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C-SPAN (Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network), reporting on the election
in South Africa, showed the "interim" flag which will be used for the next
five years; the new parliament will choose a permanent flag. In
blazon, it is: Tierced in pairle couchy sable, gules and azure,
a pairle couchy vert fimbriated or to dexter and argent to chief and base.
I think the interim flag for South Africa is said to be composed of the colours of flags of past administrations. Which is as plausible as anything, since it includes all the heraldic tinctures.
Anton Sherwood
The current South African flag was designed by Mr Fred Brownell, State Herald
of South Africa.
Bruce Berry, 26 Mar 1999
Colour Specifications
Album 2000 gives the official (Pantone) and approximate (CMYK) specifications as follows:
179c C0-M90-Y90-K0
Green: 3415c C100-M0-Y80-K20
Yellow: 1235c C0-M25-Y80-K0
Blue: Reflex Blue c C100-M80-Y0-K0
Ivan Sache, 15 Jan 2002
The South African flag pantones as I have them are:
Uncoated surfaces:
Coated surfaces:
Blue: 287u 288c
Red: 485u (x2) 485c
Yellow: 116u 1235c
Green: 355u 349c
Source: SA Bureau of Standards - Specifications for the National Flag, 2nd ed.
Bruce Berry, 21 Jan 2002
The protocol manual for the London 2012 Olympics
(Flags and Anthems Manual, London, 2012 [bib-lna.html])
provides recommendations for national flag designs. Each National Olympic
Committee was sent an image of their flag, including the PMS shades, by the
London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG) for their approval.
Once this was obtained, the LOCOG produced a 60 x 90 cm version of the flag for
further approval. So, while these specifications may not be the official,
government, version of each flag, they are certainly what the National Olympic
Committee believed their flag to be.
For South Africa : PMS 179 orange/red, 3415 green, reflex blue, 1235 yellow and black. The vertical flag is the horizontal version reversed and turned 90 degrees anti-clockwise - black at the top, orange/red on the left, blue on the right.
Ian Sumner, 10 Oct 2012
The colours of the South African flag do not really have symbolic meanings in themselves. People do sometimes assign meanings to the colours (such as red for blood, yellow for mineral wealth etc.) but this is not the case with the current South African flag. According to Mr. Frederick Brownell, the former State Herald who played a large role in the original design, while the colours of the flag do not have any official symbolism, they do represent a synopsis of the country's flag history. The design in turn, represents a converging of paths, the merging of both the past and the present.
Black, gold and green, which were first incorporated into South African national flags in the 19th century, also feature prominently in the flags of the liberation movements, particularly the African National Congress (ANC), the Pan-African Congress (PAC) and Inkatha. These colours can thus be said to broadly represent the country's black population.
Blue, white, red and green reflect the British and Dutch (later Boer) influence, as shown in the earliest flags flown in South Africa, and also featured prominently in the old South African National Flag (1928-1994) and thus represent the white population of South Africa.
The green pall (the Y-shape) is commonly interpreted to mean the unification of the various ethnic groups and the moving forward into a new united South Africa.
The South African flag
is the only national flag to contain six colours as part of its primary design
(excluding those flags which contain various colour shades as part of the
detail of coats of arms or other charges etc.).
Bruce Berry, 14 Feb 2000
The History and Heritage
Section of the South
Africa.Info web site has a lengthy section on the present flag of the
Republic of South Africa, with some interesting information. The flag
material is entitled 'Fly, the beloved flag,' a very clever play on the
title of Alan Paton's novel 'Cry, the Beloved Country,' one of the first
works in English to describe the former apartheid state.
Ron Lahav, 12 Nov 2008


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making really cute fuzzy boxes made from real eggs!
The idea came from thecraftsdept blog reader, Anita Eydt. It is safe to say that she is the originator of this idea! Here's what she says about discovering this craft:
"I learned about these boxes through experimentation. Having always loved the shapes of certain fruits, one day I decided to papier mache some limes, oranges, avocados and eggs with their peel and shells still on. When I opened up these shapes to release the insides, I noticed that the egg shell was stuck to the papier mache cover and realized how smooth and beautiful it was. It was easy from there to figure out
how to turn these delicate little shapes into boxes. A little sanding was needed to make things more finished and polished."
Above is an Anita original egg box and if you watch Martha's show on Wednesday, I will show you how to make what Anita shared with me. These egg boxes are flocking awesome, even Pico wanted to make them!
Thank you so much Anita for sharing this wonderful idea!

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Cuttlefish are one of the more awesome animals on the planet. So, for the Saturday Morning Awesome, I figured a quick video of the Flamboyant Cuttlefish (Metasepia pfeferri) would fit the bill. This versatile subject matter counts as a "Little Dudes" post, a Random Biological Tidbits post, and a Saturday Morning Awesome as well. Efficient, no?
Here is some info from The Cephalopod Page:
Metasepia pfefferi is found in shallow (3 to 86 m) waters from Indonesia, to Papua New Guinea to the north shore of Australia, South Queensland to Western Australia. They are typically found ambling along (see below) on mud, sand or low energy coral rubble bottoms.
In the summer of 2006 three of us, the founders of MarineBio.org headed to Indonesia. I was there for three weeks specifically to observe and photograph cephalopods. During this trip, despite many dives, I was able to find and photographed only two of these amazing animals.
These remarkable cephalopods are active during the day. They slowly "walk" across the seafloor using their arms and flaps on their mantle; this type of locomotion has been called "ambling". Normally camouflaged, the beautiful colors that give this cephalopod its common name are warning colors and are displayed when the animal is disturbed, See this video. Recently, scientists discovered that these warning colors are not a bluff, the animal is indeed toxic.
Enjoy awesome, smart, toxic little dudes,
[via Estu, photo credit at the Cephalopod Page]


