "mark of the best".


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» Sunday, August 23, 2009Day of Rest, My Foot!
Whomever says that doesn't have a job plus a house that needs cleaning.
I'd imagined that if I began early enough, I might even have some time to sit down and cross stitch! Imagine that!
Yeah...like, right. I was up at nine and while it was still lovely and cool ran to Food Depot for sugar-free Blue Bunny ice cream bars. Since the only reason I would be going to Kroger was for milk, I grabbed some there. Also bought James a birthday cardless than two weeks away!and the newspaper.
There were Michaels coupons, so I took one along with my Bed, Bath & Beyond coupon that was running out tomorrow, and went out to BB&B for another, smaller glass cutting board. Now I have replaced both and I can get rid of those ugly ones. I cleaned them both up and they will go to Goodwill with a box full of stuff that's already ready. I also stopped at Barnes & Noble briefly to look at some books in a mystery series by an author named Penny. The newest one is offered on Amazon Vine this month and I wondered if I'd like it, since it takes place in Quebec. I don't know, though. I'm not much on police procedurals.
I did notice that Steven Boyett's Ariel is back in print! I got this edition when it was first released in 1983, and then noted a year or two ago that there was a new electronic version with deleted sequences and had planned to get it, but forgot. Now it is back in paperback formI notice the titular unicorn is not even on the cover; I guess they don't want people to think this is a girly-girly book instead of the gritty urban fantasy it is. Plus I notice Boyett has a sequel coming out in November, featuring what sounds like a child of the original protagonist. Terrific!
I passed on the book, though, until I could use a coupon at Borders. But really, it's a great book. Don't read "unicorn" and think "Disney princesses" or "Barbie," okay? It's not that kind of book.
Stopped at Michaels for a few stocking stuffer-type things along with some tulle circles like you use for wedding favors. Every time James brushes Willow he saves the fur. I'm going to try placing some of it in the tulle circles and tying them near the bird feeders in the hope that the scent will keep the squirrels away.
For the rest of the afternoon I cleaned bathrooms, vacuumed the carpet (gawd, this takes forever; I hate this vacuum cleanerit's like trying to drive a Mack truck and weighs nearly as much), vacuumed the stairs, swept the foyer and the downstairs hall and the kitchen and the bathrooms, sorted out the newspaper, washed and dried three loads of clothes, put most of them away, got part of my lunchbag ready, and got my clothes ready for the week.
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