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Languages 2016, 1(1), 3; https://doi.org/10.3390/languages1010003
Mixed Verbs in Contact Spanish: Patterns of Use among Emergent and Dynamic Bi/Multilinguals
Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies, University of Florida, 170 Dauer Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611-7405, USA
Academic Editors: Usha Lakshmanan and Tej K. Bhatia
Received: 18 October 2015 / Revised: 2 March 2016 / Accepted: 7 March 2016 / Published: 23 March 2016
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mixed Verbs and Linguistic Creativity in Bi/multilingual Communities)
AbstractThe present study provides a quantitative analysis of mixed verbs in the naturalistic speech of 20 Northern Belize bi/multilinguals of two different age groups (ages 14–20 and ages 21–40). I examined the relative frequency of Spanish/English mixed verbs vis-à-vis syntactic verb type and phrasal verbs in mixed verbs. Results showed that the token frequency of mixed verbs was a predictive measure of the relative frequency of 'hacer + V' in code-switched speech. In relation to syntactic verb type, it was found that the least productivity in terms of argument structures was attested among the youngest group of emergent bi/multilinguals. For the incorporation of phrasal verbs in mixed verbs, no marked differences were attested in the relative frequency of phrasal verbs across emergent and dynamic bi/multilinguals, but differences did emerge in the semantic nature of phrasal verbs. Findings highlight the fundamental role that adult code-switchers with higher levels of bi/multilingual proficiency play in the creation and propagation of morphosyntactic innovations. View Full-Text
Keywords: Northern Belizean Spanish; mixed verbs; bilingual compound verbs; light verb constructions; Spanish/English code-switching; linguistic innovation
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text: Has anybody out there in etherland had a look at either the specimen itself or a cast of the early Cretaceous Chinese bird foot Gansus yumenensis (Hou L. and Liu Z., 1984, A new fossil bird from Lower Cretaceous of Gansu and early evolution of birds, Scientia Sinica 27: 1296 ff)? I would like to add measurements of the phalanges of this specimen to my data base of bipedal dinosaur and bird feet, and I need to know how much confidence I can place on the measurements reported by Hou and Liu. So here's what's confusing me: For openers, there is a gap in the specimen, as preserved, between the tarsometatarsus and the proximal ends of phalanges I-1, II-1, and what is either III-1 or IV-1 (see below). Are the proximal ends of these phalanges as preserved the actual proximal ends of the toebones, or are the proximal ends of the phalanges missing? I am also confused about the identification of digits III and IV on this foot. There is a phalanx preserved adjacent to the end of the tarsometatarsus corresponding to digit III, and so one might think this bone to be III-1. What I take to be the remainder of the same digit is offset from this bone, however ; if this IS digit III, though, it looks like there would be 5 phalanges in the toe, which seems unlikely. Furthermore, Hou and Liu give measurements of only 4 phalanges (including the ungual) of this specimen. So maybe this bone adjacent to the trochlea III of the metatarsus is in fact IV-1. This would give the normal phalangeal count for both digits III and IV, which would make me much happier. Unfortunately, Hou and Liu report measurements for only FOUR phalanges on digit IV. I could rationalize this by thinking that they were only giving data for non-ungual phalanges, except that they report measurements for 2 digit I phalanges, 3 for digit II, and 4 for digit III. Gack! Furthermore, the way the length of phalanx IV-4 is reported on p. 1299 of the paper is odd, being offset from the rest of the numbers, and with no number in the tenths place behind the decimal point---making me wonder if this entry is a typo. Looking at fig. 1 of the paper, I would guess that the length of ungual IV-5 (assuming that's what it is) would be about 4 mm. For those of you uninterested in bird tootsies, my apologies for sending this out, but if any of you has seen the specimen, and can clarify my understanding thereof, I'd be beholden to you. Jim Farlow

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- Saving mothers in Afghanistan: Progress, challenges & the road ahead
Saving mothers in Afghanistan: Progress, challenges & the road ahead
12 May 2014
Independent consultant Vanessa highlights the progress & obstacles for Afghan maternal health
Afghanistan has once again been labelled one of the worst places in the world to be a mother. According to UNICEF, across Afghanistan a woman dies every two hours due to complications during pregnancy. The main causes of maternal deaths are hemorrhaging, eclampsia and prolonged or obstructed labour, which are all preventable with effective and efficient treatment. Progress has been made, but with Afghanistan stalling at the bottom of global health rankings, the sustainable improvement of maternal wellbeing remains a serious and complex challenge in Afghanistan.
The provision and delivery of basic health services has been essential to ensure the general health and wellbeing of pregnant women and mothers. The Afghanistan Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) created the 'Basic Package of Health Services' to promote equity in primary care services, especially in rural areas. The package promotes good health practices through immunisation and the supply of prenatal supplements such as folic acid and iron. The MOPH has additionally set up the Rural Expansion of Afghanistan's Community-based Healthcare (REACH) programme to rectify the shortage of skilled care workers and insufficient health facilities. Together these programmes have resulted in an impressive rise in the population's access to basic health services (measured as a maximum two hours walk to a facility) from 9 percent in 2001 to almost 85 percent today. However, Stewart Britten of Healthprom notes that community health workers are not sufficiently trained as birth attendants or to deliver maternal health care.
The success story here is one that has been supported and financially backed by USAID, EU and the World Bank. They are contracted by the MOPH to implement its policies and partner with organisations including Jhpiego, Save the Children and Futures Group International. These policies are now being implemented by Afghan NGOs. Three core programmes have been created.
Firstly, the Health Services Support Project has helped train thousands of midwives each year. Secondly, Community Midwife Education Programme trains community midwives for deployment in rural areas to ensure deliverance of clinic-based reproductive healthcare. Thirdly, Maternity Waiting Homes admit pregnant women within four weeks of their expected due date. This ensures they receive comprehensive prenatal and postnatal services and care. Expectant mothers are counseled on warning signs during pregnancy as well as the importance of breastfeeding, hygiene, immunisation and family planning. Being staffed by female community midwives has helped build greater community acceptance and utilisation of this service. There has also been a push to train girls in rural areas to become Skilled Birth Attendants. This helps with the continuation of care and referrals to health centres when midwives are not present in particular localities. Results so far have indicated gains in preventing postpartum haemorrhaging and the delivery of postpartum family planning services.
