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This card is gorgeous! I really love the look of the "sketchy" look... really beautiful! Thank you for playing with us this week in our Funday Friday challenge!
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A beautiful card. Thank you for sharing with us at Dream Valley Challenge. Marlene
Your colouring is beautiful and just love how you've built up the background.
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What a fabulous Card so Sweet love the Paper and the Image.
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The Joy of Explanation
The joy of explaining to students and staff intranet and internet navigation.
The joy of explaining to students and staff intranet and internet navigation.
Please… No More Professional Development if you are going to do it the way it has always been done.
A great resource for learning and teaching Computer Science is CodeHS. Karel the dog will walk you through step by step as you learn on your own and/or prepare coursework for your students. CodeHS is targeted toward High School but is also a great resource for Middle School teachers introducing 8th graders to the Fundamentals of Computer Science. The material focuses on JavaScript, AP Computer Science in Java.
Oh how I have been there. Sitting through endless workshops, talked at, read to, and bored to tears. I have also been in those workshops where I was a guinea pig for someone's latest fad methodology that expected me to run around the room like a cheerleader on a caffeine overdose. I have been to sessions where I was told to turn off my digital device due to the instructors fear that I would not hang on to every word they were boring me with. Once I was even questioned as to why I was taking notes. And I love to take copious notes. It is a part of the way I learn. Hmm… How I learn.
I do not learn like everyone else. And everyone else does not learn like me. I learn through the things that work for me. Tell me what needs to be learned and I will put together a customized plan that will expose me to the content I need, allow me to process the new information, comprehend the information, and then demonstrate what I know through a new product.
Continually exposed and expected to learn in a world of learning from days gone by, I long to see organizations embrace the reality of customized/personal learning. It's interesting to me that the same institutions that denounce the sage of the stage methodology for instructing students use that same methodology when it comes to professional development. Then there is the other extreme. I have been exposed to professional development sessions that operated more like a kindergarten classroom rather than a professional encounter. I am a professional by the way. Point me in the right direction and I will get the job done.
I like the idea of brewing my own professional development. I like the idea of personalized learning plans. I like the idea personalized learning. I like the edSurge article on Personalized Professional Development. I really like their info-graphic. I like the idea of moving from the way it has always been done to a way that is the most productive for professional learners today.
It's that time again, that time when the preparation for a new school year is upon us. That means that Trainers will be training and educators will be sitting in meetings. Trainers will be reading their presentations to the audience and attenders will be bored out of their minds. Trainers will distribute a forest of pulp that will end up somewhere, but no one knows its real final destination.
The actual training process is a matter for another post. Today I am thinking about the distribution and depository of information. The "handing out" of important information for future reference. The printing and photocopying of handouts that consume a forest of pulp and a box car of toner. Paper handouts that provide great doodling canvases and landfill recipients. By distribution I mean how we deliver information to attendees and by depository I mean how we store information for further reference. By information I mean the stuff that we want the attendees to "take with them for future reference".
Some districts and campuses will continue to distribute information the same way it has always been done. Some districts and campuses have already made the transition to some form of digital delivery and deposits of information. Some districts and campuses will continue to pioneer more efficient ways to distribute and deposit information.
When it comes to what we "hand out" to attendees and "how the attendees will reference" that information later, I think in terms of "Objectives and Strategies". What we want to accomplish and what is the way to accomplish what we want done. If I am needing to provide Teachers with important information for the new school year that they will need to reference through out the school year that is my Objective. How I do that is my Strategy.
My Objective remains the same, "provide important information for future reference". Strategies can vary. Strategy One may be the traditional paper handout. Strategy Two may be PDF's on a local server. Strategy Three may be collaborative document management system (Google Doc's), and Strategy Four may streamlined custom solution (FileMaker Pro).
District's, campuses, and trainers need to think in terms of the major Objective and most effective Strategy for them. Novelty is not the issue. The latest Technology Toy is not the issue. Being innovative for creativity's sake is not the issue. The issue is providing important information for future reference. What needs to be done and the best way to do it. We need to provide important information for future reference and the best way for us to do that is…
Traditional start of the year training for faculty and staff is typically nothing more than a brief introduction of limited information hoping for lasting results. The sessions tend to overload the participants with information and then assume that everyone comprehended everything and that everyone knows everything that they need to know. I can not remember how many times that I have heard the proclamation after an introductory session, "Now you are trained". True Professional Development should include pre-information, initial introduction of information, and a continual deposit of information available 24/7.
Edutopia addresses an idea for Administrators concerning Staff Presentations. Their idea is a digital copy of the upcoming event.
Providing a digital copy of the upcoming staff meeting to be reviewed independently could alleviate some stress throughout the building. If you are looking for feedback from staff members, include a Google Form or host a Google Hangout to answer any questions. Source
Thinking of all the upcoming staff presentations to soon take place it would be great for Administrators and Presenters to move beyond the pre information and presentation information to actually include a permanent depository of information available to participants. Professional Development and Training would greatly be enhanced by participants being able to have continual and updated information presented in the start of the year PD.
A continual presence would move beyond the typical email or paper handouts. Even placing PDF's on a District Server is better than paper handouts and emails, but why not kick it up a notch. Google Docs allows users to create shared folders and those are even better, but let's move it up one more notch by using Google "Sites". Administrators and Presenters can upgrade their traditional start of the year trainings by creating Google Sites for participants to have a continual resource to refer to as the need arrives.
One such depository of resources that I have begun is located here. EduTechie Resources.

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Assalamualaikum w.b.t
Well, in this very tiny world, it is impossible for us to not fall in love OR have a crush on someone aite?
for me, i USED to have a crush on someone . But that feeling doesn't last longer and it disappear when the person itself disappear :D(bukan mati, masheh)
I don't know but my HEART is reaaaaly hard to mingle on someone. NOW?
i've moved to a new school (I-KUPS) , and no doubt there are like tonssssss of 'ada muka' boys.(ada ke yg takda muka?aiahh) but , yeh, nobody stole my heart yet(ceh, bajet cam ag boleh steal their heart haa?)
i do hve many 'point' boys. The fuu? what is 'point' boys haa?
Alaaa, my 'point' boys are the boys who have the quality of my turns on .
meaning: the certain characteristic that the 'point' boys have, and i want their CERTAIN characteristic to be in my future hubby.
Nah,, forget bout that . Let us take a clear view on the boy who...(gonna be my hubby,chewwwah)
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Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
How many times have you heard people say that they are waiting on the Lord. "Hey George...What does God have you doing for Him today......Well I don't know Fred, I am just waiting on the Lord". We have all heard it right. Well here is my thought for today.
