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Supreme Court of West Virginia
November 22, 2017
In re: S.S.-1, A.S., S.S.-2, and G.S.
County 16-JA-20, 16-JA-21, 16-JA-22, & 16-JA-23
Father W.S., by counsel Ramon Rozas III, appeals the Circuit
Court of Mineral County's May 9, 2017, order terminating
his parental rights to S.S.-1, A.S., S.S.-2, and
The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources
("DHHR"), by counsel Lee Niezgoda, filed a response
in support of the circuit court's order. The guardian ad
litem ("guardian"), Meredith H. Haines, filed a
response on behalf of the children in support of the circuit
court's order. On appeal, petitioner argues that he
received ineffective assistance of counsel.[2]
Court has considered the parties' briefs and the record
on appeal. The facts and legal arguments are adequately
presented, and the decisional process would not be
significantly aided by oral argument. Upon consideration of
the standard of review, the briefs, and the record presented,
the Court finds no substantial question of law and no
prejudicial error. For these reasons, a memorandum decision
affirming the circuit court's order is appropriate under
Rule 21 of the Rules of Appellate Procedure.
December of 2016, the DHHR filed an abuse and neglect
petition against petitioner following an investigation of a
referral that petitioner sexually abused S.S.-2. According to
the petition, the child disclosed the abuse to a county
sheriff. According to the child, petitioner watched
pornography and masturbated in her presence and also fondled
her breasts, among other acts. The child further disclosed
that petitioner abused drugs during this incident by smoking
a white substance that made him "very happy." Child
A.S. also disclosed drug abuse by petitioner, while G.S.
reported that petitioner shouted, kicked, and hit the
children when angry.
April of 2017, the circuit court held an adjudicatory
hearing, during which a DHHR employee testified that S.S.-2
consistently disclosed petitioner's abuse to five
different adults.[3]The DHHR presented additional testimony
from an employee of the local Child Advocacy Center and a
Child Protective Services ("CPS") worker who
investigated prior referrals of sexual abuse by petitioner.
Petitioner presented testimony from his sister and his
mother. Petitioner also testified on his own behalf and
denied the allegations of sexual abuse. However, petitioner
did admit that he was addicted to drugs, although he
testified that his addiction did not affect his parenting
ability. Immediately following the close of evidence, and
without offering any parties the opportunity to present
arguments in support of their position at adjudication, the
circuit court made findings regarding the evidence. Based on
S.S.-2's consistent disclosures of sexual abuse and other
factors, the circuit court found petitioner to be an abusing
In May
of 2017, the circuit court held a dispositional
hearing.[4] The circuit court ultimately terminated
petitioner's parental rights to the
children.[5] It is from the dispositional order that
petitioner appeals.[6]
Court has previously established the following standard of
"Although conclusions of law reached by a circuit court
are subject to de novo review, when an action, such
as an abuse and neglect case, is tried upon the facts without
a jury, the circuit court shall make a determination based
upon the evidence and shall make findings of fact and
conclusions of law as to whether such child is abused or
neglected. These findings shall not be set aside by a
reviewing court unless clearly erroneous. A finding is
clearly erroneous when, although there is evidence to support
the finding, the reviewing court on the entire evidence is
left with the definite and firm conviction that a mistake has
been committed. However, a reviewing court may not overturn a
finding simply because it would have decided the case
differently, and it must affirm a finding if the circuit
court's account of the evidence is plausible in light of
the record viewed in its entirety." Syl. Pt. 1, In
Interest of Tiffany Marie S., 196 W.Va. 223, 470 S.E.2d
177 (1996).
Syl. Pt. 1, In re Cecil T., 228 W.Va. 89, 717 S.E.2d
873 (2011). Upon our review, the Court finds no error in the
proceedings below.
We find
that petitioner is not entitled to relief in regard to his
claim of ineffective assistance of counsel.[7] It is important
to note that this Court has never recognized a claim of
ineffective assistance of counsel in an abuse and neglect
proceeding, and we decline to do so here, especially in light
of the fact that, under the limited circumstances of this
case, petitioner's counsel provided him with effective
representation below. In support of this assignment of error,
petitioner cites at least two instances of alleged
ineffective assistance by counsel. According to petitioner,
counsel failed to properly present evidence of prior CPS
investigations that did not result in substantiated abuse,
which he argues evidenced bias of the investigating
authorities and called into question the results of the
current investigation. Moreover, petitioner argues that
counsel failed to make any argument at the close of evidence
at the adjudicatory hearing, including a failure to argue
whether the evidence was sufficient against the three
children whom petitioner was not alleged to have sexually
abused. Petitioner further alleges that counsel failed in
other ways not readily apparent from the record, thus
necessitating further development. The Court, however, finds
no merit to these arguments.
the existence of prior investigations that did not result in
substantiated abuse are irrelevant, given the fact that, in
the current matter, S.S.-2 consistently disclosed
petitioner's abuse to five different adults. Even
assuming that the DHHR had a bias against petitioner because
of the prior investigations, the fact remains that the
circuit court was presented with overwhelming evidence that
petitioner sexually abused S.S.-2. Petitioner's counsel
at the adjudicatory hearing was not permitted to make any
argument following the close of evidence, as the circuit
court immediately proceeded to make its findings without
providing any party such an opportunity. Moreover, an
argument that the children who were not the direct victims of
petitioner's sexual assault would not have prevailed,
given that petitioner admitted that he was addicted to drugs.
While petitioner claimed that "he . . . never brought
that addiction around his children[, ]" the circuit
court found that testimony lacked credibility, especially in
light of two children's statements that petitioner abused
drugs in their presence. Accordingly, it is clear that
petitioner abused all the children in this matter, and his
counsel's decision to not argue that the evidence at
adjudication was insufficient does not amount to ineffective
assistance. Accordingly, the Court finds that petitioner is
entitled to no relief in this regard.
For the
foregoing reasons, we find no error in the decision of the
circuit court, and its May 9, 2017, order is hereby affirmed.
CONCURRED IN Chief Justice Allen H. Loughry II Justice
Margaret L. Workman Justice Menis E. ...