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Evans Senior Center news for Feb. 24
March 2, 2013
Friday lunch program, March 1. With sights set high, we are eagerly awaiting the final verdict. As of now, we believe we will be starting up our Friday lunch Program with Weld County Senior Nutrition. Keep tuned in, and we will advise you by next week as to our progress (and a little prayer wouldn't hurt either). When (think positively) we start the Friday meals, remember you must register to be able to come just as you do for Tuesdays. You will need to call (970) 475-1132 before 9 a.m. on the Thursday before the Friday you plan to attend. As with Tuesday lunches, please leave your name and the names of others that you are registering for on the machine…..we will take care of the rest. Lunches will cost the same as they do on Tuesdays: $3 for people 60 and older or married to a spouse who is 60 or older.
Special questions, Tuesday. Michael Yates from the City of Evans Police Department will be here to advise you on how to protect yourself against identity theft.
Dining around with Donn and Bev, 11 a.m. March 14. We are scheduled for the Eaton Country Club. Cost for transportation is $3; meal is on your own. Come and join in the fun! You may sign up at the Rec Desk at the South End of the Evans Community Complex.
Veterans breakfast, 7:30 a.m. March 2 at the Golden Corral in Evans/Greeley. Calling all vets: Come and join us for fellowship, fun and breakfast.
Fall color trip to Washington, late September and early October. This is when the color and temperatures will be very, very nice. More information will be available in the next few weeks concerning the dates and schedules, and of course the special places we will see. Our trip will include local step on guides who will be with us throughout our visit.
Excess bread, Tuesdays. Each Tuesday we are blessed with excess bread from Panera Bread in Loveland to whom we are very, very grateful. If you are coming to lunch with us, feel free to stop and pick up something you might like to try. It is available Tuesdays only.
Recommended Stories For You
Free appraisals, 9 a.m.-noon the third Tuesday of each month. Don't forget to bring those family heirlooms and treasures for Daniel Geary to appraise. What a wonderful way to discover if you have a real treasure or a sentimental one. Our own little "Antiques Roadshow!"
The Medicare Man meeting, 9 a.m.-noon Tuesdays for any of you who require information on the subject. No appointment is needed with Don Anderson. If you need help before then, call (970) 834-1478.
Our thought for the week: "Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
Thomas Paine


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Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee
Region served
|West Bengal
|sex workers
|Putul Halder
|Kajol Bose
|Bharati Dey
Chief Advisor
|Dr. Smarajit Jana
The Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee (Bengali: দুর্বার মহিলা সমন্বয় সমিতি Durbar Mohila Shômonbôe Shomiti "Unstoppable Women's Synthesis Committee") or Durbar, is a collective of 65,000 sex workers in West Bengal. Established on 15 February 1992, in Sonagachi, the largest red-light district in Kolkata, West Bengal, India with estimated 11,000 sex workers, Durbar has been working on women's rights and sex workers' rights advocacy, anti-human trafficking and HIV/AIDS prevention.[1][2] The Durbar states that its aims are the challenging and altering of the barriers that form the everyday reality of sex workers' lives as they relate to their poverty or their ostracism. Durbar runs 51 free clinics for sex workers across West Bengal, with support from organisations such as the Ford Foundation and the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO), who also help Durbar in its initiatives like networking, rights protection and creating alternative livelihood for sex workers.[3]
The group is overtly political in its aims of fighting for the recognition of prostitution as legal work and, of sex workers as workers[4] and, for a secure social existence of sex workers and their children. They work for the legalisation of prostitution and seek to reform laws that restrict human rights of sex
On 15 February 1992, a public health scientist Dr. Smarajit Jana of All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health, Kolkata, visited the red-light area of Sonagachi for a HIV intervention research study. A peer education team was formed from amongst the sex workers and provided training. Shortly after, studies revealed larger issues amongst sex workers, such as sex workers rights, education of their children, access to financial services and handling of harassment by police and local thugs, along with promoting the use of condoms. Thus in 1995 he formed 'Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee' (DMSC) with 12 sex workers as stakeholders, by 2012 DMSC had a membership of 65,000 from 48 branches across the state of West Bengal, and continues to be managed by sex workers, their children and government officials as its board members, and has not just female sex workers as its members but also male and transgender sex workers.[1][5][6]
Since its inception, it has been working as an advocacy group for sex workers and over the years, it has worked towards sensitizing general public about rights of sex workers, often initiating debate and discussion in public media and press, besides advocating abolition of 'The Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956' (PITA), and legalisation of sex work.[6] Many sex workers now have voters identity cards, health insurance and even bank accounts. In 1995, its consumer cooperative society and micro-credit programme, 'Usha' (literally meaning light), ensured that the Government of West Bengal altered the state's cooperative law to register it as a sex workers cooperative, instead of a 'housewives cooperative' under the prevalent state laws. By 2006-2007, small saving of its 5,000 members lead to an annual turnover to ₹9.75 crore (US$1.4 million), with loan of ₹2.12 crore (US$310,000) distributed amongst its members, which also helped break the monopoly of local moneylenders, who would charge interest rates of up to 300%.[1] The DMSC hosted India's first national convention of sex workers on 14 November 1997 in Kolkata, titled 'Sex Work is Real Work: We Demand Workers Rights'.[7]
DMSC runs 17 non-formal schools for children of sex workers, and two hostels, one at Ultadanga and the other at Baruipur. Its cultural wing, 'Komol Gandhar', teaches dance, drama, mime and music to children, who invited regularly for paid shows.
HIV/AIDS project[edit]
The Durbar runs the STD/HIV Intervention Programme (commonly known as the Sonagachi Project) since 1999. The ownership and management of the Sonagachi Project was taken over by DMSC from the All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health, a central government public health training and research institute based in Kolkata, which had initiated the programme in 1992.[8] After gaining control of the STD/HIV Intervention Programme in 1999, DMSC began replicating the Sonagachi model in other red light areas in West Bengal.[9] DMSC also implements STD/HIV intervention Programme among street-based sex workers and their clients, covering a population of over 20,000 sex workers and migrant labourers. DMSC currently implements and runs STD/HIV intervention programmes in 49 sex work sites in West Bengal.
The approach of Durbar's programme is based on the 3 Rs - Respect, Reliance and Recognition. Respect towards sex workers, Reliance on the knowledge and wisdom of the community of sex workers and, Recognition of sex work as an occupation, for protecting their occupational and human rights.
Durbar is active in building broader alliances to promote HIV prevention, care and support for HIV infected and affected individuals and families both at the national and regional levels.
The book Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide reports investigations revealing, who tried to provide, contrary to stated policy, the DMSC allows sex slavery, trafficking, and underage girls in its brothels.[10]
See also[edit]
- ^ a b c d "The new rhythms of Sonagachi: As the city's sex workers collective turns 20..." Mint. 24 February 2012.
- ^ A missionary enterprise Archived 21 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine Frontline, Volume 22 - Issue 08, 12 - 25 Mar. 2005
- ^ "Sex workers' union gives them the power to say no". Mint. 30 November 2009.
- ^ Sex workers demand labour rights on May Day DNA India - Tuesday, 1 May 2007 17:52 IST
- ^ "History of Durbar". Archived from the original on 19 February 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
- ^ a b Bagchi, p. 124
- ^ Sex work is real work: We demand workers rights Archived 12 December 2006 at the Wayback Machine, announcement of the 1997 sex worker convention
- ^ The Songachi project is 12! NGO Connect The Shakti Newsletter Issue 18. Jan / Feb 2004
- ^ "DEAD ZONES: Fighting Back in India.; Calcutta's Prostitutes Lead the Fight on AIDS". The New York Times. 4 January 1999.
- ^ Kristof, Nicholas D.; Sheryl WuDunn. 2009. Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
- Jasodhara Bagchi; Sarmistha Dutta Gupta (2005). The Changing Status of Women in West Bengal, 1970-2000: the challenge ahead. SAGE. ISBN 978-0-7619-3242-0.
External links[edit]
- Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee Website
- Anti-Trafficking Website of Durbar
- Cornish & Ghosh 2007 The necessary contradictions of community-led health promotion: A case study of HIV prevention in an Indian red light district. Social Science & Medicine, 64, 596-507
- Living with dignity: an international development cooperation story for the Wikibook Development Cooperation Handbook.
- 1995 establishments in India
- Sex worker organizations in India
- Medical and health organisations based in India
- Organisations based in Kolkata
- Sexuality in India
- Organizations established in 1995
- HIV/AIDS prevention organizations
- Organizations that combat human trafficking
- HIV/AIDS in India
- Prostitution in India
- Women's rights organizations
- Human trafficking in India