You know how some words have more than one meaning? Well...what if the word wait here could be interpreted more like this. Wait on the Lord like your waiter would wait on you at a restaurant. Can you imagine if ol George (mentioned above) was your waiter. "um...sir...we would like to order over here, and George replies...sorry...I am just standing over here waiting because that is what I do....I am a waiter ya know".
The word wait used this way means serve. Let us use the word serve in the verse above and see what happens. "Serve the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: Serve, I say, the LORD." I don't know if this is the actual word that the Hebrews used in this text, but I do know that God would deffently stringthen your heart if you just simply served Him. Did Mary just sit outside the door (John 12:3) waiting for Jesus to say come in and wash my feet with your hair? No...She gave us a great example of what it looked like to "WAIT" on the Lord.
Let us be waiters (servers) for our Lord. Just a thought for the day. God bless.


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Herself has started to breathe like Darth Vader. At first I thought the dog was sick but when I looked for him he was outside. It was just herself in the kitchen reading her magazine and drinking tea whilst breathing heavily.
"Have you got a chest infection love?"
"What?" She looked up at me. The title emblazoned on the cover of the magazine that she was reading said "THE 20 MOST BEAUTIFUL CELEBRITIES OF ALL TIME THAT LOOK AMAZING PREGNANT."
It's interesting how the adjective to describe pregnant women changes from hot to beautiful, can't have people thinking pregnant women have sex. The media wants them to puritanical wholesome baby vessels.
"You just seem a bit chesty, I want to make sure you're alright."
"The baby is squatting on my lungs you idiot." And on your happy thoughts too apparently. I decided to change the topic.
"Tell me about THE 20 MOST BEAUTIFUL CELEBRITIES OF ALL TIME THAT LOOK AMAZING PREGNANT."
"You hate this stuff."
"Come on, humour me!"
"OK, but you can't interrupt me until I say I'm finished reading, OK?"
She took another deep breath and flipped the page. She really sounds like a dirty feck listening to porn on the phone whilst fondling herself. Then she spoke in her reading voice*, "Pregnancy did wonders for Nicole's skeletal frame — we wonder if bringing new life into the world may have saved her own life. She certainly seems a lot happier these days." In other words if you've issues with your mental health just get pregnant and you will be saved from yourself.
"Pregnancy was just what hard-edged Gwen Stefani needed to soften up a bit. It takes quite the glamorous woman to pull off a moo-moo-esque maternity dress like this one." In other words if you're not pregnant you're a cold vapid woman.
"Some fashion models might be a little put off by early weight gain during pregnancy, but Alessandra seemed to be loving it, which only made her look that much more beautiful." I looked at the photo of pencil thin Alessandra and realised that this magazine hates women.
"OK, I'm finished reading. God I'm so ugly and huge," she sighed. I looked at my normal shaped, gorgeous partner and shook my head.
"These toxic publications are insidious slime that pit women against each other."
"I know, I know… my clothes don't fit me, even my bloody tracksuit bottoms. I just feel like my body isn't mine anymore." Instead of telling her that she was stating the bloody obvious, I did the next best thing.
"If you promise me that you will never buy trash like that again I will give you my card to go clothes shopping with your sister today."
"I promise I will never buy them again" She snatched my card from my hand and made for the car.
*We all have a reading voice. It's like you're giving a reading in a church, proper speech like.


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WASHINGTON -- Seventy years after the United States invented uranium enrichment, the sole U.S. company in the business is struggling to survive, while nuclear power experts worry that its failure would leave the Russians dominant in the market for fuel processing.
USEC Inc. of Bethesda has liquidated some of its valuable uranium inventories to stay afloat, as its income has declined because of changing market conditions. But it also has maintained a high dividend, bought back its own stock and spent lavishly on severance payments after frequent purges in the executive suite. The company spent more than $100 million on two new technologies for enrichment before abandoning them and embarking on a third.
"USEC has been a four-letter word in some circles," said its chief executive, John K. Welch, who was hired in October 2005 to save the company. Though he has taken steps to strengthen USEC, he said the problem now is to find a way to finance its new technology and become competitive in the world market.
Enrichment means sorting two types of uranium to raise the proportion of uranium 235, a step essential for use in American nuclear reactors. The government is promoting nuclear as a step toward energy independence.
The United States invented the process to build the bomb that destroyed Hiroshima in August 1945. Later, the United States offered enriched uranium to civil nuclear programs worldwide.
In the 1990s, the government privatized its antiquated enrichment plants. USEC closed one, in Piketon, Ohio, and still runs the other, in Paducah, Ky.
But the Paducah plant is a heavy user of costly electricity, which now amounts to more than 70 percent of USEC's costs. Centrifuges, which are used by almost all other enrichment plants, use only 5 percent of the electricity used by the Paducah plant.
In February, USEC announced that the centrifuges it was developing would cost $2.3 billion, up from a previous estimate of $1.7 billion, and would take an extra year to deploy. The company has already spent about $400 million on the centrifuges and is looking for financing to complete the project, which it is trying to build in Piketon.
"Most people expect that $2.3 billion is going to go up," said Paul R. Clegg, a stock analyst at Natexis Bleichroeder Inc.
The company has been involved in merger talks with several companies in the nuclear business, and the trade press has carried reports of other negotiations. But two people with knowledge of the talks said that they did not appear to be leading anywhere.
In addition to USEC's Paducah plant and its planned centrifuge project, a European consortium is building a centrifuge plant in Hobbs, N.M., that it calls the National Enrichment Facility, and General Electric is trying to commercialize an Australian enrichment technology called Silex.
Despite the challenges, and the fact that Welch eliminated the dividend, the stock price is strong. Market analysts say one reason is that the price of virgin uranium is so high that customers are demanding more enrichment work, thus driving up the price of the service that USEC provides. Some investors also see the company as a takeover target, or a likely beneficiary of government help.
USEC would like to acquire uranium from the Energy Department on favorable terms, to help provide funds for its centrifuge project. But the Energy Department appears to want a signal from Congress.
The government still owns the Paducah plant, and could take it over and give it to a contractor to run. Or it could allow USEC to operate in bankruptcy, although that would probably eliminate the company's ability to build a more modern plant.
The assistant secretary of energy for nuclear energy, Dennis R. Spurgeon, was USEC's executive vice president and chief operating officer until he left in 2003, receiving a payment of more than $5 million, according to Securities and Exchange Commission filings. Spurgeon, through a spokesman, declined repeated requests for an interview.