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ERIC Number: ED216262
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1981-Oct
Pages: 60
Abstractor: N/A
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Youth Helping Youth: A Directed Group Experience for Abused Adolescents.
Lonnborg, Barbara; And Others
A program for conducting a series of adolescent group counseling sessions that focus on the problems and needs of abused adolescents is presented. The materials, which emphasize self-esteem and feelings and teach youths to think of themselves in positive ways, share their experiences with abuse, and discuss coping strategies, are intended to be used by youth care practitioners, professional trainees, volunteers, peer counselors, and individuals in self-help programs. This guide outlines a six-week program of group meetings in a Participant's Guide, contains instructions for the group facilitator in a Leader's Guide, and provides background material on adolescent abuse and the group counseling process. Suggestions are also given for organizing a group and identifying participants. The activities of each group session are outlined according to objectives, skills, opening discussion notes, and learning steps along with films, discussion questions about problem situations, and additional reading resources. The sessions focus on getting acquainted, learning personal/interpersonal skills, understanding feelings, improving self-esteem, avoiding conflict, and building a support network. In addition, sample outlines describing each activity are included and may be photocopied for distribution to group participants. (JAC)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Abuse, Counseling Techniques, Family Relationship, Group Counseling, Group Experience, Interpersonal Competence, Peer Counseling, Program Descriptions, Secondary Education, Self Esteem, Self Help Programs, Skill Development, Youth Problems
Communications and Public Service, Boys Town Center, Boys Town, NE 68010 ($2.50).
Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: Boys Town Center for The Study of Youth Development, NE.

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Myopic LASEK in bilateral map-dot-fingerprint corneal dystrophy
Poster Details
First Author: J. Grzeszkowiak POLAND
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To evaluate the results of LASEK in the map-dot-fingerprint corneal dystrophy.
All preoperative and postoperative tests and measurements as well as laser treatment were performed at Optimax Laser Eye Surgery Clinic in London, UK
A myopic LASEK with Schwind Amaris 750 excimer laser was performed in a 48 years old male patient with bilateral map-dot-fingerprint dystrophy. Preoperative right eye UCVA was 0.32 and the left eye UCVA was 0.4. Preoperative BCVA was 1.0 (sph. -1.0 cyl. -0.5 @ 132) and 0.79 (sph. -0.75 cyl. -0.25 @ 180) respectively. No pathologies other than map-dot-fingerprint dystrophy were found.
The postoperative visual recovery was uncomplicated. The patient's UCVA 1 month postoperatively was 1.0 in both eyes, the corneas were clear and did not show any healing disturbances. A grade 1 central corneal haze was diagnosed in right eye 3 months postoperatively and then it disappeared after a course of topical steroids treatment. The haze did not affect the patient's vision. 6 months postoperatively UCVA was still 1.0 in both eyes and there was no haze in the slit lamp examination.
In a map-dot-fingerprint dystrophy LASEK proved to be safe and effective method of myopia correction.
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With this piece, I have collectors on 3 continents and in 7 countries! Yeah!!!
I am hoping to sell many of these textured acrylics in my art show coming up in November. Here is another one in similar style which I just completed. I used a new color which I received in my recent art order in the layering of paint on the textured canvas. This picture was taken in full sunlight to capture the glow. What do you think?
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Hello, everyone! This story is set in an alternate-timeline Matoran Universe where Miserix killed the body of Mata Nui (if you don't know how he could, please read Dwellers in Darkness, chapter 9).
Fire Lost
The Ta-Matoran bent over the half-buried Suva, the unseen desert winds whipping around him. He had managed to uncover part of it during... well, he thought it was the day, but since the only light he had was his orange-glowing firestaff, he could no longer tell. He did not even recollect how long it had been since the universe died.
He went to work with his pickaxe again, trying to remember the last visitor who had come his way. He recalled that it had been a Vortixx, lost in the darkness which now blanketed the world. He had let her stay until she wished to leave. Even though she knew there was little chance she would find anywhere else which still had light, she left anyway... it seemed so long ago. Now he was the only one here again.
His pickaxe rose and fell, chipping away at the dust and accumulated grime of so many years which now hid the Toa Suva from sight. He listened as he worked for any sound around him, even though he knew that there would most likely be no visitors again for a very long time.
After working for about an hour, he stopped to rest. He drank only a very small amount of water, as it was a precious resource. He sat down and remained with his eyes closed for a few seconds. He had all the time he wanted.
He got up again to work a few minutes later. He almost involuntarily glanced into the surrounding darkness, and was about to turn to the Suva when he realized that he had just seen something gleam.
He peered into the shadows, watching for something... anything.
There was a clicking noise...
... and suddenly, a being stepped into the light. The Ta-Matoran leapt backwards, fumbling for his firestaff.
"No need to be afraid, little one," said the being softly, holding out his hand - if it was a 'he'.
"Who are you? Or what are you?" said the Matoran warily.
"What do I look like to you?"
Now that the Matoran had a chance to look at the figure, he saw that it was a Toa. The Toa's armor was battered and patched, and he wore a dented, unfamiliarly shaped silver mask. He had gold armor - unusual on any Toa - and light blue eyes that seemed to see everything.
"May I stay with you for a while, sir?" asked the Toa. "There is nothing else for me out there except darkness, and I wondered if I might just rest here before continuing on."
"Certainly. All visitors are welcome," said the Matoran kindly. Especially a Toa, he thought.
"Thank you. I imagine you don't see many Toa anymore?"
"Not at all. In fact, I haven't seen any since the Second Cataclysm," said the Matoran, referring to the time when the universe had died.
"Hm, the Second Cataclysm..." mused the Toa. "You probably know what caused that...?"
"Everyone pretty much knows that it's because Mata Nui died. We know that there's no hope for us anymore," explained the Matoran sadly.
"Hm. Let me tell you a story," said the Toa thoughtfully.
"Many years ago, in fact just a short time before the Second Cataclysm," began the golden Toa, "the body of Mata Nui was not his own to command. He had come close to dying, and his spirit had already slipped from his body.
