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PHOENIX (AP) — Gov. Jan Brewer provides behind-the-scenes details in her new book about her handling of Arizona's controversial immigration enforcement law last year, including a tense meeting with President Barack Obama and her administration's attempts to avoid being branded racist over the crackdown on illegal immigrants.
Brewer devotes much of the book to defending the immigration law, describing it as a fair, effective and necessary response to what she said amounts to Washington turning a blind eye on border security. She said her administration was aware early on that the state would face an outcry and allegations of racism, and responded by making what they thought were important changes to the law to minimize those concerns.
Brewer's 228-page book is going on sale on Nov. 1. The Associated Press purchased a copy early.
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin wrote the book's foreword, calling Brewer a straight-talker who does what she believes is right even when it's difficult. The book is called "Scorpions for Breakfast: My Fight Against Special Interests, Liberal Media, and Cynical Politicos to Secure America's Border."
Brewer focused heavily on her fight against Washington on the immigration issue, and the book hardly touched on her 2010 successful election campaign. It made no mention of an embarrassing pause during a televised debate that drew national attention.
Brewer blames Obama and his administration for fanning controversy surrounding the immigration law, which grew to include ongoing court challenges, mass protests and boycotts of Arizona.
The Republican governor said Obama, labor unions and other critics of the bill were serving their own agendas by mischaracterizing its provisions while trying to deflect attention from weaknesses in border security.
Brewer wrote that Arizona's illegal immigration crisis had been intensifying as the state became an attractive gateway for drug and human smuggling.
With fallout that included smugglers hiding immigrants in urban drop houses and engaging in shootouts with competitors, the state enacted several laws. That included a 2007 law, recently upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court, to penalize employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants.
Brewer said momentum for an additional state response grew when an Arizona rancher was fatally shot about 20 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border in March 2010, when SB1070 was already working its way through the Legislature. Authorities said footprints led to the border, but the case is unsolved.
After the rancher's killing, it wasn't acceptable to do nothing about a crisis that puts the public, particularly border-area residents, at risk while burdening the state with added costs for schools, prisons and hospitals, Brewer said. She called it a "state of fear" that needed to end.
The law elevated Brewer to the national political stage and led to a meeting with Obama in Washington. Brewer said she had difficulty arranging the meeting with Obama, but that one finally was scheduled for June 3.
Brewer told reporters after the White House meeting that it was cordial and worthwhile, but she wrote in the book that Obama spent 10 minutes lecturing her about a need for comprehensive immigration reform. She said it amounted to a stump speech and not a useful dialogue.
The Obama administration later sued Brewer to stop the law, arguing that federal jurisdiction over immigration matters pre-empted the Arizona law.
A federal judge allowed some provisions to take effect but blocked others. Those blocked include a widely publicized one that would have required that police, while enforcing other laws, question people's immigration status if officers have reasonable suspicion they're in the country illegally.
Brewer said she considered the federal government's lawsuit more of a challenge against the American public as a whole than just Arizona.
Brewer said she drew strength from prayer during the debate, but added she was troubled during one public appearance before a Hispanic group when audience members chanted for her to veto the bill. She said she cut short a question-and-answer period because no dialogue was apparently possible.
In her introduction, Brewer she had thought idealistically that she could cut through politics by proposing practical solutions. But she quickly learned that was incorrect, she said.
She wrote briefly about her relations with the Republican-led Legislature, saying Republican lawmakers expected her to rubber-stamp their bills after she replaced Democrat Janet Napolitano as governor.
Brewer said her vetoes changed that impression, but it still took her more than a year to win legislative approval for holding a referendum on a temporary sales tax increase to help balance the state's budget.
Voters overwhelmingly approved the increase in May 2010, providing Brewer with a major political win that, combined with public support for SB1070, set her up for an easy election win last November.
The book was published by the HarperCollins imprint Broadside Books. Her acknowledgements thank writer Jessica Gavora for helping Brewer share "the truth" on SB1070.
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Monday, August 2, 2010
Madness Monday: Where are the photos?
I was only in 7th grade at the time, but I remember getting my grandma's gold chain with a gold "M" initial, as I was the only one in the family with an "M" name, and a white stuffed bear my grandma kept in her spare bedroom. I also remember a lot of fighting over who gets what item.
Other items were split between my mom and her siblings. Some of the more valuable items, like my grandparent's record collection containing Frank Sinatra and other 50's and 60's music stars were given to my uncle for safe keeping and eventual selling. My mom received my grandma's Precious Moments navity set, and my aunt received the remaining Precious Moments statues that my grandma had collected. Christmas decorations (a BIG deal in my family), jewelry, pots and pans, and other items were split between each sibling. Each of the siblings also received their baby books that grandma had put together for them when they were born. But what happened to the rest of the family photos?!
No one inquired about the photos until I did, almost twelve years after my grandparents' deaths. My mom and her siblings had planned on going through the photos and splitting up the photos between the five of them. Somehow, life got in the way and the pictures were never looked at, and they forgot who received the photos for safe keeping. (So safe they can't even find them....)