According to people close to the company, Spurgeon had clashed with the chief executive, William H. Timbers, as had other top officials. Timbers left the company in December 2004, after disagreements with the board. In February 2006, USEC agreed to pay him $14.5 million, according to SEC filings.
Some Democrats in Congress are demanding a full explanation of the departures of Timbers and others before they proceed with a discussion about how to help the company.
USEC has other problems as well. It also takes in enriched uranium from Russia, left over from Moscow's nuclear weapons program, under a program called Megatons to Megawatts. USEC dilutes the material to reactor grade under an agreement in operation since the early 1990s.
Half of the enrichment that the company sells is done under the terms of that agreement, which were locked in years ago, and it provides a substantial profit to USEC. But the agreement ends in 2013, after which Russia's Rosatom wants to deal directly with the nuclear utilities. Those utilities would like to do the same.


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Best (and worst) used luxury cars for £25,000
Luxury cars need to combine a sumptuous interior with a cosseting ride. Here we count down the top 10 for £25k – and reveal the one to avoid...
When it comes to British luxury cars the badge to be seen behind is definitely the Bentley one. Not as louche as a Roller, or as common as an Aston, the Flying Spur is a sporting limo that takes all the elegance and luxury for which the brand is known and then adds its own special sprinkle of high performance. Performance? The 552bhp 6.0-litre twin-turbo W12 engine under its bonnet can push this heavyweight Bentley up to nearly 200mph, and it corners, despite its bulk, with reasonable ability if not true agility. It rides pretty well, too, and it's all wonderfully hushed. It's comfortable, desirable, and the interior is of course traditionally decked out in acres of wood and leather. Expect immense fun, and even more enormous running costs.
We found: Flying Spur W12, 2005(55), 42,000 miles, service history, £24,000
Read the used Bentley Flying Spur review
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6. Porsche Panamera
Think Porsche and some fast and possibly fractious rear-engined supercar might spring to mind. What probably won't is the Panamera which, when all's said and done, is merely a very fast and very large hatchback. Worse, though the Panamera has always been billed as the four-door 911, its looks have never quite lived up to that handle. However, think again. The Panamera is jolly quick, handles well and has a luxurious and sporting interior. In fact, inside it is the best place to be, because it drives beautifully, and from the inside you can't see the outside. Now, good used ones seem relatively cheap. It might cost a lot to maintain a Panamera, but it'll probably be worth it.
We found: Panamera 3.0 TD V6, 2011(61), 89,000 miles, full service history, £25,000
Read the used Porsche Panamera review
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5. Jaguar XJ
The XJ has always been the creamiest cat in the Jag range, from the 1968 Series One with its grace, space and pace right up to this all-new 2009 and onwards version. Strikingly different in its styling, it equalled previous Jaguar standards in ride quality and refinement and shattered them in terms of driving pleasure. Here is a car with muscular performance and supremely agile handling wrapped up in the body of a luxury limo. Inside the XJ brings a touch of modernity to the trad wood and leather look, and there's plenty of kit for your money. You might be concerned by the trad Jag build quality, too, but so far there are no reports of any major issues.
We found: 2014 (14), XJ 3.0d Portfolio, 42,000 miles, £24,000
Read the used Jaguar XJ review
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In early March, Charles Murray, invited by a group of conservative students at Middlebury College to speak about his book, Coming Apart, was shouted off stage and harassed as he left campus. Mr. Murray is a target of protesters because of his controversial book, The Bell Curve, which published in 1994 and was widely discredited for advancing a hereditary theory of intelligence. The confrontation left Professor Allison Stranger, who tried to shield Mr. Murray from the hecklers, in a neck brace. To its credit, the college did everything within its power to allow Mr. Murray to express his views and to give dissenters the chance to challenge him. But for a small subset of protesters, reasoned debate was not an option; the mere presence of a man they stridently characterized as a "racist, sexist, anti-gay" white nationalist was seen as "an intense act of aggression."
The incident at Middlebury joins a litany of protests against conservative speakers at colleges and universities. Most of these demonstrations do not end in violence. But, as Professor Stanger wrote in an op-ed article, "All violence is a breakdown of communication." And today, more Americans seem less interested in communicating with people they disagree with. This is true not only among elite collegians beholden to the language of safe spaces and trigger warnings but also among Republican state legislators who seek to increase penalties for protesters in order to create politically safe spaces for themselves.
How might we break down these barriers to communication in order to foster the dialogue that a liberal arts education—and democracy—require? One could argue that in the "marketplace of ideas," ignorant or hateful speech will inevitably lose out to speech that is true and just. But those who demand safe spaces are not wrong when they say that the marketplace has rarely been perfectly "free" but rather has been monopolized by the privileged and powerful.
Presupposing another's good intentions does not mean papering over real disagreements.
What is needed, then, is a case for civility and engagement across the lines of ideology, race and class grounded not just in freedom or tolerance but charity. In the Jesuit tradition, the shorthand term for that grounding is "the Presupposition." St. Ignatius writes in the Spiritual Exercises, "it should be presupposed that every good Christian ought to be more eager to put a good interpretation on a neighbor's statement than to condemn it." Presupposing another's good intentions does not mean papering over real disagreements. It does mean that in any situation one's opponent is more than the sum of his or her beliefs.
"Check your privilege" is a common refrain in the discourse of identity politics today. Those demanding ideologically "safe spaces" surely realize what a privilege it is to live in a country where difference and injustice can be overcome without resorting to violence. But it is a privilege we risk losing if we are unwilling to see our fellow citizens as worthy of our consideration.
I appreciate what you're trying to do here: steer a middle course between polarised camps, try to bring the 'modules' of the social network into contact again, which is quite fairly a part of practising pastoral accompaniment. I get it, I appreciate the intention, but I think you're partially mistaken and taking it a bit too far this week.
There is a real difference between bona fide disagreements within a range where both sides are at least trying to be reasonable and basically respectful to everyone they're talking about, maybe angry, maybe distrustful, but still fundamentally respecting the humanity of their discourse's subjects, and then there is the kind of discourse which is fundamentally disrespectful to the otherness of the Other, which is exclusionary for no good reason, and which is by its very nature a preparation for violence, 'violence' in the broadest ethical sense.
This difference is the basis of the distinction in eucharistic theology between embracing beloved sinners including ourselves and welcoming people who though unworthy are open and willing to participate in the healing work of Grace in their hearts and lives, and the kind of sins which really mean the person is unwilling to participate in what the sign means.