"When his body was reawakened, his spirit had not yet returned. Instead, the spirit of Makuta had taken his place. However, Makuta was thwarted by an old enemy, another Makuta. The other Makuta killed Mata Nui's body, and as a result the universe died. It will someday come to a final end, but for now is merely in perpetual darkness..." the Toa trailed off.
"What happened to Mata Nui's spirit in the end? It never returned to his body," the Ta-Matoran pointed out.
"Some people say that he finally died, and he no longer exists. Others say that he came down to the world again in another form, a different form, wearing the silver Mask of Life," the Toa said quietly. "What do you believe?"
The Matoran thought for a while on that, but could not answer...
Several days later, the Toa decided that he must continue his journey into the darkness.
"I can't believe it - I have nothing to give you for your hospitality," said the Toa despairingly, searching his bag.
"You need provide nothing - it was as much a pleasure for me as for you," said the Ta-Matoran graciously.
The Toa seemed not to hear him, though. "Oh, I do have something!"
He held out a oval stone wrapped in foil to the Matoran. "I hope you will use it well. Goodbye... it is unlikely I will ever see you again."
He walked into the shadowed desert, his golden armor and battered mask gleaming as he disappeared.
The Ta-Matoran stared for a second after the person he had finally deduced to be Mata Nui , then looked down at the stone in his hand. He knew what he had to do.
He walked to the uncovered Suva, and placed the stone in its slot. The Suva began to shine with red energy.
Here was the beginning of his true destiny...
Well, it's not, perhaps, the best example of my writing, but I hope you like it. I would like to hear constructive criticism, please. Oh, and don't forget to read the next few in the series.
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But not until I show you the final finishing touch.
Ta Da! Did you see it?
|Red Frames!
Now the walls don't look so separate anymore. Like big red bull poster on that side and all black & white on this side. There's unity. And I like it.
I probably like it so much because of all the projects to finish up before guests arrived, this was the most time intensive and tedious. Five frames. Three coats. Can't I just cut corners?
I tried.
How about painting the frames with the pictures still in them?
Yeah, no. Ikea laughed in my face. Try sanding the finish off every nook and cranny of the white MDF frames first, and then paint.
Much better.
And so is the view of my kitchen.
|From the Dining Room
|From the Sink
(*Sigh*) I love.
So with the final project complete, I guess it's time for a Kitchen Before and After. Keep your eyes open for a big blog post coming soon. You know how I love before and afters...this one will be the best yet!


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Women battle men under the African sun in new reality show
Teams of young singletons will be pitted against each other in a series of physical and mental challenges.
Women will battle against men in a gruelling new reality show set under the sizzling sun of the South African savannah.
The teams of young singletons will be pitted against each other in a series of physical and mental challenges as they fight to claim a cash prize.
But creators of ITV2's upcoming offering Survival Of The Fittest expect the drama to mount as the contestants live together in the "lodge".
In an early teaser for the show – which has yet to unveil a release date – the broadcaster asks: "Will it be mates over dates? Or will any of them give in to temptation and end up 'in bed with the enemy'?"
The show will be hosted by presenter Laura Whitmore, with a voiceover provided by comedian Brennan Reece. It follows the success of the channel's steamy Majorca-based series Love Island, famously commentated by Whitmore's partner Iain Stirling.
Whitmore said: "The ITV family always manages to come up with exciting and innovative formats and this brand new show is the ultimate boys versus girls.
"Having worked on five series of I'm a Celeb… Get Me Out Of Here! I didn't think that it was possible to find a backdrop as exotic as the jungle – cue the African Savannah.
"I can't wait to get out there, bring on the battle of the sexes."
Reece added: "I am so excited to be a part of the show. The closest I have ever come to being on safari was a school trip to Chester Zoo one November… no one wants to see a crocodile shiver."


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I wrote this during the crisis but couldn't upload it until now. It sort of feels like old news even though it was just last week. It was the longest week in history for me. I still woke up last night with aftershocks.
As I write this, almost 48 hours from the first earthquake, I can still feel small aftershocks. It was a Saturday and one guest, Yana, wanted to take Kamal's girls to Bhaktapur for a day out. I had guests earlier in the week who were vendors at the tattoo convention in Kathmandu, I was on the way to it with Kiran, Kamal's 10 year old son. We got to where the airport meets the highway and suddenly motorcycles were on the ground and people were sitting on the highway. It was horrible! The shaking went on and on-not like any other quake I'd been in. We decided to get out of the mini-van and then got back in and back out again while the earth was still shaking, at least 3 minutes. I looked up at the hills and saw plumes of brown smoke and knew houses were collapsing.
"We have to turn around," I told Prem, our driver. "We have to check on your wife, Kamal and the girls." I started hysterically telling him to turn around. "Turn around before traffic starts back!"
Prem had to stop the van several times due to aftershocks and one of those was almost as big as the original quake. Then we saw broken homes, collapsed homes and places where the highway had cracked or completely buckled as high as 5 feet.
I'm a native San Franciscan so earthquakes are not new to me, but this appeared right away to be on the 'Biblical scale.' Feelings began to overwhelm me and then I'd feel no feelings at all. At one point Lisa saw that I had started to look like I was coming apart and whatever she said to me gave me the fix I needed. But I couldn't get a hold of Kamal or Yana with the girls. I decided right away to text instead of clogging the phone lines and soon got confirmation from Yana that they were fine. They were fortunate to come out unscathed as Bhaktpur did not fare well. The girls watched as even children were carried out on stretchers, many even already dead. As we drove through Bhaktapur we saw Yana and the girls in a taxi ahead of us, but the worst was yet to come.
Changunarayan village looked like it was destroyed. I saw countless homes in various stages of destruction. As we walked home from the village entrance we had to run past some homes because they looked so precarious.
As I came close to my guest house I saw Birbhadoo's home in ruins, but soon found my first reason for smiling. My 14 year old neighbor was safe and unharmed. He started to cry, "My house fall down." His tiny, village style home was only half standing with a pile of bricks blocking the road. I assured him that he would get another, better home.