Despite such progress, uptake of care remains significantly low, especially in rural areas where a majority of births take place at home without a trained carer or birth attendant. Priorities remain, including promoting greater usage of maternal services, the presence of community midwives in rural areas and improving the quality of care in provincial hospitals. New technology should be sufficiently taught to midwives and birth attendants.
The challenges faced in Afghanistan's maternal health discourse are tied irrevocably to the principle of gender equality in health care. Seeing women's health care as a human rights issue ensures that governments are accountable for their legal commitments to provide and ensure access to reproductive health services without discrimination or prejudice. The Afghan government has ratified CEDAW and the National Action Plan for the Women of Afghanistan, and is therefore legally committed to protecting and promoting women's rights. Additionally, the Afghan Midwives Association is a platform for community midwives to lobby for policy change towards health care. Integrating gender equity into health services also requires addressing violence against women. CBMs have encouraged male heads of families to take a more active role in the health of their families. Additionally, collaboration between religious leaders, politicians and health officials is essential for disseminating accurate health information whilst simultaneously addressing the cultural and religious misconceptions around healthcare. Clearly, men of all sections of society will continue to be vital in creating safer environments for mothers in Afghanistan.
Despite these numerous improvements in maternal health care, Christopher Stokes, Medecin Sans Frontier's general director, argues for a "reality check" by the international community on Afghanistan's health system. Investment in the last decade has been towards political and security objectives as opposed to the daily needs of Afghans. Furthermore, progress so far has been dependent on extensive foreign investment. As such, the withdrawal of foreign forces within the year and cuts to international investment in Afghanistan threaten the sustainability of gains made in the past decade.
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The fact that more women are surviving childbirth is a testament to the headway made by community midwives. Afghanistan has proposed to increase their numbers and ensure that at least 80 percent of women have access to emergency obstetric care by 2020. The coming year for Afghanistan will be crucial to realising such ambitious goals. The international community must remain committed to providing financial investment for integrated and sustainable maternal care development. While gains remain fragile, women and men have demonstrated a clear commitment to change during the elections last month. All women have the basic human right to survive childbirth and experience a future as a mother. There is no greater time to make good on these promises in Afghanistan.


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Senior Project Management Training Specialist (Subject Matter Expert)(1062 Views)
About UMASS - USWDP
The Afghanistan University Support and Workforce Development Program (USWDP) is helping Afghanistan's higher education professionals to manage the growth of tertiary education while improving academic quality. Building on the successes of previous USAID-funded projects, USWDP is implementing activities that improve the management capacity of the Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE) and 11 public universities to ensure quality higher education and employment for a larger number of Afghan men and women. The project assists in developing learning environments that foster well qualified and professional faculty members, highly capable and motivated students, diverse and market-oriented academic programs, sustainable public-private collaboration, international university partnerships, and other innovations that move Afghanistan toward the higher education system it deserves.
Job Summary
The Sr. Project Management Training Specialist (SPMTS) will work under supervision of Program Manager for Public Private Partnership (PPP) and closely coordinate his/her activities with the Training Specialist, Microsoft Office Project Training Specialist and Senior Proposal Writing Training Specialist. The SPMTS is responsible to develop training materials for project management, design, plan and conduct trainings in of each the four Kabul-based universities. The SPMTS will coach and mentor trainees to use their project management knowledge and skills during project implementation in their concerned universities. The incumbent of this position should be a subject matter expert of project management.
Job Details
|Date Posted:
|10 Jan 2018
|Closing Date:
|17 Jan 2018
|Work Type:
|Full Time
|Number of Vacancies:
|Functional Area:
|Open Ended:
|Salary Range:
|128000 to 256000 AFG
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|Years of Experience:
|7 Year(s)
|Contract Duration:
|0 Year(s) & 6 Month(s)
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|Probation Period:
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Duties and Responsibilities
Key tasks and responsibilities of the Project Management Training Specialist include, but are not limited to:
• Develop training materials (Reference Manual, Trainee Manual, Training Agenda, Pre and Post Test Questionnaires, Lesson Plan, PowerPoint Presentations) in English and one of the local languages (Dari or Pashto).
• Design, plan and conduct Project Management Trainings for four Kabul-based universities using the training materials, applying adult learning training methodology.
• Continue on-the-job coaching and mentoring of the ex-participants after the training to develop work schedule for proposed projects.
• Support participants to use Project Management Training learnings (knowledge, skills) during project design and implementation.
• Provide comments and recommend corrective actions to the work schedules developed by participants.
• Contribute to the development of training plans and reports, and extend communication with the four Kabul-based universities.
• Work closely with Microsoft Office Project Training Specialist in training materials development, planning and execution stages.
• Provide technical support to PPP Program Manager/USWDP in training interventions.
• Other tasks and responsibilities as assigned by the immediate supervisor or project leadership.
Our values (IMPACT):
USWDP employees are expected to demonstrate the below mentioned organizational values in their day to day work.
• Innovation to meet the evolving needs of our beneficiaries, funders and partners.
• Mutual respect for diversity and cultural differences.
• Passion driven by a personal commitment to make a positive difference.
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• Teamwork across disciplines and geographies, within the organization and with our partners
Salary Range:
The salary range for this position is between 128,000 and 256,000 AFN per month (Grade B of NTA Salary Scale) depending on the qualification, experience, salary history and USWDP policy.
Travels to Provinces
Require Travels to Provinces
Key qualifications of the Project Management Training Specialist include:
• Five-years experience with Master's and seven-years experience with Bachelor's degree.
• Master of Business Administration, Master of Economics and Project Management Professional (PMP) certified are preferred.
• Knowledge of PMP standard is preferred.
• Proficiency with MS project is preferred.
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• To have training and on-the-job coaching skills.