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You Still Can Date Even If You Don't Have Enough Money!
Humans are relational beings. And going out on dates is the most common way people get to know each other. As normal as relating is to human beings, so are financial constraints expected in life. And these economic limitations are one of the reasons that prevent individuals from going out to get to know other people. But in spite of this, dating is still possible through careful planning and thriftiness.
Plan your Date Carefully
There are many types of dates for couples. These include coffee, movie, shopping, volunteer, and explore dates. However, if one's budget is limited, not all types can be afforded by him/her. To determine which among these is within your means, you must first be clear on your objective/s for going out with someone while considering your budget. For those with limited finances, what is usually chosen for the first few meetings are coffee dates. Eventually, if funds already permit, watching movies are what typically follows. (This may also include going to concerts.) Regardless, of these, make sure you set a budget limit or "ceiling" for your date.
Having some idea of the person you plan to go out with will be helpful in planning your first meeting with him/her. Securing information about your date can be done via social media, referrals from friends, etc. Information on your date's likes and dislikes can help you "customize" your activities based on his/her interests and your set budget limit to make your activities enjoyable and thus memorable for you both. Sending a few text messages and/or giving a phone call before meeting up with your date, is a very good way of initially establishing rapport with him/her in a thrifty manner.
Make Everything Convenient and Accessible
Set a day and time convenient for your date, giving him/her ample time to fix his/her schedule. Also, choose venues that are easily accessible for both parties. Usual meeting places are malls, parks, food complexes, etc. Determine your travel route and mode/s of transportation as well. It might be wise for commuters, to take rides that will save them on transport cost by entailing them to only shell out minimum fares.
Vehicle owners might choose to take their own cars if their budget allows it. However, they might also choose to commute, if it would save them on gas, oil, etc. Avoid traveling during rush hour traffic as this might incur higher transportation expenses, especially when taking a cab. To further save on travel cost, a person can also walk to their meeting place as an option if it is considerably near from his point of origin. This is most applicable for commuters.
Make it Inexpensive but Enjoyable
One of the best places for a first date is a coffee shop. Taking a simple cup of coffee is one of the most inexpensive types of dates and yet can become one of the most enjoyable ones through interesting conversations. Choose coffee shops that offer refillable cups of coffee (This can also include other drinks such as tea, juices, etc.) Stick to activities that devote much time to conversations. This will help you not only to lessen your expenses, but to get to know your date even more. Take make your conversations more interesting, you might want to do it while having a stroll in the park. Ordering budget and/or packaged meals is a good way of minimizing your expenses also.
Do Keep in Touch
As time goes by, you might find yourselves getting fonder of each other. This might eventually require you to spend more money for other forms of dates. However, the reality of financial constraints that might directly affect your dating activities remains. It is usually advised that at this level of relationship, keeping in constant touch with the person you are dating is very important. If, however, frequent dating might not become possible, a very good and thrifty way to address this matter is by the constant use of social media.
Though both might not go out that often, chatting online, sending more text messages, giving more frequent phone calls are very good and yet inexpensive ways of continuously building and strengthening relationships. When done consistently, both individuals can deepen their relationship while saving for other types of dates in the future, which may require a higher budget. Such a set-up might also make these rare future dating engagements very special as infrequency can add excitement and romance to relationships.
Thus, financial constraints need not limit human individuals from going out on dates and get to know other people. Regardless of the reality of economic constraints, individuals can establish new relationships – lifelong ones even. What is needed are careful planning and thriftiness to make this happen.
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SAM MILLS tried for nearly a year to catch his first Hampshire Avon barbel and finally broke his duck with a fish of around 7 lb and then a few days later this personal best 15 lb 14 oz beast.
The 28-year-old surveyor from Christchurch, Dorset, said: "It is truly the fish of a lifetime. I was using a single hookbait with no free offerings, it picked up a hair-rigged pellet wrapped in a large piece of home-made paste, legered on a running rig with a 2 ft 12 lb mono hook link and size 10 hook.
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Much of "The Challenge"'s entertainment value is the drama that erupts off the field, but "Rivals II" includes some incredible competitors whose moves keep us on the edge of our seats, too. Each week, we're pointing out the highs and lows of every mission, so you can watch every triumph, and every COMPLETE AND UTTER FAILURE, on a loop forever and ever. You win some, you lose some…
On the most recent "Rivals II," it wasn't the usual rat-race to the top. Some teams opted against bringing their A game in an effort to shake up the winner's circle, and for a few duos, that meant an unexpectedly easy jaunt to the finish line. Still, there were enough epic spills into the ocean to keep us satisfied (and one particularly entertaining helmet throw!). Check out the high and low points from the most recent episode below, in our miniature GIF museum!
WIN SOME: After getting tangled up in a bamboo maze, it was nice to see Jasmine and Theresa catch a break. Their fellow female competitors decided against trying to knock them out at the day's mission, and the result was an easy stroll into the top spot that surprised even them. Enjoy your cool $1K, ladies!
LOSE SOME: After coming up short in the mission and being sentenced to The Jungle, Zach and Trey were determined to win and return to the house. And for a moment, it seemed like they had, but Zach's victorious screams and the tossing of his helmet into the crowd of Challengers proved to be premature, as TJ informed him that he and Trey hadn't played the game as instructed, and Team Green was consequently DQed and sent home. Rules are there for a reason, man!
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We had a very nice time on this Cruise -- looking forward to a relaxing time with plenty of sea days, lots of specialty restaurants, Tassie devils, etc. We were not disappointed. Background -- we have cruised about 10 times before on a ... Read More
We had a very nice time on this Cruise -- looking forward to a relaxing time with plenty of sea days, lots of specialty restaurants, Tassie devils, etc. We were not disappointed. Background -- we have cruised about 10 times before on a variety of Cruise lines. Been to Australia once before. The wildlife stops were great. We "tracked" kangaroos in the wild, saw Tassie devils, birds. Not exactly like Africa, but a lot of fun. New Zealand fjords (Milford Sound, Dusky Sound) were beautiful and left us speechless. Rooms -- our room was a deluxe stateroom with balcony (9574) near the library. Very large, great comfortable bed, flat screen TV. We were wondering if there would be noise from the centrum parties that would keep us awake at night -- no "worries". Stateroom Attendant ("Caba"). Really excellent. There was not a single time we returned to the room when it was not made up. Don't know how he did that since sometimes we would be gone only 30 minutes or so. Great towel sculptures too, even a Roo with "Joey". Food -- we would rate this as a mixed bag. Room service was great (food quality and service). We had "My Dining" which meant we could go to dinner in the main dining room when we wanted vs having to adhere to the 1st or 2nd seating times. That part was nice. Dinner in the Main Dining room was average (soups were usually good). Breakfast(and esp Lunch) in the Main Dining room were very good -- great salad bar where they make your chopped salad as you wait. Windjammer buffet had a nice variety of food, normally pretty good quality. As