Our other neighbor's home was in almost the same shape. I looked for the little, tiny lady and was so relieved to see her smiling and waving at me. There is not a building or home in the village without damage of some kind, most older homes have major damage.
My guest house! Although it was supposed to be up to code to survive a cat. 9 earthquake, I thought the foundation was broken; some of the walls looked to be cracked all the way through. The one that bothered me the most was the wall with the electric box on it. Since that day I've had several people tell me it's fine structurally; I've been staying in a bedroom on a lower floor just in case.
The people of the village just took it in stride. They were already outside at the end of the hill setting up make-shift tents by the time we arrived. They welcomed all us tourists and openly shared whatever they had. I made a quick grab at the guest house and brought blankets, mattresses and food for everyone.
Suddenly one woman broke out in wails of tears. Her 5 year old son had died from the home collapsing. My heart broke for her. Another young man, a cousin of the child who died was carried to the hilltop after his home had fallen on him. He was fortunate to have survived.
Night time was really the worst. We slept under the plastic tarps normally used for harvesting. Kamal and the kids stayed at the bus park camp and I stayed at the hill top with my neighbors. Dogs barked all night and the men at the camp fire who were protecting us talked all night and when the aftershocks came people would cry out. When the aftershocks would come, some people would get on their knees, put their thumbs on the ground and then say in Newari, 'Stop, stop!" The second night it rained until almost midnight. Martin and Lisa, my guests who had come to do some volunteering were wonderful. He helped make the tents and troughs for the rain and we managed, although I got wet and cold throughout the night. Raindrops came in through the roof from tiny holes and the rain would come in from the sides.
We were told to expect an even bigger earthquake and no one was allowed to go back into their homes. When Kamal came to check on me he told me the people staying at the bus park got terribly wet due to the rain and them being on the brick lined street instead of a hilltop.
The next day Yana and I walked up to the police department to see about getting in contact with the US Consular, but communications were still down. While we were there we experienced the next earthquake, 6.4 and saw buildings in the village collapse and plumes of brown smoke off in the distance.
This was the police station after the first earthquake:
|The Police are still a great protection to us even without a building. So brave.
Today is finally Wednesday. Tuesday was spent with Yana playing doctor with many of the older women in the camp. She had various types of muscle relaxing creams, cough medicine and such. What started out as a way for her to get to know some of the villagers and pass the time generated into an experience neither she nor the villagers will ever forget. The old ladies came and bared their ailing body parts for her as she gently applied her creams. Not only were they sore from falling bricks and such during the earthquakes, but they were sore from overwork, poverty, old age and neglect. What amazing women they are. Words cannot describe the connections made that day.
Yana bonded so well with the women that she vowed to help bring in enough money to rebuild as many homes as possible in Changunarayan. Rather than have Changunarayan be built with modern architecture we hope to have the homes look exactly like they did on Saturday morning. We will make the homes with the wonderful rebar pillars, but put an antique façade on the outside. Well, that's my dream; Yana's is more about bringing the needed resources for the people here. Together, we hope to create lasting change in the village and in Nepal.
Martin and Lisa were amazing, as well. They all left on Wednesday together. Sadly, Martin began to feel ill during this time, but he continued to do all he could to help those around him. These helpers were truly wonderful tourists.
|Meal time at the earthquake camp


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Understanding PCI DSS Compliance
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PCI DSS stands for Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard and is a set of requirements which are designed to ensure that all companies that accept, process, store or transmit credit card information maintain a secure environment.
The key requirements of PCI DSS Compliance
There are 12 broad requirements for PCI DSS compliance, which are grouped together under six headings as shown below. Each of these headings represents a whole raft of specific actions. For a more in-depth look at what is needed, The Security Standards Council have produced a reference guide.
- Build and Maintain a Secure Network
- Install and maintain a firewall configuration to protect data
- Do not use vendor-supplied defaults for system passwords and other security parameters
- Protect stored data (use encryption)
- Encrypt transmission of cardholder data and sensitive information across public net
- Use and regularly update anti-virus software
- Develop and maintain secure systems and applications
- Restrict access to data by business need-to-know
- Assign a unique ID to each person with computer access
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Last Sunday during the children's message, LeAnn Showers encouraged families to think about creating an advent tradition of doing devotions together as a family and lighting the candles of an advent wreath. The Showers family did that last Sunday as they gathered for dinner and when they lit the first candle of the advent wreath, their twin girls, Molly and Megan began to sing. They didn't sing jingle bells or hark they herald angel's sing, they started singing…Happy Birthday to you… You see, in their world, when you light candles at the table it's for a birthday party. Maybe kids understand more than we do about the real purpose of Christmas because Christmas really is a birthday party where we celebrate the birth of Jesus. So having a party where we light candles, have a cake and sing happy birthday to Jesus might be exactly how we should celebrate this season. Maybe that is the family tradition we should think about celebrating.
We do a lot of celebrating in this season. We celebrate at parties and lunches; we celebrate with family, friends and coworkers. We celebrate by eating and drinking and giving gifts. We celebrate by singing songs, decorating trees and houses and sending out cards. We celebrate a lot, but what exactly are we celebrating? While we are celebrating the birth of Jesus, the truth is that we are celebrating so much more than just a birthday. According to the message that the angels gave the shepherds on the night Jesus was born, we are celebrating good news that causes great joy - Luke 2:10.
The birth of Jesus was to be a time of celebration because what was taking place that night was good news and good news needs to be celebrated. But what is this good news? What is it, exactly, that we are celebrating? The first good thing we are celebrating in the birth of Jesus is that God loves us. The reason God sent Jesus into this world is because he loves us and he wants us to know that and he wants us to love him in return. Jesus is the one who tells us this in John 3:16. God loved us so much that he came here in the person of Jesus to forgive us and to save us so that we can have the opportunity to live with God and love him forever.