As Metropolitan John Zizoulas writes in Otherness and Communion:
"The Eucharist does not only affirm and sanctify communion; it sanctifies otherness as well. It is the place where difference ceases to be divisive and becomes good. Communion in the Eucharist does not destroy but affirms diversity and otherness.
Whenever this does not happen, the Eucharist is distorted and even invalidated even if all the other requirements for a "valid" Eucharist are satisfied. A Eucharist which excludes in one way or another those of a different race, sex, age or profession is a false Eucharist. The Eucharist must include all these, for it us there that otherness of a natural or social kind can be transcended. A Church which does not celebrate the Eucharist in this inclusive way loses her catholicity.
But are there no limits to otherness in eucharistic communion? Is the Eucharist not a "closed" community in some sense? Do we not have such a thing as exclusion from eucharistic communion? These questions can only be answered in the affirmative. There is indeed exclusion from communion in the Eucharist, and the "doors" of the synaxis are indeed shut at some point in the Liturgy. How are we to understand this exclusion of the other?
Eucharistic communion permits only one kind of exclusion: the exclusion of exclusion: all those things that involve rejection and division, which in principle distort Trinitarian faith. Heresy involves a distorted faith that has inevitable practical consequences concerning communion and otherness. Schism is also an act of exclusion; when schism occurs, the eucharistic community becomes exclusive. In the case of both heresy and schism, we cannot pretend that we have communion with the other when in fact we have not."
Promoting the value of community with those who we have differences with is certainly good, but when those differences have already hardened into an unwillingness to genuinely participate in such a universal community and the views expressed embody the intention to exclude, discriminate and ultimately murder others, then 'including' them while they are in that state would not really achieve inclusion or promote community.
Speakers whose message is fundamentally about creating an enemy group, stripping them of the perception of their human dignity, dehumanising them and preparing for violence, should be absolutely excluded from public platforming.
It's almost a bit ironic that the Church seems to have come full circle from an excessive tendency to exclude difference (the era of the Index), to an excessive tendency to include expressions of intent to exclude others with no just cause.
The "no platforming" of palingenetic ultranationalist populist-authoritarian speakers is not just a "liberal" or even an "anarchist" response. Actually it is commanded in paragraph 33 of the Mit Brennender Sorge 1937, where such views were declared and defined to be Anathema everywhere and forever. The judgement and declaration of Anathema includes excommunicando vitandi - excommunication with total social shunning and ostracism, which is ethically obligatory for all Christians and people of good will. That clearly includes no-platforming.
This may be a new low for the editors of America
Charles Murray is one of the most decent human being in the United States and is a one of the more moral persons that I know. So why do the editors feature a photo that says "No Eugenics" being held by a student wearing a cross? When he is anything but a proponent of eugenics. And why do they say his book is discredited? Have they read it or the other two books that have made Murray one of the most insightful persons in the country?
I suspect not. I suggest the editors and authors of America read Charles Murray to understand why he is hated by the white liberal left. He exposed their racism and how they have caused the dysfunctionality within Black America with their policies.
His book "Losing Ground" was the basis for Welfare Reform in the mid 90's and "Coming Apart" highlighted the problem with modern US social and cultural patterns on success and family stability. For daring to say the "Emperor has no clothes" he is excoriated by liberals.
As far as the "Bell Curve", only one chapter dealt with race and here is a discussion of the book by Charles Murray after 20 years. http://www.aei.org/publication/bell-curve-20-years-later-qa-charles-mur… so I suggest at a minimum, all the editors read this before writing anything again on Charles Murray. The real problem is elsewhere and they refuse to address it.
Upon first hearing negative racist comments about, then actually reading "The Bell Curve," it was clear to me that the author was misunderstood because readers did not know anything about basic statistics. All manner of accusations about which race is brighter than another were put forth by overly sensitive and data-ignoring critics. However, when discussing group differences, variances were often utilized rather than means, even though means were used as well. The two statistics have very different meanings and both must be examined in context. There was no racist dimension in the work. The conclusions and predictions were data-based, not opinion- or attitude-based.
This is an engaging essay and takes a novel (to me, at least!) perspective. What about an approach informed by the Jesuit understanding of education? The "heckler's veto" is counter to a liberal arts education.
From Professor Stanger's OpEd:
"...as the campus uproar about Dr. Murray's visit built, I was genuinely surprised and troubled to learn that some of my faculty colleagues had rendered judgment on Dr. Murray's work and character without ever having read anything he has written. It wasn't just students: Some professors protested his appearance as well."
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., insisted that to be effective, nonviolent protest must always be preceded by careful research of the actions or behaviors being protested, to assure the accuracy of the protest; organization, including training protesters never to use violence even if police or counter-protesters do; and prayerful reflection before the protest. He did not condone protesting 'ideas' or 'opinions' or books, only unjust actions. Maybe it is time for our colleges to revisit Dr. King's work.
Perhaps the nostrum to be followed by all, without all the discourse in many of the comments here, is America's comments policy: "Be brief, be charitable, and stay on topic." Mr. Murray's opinions, theories and works over time have produced much controversy and far too little consensus from the scientific community. In another era he will be relegated to the dustbin of phrenology. In the meantime protestors and supporters alike need to follow the America comments policy nostrum. It would go a long way to protecting both the open university and the freedom of speech and eliminate interpersonal violence.
Mr. Murray's opinions, theories and works over time have produced much controversy and far too little consensus from the scientific community. In another era he will be relegated to the dustbin of phrenology.
I am not sure this is charitable. Mr. Murray is one of the moral persons I know whose research is impeccable. His ideas if implemented will do more for the black community in the United States than anyone I know including anyone with a SJ after their name (one exception is Fr. Spitzer and I am sure there are a few other Jesuits). My guess is that you have not read anything by Mr. Murray nor have the editors and authors of America or else they would not have published this editorial with the photo from Middlebury and mis describe his works..
For an example of Jesuit policy towards campus speakers see the article on Marquette and Angela Davis. (http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/marquette-hosts-radical-angela-davis/…) Davis is an avowed communist whose adherents killed over a 100 million in the 20th century. Could you imagine Marquette accepting any conservative speaker associated with a movement that caused even a hundred deaths of people. I cannot think of any but there are probably some.


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Gaming Desk for Dummies
There are a great deal of desk shapes out there, perfect for practically any room. Furthermore, you've got to make sure the computer desk is sturdy enough to manage the weight of the top body because most people using a computer wind up resting their elbows on their desk, and this also adds an additional weight resting on your computer desk. It's a lightweight, flexible, and versatile computer gaming desk with a lot of impressive qualities to show.