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Bachelors Degree, Programme
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The CITT has taken it upon itself to include one-handed opening knives of the import banned list as prohibited, although they are not a prohibited weapon and legal to own in Canada. I repeat a one-handed opening knife can be purchased legally in any store in Canada as it is not considered a prohibited weapon under Canadian law. READ MORE HERE


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If grease stains are a frequent portion of your culinary expertise, treat the spattered clothing as you would a sinkful of grimy dishes – with a hand dishwashing liquid. Even so, they still cannot promise though that even if a chef is wearing chef clothing from Next Day they won't shed their temper. At the same time, Greek clothing such as sorority apparel is much more than just accessories for the body. Their research suggests the invention of clothing might have coincided with the northward migration of contemporary Homo sapiens away from the warm climate of Africa , believed to have begun in between 50,000 and 100,000 years ago. The most apparent function of clothing is to improve the comfort of the wearer, by safeguarding the wearer from the elements.
Coalitions of NGOs , designers (including Katharine Hamnett, American Apparel , Veja , Quiksilver , eVocal, and Edun) and campaign groups like the Clean Clothing Campaign (CCC) and the Institute for International Labour and Human Rights as effectively as textile and clothing trade unions have sought to improve these conditions as much as attainable by sponsoring awareness-raising events, which draw the attention of both the media and the general public to the workers. Cute girl's clothing on sale will help your small trendsetter look excellent even though being functional and sensible. Sororities can also raise their finances by selling exclusive clothing to their members. Clothing performs a variety of social and cultural functions, such as person, occupational and gender differentiation, and social status. The line for distinct brands of fight shorts for mixed martial arts is seemingly endless.
In locations exactly where cold temperatures are continual, the sorority sweatshirt gives warmth to the individual wearing it. It can also blend with other clothing such as pants, jeans, slacks, and skirts. There is no shortage of options when it comes to DC Shoes' collection of men's clothing we like to supply you with adequate designs to decide on from so that you can really find the pieces that complement your style. While there are a assortment of eco textiles and brands with excellent environmental credentials now obtainable, it is customer behaviour that will need to have to change in order to reduce the effect of style and clothing on the atmosphere.
This is why you can now see several followers of this sport flaunting mma clothing produced by numerous popular brands. Body lice is an indicator of garments-wearing, considering that most humans have sparse body hair, and lice hence call for human clothing to survive. Sorority clothing is also identified by other terms such as Greek clothing as every thing about the apparel and merchandise can be traced to Greece as the cradle of sorority and fraternity. Of all the clothing and apparel accessible in Greek clothing retailers, 3 of the most common are the shirts, sweatshirts and jackets. As a symbol of their membership, new members are ushered into a room or dormitory space, wearing fraternity sorority clothing or Greek …


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Yesterday, Napa Valley in California was shaken to the core by the murder of three VA facilities employees and the suicide of former resident Albert Wong. He had been evicted earlier in the week.
Today, Ponoma, CA becomes the killing fields.
In a standoff with a man barricading himself in an apartment, one police officer has been killed. Another has been injured. The tense situation continues. So, there could be more violence.
From the days of the wild wild west, the ethos of CA has often attracted violence. The most tragic incidence involved the carnage caused by the Manson Family. The head of that family - Charles Manson - is dead. But the demons which inhabited him seem to still dominate CA.
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Apartment Music 19
I have created a video playlist on YouTube of all of the performances at Apartment Music #19.
Cover photo by Andrew Chadwick.
Apartment Music #19, Saturday, September 14, 2013, Hal and Mark McGee's apartment, Gainesville, Florida.
Apartment Music is a long-running series of shows curated by Hal McGee featuring improvisation, experimental and noise music.
1. Mark McGee
2. Aggressive Investment
3. Aaron Abrams
4. Fiver's Stereo
5. Ragdoll Poet
6. Heirloom
7. John David Eriksen
8. Trotsky's Watercooler
9. A.J. Herring
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We're just about clinging to the bright Autumnal sun here on the South coast - another sunny day working by the sea for us... sigh...
...but especially for those of you in greyer climes, here's a little blast of sunshine from those halcyon days of June 2012.
Alice and James's 'Wedfest' themed wedding took place at a picturesque family home in Kent.
It was a joyful, bright and breezy day with all that's best about the illusive English summer - flowers fresh from the from the garden, guests seated on straw-bales and forecast rain that never materialised!
It's hard to match the intimacy of a family-owned venue, everyone was so at ease - chilling out and celebrating together.
Alice's stunning dress was by Jenny Packham and her bridesmaids were resplendent in blush pink.
We particularly enjoyed working alongside the talented Dasha Caffrey who photographed the day - you can see her incredible pictures here.
Music: The xx - VCR
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Family Portraits at American Fork Amphitheater
Thanks to a late spring, we had a rough time finding greenery for this outdoor on location portrait shoot. But once again, the amphitheater came through beautifully. Everybody looked great, and we had a good time. Their youngest son was a perfect photo subject, easily paying attention, and smiling beautifully. It was a lovely morning shoot. Again reinforcing my love of morning light.
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President Barack Obama has signed a waiver to remove curbs on funding to the Palestinian Authority, declaring the aid to be "important to the security interests of the United States."
A $192 million aid package was frozen by the US Congress after the Palestinians moved to gain statehood at the United Nations last September.
But in a memo sent to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, published by the White House, the president said it was appropriate to release funds to the authority, which administers the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
In signing the waiver, Obama instructed Clinton to inform Congress of the move, on the grounds that "waiving such prohibition is important to the national security interests of the United States."
"Important to the national security interests of the United States"... Just how is ignoring Congress and sending $192 million to an organization that supports terrorists (Hamas is part of the Palestinian Authority since their reconciliation with Fatah) important to our national security interests?
The official WH explanation for this decision is reported in the Times of Israel...
The AFP news agency quoted White House spokesman Tommy Vietor as saying the $192 million aid package would be devoted to "ensuring the continued viability of the moderate PA government under the leadership of [Palestinian Authority] President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad."
Vietor added that the PA had fulfilled its major obligations, such as recognizing Israel's right to exist, renouncing violence and accepting the Road Map for Peace.
The PA has fulfilled its major obligations? As Andrew McCarthy notes here, the President / Administration are flat out lying when they try to push the meme that the Palestinian Authority has fulfilled its major obligations.