My aunt, the oldest, thought she had the photos, but after going through her attic, basement, and spare bedroom determined she didn't have them. My mom and I searched the basement, crawl space, and picture boxes and albums and couldn't find them. My uncle in Florida didn't have them, and my mom's other sister didn't have them. So that leaves, my other uncle, who we *hope* has them.
The unfortunate thing is I seem to be the only person interested in finding the photos.
With digital technology available, I offered to scan the photos and make a CD for each sibling, so they wouldn't have to "split up the pictures". But....that requires my aunts and uncles to find the photos.
Other than a few emails, reminders, and phone calls, I don't know how to find these pictures. I can't search their houses for the pictures, and I haven't quite sparked their interest in finding the pictures. The pictures are supposed to include pictures of both my grandparents as children and their respective families. Pictures of family members I have never seen.
Any suggestions?!
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Holy cow! I would be hounding them day and night until someone turned up with those photos! I hope someone has them. My great grandmother decided no one needed her photos and tore them up while standing in the alley over the garbage and tossed them before she died. And she was buried with the family bible. Nice. Didn't she know I would want that stuff? LOL!ReplyDelete
I'll send good photo finding vibes your way. Let me know if you needed any other DC's this week before I head down south.
I agree with Jen. Drive your aunts and uncles crazy until the pictures have been found. I know that you have heard the old adage about the squeaky wheel. Get the pictures before there is no one knows who is in the pictures.ReplyDelete
We have many old pictures that we have no idea who the people are. It is so sad to have pictures and know it is family, but have no idea of who you are looking.
How aggravating - and this kind of thing is not an isolated case. I agree with the above - work on those aunts and uncle - and good luck!ReplyDelete
Depending on how close to your relatives you are physically (and emotionally) perhaps you could offer to help them? Sometimes older folks just don't have the energy to search for something they're not interested in. On the other hand, some folks wouldn't like having others going through their things unless they're right there beside you.ReplyDelete
I have a similar but different problem. When we cleaned out my mother's house, she had a box with her journals in it. They were just spiral notebooks, but she'd been writing in them for years. My car was packed full and one of my sibs agreed to take the journals until the next weekend when I came back for the next round of sorting. When I arrived the next weekend, the journals were gone -- and no one seemed to have any memory of them. I still feel so sad to have many years of my mom's thoughts and memories disappear without a trace.
I hope you're able to track down the photos. They would be so precious!
Oh, Melissa, I wish I had the perfect words to share with you to get those photos! In my case my ex sister in law took my FIL photos and they were ruined in a flood in her basement. On my maternal side most of our family photos were left outside underneath a mobile home and were ruined by one of my aunts. Why can't people understand how important they are?!?!? Good luck and please let us know how it turns out.ReplyDelete


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Kirk Cameron is a television and film actor and producer, noted recently for his work in the documentaries Unstoppable and Monumental, and the inspirational film Fireproof. He is also known for his memorable roles on ABC's Growing Pains, the Left Behind movies, and co-host of The Way of the Master television series. Kirk spends much of his time producing new television and film projects and speaking to people around the country, teaching them how to share their faith and live out a gospel centered marriage and family. Kirk and his wife Chelsea are the founders of Camp Firefly, a camp for seriously ill children and their families. Together, they live in California with their six children.
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I was at Food and Wine magazine this month, and this was the story I designed and put together for the August Issue. The Illustrations were by Sasha Prood. The photo's were shot by "Young and Hungry" (Hands down best name ever for an emerging food photography team.)
It was a story on actor Bill Pullman and his orchard, (you remember Bill from such things as Independence Day and The Last Seduction.) He has an orchard in Los Angeles where he grows his own lemons, oranges, figs, plums, and a variety of other fruit. Pick up the August Issue of Food and Wine to see the whole story. (With great preserving recipes).
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Popular home rental website Airbnb will start paying San Francisco's 14 percent hotel tax, addressing a key regulatory concern.
David Hantman, Airbnb's head of global public policy, said in a blog post that "we'll soon be collecting and remitting taxes on behalf of our hosts in San Francisco."
The announcement follows Airbnb's agreement to start paying hotel taxes in Portland, Ore.
The San Francisco Chronicle reported that the move will potentially add millions of dollars of revenue to the city, one of the most popular vacation destinations in the world.
"We're still working on some operational details, but our goal is to launch this program for San Francisco hosts this summer," Hantman said.
Airbnb allows people to rent homes, apartments, rooms or other living space at a daily rate to vacationers as an alternative to hotels. Many homeowners said the website allowed them to generate much-needed income; some even credited the site with allowing them to avoid foreclosure.
But cities from New York to Los Angeles have expressed concerns about private homes being treated as hotels, potentially causing traffic, noise, crime or other problems. Last year, prosecutors in New York said they were investigating whether the business model complied with state law.
In his blog post, Hantman said the tax issue is a gray area because "our hosts are not hotels and most of these tax laws were not designed for them."
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Iranian media report on protests in Hormozogan and Fars provinces because of reorganisation of local governments and authorities' expropriation of a mine.