the cruise went on, the quality went down a bit. Deck Bar-B-Qs were great. Specialty restaurants -- we went to the Italian (Giovannis), Mexican (Ritas), Japanese (Izumu), and Chops. Also had a reservation for Brazilian but we skipped it. Grades -- Giovannis A, excellent food and service. Mexican F -- please RCI drop this idea, this is not Mexican food at all and was inedible. Folks from Southern California know what Mexican food should taste like. Japanese D -- nice try but the food was boring -- even the "hot plates". Chops B -- good food but I think we were a little too full to appreciate. Personally, we like the idea of Specialty places to eat, but there should be one cost for the experience (no Ala carte costing -- it confuses people and probably turns then off to Specialty dining). Norwegian has the right idea here. Also, as noted elsewhere, tone down the marketing for these specialty places -- it turns people off. The Solarium area was excellent, beautiful with tropical plants, bird sounds, nice small Park Cafe. Lack of seating is a problem, but don't know how to solve it. Maybe a note that advises people to sit no longer than 2 hours, so other quests can use them? Make the Solarium pool just a little warmer please. Entertainment was OK. We did not think the evening shows were that great, so we skipped most of them. We did spend a lot of evenings in the Colony Club listening to the Blue Avenue Band! This was strange because most nights, we were the only people in the place, while the band played a huge variety of popular hits (Presley, Rock, Country) -- whatever they played was great. The singer in particular was amazing -- don't know his name but hope he and the band have a great future. Good luck to the Blue Avenue Band! On tipping, I was not crazy about the idea of paying for gratuities in advance (which we had to do since we chose My Time Dining). But it seems to work OK. We gave our stateroom attendant something extra at the end of the cruise. Excursions -- we booked 4 before we left and added 1 on board. We had excursions in Adelaide, Melbourne, Hobart Tasmania, Dunedin NZ. Overall, we think these were good values. We liked the Radiance and RCI was pretty good. We would try them again. Read Less
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Lian Gong Shi Ba Fa is a set of therapeutic and health care exercises comprising of three parts, with each part being a set of 18 exercises. Dr. Zhuang Yuan Ming formulated and developed this art from his in-depth knowledge of Wusu (Chinese martial arts), massage-therapy, medical and sports traditions such as Daoyin (movement), Tuina (breathing), five-animal exercise and eight-section brocade, combining it with his rich clinical experience and research with modern medical knowledge. The intricate blend of martial arts, healing methods and self-massage, combined with breathing, sets Lian Gong Shi Ba Fa apart from other exercise methods.
In China, in the 1960's, there was an increase in the ailments of physical workers, peasants, factory and office workers with regard to pain in the neck, shoulders, waist and legs owing to wear and tear of the tissues relating to wrong postures for long periods. Despite advances in modern medicine, there was no effective and proven clinical therapeutic method for treating stress related diseases, leading these patients to seek solace from other traditional systems of Chinese medicine.
In 1967, with all private practice being banned in China, the government asked Dr. Zhuang Yuan Ming to practice at the Government Hospital. Over 50 students followed Dr. Zhuang Yuan Ming and under his able guidance attended to the growing number of sick. Given that the social fabric of the country largely comprised of the working class, pain due to bad posture and immobilization of various parts of the body seemed to be prevalent across all sections of his patients. Dr. Zhuang Yuan Ming considered various combinations of movement-based treatment along with massage-therapy. In most cases, patients who obtained great relief from massage returned as soon as the pain reappeared. So he devised movement-based massage, where the massage could be administered by the patients themselves in the comfort of their homes. This proved a dramatic success, which led Dr. Zhuang Yuan Ming to devise Lian Gong Shi Ba Fa.
Dr. Zhuang Yuan Ming fashioned different exercises specifically suited for different body conditions and disorders, which would act on each specific part of the body. He initially propagated Lian Gong in the hospital he was working in. Later, he brought together a group of people in Shanghai bund to practice Lian Gong Shi Ba Fa. The bund was located in Huang pu district and Lian Gong spread from to other districts, counties and provinces of China. Though Dr. Zhuang Yuan Ming created the essential foundation in 1964, it came to be known as Lian Gong Shi Ba Fa in 1974 and the final version was perfected in 1978. The art and Dr. Zhuang Yuan Mings repute spread through his patients who were mostly peasants, factory and office workers. By the year 1980, there were over 300,000 practitioners in Shanghai alone.
Dr. Zhuang Yuan Ming also undertook personal visits to offices, factories, farms and army camps to discover the reason behind the rampant joint disorders and other such conditions. On these visits, once it became known that he was the pioneer of Lian Gong, he was extended several invitations to teach Lian Gong at various other offices and factories including army camps.
In 1980, the Ministry of Sports, the Ministry of Health and the National Union jointly issued declarations to all provinces directing the Chinese people to exercise regularly for good health. The three recommended forms were Tai Chi, Broadcasting exercises and Lian Gong Shi Ba Fa. Lian Gong was tested to ascertain its scientific basis and proved to be very effective in preventing and healing joint diseases. In a bid to promote exercise and inculcate it in the common persons lifestyle, the government introduced a mandatory 15-minute morning slot in all workplaces, schools and universities to accommodate the practice of Tai Chi, Lian Gong and Broadcasting exercises. Owing to the short period of 11-12 minutes required to practice the Lian Gong routine, it gained immense popularity. Over 3 million people in China were practicing Lian Gong with the movements synchronized to melodious music.
When a medical survey was conducted on 1361 patients with pain in the neck, shoulders, waist and legs who participated in the training session of the first set of Lian Gong Shi Ba Fa, the efficiency of the patients was up by 98.2%, after a period of 2 to 4 months training. According to a medical survey conducted on 1161 patients with arthralgia, tenosynovitis, tennis elbow, neuropathy, hypertension, coronary heart disease and abdominal diseases participating in the training sessions of the second set of Lian Gong Shi Ba Fa, the total efficiency was up by 96.71% after 6 months of training. The efficacy of the exercise was recognized nationally and it was awarded the Shanghai Scientific and Technological Prize, the Shanghai Chinese- western medicine Scientific Research Prize.
In 1980, a Cultural Exchange Organization promoting ties between Japan and China, invited a Japanese delegation of doctors and patients to Shanghai to invite famous Chinese doctors to heal and treat them. The Shanghai Health Bureau selected eminent doctors from different fields to meet the delegation. This was a unique event where patients and doctors came together to find solutions for diseases and disorders.
The delegation also visited Dr. Zhuang Yuan Ming's Hospital to understand the condition of recurring pain in the neck, shoulders, waist and legs. During their weeklong visit, Dr. Zhuang Yuan Ming taught and administered Lian Gong Shi Ba Fa. At the end of their stay, patients no longer suffered from pain. This dramatic cure astonished the patients and doctors alike. After their return to Japan, several members of the delegation sent positive responses to the Shanghai Health Bureau about their experience. Dr. Zhuang Yuan Ming received high praise and appreciation and his assistance was taken to set up a Lian Gong Association in Japan. This marked the spread of Lian Gong out of China for the first time. Soon Lian Gongs fame spread overseas. The First International conference of Lian Gong Shi Ba Fa was held in 1989 in Shanghai in which 58 Japanese practitioners participated.
Dr. Zhuang Yuan Ming was invited several times abroad to lecture, demonstrate, train, popularize and propagate Lian Gong Shi Ba Fa worldwide. Today, Lian Gong Shi Ba Fa is practiced in over 40 countries. In the year 2004, the 30th anniversary of Lian Gong Shi Ba Fa was celebrated and the 10th International conference was held in which 3000 participants from 15 countries participated.