In the real world, the very immoderate PA has reneged on all its commitments. In addition to violating its obligations by unilaterally declaring statehood, the PA has also agreed to form a unity government with Hamas, a terrorist organization that is the Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood. The PA continues to endorse terrorism against Israel as "resistance." Moreover, the PA most certainly does not recognize Israel's right to exist. Back in November, for example, Adil Sadeq, a PA official writing in the official PA daily, Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, declared that Israelis
have a common mistake, or misconception by which they fool themselves, assuming that Fatah accepts them and recognizes the right of their state to exist, and that it is Hamas alone that loathes them and does not recognize the right of this state to exist. They ignore the fact that this state, based on a fabricated [Zionist] enterprise, never had any shred of a right to exist…
In sum, everything Obama is saying about Palestinian compliance is a lie. Even if we were not broke, we should not be giving the PA a dime. To borrow money so we can give it to them is truly nuts.
What's the biggest concern about this? That we only know of this via the Friday evening document dump? Or this being the latest case of the Administration ignoring Congress? Sending $192 million of taxpayer funds into the pockets of the corruptocrats and terrorists of the Palestinian Authority? Sending $192 million of taxpayer funds by an Administration that has added over $5 trillion to the national debt in 39 months? Or flat out lying about the Palestinian Authority's non-action to fulfill their obligations?
The White House Counter-terrorism adviser, John Brennan appeared this morning on Fox News Sunday to talk about the one year anniversary of the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden and the War on Terror. During the interview with host, Chris Wallace, John Brennan noted that the Administration would not be releasing any photos from the raid or of the dead al Qaeda leader because the footage could incite 'emotions'.
Incite 'emotions'? This is from the same guy who answered 'I don't do politics' when he was asked about the controversial Obama campaign advertisement highlighting the President's 'gutsy call' to authorize the raid.
In this advert, the campaign is asking voters to question if a President Mitt Romney would have done the same - using a Romney quote from 2007 entirely out of context - as a 'justification' for posing the question.
Despite the Obama campaign in 2008 complaining of the Hillary Clinton campaign of using the al Qaeda terror leader to 'score political points' - the campaign today sees no problem with using the raid to kill Bin Laden as a political foil to cheerlead the President as a decisive and successful leader. Those are, apparently, the good emotions to be incited...as opposed to the implied problem with inciting our enemies by publishing videos or photos from the raid or the dead terror leader.
Frankly, with this Administration, everything involves politics.
Take for example the Administration's $8.3 billion slush fund being run by the HHS Department to delay a major, and painful, aspect of the Obamacare program from hammering Medicare recipients who have Medicare Advantage policies. As the Weekly Standard notes in their article on the swindle, the Administration needs to use the $8.3 billion to postpone the elimination of Medicare Advantage plans until after the November election...
Obama's calculation appears to be that he can get away with a lot. But that may be wrong. Obamacare would be unpopular enough if it were simply a 2,700-page affront to Americans' liberty and their country's fiscal solvency. However, the overhaul's reputation has been further sullied by the Cornhusker Kickback, the Louisiana Purchase, Gator Aid, and the rest of the shady backroom deals the Democrats struck to secure its passage. By now initiating the Senior Swindle, Obama risks tarnishing Obama-care's reputation even further.
Given the president's mindset—his singular desire to impose Obamacare coupled with his frequent disregard for legal forms—he presumably felt he had no choice. Seniors wouldn't just sit quietly while their Medicare Advantage plans went away. You can't siphon $204 billion (the amount projected by the Congressional Budget Office) out of a popular program in just eight years' time (and far more in the years to follow), spend it on your unpopular health care overhaul, and have no one notice.
Roughly 12 million seniors have chosen to carry Medicare Advantage. Most like it and want to keep it. They surely don't want the funding for their plan cut by an average of $17,000 per senior over the rest of this decade, as would happen under Obamacare. They similarly don't want to see the Medicare chief actuary's prediction come true: that by 2017, enrollment in Medicare Advantage will decrease by half from what it would have been without Obamacare.
But it's not just Medicare Advantage beneficiaries who have cause for concern. Under Obamacare, other Medicare enrollees would struggle to find doctors, as (according to the Medicare chief actuary) Medicare reimbursement rates would drop below even Medicaid reimbursement rates by the end of this decade. Also by the end of the decade, the CBO suggests, Obama-care will cause 5 million people to lose their employer-sponsored insurance—almost certainly a lowball estimate. Joel Ario, Obama's initial head of the Office of Health Insurance Exchanges, said that if Obama-care's "exchanges work pretty well, then the employer can say, 'This is a great thing. I can now dump my people into the exchange, and it would be good for them, good for me.' " This doesn't quite have the same reassuring ring as, "If you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan." But it does have the benefit of sounding true.
The Senior Swindle provides a further reminder of the unseemliness of Obamacare, a preview of the politicizing of medicine that Obamacare would spawn, and an example of the unprincipled side of our politics. But mostly it offers a testament to the Founders' wisdom in making our government leaders accountable to the people. The American people have now been living under the looming specter of Obamacare for more than two years. In the fall, they will finally get to issue their verdict on its architect. The bet here is that $8.35 billion in unscrupulously—and perhaps illegally—allocated diversionary funds won't be enough to keep the citizenry from voting Obama out of office in November and insisting on the repeal of Obamacare in January. In fact, it might serve as a catalyst.
Today is the third anniversary of the last time the United States Senate, controlled by the Democrats since January 2007, passed a federal budget. Since April 29, 2009, the US Senate, under Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and the Chair of the Senate Budget Committee, Kent Conrad, has done nothing towards passing a budget despite their legal obligation and responsibility to do so. Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) notes in his statement on this anniversary...
"For three years, in the midst of fiscal crisis, the party running the Senate refused to even attempt to produce their financial plan in willful and knowing defiance of the law," Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., said in a statement on this three-year anniversary of the last Senate budget.
He added that "neither [Obama] nor his Senate majority has any business asking the American people to send one more dime in new taxes to this dysfunctional government."
What's surprising is how few people are outraged over the failure of the Senate Democratic Leadership.
The vapid DNC Chair, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz is sending out a new campaign contribution appeal which is touting the Republican 'War on Women' that she says is underway. Her proof? She cites the 31 'No' votes cast by Republicans in the US Senate against the renewal of the Violence Against Women Act that Republicans are waging on a war on women and women's rights.