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[Verse 1: Domo Genesis]
I ain't got no fucking friends, trusting these niggas?
You better pissing in the wind, keep opening your circle so big
You'll never win, especially getting in and they begin to pretend
Like they in to the end, they grin being jealous a sin
That's why I ride alone, I'm in the highest zone
Cause I don't need a shoulder, I need a microphone
I'm getting high alone would spend my nights alone
I ride or die and whip that bitch until the tire's gone
Can't even pimp it in my kicks don't even try 'em on
You would diminish in the instances that I have grown
Inside my mind it's like a firestorm
To cross my boundaries get fired on, you know your rights and wrongs
Peace to my fam, it's O.F. until the planet blows
I'm so loyal, I can't even understand it, yo
Even though they everywhere I go
I'm still feeling like I stand alone, I feel so damn alone (OOPS)
In front of a couple thousand kids that I never seen
To see them nod they heads is a fucking dream
And even though everything is still everything
I steadily feel like it ain't really what it fucking seems
The game is just a bunch of pretty walls
After initial, now the cheating niggas begin to see his flaws
I see within my friends the drama that this shit can cause
And that's not the reason we got into this shit at all
We're all alone seeing the power of this platform
Tryna get a little shine off of these rap songs
That's just how it goes, it doesn't last long
If we can stay tight we got it to fall back on
Our journeys are all different
Bunch of different plans, but we share the same vision
See it ass you see it, I don't pay it attention
I'm advancing my position feeling like a solo mission, I'm alone
Ain't nobody handing me shit I got my own
O.F. is the fam and that's it we stand alone
Even though my camp is legit I feel alone
Why do I feel alone? I feel so damn alone
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Elmore Leonard, the writer behind "Get Shorty," "Justified" and "3:10 to Yuma," has died.
Leonard had suffered a stroke three weeks ago, and passed away in his Detroit home Tuesday. He had lived in the city since 1934.
Dozens of Leonard's novels and short stories have been adapted into movies, including "Out of Sight," "Hombre" and "Be Cool." He had been called the "Dickens of Detroit" for his prolific writing career.
The crew of "Justified," the F/X series based upon his novella "Fire in the Hole," held Leonard in such high regard that they wore "WWED" bracelets -- "What would Elmore do?
Elmore's researcher broke the news on the author's Facebook page, writing, "The post I dreaded to write, and you dreaded to read. Elmore passed away at 7:15 this morning from complications from his stroke. He was at home surrounded by his loving family."


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Your nearest dine-in Pizza Hut--if there is one--probably looks like it's trapped in the 80s, but it might someday leap into the future with tabletop touch screens for ordering and entertainment.
In a concept video produced by Pizza Hut and Chaotic Moon Studios, two diners craft their pizza order by swiping, pinching and tapping their fingers on a tabletop interactive display. With one diner's phone already on the table, the screen then offers mobile payment options, presumably through near-field communications, and estimates when the pizza will come out of the oven.
Finally, a selection of games pops up to help pass the time, apparently in a nod to the hulking arcade cabinets from Pizza Hut's dine-in heyday.
Before you rush out to a nearby Pizza Hut to taste the future, be aware that the touch screen ordering table isn't going to happen any time soon--in fact, it may never become reality. Spokesman Doug Terfehr told Nation's Restaurant News that the video is the equivalent of a concept car for pizza, and there's no indication of any specific operating systems or technologies used. The video's description on YouTube merely says it "could be the future of the Pizza Hut dine-in ordering experience."
It may be hard to imagine touchscreen ordering tables in such an anachronistic establishment. But Pizza Hut is planning to redesign its restaurants to give them a more upscale vibe, while adding new dine-in options such as made-to-order salads and sauteed pasta. If those plans go through, futuristic tables might make more sense--though we'll shed a tear once the last skill crane and Galaga machine get taken away.


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- Waives CDL skills test for qualified active duty or retired military applicants. Detailed requirements are listed on Form DOR-5140.
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'X-Men: Days of Future Past' review: It's time for a thrill
The year 1973 plays itself as mutant goes to the past to stop an assassin
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Action. Starring Hugh Jackman, Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy and Patrick Stewart. Directed by Bryan Singer. (PG-13. 131 minutes.)
The future, as we all know from movies, is either murky green or murky blue, and so we begin "X-Men: Days of Future Past" in murk - a murk exacerbated by dark 3-D glasses. The war between humanity and the mutants is coming to the end, and now the mutants are down to a skeleton crew. For some reason, this is presented onscreen as something really sad, even though the movie was made for an audience not of mutants but of human beings.
For the first 10 minutes, the new "X-Men" doesn't look promising. A mix of gloom and commotion, it's dark and colorless, with an opening battle scene between "Sentinels" and mutants that takes place long before we have any reason to root for either. But then, very quickly, the movie locks into a time-travel story that accomplishes two very welcome things simultaneously: (1) It gets us out of the murky blue future and back to the sunlit vistas of 1973; and (2) It takes the aging characters and rejuvenates them. It gives them entirely new bodies.