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There is all kinds of activity going on here. Prepping for the 4th. Evidently its a pretty big deal and we have front row seats for the fireworks. PLUS I found one of those big ring bubble blowing toys I love and will sit on the dock blowing huge bubbles as my way of saying Happy Birthday America!
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
June 30th morning....Good Morning!
There is all kinds of activity going on here. Prepping for the 4th. Evidently its a pretty big deal and we have front row seats for the fireworks. PLUS I found one of those big ring bubble blowing toys I love and will sit on the dock blowing huge bubbles as my way of saying Happy Birthday America!
Deltaville to Urbanna on the Bay and Rappahanock
Monday, June 22, 2009
This evening at Coinjock
After the tumbling we got yesterday Coinjock's peacefulness is a great change.....I love it here. We got the lightest little sprinkle late this evening and I caught it as a reflection.....can you even see the water droplets?
Our friend from Port Royal is traveling back to Deltaville VA with friends and we ended up here at Coinjock. It was so good to see a familure face. We miss our friends. No matter how wonderful an new adventure is, you always miss your friends. I miss all my horsie friends and my friends from work.....WERK! Ish. and of course our friends back at PRLM.
Hope you can hear the birds in the back ground.
this was a pretty little inlet too shallow for us but look at the clouds and tree line. It was so pretty
Lord of The Flies
Morehead City and Beaufort NC
Great food at their restaurant and Friday nights appetizers are half price so that's what we had! There was a huge fishing tournament going on that weekend so lots of fishermen and fishing boats. We enjoyed Beaufort the next day and did some exploring. The second day it rained and we enjoyed just sitting in the cockpit listening to it glad we were not out in it. Hamish enjoyed it immensely.
We pulled into this marina because is where we asked to have both of our computer batteries sent. Barrys was there waiting for him but mine was not and did not get there till 10 days AFTER we left. They are going to send it to our next for sure destination in VA. Then maybe Ill be able to keep up with the blog! So since I do not have my computer to work on this.....and we have not had decent cell phone reception till today, because Oriental is notorious for non coverage.......Im not going t be very thorough till my computer is back up and going.......
but in the meantime I will try to post as many pictures as possible and video too. Im taking lots of short videos because everyone seems to enjoy them. Here are several dolphin videos I caught. Not an easy thing to do.
Yesterday we went thru Albermarle Sound and it was miserable. I was scared to death because the wind was out of the west for most of the trip at sometimes 20+knots and the waves were4- 5 feet on us broadside for most of the trip. Needless to say it beat the snot out of us for almost 5 hours. No one got sick but honestly I was hanging on for dear life. Barry said after it was all over and he realized how scared I was that he was not, and after all the fast horses and big jumps etc. I have done he was surprized I was so scared. Hey......give me an off the track Thoroughbred foxhunting for the first time ANY day over yesterday. Stuff got tossed below including EVERY bottle of spice we have on board and luckily the only things to break were the vanilla and sesame seeds.....it smelled good. But the kitty litter went flying and every liquor bottle (all plastic) went flying but the only thing I came down to save was this laptop because obviously its paying the bills!! Barry has to have it to work. So I took my life into my hands and grabbed it off of the dining table and put it on the sole wedged so it would not move. I was never took a picture. I was too busy holding on to the dogs and plants!
We are in Coinjock Marina tonight and tomorrow night. Its great. Small but transient friendly with a GREAT restaurant nearby. I did laundry today and googled at a 144 ft 60million dollar yacht which looks very out of place here! It has a permanent crew of at least 6 people and probably more......
The only reason we can come up with why she is here is the other boats make her look that much better...OR its taking that long to fill her fuel tanks! I will have a picture of her tomorrow.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
We thought it would an easy day
We pulled into a marina in Surf City NC last night. We could not get to the anchorage we wanted so......it was a tight squeeze but a good exercise in getting the boat into a small safe space. We had some GREAT sushi within walking distance. The dogs got several well deserved walks and we slept really late and watched West Wing in the morning....
I washed the decks with fresh water while Barry worked and we thought we only had a 15 mile day. Oh that it were true. Still it was interesting. We went through the part of the ICW that goes thru Camp LeJune and they had the ICW shut down off and on all day doing LIVE ammo maneuvers shooting from one side of the water at some ancient tanks and trucks. I think they killed them. Yes they looked dead and I promise LOTS of pictures. Also we got to see an OSPREY which is an airplane that can do vertical landings and take=offs. Also choppers were going all over the place....circles and swooping.
I was ready to paint my face green and crawl thru the bush! The coast guard was all over the place too in their little rubber water bullets and then personal carriers and some kind of marine boat with a parabolic microphone. I guess they could hear anything they wanted to hear just by pointing it in a certain direction. The first pic above is what they were killing.
Anyway they held us up just after the last swing bridge for an hour. We dropped anchor and watched all the action. It was actually pretty cool. However when they gave us the go ahead to go thru, our engine would not start or I should say the starter battery was dead and so the engine would not start. We turned on the generator for 15 or so minutes and thank goodness it harged the starter batt enough to start the engine so we were on our way....however the anchorage we wanted to stay was Hammock Bay which is exactly where the marines were bivowaked so we could not stay there tonight and had to go on to Swansboro another 15 miles. We got in an hour before dark and had a hell of a time finding the right anchorage. We set and reset 4 times before we felt it was right but so were the other sailboats sharing this not so great spot. The holding is good here but there is a current and its windy. Also lots of stuff to bump into if the anchor does not hold. SO we are sleeping in the cockpit tonight. Its windy but warm and this way we can hear our anchor alarm because the fancy POS GPS we got from West Marine goes thru a set of batteries every night. We bought it for back up and because its handheld and has an anchor alarm on it and we could be below and hear it........even with the 12v power cord it wont hold a charge......ardh!!! Its going back.
Anyway we threw a steak and some chopped onions and potatos and musrooms on the grill and had a nice dinner. Swansboro is small but the lights from the town are comforting in a way.
Tomorrow is another long day but we stay in one place at a marina for the weekend and maybe even tool around town near Beaufort NC. My computer battery is supposed to be waiting for me there so I should have more pics etc to add to the blog.