Left unsaid by the shameless DWS are the real facts around why 31 GOP Senators voted against the Violence Against Women Act now after twice before voting unanimously to approve the act and an earlier renewal...
...The Democrats' Senate version of the bill adds 10,000 U-visas annually, but the Democrats refused to include any protections against immigration fraud in the issuance of such visas. The bill extends the criminal jurisdiction of Indian tribal courts to cover non-Indians; this has to be unconstitutional. And the Democrats' bill includes hundreds of millions of dollars for grant programs, but the Democrats rejected all audit and oversight provisions, even though a Department of Justice investigation found that in the past, some grantees have misused more than 90% of the money they received through VAWA. This was my conclusion in a prior post:All politics - and all political theater...with a healthy dose of contempt towards the American voter.
So what we have here is another case of the Democrats attempting to use a program that is popular but little-understood, the Violence Against Women Act, to advance their collateral political agendas by facilitating waste, immigration fraud, and so on. When Republicans offered reforms to prevent these blatant abuses, the Democrats howled that Republicans are trying to kill the Violence Against Women Act. The Democrats think their voters are dumb enough to fall for this kind of nonsense. They are probably right.
Holding a similar contempt towards the American voter are Thomas E. Mann and Norman Ornstein who try (and fail) to make the case that all of the problems we face, in particular around political gridlock in Washington, is because of what they call the 'ideologically extreme GOP'. There are some excellent takedowns of this laughable screed across the blogosphere - with Powerline and Hot Air offering some of the best to expose their viewpoint as extremely narrow, partisan, outside of any real world context, and a lame attempt to build a case to fit a preconceived conclusion.
Mann and Orenstein start here - and immediately go off the rails...
Rep. Allen West, a Florida Republican, was recently captured on video asserting that there are "78 to 81" Democrats in Congress who are members of the Communist Party. Of course, it's not unusual for some renegade lawmaker from either side of the aisle to say something outrageous. What made West's comment — right out of the McCarthyite playbook of the 1950s — so striking was the almost complete lack of condemnation from Republican congressional leaders or other major party figures, including the remaining presidential candidates.
It's not that the GOP leadership agrees with West; it is that such extreme remarks and views are now taken for granted.
The GOP has become an insurgent outlier in American politics. It is ideologically extreme; scornful of compromise; unmoved by conventional understanding of facts, evidence and science; and dismissive of the legitimacy of its political opposition.
Left unsaid are the 'I won' moments offered by President Obama to Congressional leaders when 'invited' to 'negotiate' on healthcare reform. Or the fact that the reason we currently have a divided Congress is because of the actions of the vast Democratic majority Congress in 2009-10 and the President to advance an agenda that was hugely unpopular with the American voter - as noted by the rebuff the progressives took in November of 2010 courtesy of the American voter. Also unsaid are the policies which added more to the national debt in 39 months than was added by the previous Administration in 8 years. Or the failure to pass a budget in three years.
But perhaps most indicative of the mindset of the Obama Administration and their contempt towards their responsibility of leadership came from the Treasury Secretary, Timothy Geithner when he was speaking to GOP Representative Paul Ryan about the fiscal condition of the US -
"You are right to say we're not coming before you today to say 'we have a definitive solution to that long term problem.' What we do know is, we don't like yours."That, Mr. Mann and Mr Ornstein, is why we face the problems that we do. It's not the GOP viewpoint - it's the viewpoint, hubris, and arrogance of the progressive Democrats starting with the narcissist in chief currently occupying the WH.
The liberal Chairman of Google, Eric Schmidt, is a strong supporter of Barack Obama. But today on ABC This Week, he schools the pinheaded columnist from the New York Times, Paul Krugman on Economics 101 - using GOP talking points...as Newsbuster.org's Noel Sheppard notes in his post on the exchange...
ERIC SCHMIDT, EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN GOOGLE: This perpetual argument over taxes is simply a lever to try to do the right thing. It's obvious what the right thing is. And we end up talking about the wrong thing. The right thing is to get people employed in jobs that matter.
CARLY FIORINA, FORMER HEWLETT PACKARD CEO: Right.
SCHMIDT: And how do you do that? It's done largely by the private sector, largely with intelligent regulation and not too much of it. Let's figure out a way to get people being hired by business that solve problems. It will happen.
Probably like you, I was shocked to hear Schmidt say creating jobs is done "largely by the private sector, largely with intelligent regulation and not too much of it." Not surprisingly, so was Krugman:
PAUL KRUGMAN, NEW YORK TIMES: Yes, but we -- I mean -- yes, private sector is important. And we want the private sector -- but the private sector is almost back to its employment as of January of 2009. Where we're really hurting is --
SCHMIDT: Well, surely you're not arguing that the government should hire all the unemployed people.
Krugman was clearly taken aback by this:
KRUGMAN: No, I'm saying that the government should actually re-hire the 300,000 school teachers who have been laid off because of -- because of misplaced austerity …
Krugman would say that, but exactly how does that get people other than school teachers back to work? Once again, Schmidt saw through the hypocrisy:
SCHMIDT: That number won't fix the problem I'm talking about. If you look at forward growth in our citizen rate, they will be hired by private businesses, primarily small businesses.
Indeed, but Krugman - ever the government is the solution advocate - fought back:
KRUGMAN: But we -- we -- but the most important thing is --
FIORINA: Look at the unemployment among young people.
KRUGMAN: The most important thing right now is to end the depression we're in.
SCHMIDT: But the easiest way to solve -- the easy way to do the 300,000 is to do government block grants. I've never understood why government can't do one-time grants. The government basically funds things, but then they become perpetual. It would be relatively easy when government funding is down to essentially create that --
More and bigger government is the problem - not the solution. Eric Schmidt sees that. Progressive ideologues like Krugman do not - despite all of the evidence here and in Europe.
Wrapping up - here's an interesting fact about President Obama...he's held more political fundraisers for his reelection effort than those held by President's Carter, Reagan, Bush (41), Clinton, and Bush (43) did combined.
Doherty, who has compiled statistics about presidential travel and fundraising going back to President Jimmy Carter in 1977, found that Obama had held 104 fundraisers by March 6th this year, compared to 94 held by Presidents Carter, Ronald Reagan, George Bush Snr, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush combined.