Thanks to his physical resiliency - time travel is like air travel, only a thousand times more punishing - it's Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) who gets the task of going back in time to alter the pivotal event in mutant-human relations, the assassination of an anti-mutant scientist (Peter Dinklage) by Raven (Jennifer Lawrence).
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Wolverine's assignment is to meet up with the earlier incarnations of the mutant sages, Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart) and Magneto (Ian McKellen), and persuade them to help him find and stop Raven. Before he goes, he gets instructions from the older men on how to deal with their younger selves, who, like a lot of younger selves, can be jerks.
From the point that Wolverine opens his eyes and finds himself staring at a lava lamp, "X-Men: Days of Future Past" is on solid ground. One could quibble about the efficacy of arriving in 1973 to prevent a 1973 event. Wouldn't it be easier to nip things in the bud a few years earlier? But in movies, characters always land at the point in the past that provides the most drama, not the easiest solution. A character out to kill Hitler, for example, would never show up at his crib, but at a Nuremberg rally.
For years now, X-Men movies have pushed the idea that the mutants serve no intrinsic threat to humanity and that peaceful coexistence is possible. But this notion has always seemed purely fanciful until now. In "Days of Future Past," the 1973 assassination is not just a catalytic event - like, say, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914 - but a moral pivot point. And the young Charles Xavier, played by James McAvoy, embodies the possibility of a moral, peaceful path.
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The importance of McAvoy can't be overestimated. Charles' particular gift is that he can read everyone's thoughts, and in this early stage of his abilities, he can't filter them out. It's as though he were walking through a field of competing radio signals. McAvoy conveys the torment of this - how it might as easily break him as make him. At the same time, McAvoy lets us know, without ever stating it, Charles Xavier's privileged grasp of the living world, and its inevitable consequence, which is empathy. If he could only instill that vision in others, there might really be peace.
As the young Magneto, Michael Fassbender is more of a hard guy, and much of the movie involves Wolverine's effort to corral the competing interests and impulses of the various mutant factions before they destroy themselves. As the impetuous Raven, Jennifer Lawrence goes through the film in a blue, form-fitting second skin that leaves little to imagine, except how flexible the MPAA can be when assessing major summer releases. The role itself is something of a cheat - Raven can take the form of anyone, which means she is the ultimate version of the hoary action movie device, where someone takes off a rubber mask and is revealed to be someone else.
At times, "X-Men: Days of Future Past" goes in directions that are far-fetched and unlikely, even within its own exaggerated world. But for the most part, it entertains. The 1973 art direction is impeccable - not just the cars, but the storefronts and the fonts in the signage - and even the songs on the soundtrack are from that particular year.
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Most important, there is an emotional undercurrent in this installment that the earlier films only aspired to. When for a brief moment, the younger Charles Xavier meets the older, there is the sense of time's mystery - and also of the long, magnificent slog of a purpose-driven life. To his credit, even in his younger incarnation, Charles is too serious a man to exclaim, "Oh, no! I went bald?" or even to ask how old he was when it happened. I know my younger self would not have had such restraint.
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Why run without shoes when one has perfectly good shoes?
I have principally been introduced to barefoot running through BAB and "Tony". I gave it a try a couple of weeks ago. I was on a run with SR and it was raining and just above freezing and we were running on a gravel path and I thought, there could be no worse time to try out barefoot running, so I did, of course. And it royally sucked. The "you have got to be kidding me" kind of sucking. When I removed my shoes, what I did next could by no stretch of the imagination be called running. It was screaming and grimacing while tiptoeing. I was so happy to put my sore feet in the warm embrace of my Mizunos again.
But today something clicked in my narrowly-shaped head. It's a beautiful day and I have to run and pick up The Lorax on smooth bike paths and I FEEL like running barefoot.
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Glass shards
dog "doodoo"
exposes my ugly feet
fear makes speedwork difficult
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incredulous looks from passersby
feels cool on a warm day
more "natural" running style (debatable if you spend the entire time holding back in fear)
Something new to try
cuts down on sock laundry
feet become less sensitive?
Well, now I'm off on my experiment...
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Pre-run feet (crossing my fingers nothing bad happens to these before the Copenhagen Marathon!)
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I have to say, it felt AWESOME to run here barefoot.
All was going well. A couple little irritating stones that stuck to my feet, but nothing slowed me down too much. I quickly learned that all that glitters is not glass.
But then, ow!, wait that WAS glass. I looked up to see this sign.
"Glarmester" that means "glassmaster" actually glas means glass, but so does glar. But Glarmesters mostly make windows and other things out of glass. Anyway, they use glass in their planters in front of their building. Note to self to use the other side of the sidewalk next time. I just hope no glass/glar got stuck in my foot.
Then I ran into a woman from my track club who was really fascinated and said she had seen a barefoot marathoner at the Rome marathon.
Halfway point. God, this was fun!