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DescriptionPachinko Paradise 4 is one of the many titles in Irem's long-running pachinko simulation series. It features reproductions of three pachinko machines made by Sanyo Bussan: CR Sushiya no Taishō P7, CR Sushiya no Taishō M3, and CR Sushiya no Taishō L8. There are two standard modes available: Tsūjō (Normal) mode allows the player to modify a wide range of settings for each machine, while Jissen (Battle) mode challenges the player to win as many balls as possible on the default settings with a limited starting pool and time limit. There is also a View mode where the various animations that play on the in-game display can be freely viewed.
The game includes a simple story mode where the player takes the role of Gen-san (better known as Hammerin' Harry) who travels around his two with two friends, solving problems by playing pachinko. There are also several PocketStation mini-games that can be unlocked by meeting certain conditions in the main game.
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" The other morning I heard a four-year-old girl ask her mother, "Why was I born into this world? To go to nursery school?" Naturally her mother could not honestly say, "Yes, that's right, so off you go." And yet, you could say that people these days are born to go to nursery school, wrote Masanobu Fukuoka in his simple yet ingenious book One straw revolution.
When nursery schools in the city decide to call it a day, they hand over the mantle to the city's many summer camps and activity workshops. Summer vacations are no longer about children rightfully getting to do what they can do in no other part of the year — nothing.
Pranav Adithya who will go to U.K.G next year, may be just four and half years old, but he has already attended his second summer camp, learning not just how to play the keyboard but also phonetics. "I wanted him to learn phonetics and he wanted to learn to play the keyboard, so we struck a deal, and he goes to both classes. I am also going to put him in swimming classes, and he seems pretty excited," says his mother K.B. Sujatha. Wanting her son to get the exposure she could not, Sujatha says that when they were children, theirs was a small world. "He is lucky that he is able to try his hand at so many things. Only if we put him in four or five classes, we will know where his interest lies."
Prema Daniel, a consultant on early childhood education issues says that while children willingly attend adventure camps, and art classes for instance, may be a good thing, enrolling them in courses that supplement subjects that are taught in school will have quite an adverse effect. "Through the year, the child is taxed and vacations are given so that children recoup. Otherwise, you might as well have school round the year. By doing this, you kill the child's wanting to learn more," she says.
After a year of school, children too need their space. Earlier children went to their grandparents' houses and played with their cousins. But these things have become very rare now, she adds. "I too have conducted summer camps and have noticed that it is more of an adult's desire and not necessarily always the child's wish," she added.
Courses for children range from arts, crafts, and playing the keyboard to learning financial management, handwriting improvement and learning to make a torch, and no child is too young for a camp. Enrolments for most summer camps in the city have already started, and some are even full for the next month.
For most parents, enrolling their children in educational classes is a way of ensuring that their children will not while away time in front of the television or computer.
Deepa Balasubramaniam, mother of five-year-old Stuthi Lakshman says that she would prefer that her daughter join courses such as phonetics and handwriting improvement, which will help her in life.
Jayashree Chinne, Head, Kalaa Manjari, an after-school activity centre, says that both their educational as well as activity-based courses find an equal number of takers. "Some parents want to put their children in courses that supplement what is taught in school. Parents understand that they cannot force children to take up courses that they do not like. So they strike a balance by letting the child choose a module of his/her choice while they choose the other."
Vacations, she says, are the time when parents get to find out what the child is really good at and interested in. "Most parents who come to us say that when left by themselves, children mostly watch television, or sit in front of the computer. In that context parents prefer sending their children to camps where they not only make new friends but also learn something that they couldn't have learnt at home."
The problem, however, arises when parents go overboard and enrol their children in multiple classes against the child's wishes. This trend, says N. Nagalakshmi, Co-founder, Curiokidz, a summer camp, has a lot to do with how society has changed.
"Summer camps are the effect rather than the cause. From our end we make the module extremely engaging and informative for the child."
Deepa says that these are the only two months of the year when she can have her child join extra-curricular classes because the rest of the year, children have just enough time to attend school, play for a while, do their homework and sleep. But if you subscribe to Prema's view, summer is a time when children should lie down, relax, and play and not necessarily be 'occupied'.