Monday, June 8, 2009
awesome day
We did 40 miles today. Went through yet more beautiful country and water. Then we had to navigate through Myrtle Beach area.......eeeek! Insanity with motors. PWC going every which way and at one point a teen age idiot tried to commit suicide by skiing into our boat. He came within 5 feet on purpose! And laughed about it. We are anchored on Calabash Creek AND I caught shrimp with my last years birthday present...a casting net. I had a very strong mint julep, Barry grilled a wonderful dinner and then I fell asleep watching TV while he had a conference call and now I have a hangover. We are anchored with 3 other sailboats bow to stern and while I was asleep, another one slipped in between us and the one that WAS in front of us. I will have pictures of today when I am sober and not so cranky.
Sunday, June 7, 2009
will be quiet for a while
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Georgetown SC
Anyway Im going to do ice therapy all morning then see how I feel. If we do go out we will remember to take the camera this time!! THE cutest houses, all in tree lined streets and all neat as a pin. I could live here.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
videos and snapshots....story is below
Pics from June 4th
It was peaceful and there were birds and dolphin all along the trip. Really deep swamps and forest even. I hope the pics give you and idea of how beautiful it is. No bridges and few power boats....but did see a few nice sailboats.
Then this evening about 6 dolphins blew by our anchored boat and I did get some footage of them hunting and feeding behind us towards the shore. It takes forever to download video so Im hoping Ill be able to.... we also saw the most curious thing......after this long stretch of wilderness, all of a sudden there were two signs one on each side with flashing lights saying caution ferry crossing! Was strange and kind of woke me rudely out of my flashback to 1800's daydream. We did come across a sailboat stranded on a sand bar at low tide but were able to sneak around him by him telling us where NOT to go. We had the same thing happen yesterday at low tide and just had to wait till the tide came back in and brought us some water. It was a bit scary tho because our depth finder kept reading a foot or lower under our keel....not enough to feel easy about.
Barry was feeling punky today so I was at the helm most of this day.......which was fine because besides the skinny water it was a very easy day. We did get some gentle rain but no bad weather.
At one point in the morning we did see a few really nice homes all with private docks. The houses were so big it was hard to believe they were not hotels. Then all of a sudden there is this boat yard with derelict boats......go figure. The only other difficulty today was dodging crab pots!
The crabbers are not too careful about where they put their traps and it was like dodging mines. You do NOT want one of those wrapped around your prop. Late afternoon B took the helm and I went to the bow to spot errant crab pot bouys. We were underway from 8:30 till about 5:30 which is a few hours longer than usual but we wanted to make a bit of time. Tomorrow we will go into Georgetown SC for a pump out, water and then on up the ICW.


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In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Department of Health and Human Services, is publishing the following summary of proposed collections for public comment. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including any of the following subjects: (1) The necessity and utility of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of the Agency's function; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology to minimize the information collection burden.
1. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Early Retiree Reinsurance Program (ERRP); Use: Under section 1102 of the Affordable Care Act and implementing regulations at 45 CFR part 149, employment-based plans that offer health benefits to early retirees and their spouses, surviving spouses and dependents are eligible under a temporary program to receive a tax-free reimbursement for the costs of certain health benefits for such individuals (the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program, or ERRP). In order to qualify, plan sponsors must submit a complete application to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS). In order to receive reimbursement under the program, they must also submit documentation of actual costs for health care benefits, which consists of documentation of actual costs for the items and services involved, and a list of individuals to whom the documentation applies. Once HHS reviews and analyzes the information on the application, notification will be sent to the plan sponsor about its eligibility to participate in the program. Once HHS reviews and analyzes each reimbursement request, reimbursement under the program will be made to the sponsor, as appropriate. The program's funding is limited to $5 billion, and the program sunsets on January 1, 2014.
As compared with the burden estimates OMB approved on December 22, 2010, for OMB #0938-1087. There is a nominal change to burden of 1 hour, to account for the fact that sponsors have an obligation to update any incorrect or outdated information in their applications. Beyond that, there is no change to burden. The burden hours associated with reading the guidance materials related to disclosing data inaccuracies that are being included with this revised PRA submission, and with completing the Prima Facie Evidence Cover Sheet that is being Start Printed Page 37814included with this revised PRA submission, were already accounted for in the PRA package OMB approved on December 22, 2010. Specially, the burden associated with completing the Prima Facie Evidence cover sheet, was included in the burden estimate for submitting a reimbursement request. The burden associated with reading the guidance paper on reporting data inaccuracies was already included in the burden estimate for disclosing data inaccuracies. Form Number: CMS-10321 (OCN: 0938-1087); Frequency: Occasionally; Affected Public: Private Sector: Business or other for-profits and Not-for-profit institutions: State, Local, or Tribal Governments; Number of Respondents: 13,200; Number of Responses; 71,330; Total Annual Hours: 1,927,575. (For policy questions regarding this collection, contact Dave Mlawsky at (410) 786-6851. For all other issues call (410) 786-1326.)
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Ashley had the day off and all the kids were at school. Here she is rockin in her bathrobe
That afternoon Edward invited his girlfried Ivy out to the same park where his parents got married....and proceeded to break up with her.
"Um, so, Ivy...." feet shuffled. "I think we should see other people..." he looks away. Ivy cries and then attempts to smack him on the shoulder. He makes a hasty retreat
And goes home and calls up Kelly who he's had a few kisses with before...now they're going out...
The following morning I found Hannah just relaxing in bed - I love that they can read in bed now lol
And I found Edward rocking on his guitar - he was writing a love story for Kelly and editing history about Ivy a bit lol
The girls doing their homework at the table
Cat met Daniel Crosby (who I totally forgot was in the neighborhood - he is the teenage version of Will's grandfather lol, I needed him teenaged for some pictures for the other family and I guess I stuck him in this neighborhood at some point as filler? lol). ANYWAY, Cat and Daniel became friends and more. :)
The day after Tracey's family moved to town, she and Julian met at school. She came home from school with him to hang out.
They played tag together
She met Will and was thrilled to talk about his books!
"I've read every book you've ever written!" she exclaimed. Will smiled and gave her an autographed copy of his newest release.
Then Tracey met Julian's sisters. She chatted about her own sister...
Being a Friday night, Julian asked her to sleep over so they could keep playing. Nick, a single dad still tired from the move, was thrilled she was making friends and said yes right away.
Aww, Julian and Tracey are just too cute together lol
The sleepover version 2 (since the game froze during save)
Ashley flirting with Erick next door. I sooooo didn't do this! (stupid free will)
Will and Hannah finished paintings at the same time
Again, free will made Ashley read a pregnancy book after flirting with the neighbor!
The Triplets had their birthdays!