Now barefoot with baby jogger. A little boy asks "hvad laver du?" (what are you doing?) "Jeg løber" (I am running). Then I had to buy some groceries. The outdoor market was closed. I am not sure if it is legal to buy groceries without shoes in Denmark. But there were no signs. Barefoot Angie Bee is thinking, okay, running barefoot is not the same as shopping barefoot. But I was so happy without shoes that I couldn't get myself to put my shoes on (I did have a pair along). Let's just say I got my groceries hurried out of Qvikly after 50 weird looks.
And the end! 3 miles without (apparent) injury and I was a happier girl. I am hooked. As long as one has fairly smooth surfaces and no need to do speed work, barefoot running is really fun. And what more reason does one need than that?
10 comments:
- Ewa said...
First of all your feet are not ugly.
I don't have perfectly good shoes. :(
The first time I ran sans shoes I felt like a little kid.
This is so cool you tried and liked it. Here in the States some establishments do not like barefoot people but there don't seem to be actually any laws prohibiting 'barefooting'.
I haven't had a chance to run barefoot in Poland. I am sure there would be a lot of heads turning. I could just pretend I was a foreigner, American, for example :).
- 19 May 2010 at 16:53
- mmmonyka said...
I would be never able to do that.
Firstly because I would be too intimidated by people looking at me thinking "what a weirdo" (as if I have not got those looks even now...)
And then my feet are too sensitive. When playing beach volley I am always the one tiptoeing and ouching when I have to go get the ball outside a sand-filled field.
I used to do cool downs or light strides on football field or artificial-grass field, but never run on a road. I think that it would be way too much for my poor joins. I love my running shoes cushioning!
- 19 May 2010 at 17:19
- PiccolaPineCone said...
Aarrrrghhhhhhhhhhh! That was me venting. You did not just do that [pounds head against wall]. I have nothing against barefoot running (well, actually I do but it's too long to go into here) but I have major issues with trying something new 5 days before a marathon. Ok. I'm not your mom. I'm not your coach. But I am A mom and I am A coach and this post is bringing out the raging deamon in both. I suppose you are very often in the situation that you are less than a week away from a major event given your propensity for racing so if you waited until your next race was many weeks distant you'd probably never get to try anything new. Nonetheless the mommy/coach in me implores you not to try beer-miling or running backwards or joggling etc. etc. until after the marathon. Pretty please?
- 19 May 2010 at 17:29
- varunner said...
Well, always interesting to try something new. I haven't been brave enough to try it, but I ran a half marathon a few weeks ago and saw numerous runners going barefoot.
BTW, I listened to your music mix that you sent during a 10 mile trail race in April and found it fit my mood just perfectly. Thanks again :-)
- 19 May 2010 at 17:41
- Barefoot AngieB said...
Well you know I just love that you tried it and that you had fun but I must also agree that you should wait to try new things until after the big race!!
Still, its quite a delightful thing to do :)
Yeah my shoes were crap and I could not justify spending any more money on shoes.
I love the feeling of a grocery store floor on my feet and cobble stone roads as well as brick are wonderful!
I had to avoid some car glass today. Its not so bad since its rarely sharp but it shatters so gets everywhere. Everyday is different. Today every single little rock was annoyingly painful yet other times I barely notice.
I was stressed this morning though so I am sure I way hypersensitive and not relaxing enough.
- 19 May 2010 at 20:10
- Danni said...
I like runnning sometimes in Vibram 5-fingers, which isn't really barefoot. Also, totally barefoot strides in the grass in the middle of the track feels good.
- 19 May 2010 at 21:26
- amy said...
i haven't drunk the koolaid yet on the whole barefoot movement, although i think it can be used in moderation for benefit. i can't imagine ever making the switch entirely.
with regards to your trying out barefoot running right before a big event, i do the same thing. i lifted arm weights and did an ab workout 4 days before Miwok after not having done either in months. i call it self sabotage. :)
- 20 May 2010 at 02:01
- sea legs girl said...
Yes, exactly, Amy! Self-sabotage. When one is tapering and not training brutally, it is like there is this overwhelming desire to do something ELSE brutal. You know, not like harm small animals, but find different physical challenges. I also cycled last night 19 miles in 70 minutes, which is a big record for me.
So that is a good starting point to ask forgiveness from Piccola Pinecone... You know I thought of you the whole time getting angry. It's so nice to have a mom in the blog world. And a sort of running mom (my mom doesn't run, so she can only yell at me when I weigh too little). Well, I promise no more barefoot running until after the marathon. And I don't think there was any harm done (luckily!). Thanks for caring.
- 20 May 2010 at 06:47
- Diana said...
I don't know if I would try it on the streets here. The copious amounts of dog doo-dee on the sidewalks is a deterrent. Besides, concrete gives such a pounding to the joints anyway, so I think I'll stick with my nicely cushioned shoes for that.
However, I loooove running barefoot in the park (ah, Neil Simon, you were really onto something there) and on the beach. I worry less in those places about stepping on/in something dangerous, and it makes me feel so unfettered.
Glad to hear you will suspend the new activity until after the big race. Try to avoid any other experiments like running blindfolded or re-enacting Frogger in the street.