Since then, Obama has held another 20 fundraisers, bringing his total to 124. Carter held four re-election fundraisers in 1980, Reagan zero in 1984, Bush Snr 19 in 1992, Clinton 14 in 1996 and Bush Jnr 57 in 2004.
That's leadership you can believe in.
This Day in History
1429 - Joan of Arc leads a French force to relieve Orleans - bringing in needed supplies to the city which was under siege by the British for the previous 6 months. On May 8th, she would break the siege, driving off the British forces.
1945 - The US 7th Army's 45th Infantry Division liberates Dachau - the very first concentration camp established by the Nazis.
1975 - The US initiates the helicopter evacuation of Saigon. Over 19 hours, 81 helicopters evacuated more than 1,000 Americans and 6,000 Vietnamese to US aircraft carriers offshore as North Vietnamese forces close on the South Vietnamese capital.
1991 - A cyclone hits Bangladesh - killing more than 135,000 people in one of the deadliest storms of the 20th century.
1992 - The verdict in the trial of 4 LAPD officers charged with using excessive force in arresting Rodney King is announced. The acquittal of the 4 police officers ignited widespread riots throughout Los Angeles that lasted for three days before the arson and looting finally ended.
2004 - The National World War II Monument opens in Washington DC....
Here's a view from within the monument looking towards the Washington Monument that I took during a visit to DC in 2005.


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CLARKSDALE --- The Holmes Community College picked up two MACJC wins here today over Coahoma Community College winning 16-5 and 14-0.
With the wins, the Lady Bulldogs improved to 9-23 overall and 5-13 in the MACJC. Holmes travels to Meridian on Saturday at 1/3 p.m.
In game one, Karley Poindexter picked up the win. She went seven innings and gave up five runs on seven hits with seven strikeouts and two walks. Courtney Hatcher and Olivia Wilson each had three hits while Avery Thornton, Torey Daniels, Jasmine Cox and Meghan Cumming each had two hits. Hatcher had two doubles while Littlejohn had one and Redd added a triple.
In game two, Cumming picked up the win. She went three innings and gave up four hits with two strikeouts. Madison Frazier went one inning and got two strikeouts while Kaitlyn Warren went one inning. Redd and Daniels each had three hits while Thornton, Littlejohn and Jana Newell each had two.


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This was loads of fun, and I can't believe I never knew how easy it was! Two dollars for an hour of entertainment and seriously nice butter at the end isn't half-bad. Heck, it's not even 11/12 bad. Here are some pics of our endeavor. :D
Step #1 Pour heavy whipping cream into jars, but leave plenty of room
for it to shake around in there. (Seal lids tightly enough that your 4yo
can't wrench them off and apply cream to her sister's hair. )
Step #2 shake the cream for 5-10 minutes!
(singing a song while you do it makes the time go by faster...)
"My arms are all floppy!"
Stop shaking when the butter is obviously separated! The liquid that's left it buttermilk.
(I noticed that shaking got suddenly easier and the jar sounded "sloshier" when this happened)
Step #3: rinse butter with cold water. After the water's gently squeezed out, you can
flavor it with honey, herbs, whatever. I recommend salt with whatever you chose.
We did one garlic and rosemary, and another with honey...mmmm.
Ohmygoodness. *drool* So that's what butter's supposed to taste like? I kept thinking, "Something's missing...." until I realized it was the stale paper flavor. I think I'll use the herb butter to make garlic bread tonight, and then try not to eat it. (It's a fun little game I play with myself) Obviously, not something I'll be doing on an ongoing basis, but, fun when you're in the mood for something fancy.


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Palantir has gotten some glowing press since it won a November federal court decision involving the Army's Distributed Common Ground Systems-Army.
The company successfully argued that the Army should have used a commercial product such as one that Palantir makes rather than move forward with developing its own system.
The final written decision hasn't been released yet. Apparently it is going through the redaction process.
Since the November decision, Palantir, whose co-founder Peter Thiel is a staunch Donald Trump supporter, has been the subject of several articles about how it taking on the Army and government procurement.
More recently, Steven Brill wrote about the company and the case in Fortune under the headline, Donald Trump, Palantir, and the crazy battle to clean up a multibillion-dollar military procurement swamp.
It's a long article but informative. To digress for a moment, the article paints a dark picture of procurement and particularly at the Defense Department. It is hard to argue with the examples of mistakes and missteps but it also neglects to acknowledge the good things that are being done.
Anyway, that's my bias.
The big question for me has been how far reaching the decision would be. Will it be just a victory for a single company or does it mean that there are broader implications and will push the government to buy commercial first instead of building its own?
Buying trends have been going in a more commercial direction for several years but that has been more of an evolution. The Palantir decision might be the revolution.
I raised these questions when I wrote about the decision in November but we aren't any closer to knowing the impact today.
The Army and its attorneys at the Justice Department have asked for an extension to file their motion, which will lay the foundation for their appeal.
They declined to comment on the case. And a call to Palantir's legal team netted no response.
The legal process may only be getting underway but you have to wonder what impact Thiel's close relationship with Trump will have. Would he pressure the Justice Department and the Army to stop the appeal? After all the Court of Federal Claims decision lines up more with Trump's philosophy.
In addition to Trump, the retired generals James Mattis (now secretary of defense) and H.R. McMaster (now national security adviser) used Palantir's analytics products during their active duty careers, according to Brill's article.
It is important to note, that Palantir was fighting this battle long before Trump even had the GOP nomination much less had won the White House.
In many ways, Palantir is on a crusade. Douglas Philippone, who runs Palantir's defense business described the case as "so personal, so bitter" in an interview with Brill.
He didn't mince words: "We started out politely, but now our basic message to them (DOD procurement officials) is what you're asking for won't work and will waste money, so you're either stupid or corrupt."
That's harsh by any measure.
I think there is little chance the appeal will get short-circuited and little chance that Palantir will back down and they shouldn't.
For now we'll watch and wait as the evolution of the government market takes another step forward.