So it is God's love that we celebrate in Christmas but there is a lot to celebrate in that love. The first thing we celebrate is that God's love is unconditional. God doesn't love us because we are good or because we have lived faithful and obedient lives – not at all. We haven't done anything to deserve God's love; in fact, Jesus came into a world that was filled with division, brokenness and failure. The prophet Isaiah said, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the LORD rises upon you and his glory appears over you. Jesus came into a world that was filled with think and deep darkness. There was distrust and injustice. People didn't care about one another or listen to one another or help one another the way God intended. Families were struggling, relationships were being torn apart, people stopped finding meaning in their faith and the institutions of the church and government were crumbling and letting people down. That was the world Jesus came into. Sounds familiar, doesn't it?
Things haven't changed much in 2,000 years. There is still deep darkness we live in today and we struggle to see God let alone live for Him, but the love of God does not dependent upon our faithfulness. The love of God does not depend upon our good works or good thoughts. The love of God doesn't depend on how well we follow Jesus or how often we pray or how much we read our Bible or how well we treat others, those things are all important, but none of that is why God loves us. God loves us because He just does. We are his children, we have been created in God's image and so He just loves us.
So we celebrate that God's love is unconditional and we celebrate that it is unchanging. There is nothing we can do to make God love us more and there is nothing that can do to make God love us less. Look at Romans 8:35, 37-39. Nothing can separate us from the love of God. My failure doesn't separate me from the love God has for me. My faithfulness doesn't make God's love increase and my doubts and failures don't make God's love decrease. God's love is unchanging. It is steady and constant and always there for us and that is what we celebrate in Jesus and in Christmas.
So God's love is unconditional and unchanging, but it is also personal and universal. Let's look again at the message of the angels. I bring YOU good news of great joy that will be for all the people. I bring YOU good news. This good news is for you. This love of God that is unconditional and unchanging is for you. God's love is personal. God loves you. God loves me. God's love isn't just for someone else, it is for us and we need to celebrate that.
Sometimes it's easy to believe that God loves the person next to you (well, maybe that's easy to believe) but I want us to hear something else this morning. I want us to hear that God's love is for us – personally. I want you to do something for me, I want everyone to just say their name out loud. On the count of three… Great, now I want you to say your name, but then add on these 3 words: God loves you. On the count of three… Did you hear that? God really does love you. Say that to yourself this week. Tell yourself every day that God loves you.
Celebrate that reality, but don't let the celebration end there. Find one other person this week that you can share this message with. Write them a note. Send a card in the mail. Write down their name and tell them that God loves them. Send them a postcard invitation to worship with us on Christmas Eve with the message, God loves you and He wants to celebrate His birthday with you. Celebrate that God's love is personal and for each and everyone one of us and then remember that it is universal.
The angels said, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for ALL the people., not a few, not just the people of Israel, but for all the people. John 3:16 said, God so loved the world that he gave his son. God's love is universal which means God loves your neighbor, your coworker, your crazy uncle, that person who cuts you off in traffic, steals your parking space at the mall or drives you crazy with all their holiday shopping, planning and decorating. God loves those we disagree with socially, economically and politically. God even loves those that we think are way outside the bounds of God's love.
Someone in our lifetime who showed us this truth was Nelson Mandela. After serving 27 years of a lifetime sentence in a South African prison, Nelson Mandela was released in 1990 and instead of lashing out against those who put him in prison and deepening the racial divide and hatred of his country, he loved them and worked with F.W. de Klerk, the president of the opposition party, to bring an end to the racial divide of South Africa. He helped show us that God's love is universal.
More than ever this truth needs to be lift up and celebrate today. There is too much division and strife between people locally, nationally and globally. We make those we disagree with into our enemies and question their integrity and value. In time, these divisions cause us to question whether or not God can really love these people which means we are questioning the purpose of Christmas which is that we celebrate the good news that God's love is universal, for all the people.
What would our family, community and world look like if we really saw people as deeply loved and cared for by God? What would our lives look like if we shared this message with people who we disagree with and consider our enemy? Can we celebrate God's love this week by sharing with someone we may completely disagree with that God loves them? Maybe that note softens their heart so they can experience God's love more. Maybe reaching out that way just softens our heart so we can experience and celebrate God's love more.
So we celebrate God's love for us in the birth of Jesus, but that is not all we celebrate, we also celebrate God's presence with us. In Jesus, God is with us. We believe that Jesus is God in the flesh. We don't know how it happened. We don't know the physiological dimensions of it all and we never will, but we believe that God came to be with us in the flesh and blood of a man named Jesus and we call this the incarnation. What this means is that God walked on this planet and knew what it was like to be hungry and alone as well as satisfied and surrounded by loved ones. God knows what it's like to be disappointed and let down as well as to be inspired and lifted up. God knows what we are going through and he feels our pain and our joy. While politicians often say this – God means it because he came in the person of Jesus to be with us.
God not only knows what we are going through but he has promised to go through all things with us. God said, do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.
No matter what we are going through – God is with us. A friend reminded me this week that God likes to hang out with us right in the middle of our mess. So if you are feeling like a river is sweeping over you in this busyness of this season or like a fire is sucking the oxygen and the joy and passion from your life, understand that God is with you. He is right by our side and his love and strength is here to help us through. God is with us but we have to be awake and alert and aware enough see this, which is why time of reflection is part of the purpose of Christmas.
So Christmas is to be a time where we celebrate God's love for us and God's presence with us, but God is not just with us, God is for us. Too often when we think of God being with us we think he is there to scold us and remind us that we have failed and made a mess of things, but that is not God. God is not against us, God is for us. God celebrates us and cheers us on. Have you ever cheered for your child or friend in some kind of a game or event? Maybe it was watching them in a musical or concert; maybe it was watching them on the pitcher's mound or the soccer field. What did that experience of being a cheerleader feel like? Sometimes we are nervous because we want them to do well. Sometimes our hearts break because they didn't do as well as they wanted. Sometimes we just shout and cheer because they passed their own expectations as well as everyone else's.
Being for someone is full of emotion and love and passion and that is how God feels when he thinks of us. I think God is excited for us when we step out in faith wanting to do our best. I think He cries with us when our plans don't work out very well and I think God whoops and hollers when we do well. In fact, the bible tells us that God whoops and hollers, look at Zephaniah 3:17.