- 20 May 2010 at 09:56
- Swimmergirl7 said...
how did you get the glass and stones out of your foot and continue running wasent it tough i would of stoped but of course i dont run unless my teachers say it
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Like other returnees, you may feel bored, lonely, isolated, anxious or irritable. You may have difficulty articulating your feelings and you may feel disoriented or overly emotional. You may also sleep too much or too little, or feel homesick for your host country.
Although this may be a very stressful experience for you, there is a positive side to the reentry process. For example, this may help you gain perspective on your experience and creatively find ways to incorporate aspects of your host culture into your personality and home life. (Try journaling to learn which of the above issues are affecting you most dramatically!) Reentry can, thus, be a time of immense personal growth and change.
Click on this link for a great reentry resource www2.pacific.edu/sis/culture/ See Module 2. (From NAFSA's Guide to Education Abroad)


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In my first-grade bilingual class, we studied oceans, and each students chose an animal to research. After the research, we collected all of our information and put it into a book. We included habitat, enemies, food, life cycle, and a "wow." A "wow" is a piece of information that wows the students about their animal. This year after the students wrote their book, I worked with a reading teacher to write poetry using their research. This was important to me because I had never written poetry with my students. This was a great opportunity for my students to get to know poetry through their research.
We used two different ReadWriteThink resources. We started with the lesson A Bear of a Poem: Composing and Performing Found Poetry. We adapted the lesson to fit with our ocean research by taking pieces of our research book and forming it into a poem. My students were amazed at themselves because they had taken their favorite ocean animal and written a poem.
The other ReadWriteThink resource was the interactive Acrostic Poems tool. This was really fun for them. They used their ocean animal research to write the acrostic poem. They had to think outside of the box to be able to write this poem because they had to think of words for each letter of their ocean animals. They wrote acrostic poems in Spanish and in English.
ReadWriteThink.org is a great tool to use because it got my kids writing poetry, and now it will be a resource that I will be using in the future.
I completed my bilingual education degree at Texas Woman's University in 2007. I teach first-grade bilingual at Hodge Elementary in Denton, Texas. My passion is literacy, and I have had extensive training in integrating science and literacy. I also help lead the school in the Latino Literacy Family Project.


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3. I'll mail you a copy of the signed/limited edition of the now out of print Transubstantiate. It's hardcover, only 100 were made, it includes a bonus interview and a cd of several stories recorded by myself and this great actress. Originally sold for $40.
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Herniated Roots: http://www.amazon.com/Herniated-Root.../dp/B009AHRWXC
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SPRINGFIELD — On April 29, Land
of Lincoln Honor Flight will take to the air again to honor 86
senior veterans by taking them on a no-expense, daylong journey to
Washington, D.C., so they can visit and reflect at their national
Once in D.C., they will be transported for the day on three tour
buses (named "Red," "White" and "Blue"), with the itinerary
including the World War II Memorial, Korean Memorial, Vietnam
Memorial, National Air & Space Museum, Marine and Air Force
memorials, Pentagon drive-by, and concluding at Arlington National
Cemetery, including the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and changing of
the guard.
On this second flight of the 2014 Land of Lincoln Honor Flight
season, 69 guardian escorts and three bus captains will accompany
the veterans.
Veterans on this flight come from the Illinois communities of
Alton, Ashland, Astoria, Auburn, Bloomington, Blue Mound, Brighton,
Buffalo, Bushnell, Canton, Carlinville, Chatham, Cornell, Decatur,
Elkhart, Forrest, Godfrey, Green Valley, Havana, Heyworth,
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So this is how I go about making a leather cover for a notebook, complete with a pen holder. All going well after reading through this you should be able to make one of these.
First a disclaimer. I am new to leatherwork and have only read a book and some of the tutorials on British Blades so my way may well be the wrong way. So far it works but you have been warned
So first step is to catch yourself a cow, alternatively you can but some veg tanned hide. I get mine from www.LePrevo.co.uk . For the main cover and the fastening piece I use Culatta (grade 2) dyed through leather in mid Brown.
So lets begin. The first step is to cut out the cover piece. This is simply a rectangle. The size for yours will depend on your notebook. The notebook I use is an A6 Black & Red book. The book is 148mm high and opened out flat it is 225mm. The leather cover is cut to 165mm x 250mm. This is the size I have come up with after a few different versions. Any smaller and I have had to trim the book cover to get it to fit and any larger and it looks odd.
I mark out the cover using a scratch awl but a pen or pencil will do fine.
The cuts are made with a Stanley knife and a steel rule
With the cover cut out you need to soak it in hot water. Now since this is pre-dyed leather this needs a good soak in hot water. I find it needs to be hot and it needs to be moulded straight out of the water and while still hot. Any delay and the impression is not as good.
Like I say it is not a subtle process. If you are using natural leather then you can use a bit less brute force. You can see below I use a BIG hammer and a hard sanding block as a shock absorber.
I hold the edge of the embossing plate with my fingers and strike the block repeatedly. I also turn the block if I can and strike it again to try and spread the image evenly. If you are striking a few times be absolutely certain you do not let the embossing plate move between strikes. It is easy done, trust me
The small otter on the back is done the same way but requires less force. Part of the issue with the big badge is how much area needs to be pressed into the leather. As with everything doing a test first is the best way to get a feel for it.