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Featuring the very best elements of South East Asia with the ultimate in luxury all-inclusive river cruising, you begin in Cambodia, taking in the wonders of Angkor Wat before moving into vibrant Vietnam, along the mighty Mekong.
From vibrant Ho Chi Minh City you'll fly to Yangon to explore mystical Myanmar. As you journey along the spectacular Irrawaddy, jaw-dropping doesn't even begin to cover it.
31 Days
Siem Reap
Arrive at your hotel Siem Reap, your stylish home for a three night Special Stay. Spend the day at leisure until your welcome briefing and dinner.
Meals included: Dinner
Begin the day with a visit to the colossal Angkor Wat, before exploring at Angkor Thom and the multi-faced Bayon Temple. See the Elephant Terrace before enjoying your refreshing Khmer lunch. Later visit the atmospheric Ta Prohm Temple as seen in the film Tomb Raider.
Take your reserved seat at the colourful Cambodian Circus, Phare.
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch
Marvel at sunrise over the magnificent Angkor Wat before moving to a special location for a champagne breakfast with food prepared by an NGO supported local bakery school.
Discover the temple of Banteay Srei and visit the Landmine Museum or explore Beng Mealea temples and the Artisans D'Angkor Handicraft Centre. Alternatively, cruise on Tonle Sap (seasonal) to view the floating villages or take a tethered balloon ride (weather dependent) to experience the spectacular aerial view above Angkor Wat.
Be wowed by a magical themed gala dinner at an Angkor temple, with included free flow drinks and a show featuring Apsara dancers in front of candle lit temple ruins.
Meals included: Breakfast, Dinner
Discover Cambodia's rural countryside on your drive with stops en-route to Kampong Cham where the luxurious Scenic Spirit awaits.
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Walk (or drive) to the top of Wat Hanchey, an ancient hilltop pagoda and monastery to meet the resident novice monks. Sail downstream to Kampong Cham.
Learn about the history of the area with a visit to Phnom Pros (Man Hill) and then Wat Nokor. Alternatively explore the ecotourism village of Cheung Kok or spend your time visiting a rubber plantation factory and beetle nut village.
Arrive in Kampong Tralach and experience an ox cart ride through a local village and fields. Board your coach to the ancient capital of Oudong to visit the impressive pagoda and monastery to observe the lifestyle of the resident monks and nuns.
Receive a blessing from a monk and learn how to pray in a Buddhist pagoda before partaking in a ceremony, which contributes to the daily meal of the resident nuns and monks.
Later sail down Tonle River and wander through the silversmith village of Kho Chen.
Journey to the Killing Fields and tour Tuol Sleng, or join a hands-on Khmer cooking demonstration. Alternatively, by Tuk Tuk explore Phnom Penh's colonial buildings and Central Market.
Immerse yourself in the historically celebrated luxury of Raffles, Hotel Le Royal. Enjoy a guided history tour followed by an indulgent high tea prepared in front of you by the hotel's chefs, all whilst sipping on your signature cocktail named in honour of Jacqueline Kennedy. Choose to retire to the Elephant Bar for happy hour before returning to the ship viewing the floodlit Independence Monument en-route.
Marvel at the Royal Palace, with the famous Silver Pagoda within, on your included visit to this must-see attraction. The afternoon is at your leisure to take advantage of the facilities of the most luxurious ship on the Mekong as you set sail for the border. Celebrate arriving in Vietnam with your themed evening dinner.
Visit the farmers on Evergreen Island and enjoy a ride in a Xe Loi. Alternatively visit the Tay An temple located at the foot of Sam mountain and visit a family-operated fish farm or visit Tra Su Bird Sanctuary.
Whilst sailing to Sa Dec take the time to sip a cocktail by the pool or enjoy the solitude on your private balcony.
Immerse yourself in the historic town of Sa Dec and explore its lively market. Stop for tea at the home of Mr Huynh Thuy Le who inspired Marguerite Duras' novel L'Amant.
Visit Cai Be before stopping at local cottage industries and a traditional house in the area. Alternatively savour afternoon tea at a French colonial house or choose to stay on board for your special Freechoice activity.
Drive to Ho Chi Minh City and enjoy an orientation tour around the sights near your Special Stay hotel. Spend the remainder of the afternoon at leisure or visit Ben Thanh market to indulge in some shopping.
Enjoy a Vespa foodie tour of Saigon by night or enjoy a meal in the surroundings of an old French colonial house. Alternatively dine at Restaurant Nineteen, Square One or Di Mai Restaurant.
Travel to the Cu Chi Tunnels and learn about the underground labyrinth of war-time passageways. Visit the Reunification Palace and War Museum before attending tonight's farewell dinner.
Today is a day at leisure as an independent stay.
Meals included: Breakfast
Say farewell to Vietnam and fly to Myanmar's largest city, Yangon for a two night Special Stay.
Embark for a ride on the local train around Yangon's suburbs. Alternatively, be guided on a tour of Yangon's thriving art scene, or ride a ferry across the Yangon River to Dhala village.
Visit Chaukhtatgyi Paya, Yangon's reclining Buddha.
As the sun begins to set, wander through Shwedagon Pagoda and learn about the ritual of 'oil lamp lighting' before partaking in this local tradition.
This evening enjoy the included facilities of your executive club access.
On your drive to Pyay, pay your respect at Htaukkyant Allied War Cemetery. On arrival, board the luxurious Scenic Aura and relax at a welcome cocktail reception. (Please note drive from Yangon to Pyay is approximately 7 hours).
Admire the view over Pyay with a visit to the Shwesandaw Pagoda before heading to Sri Ksetra, the ancient Pyu Kingdom's capital and also Myanmar's first World Heritage-listed Site. Return to the ship to commence your cruise north into the heart of Myanmar.
A morning of exploration awaits in Thayetmyo. Try your hand at putting on the oldest golf course in Myanmar, admire the region's old colonial buildings and explore the gems at the local market before returning to the ship to continue to Magwe.
In Magwe, explore the town by traditional trishaw, similar to a sidecar. Visit Mya Tha Lun Pagoda, a mesmerising architectural vision set on Naguttama Hill with superb views over the river. Enjoy the remainder of the day cruising to Salay.
On your morning walking tour of Salay admire the beautiful teak monastery and look inside the largest lacquer Buddha in Myanmar.