He will exalt over you with loud whoops and hollers. Ok it doesn't say that, but for some people loud singing sounds like whoops and hollers – right? The singer and songwriter Dennis Jernigan rewrote this passage of Zephaniah this way; God cannot contain himself at the thought of you. With the greatest of joy he spins around wildly in anticipation over you and has placed you above all other creations and given you the highest place in His priories. In fact he shouts and sings in triumph, joyfully proclaiming the gladness of his heart in a song of rejoicing, all because of you. My favorite image here is where he says God spins around wildly in anticipation over us. It makes me think of the pure joy a dog has when a member of the family comes home and their little bodies just can't contain the joy. That's what we have in God – someone who can't contain himself at the thought of us and cheers us on at all times and in all places because he is for us. That is something to celebrate.
The purpose of Christmas was to share with the world the message that God loves us and God is with us and God is for us – each and every one of us and each and every person in this world. I don't know about you, but when I think about this, when I really grab hold of what this means for me and for our world, I want to celebrate.
Next Steps
The Purpose of Christmas ~ A Time to Celebrate
1. Celebrate God's love being unconditional and unchanging by reflecting on the following Scriptures:
• Psalm 136:23-26
• Isaiah 43:4-5, 49:15-18, 54:10
• Jeremiah 31:3
• Luke 15:3-32
• Romans 8:31-39
• Ephesians 3:14-21
• 1 John 4:16-21
2. Celebrate God's love being personal by beginning each day with this phrase: ________________(your name here), God loves you!
3. Celebrate God's love being universal by sending a card to someone that needs to know God loves them. Consider sharing this message with someone you might completely disagree with but needs to hear this message.
4. Celebrate that God is with you by taking time to reflect on God's presence in the midst of the busyness, chaos and "mess" of this season.
5. Celebrate that God is for you and cheering you on by choosing one person you can be for and cheer on this week. (As we stand with and for others we will sense God's presence with and for us.)
6. Plan a Birthday Party for Jesus and include family, friends, coworkers, neighbors and those who are alone and forgotten. Make it a real CELEBRATION!


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Factors to Have in Mind When Considering a Business Analyst for Your Tech Venture
Managing a great business can be a challenge. What can be even more challenging is getting a tech project to succeed without the crucial help of a business analyst. Having a project manager taking care of the team is a good place to start. It is important to work with a team of individuals who understand the intricacies of the project.
Nevertheless, the most crucial part to consider is having a business analyst assisting the project manager. The business analyst should have the right skills and techniques to be able to competently tackle this task. Below are the things to consider when choosing such an analyst.
Relevant Business Analyst Skills
All jobs have a specific skill set, which an individual needs to have. Having the position of being a business analyst for a tech project is not that simple. Whether you succeed or fail might be directly hinged in the skills and professionalism of the business analyst employed. Naturally, you caring about the project should lead you to hire an analyst with pertinent skills. Communication skills, critical thinking, and analytical skills are examples of the relevant skills required.
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In order to succeed an analyst needs the right techniques just like they need skills. A business analyst who lacks the right techniques can be a hindrance to success and a liability too. SWOT Analysis, Data Modeling, Requirements Interviews, and Requirement Workshops are examples of techniques an analyst needs to have.
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A project fails if the person in the leadership position has no idea what it is about. Projects that deal with technology require a lot of effort. In addition to this, the detailed understanding of what the project requires contributes to its success to a great extent. It is therefore vital for you to be very careful when choosing the most suitable business analyst. You should choose someone who understands the technological requirements of the project. Such an individual can be very good at problem-solving. You should not choose an analyst who is a newbie in the world of technology. This can lead to the complete failure of your project. The right knowledge and understanding can help your project succeed.
Confidence is important especially when it comes to making decision. As a tech project progresses, a time may come where the analyst must make a decision that will steer the project. A decision of this magnitude that can steer the project to a different direction requires confidence. This is why you need to choose an analyst who is confident about the knowledge they have to make the right choices. The good thing about such a business analyst is that they do not require constant supervision. When required to make a choice, such an individual can make the right one with no self-doubt.


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Genus statistics using the Delaunay tessellation field estimation method: I tests with the Millennium Simulation and the SDSS DR7 - Astrophysics > Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
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This paper presents the results of an experimental study of the losses in transporting thermal energy from a field of 114 point-focus solar collectors to a central thermal energy conversion system at the Solar Total Energy Project (STEP), Shenandoah, Georgia. Conduction and convection heat losses from the collector field piping and solar collector receivers and radiant energy losses from the solar collector receivers were measured. At normal operating conditions the steady state heat losses per unit of collector aperture area are 130 W/m2 (41 Btu/hr-ft2 ). The thermal mass of the collector field was found to be 3.92 kWh/°C (7,440 Btu/°F), which implies that 17 percent of the energy collected on a typical day is used to warm the field piping to its operating temperature. The loss of availability from the collectors and the field piping shows that only 21 percent of the available solar energy falling on the collector field is delivered to the power cycle for conversion into electricity.
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WHIRL (What Have I Read Lately) Books is a site for readers to find books for themselves and their book clubs. Liz at Literary Masters runs book groups and literary salons where we "dig deep" into literary treasures.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Should your Book Club read Emma by Jane Austen?
So, should your book club read Emma? Are you looking for a classic? Are you looking for one of Jane's novels to read? I can recommend Emma for the individual reader and for a book club, but I have to be honest here...this is not my very favorite of Jane's novels. Don't get me wrong--it's a wonderful, sometimes hilarious novel, with much to appreciate on many levels. I just happen to prefer Mansfield Park (usually everyone's least favorite), or Persuasion. But that's just me. Emma is usually everyone else's favorite, along with Pride and Prejudice.
If you do read Emma, there's lots to discuss.