Cat (see Tracey was still at the house with us!)
Jonathan (I imagine him saying "woohoo, I'm an adult! I'm so mature" and then doing a little happy dance lol)
I went ahead and triggered the birthdays of Cat's boyfriend Daniel and Edward's girlfriend Kelly and then moved all four in together in a large house. We'll see what happens. :) Then Ursula Lobos (Jonathan's girlfriend) happened to be at the house and was already an adult so since the house was a little more empty, he proposed to her, they got married on the deck and then moved out (after a quick trip to the dresser for Jonathan to get rid of the overalls lol)
Victoria went invisible for awhile. It was very strange. I thought she was stuck or something but the plumbob moved around with invisible her...lol
I love this painting for some reason, I have ever since I first saw it painted in another game lol
Even though the story is moving more toward Julian, and even though Ashley went all flirty with the neighbor (hehe): Will and Ashley are still close and...yeah, good thing they can't make more babies :)
And Hannah has also found a boyfriend! Awww (with cruddy traits)
The future Mr and Mrs Evil?
Julian went over to the Ice house on the day of his birthday, here he is doing his homework. :)
Birthday time
Nick was laughing at him (don't think I'll be inviting him to the wedding hehe)
And then Julian thought it would be funny to scare his best friend (BAD Julian, Bad!)
Now does this look like the future Emperor of Evil?!
Anyway, the twins grew into adults. I saved after that. But it crashed mid save after I'd gotten them jobs, started to move them out. I aged up Hannah's boyfriend and was trying to get them married so I could send them out all ready to make grandbabies. After that was the bad save. Ah well, here are the grown up twins
And a full update (and as I was typing this AVG scans finished! woot)
Here's Julian as a teen after a repeat trip to the dresser (since it crashed the first time). This time I just gave him one outfit for each lol
Julian invited the new teenaged Tracey over. She was wearing a dress (albeit a kind of ugly one lol) which made Julian see her as less tomboyish and well, there was kissing...
And then Julian spoke madness, kind of freaking her out. But she took it in good stride.
Random shot of Hannah after a workout
I think he's plotting something
Will painted this, I've had it painted in other games before but I always find it interesting :)
He looks less evil and more...*whispers* sweet...here.
For some bizarre reason on the way home from school one day he got off the bus somewhere (even though his sisters were already home at this point). Then I told him to do his homework thinking he was home too. He then got in a cab and still had "Do homework" queued up. So I thought he was coming home. I went to check on him and he got out of the cab in front of the Broke place?! And then sat on the sidewalk to do his homework...
Random teen Victoria shot
Victoria's birthday transition
Hannah's birthday transition
It started so happy! Hannah proposed to and married her high school sweetheart right there on the front porch! She'd gotten a job at the hospital and her older brother Jonathan was her boss, so her day was going so well!
Will, Ashley and Julian settled into a house that felt a bit empty for the first time in years. Ashley retired from the Lab and spent a lot of time in their small garden. Will was working hard on the culmination of his entire writing career - a masterpiece. And Julian spent a lot of time talking to himself and checking himself out in the mirror - strange kid he is. One morning, Ashley came done to fix some breakfast and felt a little tingly...
Will heard the ominous sound to indicate Grim's arrival and ran to the kitchen, he was distraught!
Ashley accepted her death with grace as she shook Grim's hand and jumped into her urn.
Grim, a huge gamer, settled into the couch to play a bit.
Julian interrupted his game to talk about music but grim didn't seem to mind.
After Grim left, Julian need to let out some emotion so he tiptoed up behind the maid...
It took awhile for Will to go back to his writing. He kept stopping to cry.
Over the next couple days he churned out several novels, which will later be known as his dark phase I expect.
He was just getting into a bit of a humor and started a satire novel when he suddenly stood up, tingling all over. Then the glowing and floating happened..
Grim met him in the library, Julian was upset to lose his father so close to his mom.
Like Ashley, Will shook Grim's hand - ready to join his wife in the here after.
Grim settled in to play some computer games and was interrupted again by Julian
Grim gave him a friendly hug - a nice gesture considering the poor kid just lost both his parents!
Right now they're buried off the side of the house. Not sure if I'll keep them there or take them to town or what. Maybe I'll bring them inside as urns...hmmm


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This item includes various water play outlets at a height which makes access easy for all children. Children can choose to use the hand pump or watch as the water is spread over the various levels before being washed down over the water wheel or on to the mud table.
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Age Range: 3+
No. of Users: 6+
Critical Fall Height: 1.2m
Surface Area: 63m²
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Lemon And Ginger Tea
details of our ginger tea products: Quick Details of ginger tea products: ginger tea raw material: tender ginger ginger tea certification: BRC, IFS, ISO,HACCP,KOSHER,HALAL,FDA ginger tea package:1kg-bags,190g-bottled,360gbottled,3g-10gminipacked, 20lbs barrels,20g-30g bags,doypacked, any other...
Quick Details of our Lemon And Ginger Tea:
raw material: tender ginger
certification: BRC, IFS, ISO,HACCP,KOSHER,HALAL,FDA
package:1kg-bags,190g-bottled,360gbottled,3g-10gminipacked, 20lbs barrels,20g-30g bags,doypacked, any other package as the clients required.
delivery time:15days
brand: the clients' brand or OEM or our own brand-Future
capacity:500 000ctns/month
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Make Fresh Ginger Syrup
You need 8 ounces (225g) fresh ginger, unpeeled, 4 cups (1L) water, 2 cups (400g) sugar, pinch salt
1. Cut the ginger into thin slices. Run a knife over it to chop it into rough, smaller pieces. (As shown in the post.)
2. Place the ginger along with the water, sugar, and salt in a nonreactive saucepan. Heat to a boil, then reduce the heat to a steady simmer, and cook for 45 minutes to one hour.
3. Let cool, then strain the syrup through a fine-mesh strainer. Store the strained syrup in the refrigerator, covered, until ready to use. The syrup should keep for at least two weeks under refrigeration.
To make ginger soda: Fill glasses 1/3rd full with syrup and add a generous squeeze of fresh lemon or lime juice. Fill the glasses with ice then top with sparkling water or tonic water (or a not-too-sweet citrus soda). Stir gently to mix the ingredients and garnish with a round of citrus or fresh mint.
Other Uses: You could also make a terrific cocktail with this as a base, using bourbon, whiskey, or rum. Another possibility is to use a few spoonfuls of this syrup to sweeten iced tea or drizzle over a fruit salad.Dunsunrise Foods is known as one of the leading manufacturers and suppliers of cheap lemon and ginger tea in China. Under strict quality control system, our factory also offers customized service, free sample and quotation consultation. Please rest assured to buy our discount products made in China.