Soak up the ambience of the river and the colonial feel of the town whilst enjoying traditional local Burmese tea and snacks in a restored colonial villa dating from 1906.
Relax on the sundeck with a cocktail in hand viewing the many temples and pagodas that line the river as you approach Bagan.
Optional Hot Air Balloon Flight - Between 01 October and 31 March, take a chance to ride in a hot air balloon flight over the majestic temples of Bagan. Must be purchased prior to your cruise.
Venture to Mount Popa, home to Myanmar's nats or nature spirits. Alternatively, explore the markets at Nyaung U before discovering the Temple Circuit, or enjoying a visit to Old Bagan.
Afterwards, visit the most iconic sight of this hypnotic region, the Ananda Temple.
This evening, be treated to a special occasion arranged especially for Scenic guests where you will be able to partake in a magical tradition of the Burmese people.
Rise early to attend morning alms for the local monks. Back on board try mohinga, a traditional breakfast of the local people.
Travel by horse and cart through a local village then through the surrounding plain and it's temple ruins before learning all about the production of Burmese lacquerware. Depart Bagan and stop off at the Pakkoku to visit a cheroot cigar workshop and longyi and blanket factory before continuing to Yandabo.
Sail to Yandabo where in 1826, the peace treaty ending the First Anglo-Burmese war was signed. Now famous for its pottery, stroll through the village and witness the artisans honing their craft.
In the ancient capitals of Sagaing and Inwa, spiritual enlightenment awaits.
In the ancient capital of Sagaing interact with novice monks, nuns and orphans during a special visit to a monastic supported school before continuing to a quiet nunnery where you will partake in the ritual and our donation to the resident nuns before their midday meal.
Across the river, explore by horse and cart the sites within the ruins of Inwa's palace, for more than 400 years the capital of the Ava Kingdom.
Cruise to Mingun to discover the stories behind a massive unfinished brick pagoda. Nearby, admire the famous un-cracked Mingun Bell and the all-white Hsinbyume Pagoda. Sail to Mandalay to visit Amarapura.
In Amarapura, relax with evening drinks in boats under U-Bein Bridge, the world's longest teak bridge, to capture that memorable photo of the bridge's silhouette at sunset.
Back on board enjoy Scenic Aura's crew special farewell.
After disembarkation, marvel at Shwenandaw, a beautiful wooden monastery covered internally in gold leaf. Equally as impressive are the sights at Kuthodaw Pagoda, where the 'World's Largest Book' is housed. Later walk through the rebuilt Mandalay Palace, destroyed during World War II.
A specialist industry to the area, learn how to produce gold leaf at a local workshop. At Mahamuni Pagoda, male guests will be able to place the gold leaf on the iconic Buddha statue.
Later as the sun sets, head to Mandalay Hill to enjoy the magnificent views before a night at Mandalay.
Fly to Heho and drive to Nyaung Shwe. After lunch in town, glide across the waters of Inle Lake in private long tail boats towards your resort for a three night Special Stay. This afternoon relax at your hotel and take in your serene surroundings.
Cruise to Inle Lake's floating market, which moves location every five days. Later, visit Phuang Daw Oo Pagoda, one of the region's holiest sites.
Learn about life at home on the lake with a visit to a local Intha family where your host will cook and demonstrate to you on how to prepare your traditional lunch.
In the afternoon, traverse a small canal leading to the Pa-Oh village of Indein.
Visit Pindaya Caves and try cooking local cuisine, or visit Tauggyi for lunch at Myanmar's oldest winery. Alternatively take a local village trek close by to your hotel.
Enjoy some evening drinks, the perfect opportunity to share today's tales of exploration whilst overlooking the stunning lake.
Fly to Yangon for lunch at the historical House of Memories Restaurant, once the office of General Aung San. Later check into your hotel for your last night. Savour your farewell dinner at the Le Planteur Restaurant on Inya Lake.
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Saturday, February 23, 2013
Mark Eitzel, Bush Hall Tues 19th Feb
Tuesday evening down the icing-sugar finish of the definitely hall-like Bush Hall to see one of the men behind one of the best albums in recent times, American Music Club's Lovesongs for Patriots. I don't want to review it so much as say 'I was there.' One of the greatest performances I've seen, and one which makes me wonder just how many real performances I have seen. I'd take this over popping my Nick Cave cherry. In fact, I imagine it was like seeing Tom Waits, had Waits never made it beyond a cult following, and continued to play small venues for the love of it. When the band walk on stage and the drummer has his arm in a sling it says something that is only confirmed by Eitzel's flies being at half-mast the majority of the evening. And singing so commitedly in the first song, hand over his heart, eyes closed, that one feared he had already peaked. Then the between song tales of AIDS-risk junkies and suicidal house-sitters curling up on the kerbside in the rain of whom Eitzel claims 'I know you're faking it.' Oh, and the deciphering of possible masterpiece 'The Patriot's Heart' as being about how everyone at the top 'basically wants you to suck their dick.'
For those new to him, check out Another Morning and Home which got me into him in the first place, and which I could listen to forever
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This site will be for sharing part of me with anyone interested. A place to post some of my thoughts, my poetry, and my art. Thanks for taking my journey.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Bunny Rabbitt
Everyone who knows me pretty well knows that I have boxes of drawing references. Not just photos but the actual things. Lots of stuffed animals, ceramic animals, a few assorted dishes, twigs, leaves, pine cones, and just about anything I might want to draw some day. I probably have more references than I do pencils and that is saying a mouthful.
Well this latest ATC card I just finished is from a ceramic rabbit I bought about a week ago. Sadly as I brought it into the house, the bag slipped a little and off came one of his ears. $2.99 and already broken. I tried to fix it with super glue but it wouldn't hold I need something that will bond faster. Maybe the super glue wasn't good for the ceramic material.
I will keep my rabbit. It is still "drawable" even if the ear is a separate piece. I don't want to spend another $3. But I have learned not to try to carry too many bags at once.
This one is another for the trade on Wetcanvas. I used watercolor, pen and ink, and a touch of Conte white pastel pencil for highlights on the eye. the white dot is white-out stick. (If it works, why not?)
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