You probably know the plot, or some of the plot. Emma is rich, spoiled, and rather self-absorbed. She's also very snobbish, but not when it comes to her new friend and pet project, Harriet. Harriet's class and rank are hard to pin down, as she has never known her parents--she is "the natural daughter of somebody"--and has lived at Mrs. Goddard's school. Emma, who sees the world as she would like it to be rather than how it is, decides with no evidence whatsoever that Harriet must be the daughter of a gentleman and therefore deserves to marry a gentleman. But which gentleman will it be? And will that chosen man see Harriet the same way Emma sees her? Emma sets her sights on the perfect man (or men?) for Harriet and the hilarity begins!
There's much more to the plot, but suffice to say that it reads like a Shakespearean comedy with all the confusion of who's in love with whom, and who's falling out with whom and who will end up with whom. As I said, it's quite funny, but there's an undertone of serious business going on, and the careful reader will pick up on that.
The serious business of marriage, for instance. Your book club will have a grand time discussing what this novel is saying about romantic love and marriage. The class system looms large in this story, and impacts everyone and everything--you can see what you think the novel is saying about class and rank in Jane's day.
Actually, the list of what you can discuss would be too long to list here. How genders are being played with in the story, and what this means, for instance. Or if Knightley has "proper pride" and whether he is an ideal man. Or how Jane's use of free indirect discourse impacts the reader's view of the characters and plot. Or what to make of the themes of duty, the individual versus society, education, and authority, to name a few.
You could spend hours just talking about the characters, like Emma's father, a pathetic hypochondriac, or the inimitable and insufferable Mrs. Elton, one of the more loathsome characters in all of English literature.
I read and re-read Jane's novels because I love her use of language. She is incomparably brilliant and I am in awe as I read. I also read her because I appreciate how there seem to be so many different, yet simultaneous, discourses in her novels. In our Jane Austen Literary Salon, we are trying to get to "know" Jane--through her texts, of course. But this is tricky, as she can be very slippery--you think you understand what the text is saying only to find it's saying something quite different elsewhere.
Bottom line, Jane's novels can be read on many levels, which may be a key to her staying power. Have a go with Emma and let me know what you think. No cheating by just watching the movie, however! As beautiful as the films of all Jane's novels are, they do not compare to reading the books--I assure you!
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It was after her fourth biopsy in as many years – her left breast so disfigured her reflection brought her to tears – that Rene Syler considered a double mastectomy.
Syler didn't have breast cancer. But she was at a high risk of getting it.
"I had a number of cards stacked against me. I had a mother and father who both had breast cancer,"
"So much of my breast was missing because we had to take out so much of the breast tissue," said Syler. "At that point, the doctor and I had a sobering discussion."
On top of her genetic risk, Syler was diagnosed with atypical hyperplasia, abnormal cell growth often considered the precursor to breast cancer.
Given that she was going to need surgery to repair the damage to her breast anyway, a bilateral prophylactic mastectomy (a preventive double mastectomy) became a legitimate consideration.
"Syler is among a group of women, and one man, who reveal their very personal health battles in the documentary "Breast Cancer Examined: An African American Perspective," premiering at 4 p.m. Sunday on TV One.
The journalist and author is joined by actress Diahann Carroll, actor Richard Roundtree, syndicated radio personality Ebony Steele, and other breast cancer survivors.
Since undergoing the radical procedure in January 2007, Syler has become an ambassador for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast cancer network. She also is a co-chairwoman of the group's Circle of Promise campaign, created to educate black women about breast cancer and to encourage preventive health care and early treatment.
In 2009, an estimated 19,540 African-American women will be diagnosed with breast cancer, and approximately 6,020 will die from the disease, according to a report released last week by the American Cancer Society.
Although the incidence rate of breast cancer is expected to be 10 percent lower among black women than among white women, the death rate among the former group is likely to be significantly higher.
From 2001 to 2005, according to the report, 37 percent more black women with breast cancer died from the disease than did their white counterparts.
Syler blames the racial discrepency on several factors. Along with limited access to quality health care in some African-American communities, there's a general reluctance to talk about cancer, she said, and a lack of information being shared as a result of the silence.
"Years back, we'd call it the `Big C,' we'd talk about it in whispered, hushed tones," Syler said. "This is nothing to whisper about, or to be ashamed about. You got a disease and through no fault of your own, in most cases. It's one of those things that we need to pull the curtain back on and shine a big bright light on."
"Breast Cancer Examined" is one way of meeting this goal, with an emphasis on awareness and the importance of early detection.
The American Cancer Society recommends annual mammograms for women 40 and older, to improve the chances of catching breast cancer in its early, most treatable, stages.
But even with regular mammograms, it can be difficult to treat a particular type of breast cancer that appears more frequently in black and Hispanic women than in white women.
As addressed in "Breast Cancer Examined," this "triple-negative breast cancer" is seen as contributing to the higher death rate among African-American women.
Though most breast cancers said the former co-host of the CBS news program "The Early Show." It was not about treating cancer, but about keeping me from getting cancer," said Syler, a wife and mother of two. "As any woman can tell you, we run the family, we are the heartbeat of the family. Not to diminish my husband's role, but I'm the one with the thumb on the pulse of everyone's life. That's why it was so important for me to take care of myself."
are associated with progesterone, estrogen or the human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 known as HER-2, some women test negative for all three.
"In women who don't have any of these three receptors, it's harder to treat," said Crystal King, a multicultural marketing specialist for Komen for the Cure. "Triple negative breast cancer is also a very aggressive tumor."
King, who was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 25, is among the survivors sharing their stories in "Breast Cancer Examined." She says airing the documentary on a network dedicated to African-American programming is important.
"We can be somewhat of a unique community in terms of being reached. We watch what we want to watch. Sometimes the mainstream doesn't capture us," she said.
"The (breast cancer) numbers are improving for everyone except African-American women," King said. "In the African-American community we still just don't want to talk about it. A lot of people don't want to know, but just knowing you have a history in your family might prompt you to get tested."
Like King, Ebony Steele was diagnosed with breast cancer at a young age. She was in her early 30s when she went through her first extensive series of tests.
The most difficult part, at least initially, was indeed talking about it.