I fold the leather cover while still wet so it will dry to its finished shape.
I then leave this overnight.
Next, while the leather is still damp (the leather takes about a day to dry) I use an adjustable groover to mark round the edges where I will be stitching.
I find the adjustable groover a pain to try and get the corners to meet so I leave these and use a regular groover to tie in the lines. All lines are gone over three times with the groovers to make a good deep line.
I then slightly round the corners with a pair of tin snips.
I then use an edge beveller on the top edges (this is not a requirement but I like the effect)
Now I use a stitch-marking wheel to mark the leather out for stitching. Because the leather is still damp the stitch markings take quite well. I mark these all the way round the grooves, even at the parts that will not be stitched it gives a consistent look. I start marking the stitches from the corners so I will have a hole for the stitching right in the corner. On the long edge I mark from the corner to the middle then start from the opposite corner.
All marked up and ready to be left to dry. It is shown flat for the photo but I fold it over to its finished shape while drying.
So while the cover dries I can start work on the closing piece. This is an H shaped piece of leather. The two tabs are 20mm wide, the linking band is 22mm wide. The tabs to the front are 35mm long and the back tabs are 40mm. The overall size is 97mm x 110mm.
Again I mark out with a scratch awl.
Cut out with a Stanley knife and using a steel rule.
I round the end of the short (front) tabs with the tin snips.
Once again I mark out stitching lines and pattern with a groover. I just use the straight groover for this. In the picture I have still to add a couple of lines but you will spot them later
Edges are bevelled. On this piece I do this on both sides. I am pretty sure you are not meant to do this on the rough side of the leather but if I do not know the rules I cant break them
It is now time to add the press studs to the closing piece. I punch the holes for the studs using the punches that you hammer rather than the plier type.
Top piece put through
Riveting the bottom piece on.
One done, one to go
I recently got a ¼ alphabet set which is a great size for putting names on the long part of the closing piece. I put a piece of masking tape on this piece and then mark it out to give a good spacing and keep them level.
This is done with the leather dry (I have found no benefit in wetting the leather for this) and again it is given a good whack
Once complete peal of the masking tape and pick out all the bits that did not come out first time ( I am making two book covers at the same time so you might notice that the pictures are not from the same book each time)
I am now going to add the pen holder (NB I have just realised that this could be done as the last operation if you want to wait till then but I prefer to do it now). This is formed out of a thin piece of goat hide (about 0.6mm). I do not have a size for this as I tend to cut it slightly long and with a little extra width and size it insitu each time.
This is then clamped in my stitching pony. I forgot to say but I have marked the stitching lines with the stitch marker.
I pierce all the holes with a sewing awl. I hold a cork sanding block behind the leather being pierced.
I pierce all the holes down one edge at a time. I know you are only meant to pierce a few at a time but I find it quicker this way and I get better spacing. I stitch using a saddle stitch, which I am not going to cover here but which you can find about easily enough elsewhere.
Once you have done one long side you need to fold up the leather at the end to form the closed end of the pen holder.
Stitch up the end then back up the other side. Back stitch three stitches to finish.
One pen holder all ready for a bullet space pen
Hopefully now your cover is dry and we can move on to fitting the press studs to this.
Make sure you use the closing piece to mark where these studs need to go. I put the book inside the cover and put a pen in the holder and see where everything needs to go. Then punch the holes.
And fit the studs
All the studs fitted now.
I check the position and sizes again and mark where the back tabs go. Then clamp them in the stitching pony and stitch these in position.
Both stitched now
And from the back
A little aside here.
Warhog1981 made my stitching pony and it has been invaluable. When I first got it you clamped it using a coach bolt. This was great but the thread stripped and looking round for a quick fix I grabbed a quick clamp.
This is a vast improvement. It allows me to move the clamp about to suit the shape of what I am stitching. When doing the book covers there were a few runs of stitching I had to do without the clamp as the coach bolt got in the way but now I can move the clamp and also as it goes round the outside rather than through the middle it is less in the way anyway.
Were on the home straight now. Time to stitch in the inside pieces that hold the book cover. These are cut from natural veg tanned kip sides and are about 1mm thick. The size I use is 90mm x 170mm (5mm extra on the length to allow a margin for error)
One side stitched in place and ready to be trimmed.
Now trimmed (again as a side note I am getting much happier with my saddle stitching, it has come a long way since my first stitched a couple of weeks ago).
Stitch the other piece onto the other side and trim the same way, with a pair of sharp scissors.
The edges are finished by applying some gum tragacanth and rubbing vigorously with a piece of canvas. I am told that saliva works as well but to be honest the pre-dyed leather needs very little edge finishing and the thin leather fibres would probably bind with friction alone.
Once the edges are finished I rub generous amounts of Carnauba Cream into the leather, inside and out. You are meant to use a cloth but I tend to use my hands as I feel the heat will help it melt in deeper. Once dry I buff it up with a shoe brush.