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The complete guide to installing and configuring the GlassFish Application Server and developing Java EE 5 applications to be deployed to this server
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This book explains GlassFish installation and configuration, and then moves on to Java EE 5 application development, covering all major Java EE 5 APIs.
Chapter 1 provides an overview of Glassfish, including how to install it, configure it, and verify the installation.
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Chapter 5 explains how to use the JSP Standard Tag Library (JSTL) when developing JavaServer Pages
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Chapter 8 covers securing J2EE applications through the Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS).
Chapter 9 discusses how to develop Enterprise Java Beans that adhere to the EJB 3 specification.
Chapter 10 explains how to develop and deploy web services that conform to the JAX-WS 2.1 specification.
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The appendices cover some of the advanced features of the GlassFish server.
This book is a Developer's Guide, covering the ins and outs of developing Java EE 5 applications deployed to the standards-compliant, high performance GlassFish application server."


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COPS Monitoring strengthens Southwestern presence
More than a year after opening its fifth central station in Dallas, COPS Monitoring continues to enhance its presence in the region. The Williamstown, N.J.-based wholesale monitoring is expanding support of the 8,000-square-foot facility by adding two new account executives, Julie Jordan and T.J. Cornwall. Jordan will manage East Texas and Louisiana, while Cornwall will cover West Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska.
While the account regions are obviously large, covering large swathes of urban and rural areas, the most important dealer markets are likely to be in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area, along with some of the other major urban areas of Texas, including Houston, Austin and San Antonio.
David Smith, director of marketing and communication for COPS, said the new additions represent part of the company's broader "hometown" strategy of providing a personable level of professional service.
"While we can't be local to every alarm dealer, we do try to select strategic geographic regions to better serve our dealers and to strengthen the reliability of our network of central stations," Smith said. "By operating regional central stations, we also have the ability to become more involved in local associations and with local dealers so we can better understand how we can help them overcome regional challenges and capitalize on opportunities."
Because of the sheer sprawl of the Dallas-Fort Worth area (it's the fourth most populous urban area in the U.S.), Cornwall will manage the Fort Worth dealers, while Jordan will work with Dallas-based accounts.


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|In the last 20 years or so there have been a number of trends, fads and concepts that have served to break the bond between a corporation and its employees, at a huge cost to both. There are 5 key concepts, this is the fifth Dumb Concept #5: "Business Warfare" Many traditional business leaders have a militaristic view of the way the business world works. A glance at the titles of popular business books-Marketing Warfare, Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun, Guerrilla PR-offer ample testimony for this widely held viewpoint. We're told that we must imitate generals and warlords if we want to be successful managers. Taking all this to heart, many executives talk as if they were planning the next world war: "This product will do major damage in the marketplace! We've armed our sales force. We've targeted the right set of customers! The new ad campaign will explode into the territories! This is going to be a major victory! Our troops are ready!" Ugh. Here's the problem. If a company's executives really believe that business is warfare, then that dogma will be reflected in nearly everything that goes on inside the corporation. Strategies that don't fit the dogma-regardless of their potential for success-will be rejected because they are literally "unthinkable." For example, executives who believe that business is a battlefield will almost inevitably assume that victory in business goes to the largest "army" and they'll build large, complicated departments stuffed full of people and resources. Even when customers would be better served by a smaller, more focused effort, there will be an overwhelming drive to build a massive corporate "army" that's "strong" and ready to "fight." Military-minded managers also find it all too easy to become control freaks. Because they see themselves as generals and officers, they tell people what to do. They think that good employees should shut up and follow orders. This behaviour destroys initiative as people wait around for top management to make decisions. And because top management is often the most isolated from the customer, the company loses track of what's needed in the marketplace. Further, the "business warfare" mentality makes it impossible to put the decision making where it belongs-at the lowest level of the organization. Military thinking also distances employees from their customers. To the militaristic company, customers are, at best, faceless territory to be "targeted" and "captured" with marketing and sales "campaigns." This strategy discourages the viewing of customers as living, breathing human beings with opinions, interests, and concerns of their own. BTW, the entire "business warfare' concept, with its buddy-buddy, band-of-brothers, shoot-'em-up consciousness seems ludicrous to many women. Not having spent their childhood playing soldiers in the sandbox; many women find it pretty ridiculous that a bunch of grown men can act as if their boring meetings and dry-as-dust ideas were high adventure and global conflict. The militaristic organization almost always discriminates against women. From time immemorial, warfare has been a male pastime, and though women have often fought and died in wars, they're generally considered second-class soldiers. Men who think that executives should be generals in three-piece suits find it extraordinarily difficult to envision a woman in a position of power. So, going forward, let's deep-six the militaristic jingoism and start talking about business in terms of relationships, agreements and profitability. Then we'll all be better off.


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I spoke this week at Govcert 2011, a security conference in Rotterdam. The talk drew heavily on material from my Pharma Wars series, about the alleged proprietors of two competing rogue Internet pharmacies who sought to destroy the others' reputation and business and ended up succeeding on both counts. Here is the latest installment.
For those who haven't been following along, I've put together a cheat sheet on the main players, the back story and the conflict. Click here to skip this section.
Pavel Vrublevsky: Co-founder and Former chief executive officer of ChronoPay, until recently a major processor of electronic payments in Russia. Vrublevsky has been accused of running an illegal business, a rogue Internet pharmacy affiliate program called Rx-Promotion, and is currently in prison awaiting trial on unrelated cybercrime charges. Known to business partners as "Red" or "RedEye."
Igor Gusev: Co-founded ChronoPay with Vrublevsky in 2003. Had a falling out with Vrublevsky in 2005, left ChronoPay and started the Internet pharmacy affiliate programs GlavMed and SpamIt. The latter was closed in Sept. 2010, and Gusev has been charged with running an illegal business. He is still at large.
Dmitry Stupin: Gusev's right-hand man. Helped to build SpamIt and GlavMed. The logs below are from a set of logs leaked to several download sites that contain thousands of conversations between Stupin and Gusev. The logs were obtained shortly after the police detained Stupin as part of the criminal investigation into Gusev.
Conflict: Two former business partners-turned-competitors try to sabotage each others' business and to get the other arrested.
The conversation below takes place between Feb. 21 and 23, 2010, and is a chat log between Gusev and Stupin. Gusev already knows there are plans to file criminal charges against him, which indeed come just seven months after this conversation was recorded. The two are discussing plans to pay more than $1.5 million to politicians and law enforcement to obtain a criminal prosecution of Vrublevsky.
Several attendees at Govcert 2011 asked about the likelihood of Vrublevsky serving time, if convicted. This chat may provide a clue. In the middle of the following conversation, Gusev says he has secured promises that if arrested, Vrublevsky "would remain in prison and would not be able to pay his way out," Gusev wrote. "He is going to lose a large portion of his business and will be left with no money to fight the war."