"When you tell your family, you hate to see them hurt," Steele said. "You don't want to see them have any type of loss."
Steele, co-host of the Dallas-based "Rickey Smiley Morning Show," said she was hesitant to discuss her condition on the air.
"I debated whether to be vocal about it or just go through this thing and maybe look weird for a minute," she said. "But I was so glad I talked about it on the air."
Steele said she at first felt sorry for herself, but then changed her approach to dealing with her condition.
"There is so much unknown – basically your life, for a while, it is your own, but physically it's not. You don't know how to prepare for that," she said.
"But I woke up one morning, pulled myself up by my bootstraps, and said, `I've gotta be there for the people, the listeners.' My purpose is something more than just making people laugh on the radio. I'm a person that's young, that's hip, that's fly, and I can get younger people to take care of themselves."
Breast Cancer Examined: An African American Perspective
When: Premiering at 4 p.m. Sunday; repeating at
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Where: TV One.
Information: Learn more about breast cancer and support networks in the African-American community, and find out how to participate in the Susan G. Komen for the Cure outreach campaign, at http://www.circleofpromise.org.
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F&C Asset Management has defended its performance after Sherborne Investors criticised its recent track record and asked its chairman to step down.
Sherborne says it has reviewed the comparative valuation of F&C and found it to be below that of its peer group on various bases, including the ratio of the sum of its stockmarket value and net indebtedness to revenues.
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Sherborne has calculated an enterprise value/revenue ratio of 1.2 times and a price/earnings ratio of 6.1 times for F&C, compared with a peer group ratio of 2.1 times and 12 times respectively.
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"Even if the acquired businesses turn out to have significantly higher profit margins than F&C's traditional businesses, it seems to us that they are likely to prove to be highly dilutive to shareholders' interests, especially if these profits incorporate a large element of volatile performance or other non-recurring fees which carry a lower market rating," Sherborne says.
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2nd Timothy 4:6-7
"For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought the fight, I have finished the race, and I have kept the faith."
I have always kept this verse as a sort of battle cry for my life in ministry — especially for field time. I have said many times before that I want to go to bed exhausted every night knowing that I poured myself out before the Lord. But, now I'm realizing that that's not what the verse says. It says "I'm being poured out" not "I'm pouring myself out."
The question for me is, am I hitting the pillow having poured myself out, or having been poured out by God in whatever way He desires? That means allowing myself to be poured out for whoever He pleases, whenever He pleases, wherever He pleases, and however fast or slow He pleases.
Whoever He pleases means being willing to be poured out for those who don't appreciate it. That means being willing to be poured out onto what looks like dry ground — I need to trust that He know what he is doing even when my service looks "pointless."
Wherever means Guatemala instead of Cambodia, working for JoAnns instead of Potter's Field — simply being poured out where God leads me while trusting He knows what He is doing.
Whenever means whether people are looking or not, whether I'm tired or not, whether I feel empty or full, knowing that the Lord will supply me with all boldness and strength to be poured out.
However means I need to be content to be poured out as a trickle or at a dumping speed. Whether I'm actually being poured out of my strength with actual labor, or I'm serving the Lord in the small things, it's being content with however He uses me.
So if I'm being poured out by God, not choosing when, where, who, or how, what is my responsibility in this? Look at verse 7: "I have fought…I have finished…I have kept." My responsibility is to fight, finish, and keep my eyes fixed on Him. I need to sit down, buckle up, and press on and in to Him.
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SOUTHEAST GLENDALE — Crescenta Valley High's Cole Currie made a believer out of the Glendale boys' basketball team — again.
In the teams' latest head-to-head meeting Monday, Currie, a senior guard at Crescenta Valley, used a season-high point total to further validate his status against the Nitros.
Currie finished with 34 points, including 21 in the first half, to power Crescenta Valley to a 61-50 Pacific League road win against Glendale.
"It's not the first time Cole Currie has done this to us," Glendale Coach Steve Snodgress said. "He was fantastic.
"He went off in the first half and we just never recovered."
Currie is the lone returning starter from last season, when Crescenta Valley advanced to the CIF Southern Section Division I-A semifinals and state tournament for the first time since 1994. Currie has enjoyed a recent two-week stretch that's helped the Falcons improve to 11-4, 2-0 in league.


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Spindle-us interruptus
All Blues, sock one
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As you may recall, the first lump of fiber was spun at-and-after Stitches West in February. Fine & dandy. The next big push came in early April, when I had nailed down the stitch pattern & knew what I was spinning for. Then in May, I had a frenzy of spinning in a moment of delusion, thinking I was going to have these socks done for our Sierra birding trip. Well, um, no. We did have a lovely 3 days in the mountains - see Bill's flickr set "Sierra Workshop 2008".
Even after the mountain trip, I kept a bit of momentum going - I was working on this yarn at our May 31 Spin In at my house, which resulted in some rather funny photos and my favorite spinning sentence ever: "Here, Bill, grab this and run!" as my center pull ball collapsed on itself in a big overly twisted knotty mess. Despite moments on the brink, I think I have enough yarn spun to get the second sock just past the heel turn. But the sock project has been languishing in the tote bag for two weeks.
Five spindles worth of sock yarn have so far gone into these socks - I've been knitting each little bunch as I produce it. This is probably going to result in somewhat different yarn in different sections.
I'm packing today for a weekend jaunt to Orlando for my second niece's baptism and I'm thinking... socks! Do I dare take the handspun sock project? I'm guessing I would run out of yarn on my plane ride to Orlando tomorrow, and then what?
So the question before us is: do I take my spindle & fiber to Orlando? Or do I take a second sock project and work on that while I'm away from home & get back to the spindling when I return? Maybe you'd like to vote?
Pros of travel spinning : arms away from the body, no sticky body parts during humid Orlando days. Family will think it's super weird, so that's a plus. 3 yr old niece is likely to enjoy the spectacle. I would love to see these socks finished!
Cons: have to stand up. have to avoid the dog, who might find spinning too exciting. Might not make any progress and every ounce counts these days in airline baggage!
What do you think??