The Black & Red books I use have a piece of elastic riveted to them to use to hold them shut. I take these rivets out. Once out you should now be able to slide the covers into your leather cover. Generally it takes a while to loosen off and until then the book will react a bit odd when the cover is opened and closed but it very quickly beds in.
So now you should have one like this.


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The study leaders, principal investigator Dr. Stuart J. Connolly, chairman of the steering committee Dr. Salim Yusuf, and project officer Dr. John Eikelboom, have accepted this recommendation, as have the study sponsors, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Pfizer.
Results of the study were presented by Connolly at the annual European Society of Cardiology Congress in Stockholm, Sweden, on August 31.
The AVERROES study enrolled 5,600 patients with atrial fibrillation at risk for stroke who were unsuitable for therapy with a Vitamin K antagonist such as warfarin. These patients were randomized, double-blind, to receive either apixaban or the standard therapy which is Aspirin. The primary efficacy outcome of the AVERROES study was a composite of stroke or systemic embolism and the major safety outcome was major bleeding.
The data monitoring committee observed a relative risk reduction for stroke and systemic embolism of more than 50 per cent, which was highly statistically significant and which met the highly conservative monitoring boundaries of the AVERROES study. There was only a modest increase in major hemorrhage that was not statistically significant.
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Atrial fibrillation is a common heart rhythm disorder, in which the upper chamber of the heart beats improperly. Patients with atrial fibrillation are at increased risk of stroke due to the formation of blood clots in the upper chamber of the heart. The standard therapy for the prevention of stroke and other embolic events in atrial fibrillation is to use a type of anticoagulant known as a Vitamin K antagonist. The most common Vitamin K antagonist is warfarin, which is very effective for reducing stroke but is a difficult drug to use because of numerous interactions with food and other drugs and due to a need for long-term monitoring each patient's blood coagulation.
There are many patients who are unsuitable for warfarin and for them the only effective therapy for prevention of stroke in atrial fibrillation is aspirin, which is not very effective. The purpose of the AVERROES study was to test whether the new Factor Xa inhibitor, apixaban, is superior to aspirin for the prevention of stroke in these patients, with an acceptable risk of bleeding.
Apixaban is a new type of anticoagulant known as a Factor Xa inhibitor, which is being jointly developed by Bristol-Myers Squibb and Pfizer. This agent blocks the coagulation system and can be used without the need for monitoring necessary in traditional treatments. It has been studied and shown promising results in patients with deep vein thrombosis, in patients with recent orthopedic surgery and after acute coronary syndrome. It had not previously been studied in patients with atrial fibrillation.
AVERROES investigators have been informed of the decision to stop follow up of patients in AVERROES, and soon they will be informing their patients who are participating in the study. All patients in AVERROES who are still receiving study medication will be offered a long-term, open-label extension phase of the study in which they will receive apixaban, once the extension has been approved by regulatory bodies and local ethics committees.
The AVERROES study was performed globally in more than 40 countries. The study was coordinated by the Population Health Research Institute (PHRI) at McMaster University and at Hamilton Health Sciences. PHRI is a world-leading centre for clinical research in cardiovascular disease.
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Hi smitten, just going through your posts and they are great!!! Would you be able to help me set up my s4 with screen shots of settings etc. I'm gonna be using it with my technics 1200's (no timecode, just my true vinyls) please.
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RELJR9NMT4ET There you go (you know what it's for). Kind regards, Thijs
Im so sorry to ask you in this message, its because i cant post a new thread.
I really need help to map my midi fighter 3d.
1.) This is a really stupid question, but how do i map "Shift" button into my midi fighter 3d from my TRAKTOR? the reason im asking this is because i want to move the "Shift" + "Sync" + "Cue Play" + "Play" button into my bottom row buttons on my midi fighter 3D. Because its more convenient for me.
2.) Is it possible to assign the 1st page/bank on my midi fighter 3D to control ONLY the deck A and the 2nd page/bank to control ONLY the deck B on my TRAKTOR? If its possible, please teach me thoroughly how to do that?
3.) Is it possible to combine a tsi. file that is available on DJTT into my own tsi. file? For example if im finished mapping my 1st page/bank for deck A ONLY and my 2nd page/bank for deck B ONLY on midi fighter 3D, is it possible to put the DeckGratMotion v2 into my 3rd page/bank??? If its possible, please teach me thoroughly how to do that?
hey smitten,
I'm interested in that s4 package you have going on. I hate dealing with shipping and was hoping you're located in SF like all the other DJTT guys. Ill be in town weds night if so and would love to take it off your hands. Please get back to me and let me know.
Done... finally.
what do you think of the numark ns6?
^^ Didn't even realised. I'm honoured.
^^ great picture!!
Hey man, I wanted to thank you for your articles on mapping in Traktor. I just picked up TS2Duo and an audio 4 to use my TT through my PC. I'm in the process of mapping my BCD3000 as an FX unit, and my launchpad as a loop/sample/hot cue launcher, and your articles have been a HUGE help navigating the mapping in Traktor. Hats off to you brother, thanks for writing those articles.
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