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"What are your strengths?"
This is a popular interview question. They want to know what you think of yourself. Although this is a general question, there is a wrong and right answer. The wrong answer is a generic answer saying you are organized and friendly. Although it will not hurt you during the interview, it will certainly not help you either. Answer this question based on the type of job you are applying for.
Short Answers
"I believe my strongest trait is my attention to detail. This trait has helped me tremendously in this field of work."
"I've always been a great team player. I'm good at keeping a team together and producing quality work in a team environment."
"After having worked for a couple of years, I realized my strength is accomplishing a large amount of work within a short period of time. I get things done on time and my manager always appreciated it."
"My strongest trait is in customer service. I listen and pay close attention to my customer's needs and I make sure they are more than satisfied."
Long Answers
Let's say I am interviewing for a management position. You should mention traits that are important for managers.
"A couple strengths I have are planning and execution, and working with people. I've always been very good at planning and detailing all the steps. Even in college, I would spend time organizing my week and planning a strategy to tackle each class or assignment. Executing a plan has always come easy for me as well. I believe it's due to proper planning. I also work with people very well in a way where I use the strengths of each individual in a team to produce the best results. Because of my easy going personality, I've been told by my directs that it's easy to approach me."
If you are applying for an accounting position, you should mention strong traits an accountant should have and claim them to be yours.
"I'm very detail oriented, good at managing time, and very honest. I always incorporate managing time and being detailed together. By nature I've been detail oriented, and that resulted in taking too much time on a particular task. After incorporating time management into the mix, I found that my work and efficiency increased dramatically. I plan better and produce higher quality work in a time constraint environment. Finally, I'm a very honest person. When I was working as a valet attendant during college, a lady gave me a twenty dollar bill to pay for the three dollar fee. She almost drove off the lot, but I stopped her and said here is your change. My co-workers said I should have considered the change as tip, but I know what I did was honest and right. You can fool other people, but you can't fool yourself. That's what I believe."
The second example can seem a little wordy. But the power of an example is greater than any great words you can string together. Everyone can claim they are honest, but with an example, it is much more believable.
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The Investor's Perspective: Joining the Crowd
As an investor, you can use crowdfund investments to diversify your portfolio, keeping in mind that these are high-risk investments. On average, 50 percent of new companies fail within their first year, so you must make these investments only a small part of your overall financial portfolio.
Consider your investment psychology: If you're completely risk averse, you have no business investing in small, private companies. If, however, you can tolerate volatility and risk in a small portion of your portfolio for the sake of potentially receiving some significant financial returns, a crowdfund investment may make sense.
To try to decrease your risk, keep these investment mantras firmly in mind:
I will invest only in people I know and trust.
I will invest only in products or services I will use myself.
I will invest only in businesses in which I want to be active as a marketing engine, as an advisor, and/or as an unpaid service provider.
I understand that this is a long-term investment, I may never see my investment, and if I do it may be a long time off and may not be the amount I put in.
I am investing only that amount which I can afford to walk away from today.
If you're an unaccredited investor (meaning your net worth is less than $1 million excluding your primary residence, and you haven't earned more than $200,000 for each of the past two years), you can't invest every dime you've got in crowdfund investment campaigns. Per the JOBS Act, the SEC sets specific limits on how much any individual can invest.
Here's the breakdown of how much the SEC allows you to risk on crowdfund investments based on your annual income or net worth.
|If Your Annual Income or Net Worth Is . . .
|You Can Invest Up To . . .
|Which Caps Out At . . .
|Less than $40,000
|Greater than $40,000 but less than $100,000
|5% of your annual income or net worth
|Greater than $100,000
|10% of your annual income or net worth up to $100,000
Keep in mind that each example reflects an aggregate amount: the total amount that you can put into all your crowdfund investments each year.
Another must-know piece of information: If you purchase equity in a business via a crowdfund investment, by law you must hold that investment for at least 12 months from the time of purchase. So take your time and make solid decisions up front because you can't retreat for at least a year.


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Part of our philosophy here at The Grove is growing together in God's word. Out of this, our desire is to infuse people with the necessary tools to live life as living examples of what God can do. Our Bible study groups exists to connect people to lasting relationships, to grow in Biblical truth and to serve in the church and our community. As you connect with others you are joining us in extending our reach to the community.
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At this busy time of the year, some No Prep Christmas Math Games may be just what you need!
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Mt. San Antonio Community College District has partnered with American Fidelity Assurance Company to provide supplemental health insurance benefits and financial services to our employees*.
Section 125 Cafeteria Plan offers:
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There are huge numbers of people who are jumping vessel into unknown waters for different causes but recognizing too soon that the pretty image is merely pretty from a distance.
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About us
Mission statement
One heart works to see the prevention and awareness of human trafficking, the rescue and restoration to victims of human trafficking, domestic violence and sexual abuse.
We work to see this through therapeutic and counseling, practical help, discipleship, and missions work, just to name a few of the areas. For us it is not about having a set program that is offered but it is about working with individuals to see them transformed.


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Jenn's Healthy Eating Cookbook
(Recipe Collection)
15 Recipes Created by JENNM0325
Recipes in this Collection
Classic Dried Bean Soup RecipeSubmitted by SLCOLMAN
Submitted by BABBUBA
a wonderful addition to any brunch! revised to be lower in fatSubmitted by SKINNYPINKCOW
The glaze is the tasty secret to this new version of a traditional favorite!Submitted by NOTBLUSHING
Little preparation required and few ingredients for a delicious dinner!Submitted by CANADIANBUG
I like McDonald's Egg McMuffin with Sausage but not the calories & fat, so I have my own version & it is one of my frequently used breakfasts.
Healthy changes to a family favoriteSubmitted by JENNM0325
This vegetarian chili can be made on the stove top or in a slow cooker. Submitted by AEGARRISON
a yummy pasta salad, hot or coldSubmitted by AMUZIK
Cookbook creator says: Use low sodium Cream of Mushroom soup to lower the overal sodium content.Submitted by CHOPPERCHICK!!!
Submitted by MOTIVATED100
Submitted by JENNM0325
Good for either breakfast, brunch, or dinner. We serve it with a (lightly) fried egg on top, but you can omit it if you choose.Submitted by LCOSBYJONES
This is a family favorite!Submitted by DANITHOM25