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Holly Hill's Fall Horse Trials
October 27-28, 2018
We will have our traditional Costume Contest during the cross country phase of the horse trials. The winner will get a free entry in the next horse trials at Holly Hill.
USEA Karen O'Connor Clinic
December 1-3, 2018
Holly Hill Farm is an English equestrian center located in Benton, Louisana, just 10 miles north of Shreveport/Bossier City. It is a 280 acre facility offering boarding, training, lessons, sales, breeding, foaling, clinics, shows and horse trials. There is a lighted 115' x 200' covered area, 150' x 250' lighted outdoor arena, cross country courses, trails and fields. There is everything for the recreational or competitive rider and their horse.
Come spend a weekend and school the cross country course!
XC schooling fee is $45/day/horse. Arena use is $15/day/horse. An insured instructor must accompany riders. All riders are required to fill out the USEA and Holly Hill release forms before schooling. The Bradford Guest House is available for overnight schooling sessions for out-of-town riders.


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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) - Titan ttn reported first-quarter net income of $3.1 million, or 3 cents a share, down from 9 cents a share in the same period a year ago. Excluding merger-related costs, earnings were 16 cents a share, missing the average analyst estimate compiled by Thomson First Call of 19 cents, hurt by unplanned legal and other fees related to the settlement to take control of all of the assets of its former subsidiary, SureBeam, which filed for bankruptcy in January 2004. Revenue rose 21 percent to $459 million, helped by expanded activity in its national security solutions business, but fell short of analyst forecasts of $480.6 million. The defense contractor's stock closed Friday up 16 cents at $19.20.
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7" HD Touch screen 800*480 GPS Navigation Support USB Charge function BT function FM AUX-IN
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1. 7" Digital screen 800*480,Touch screen
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5. With Front USB2.0 port and TF card slot
6. BT function, free hand call and BT music
7. MOSFET Amplifier: 50Watts x 4 max power output
8. FM range: 87.5~108.0MHz
9. Power-off with auto-memory store function under radio or TF/USB mode
10. Clock function
11. Mute function
12. Bass & Treble,L&R channel stabilizer
13. Front AUX in function
14. Two way Video and Two RCA audio output function
15. One way video input function
16. Support Rear View Camera input function(camera optional)
17. Support Steering wheel control function
18. Built-in GPS navigation
19. Full IR remote control
20. Installation size: 178*100*75mm
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Assembly election: Gareth Gordon on Sinn Fein and SDLP
In the tricolour-draped streets of Ballymurphy in west Belfast, you can find support for Sinn Fein and disdain for the SDLP in equal measure.
"SDLP? Who are the SDLP around here? There is no SDLP. They're not on the ground," says a man who claims he wouldn't even give the party a transfer.
"What about the SDLP? Please, don't make me sick. No way," says a woman stopped on the footpath.
It's true that both are making their feelings known within earshot of Pat Sheehan, the man co-opted to the assembly to replace Gerry Adams.
But the hostility seems genuine, perhaps reflective of the fact that in this constituency Sinn Fein's dominance is almost complete.
Borrowed votes
Less than two decades ago Joe Hendron beat Gerry Adams to take the Westminster seat, admittedly with the help of many borrowed votes from unionists.
At the last assembly election Sinn Fein took five seats, the only party to achieve that distinction in any of Northern Ireland's 18 constituencies.
The SDLP was left with only one seat and that is held by Alex Attwood, whose performance as social development minister has given him a significantly raised profile.
At a door in Coolnasilla he meets a woman who congratulates him on the job he's doing as minister and tells him his former party leader John Hume is "a god".
In the days when Mr Hume led the SDLP, they were still ahead of Sinn Fein, but not any more.
At the last assembly election four years ago, the SDLP took just 16 seats with 15.2% of the vote compared to Sinn Fein's 28 from 26.2%.
But the gap was not so quite so big in the last Westminster election where the SDLP held onto its three seats, although in South Belfast it was thanks to a split unionist vote, while in South Down there's no doubt many unionists followed the example of their West Belfast brethren 19 years ago and voted for the nationalist party.
Nothing else can explain the fact that while in the 2010 Westminster election SDLP leader Margaret Ritchie was 8,412 votes ahead of Caitriona Ruane, in the proportional representation-voted assembly election three years earlier the difference between the parties was a mere 328.
The SDLP's other Westminster seat is Foyle, probably the only nationalist seat other than South Down where Sinn Fein has failed to failed to eclipse its rivals.
Sinn Fein sensed its opportunity at the 2005 general election when John Hume stood aside for his successor as party leader, Mark Durkan.
Mr Durkan won decisively, probably with the support of unionists, although that wasn't decisive.
This time Mr Durkan is not standing for the assembly (although his nephew Mark H Durkan is on the ticket) and once again Sinn Fein are talking up their chances of taking that elusive third seat and finally knocking the SDLP off their perch.
But once again, even without Mark Durkan, they are not favourites.
'Difficult task'
Michael McMonagle, a journalist with the Derry Journal, says: "While in the rest of the north Sinn Fein have been expanding and eating into SDLP territory, it hasn't been the case in Derry over recent elections."
"They've increased their votes but they haven't taken the big scalps and this time out they will be looking to do that. But they're trying to eat into a strong, long-held SDLP territory and it could be a difficult task."
Mitchel McLaughlin, who failed to beat Mr Durkan in 2005, admits the situation faced by Sinn Fein in Derry is "challenging" and puts it down to "a strong tradition of constitutional nationalism" in Foyle.
After his defeat in 2005, Mr McLaughlin moved to South Antrim where his presence has helped move Sinn Fein safely ahead of the SDLP.
"I think the message throughout the last decade has been of Sinn Fein drawing ahead and then consolidating our strength," he says.
"I do think the focus, for example, in the unionist community on Sinn Fein continuing to develop its electoral strength probably reflects realistically what is happening."
As well as Foyle, Sinn Fein is eyeing possible gains in Fermanagh/South Tyrone; Upper Bann; Mid Ulster; and East Antrim.
But the SDLP leader Margaret Ritchie is defiant in the face of such claims.
"You just look at last year's Westminster election," she says.
"All kinds of predictions were made - the SDLP retained its three seats in Westminster.
"We retained them with increased majorities and I think we did well in that respect. And it is our intention to build on our success of that in this year's election."