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Friday, February 24, 2012
Friday Randoms
12 comments:
- Girls Love Fried Pickles said...
So happy for you and Jon! Aren't old memories the best when you find them? Have a great weekend! If I ever come to Austin I will bring my sleeping bag to stay at your new house. Oh and that first picture of Ernie made me belly laugh.
- February 24, 2012 at 9:20 AM
- Shannon Marie said...
Happy Blog-iversary :) That is fabulous! I can't wait to reach the one-year mark... although I have a while.
I love going through boxes and photo albums from years past. It's amazing to see how God has answered prayers and put new/different people in your life.
Have a wonderful weekend. xo
- February 24, 2012 at 9:56 AM
- Lauren said...
Aw I love looking through old boxes and yearbooks! I too have stored a lot at my parents place so it's nice to go back there and see all my old stuff. And Ernie is seriously just so cute!! Hope you guys have a great weekend :)
Lauren @ Lemon Trees and Bumble Bees
- February 24, 2012 at 9:56 AM
- Dani said...
Jon looks just like his dad. Thats great going though those boxes....nostalgia is the best!
- February 24, 2012 at 10:51 AM
- Kodi said...
I love, love, love Ernie! I can't wait to have a little frenchie like him:)
Oh, and Happy Blog-iversary!
Have a great weekend:)
- February 24, 2012 at 11:06 AM
- Amanda said...
EEEEEEE your blogoversary! And I'm excited for you being in nesting mode! Big things are happening! I think I'm probably going to hang out at my parents' all weekend too. M is going back to Massachusetts to pick up things that he forgot, and I have a road race in the AM, so I can't go with him.
- February 24, 2012 at 11:16 AM
That bible is so special!!
and I love the name Ebenezer, and the fact that the whole family history is written out- that is such a lucky and cool thing to have!
I can't believe you had 88 degree weather yesterday. that is crrrrrazy! it was almost 50 here, which is so warm at this point, then this morning it was snowing, haha.
have a great weekend Ruthie!
- February 24, 2012 at 11:58 AM
- Heather said...
congrats on your blogiversary! hope jon is having a blast! enjoy your time with you family-- soak it up! ernie is just THE cutest!! xo
- February 24, 2012 at 12:00 PM
- Daisy said...
Yey for blogiversarys!!! I didn't catch your post from yesterday so I will have to read it :)
- February 24, 2012 at 12:34 PM
- Jessi said...
We are a little obsessed with geneology in our house. I have this book that a cousin put together in the 70's that goes back to the 1200s. I'm a direct decedent of Patrick Henry which is pretty awesome. I wasn't interested in it for a long time and always made fun of Ben for doing so much research into his own family, but then I got sucked in :) It's so interesting!
- February 24, 2012 at 1:32 PM
- Samantha (everyshadeinbetween) said...
Just found your blog and I love it! Totally hooked :)
- February 24, 2012 at 5:06 PM
- Emily said...
Happy Blog-o-versary & have fun nesting! It's wonderful to use that energy to clean out the old and get ready for the new!
- February 24, 2012 at 11:03 PM


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Anyone who knows us, knows that we're no stranger to the fight for vaping rights. We met with legislators when Bill 30 came to Manitoba and we lent a helping hand in Regina. From that fight, we kept the right to vape inside shops and we kept our ejuice flavours protected from special interest groups. It's been a long time coming, so we're proud to be the newest member of ECTA (Electronic Cigarette Trade Association). We hope to be of service and make a positive contribution to the cause.
Guess who just joined ECTA.
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A young deaf man traveling through the Louisville, Kentucky airport claims to have been bullied and discriminated against by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents. The man who goes by the screen name "teaandtheatre" on his Tumblr blog. He wrote that the TSA agents called him a "fu**ing deafie" and took sealed candy he bought at the airport and ate the sweets after confiscating the sealed package, The Blaze reports. The TSA agents reportedly asked the deaf man if he would like to donate the candy to the USO, he agreed, only to see the allegedly laughing TSA agents eat his recent purchase.
The deaf man stated in his blog post that he was on his way home from the National Association for the Deaf's biennial conference with friends when he was allegedly bullied by Kentucky TSA agents. The man claims the agents were laughing at the group which they assumed could not understand what they were saying. A female TSA agent allegedly made the profane comment while facing the deaf man, who easily read her lips. According to the blog post, the young deaf man later discovered that several other conference travelers had encountered the same type of discriminatory and unprofessional behavior by TSA agents at the Kentucky airport.
Blog Excerpts republished by Boing Boing:
"While I was going through the TSA, some of them started laughing in my direction. I thought it might've been someone behind me, but I found out otherwise. They went through my bag (for no reason), and found a couple bags of candy I brought. I was told I wasn't allowed to fly with that (wtf? I've flown with food before."
The deaf man reportedly did not expect the story to be so widely read and wrote the post primarily as a "heads up" to other deaf flyers. There has not yet been a response to a plethora of media inquiries about the alleged incident from the TSA.


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A new development in the Trayvon Martin case...both of George Zimmerman's lawyers, Craig Sonner and Hal Uhrig, announced today that they are withdrawing from the case. According to them, they have "lost contact with" Zimmerman.
As Sonner told reporters earlier today:
"We've lost contact with him. Up to this point, we've had contact with him every day. He's gone on his own; I'm not sure what he's doing or who he's talking to, but at this point we are withdrawing his counsel. If he wants us to come back as counsel he will contact us. We had contact as of Sunday, in the last couple of days we have lost—he has not returned phone calls or text messages or emails, leading me to believe that I can't go forward speaking to the public about George Zimmerman in this case as representing him, because I've lost contact with him at this point. I still believe that he was acting in self defense that night. Nothing that I've said about him or this case has changed in any way, I just can't proceed to represent a client who doesn't stay in contact with me."
They both added that they had reason to believe that Zimmerman had contacted both Sean Hannity at Fox News and the case's special prosecutor without their permission.
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rules and expectations.
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Cameras: Grandkids' love-hate relationship
rules and expectations.
7 comments:
- Sandra said...
they are both beautiful as are the new outfits. the best way to get him is when he is not looking, that is what i do to bob, he does hate the camera turned on him to.
- October 22, 2012 at 8:07 AM
What cute shirts and what adorable grandkids! You are right to be proud of them, Linda. Enjoy your trip to Georgia!
- October 22, 2012 at 10:16 AM
- schmidleysscribblins,wordpress.com said...
Molly Kate is very photogenic. She would probably do well in some occupation involving on on air performance. Walker is probably an introvert. Perhaps he will grow up to be a writer??
My youngest grandson can turn on those camera-ready smiles too, and like Molly Kate he is cute. I really like the last photo of your kids as goblins. Dianne
- October 22, 2012 at 10:23 AM
- photowannabe said...
Adorable kids and adorable outfits.
Grandkids are the best, smiles or no smiles.
Have a wonderful time seeing your other grandchildren too. You are fortunate to be able to do that.
- October 22, 2012 at 3:18 PM
- Lynilu said...
I absolutely love the pictures! Even the tears in the eyes of Molly Kate and the grimace of Walker are wonderful! Oh, I wish I were closer to my grands! They are growing up far too fast.
- October 22, 2012 at 10:39 PM
- marciamayo said...
The pictures are great and worth the trouble. I do think butterflies are much more forgiving than children when it comes to cameras.
Have a great trip to the Peach State.
- October 24, 2012 at 8:08 AM
- Kathy said...
I can certainly identify with trying to capture a photo of elusive little boys!
I love their little matching outfits, too. Cute!
- October 25, 2012 at 2:43 PM