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Microsoft Announces Home Server Power Pack 2
This coming Monday, Microsoft will also add WHS to its MSDN subscription, allowing professional developers to download and play with the software package, and hopefully develop it as a platform, a Microsoft WHS executive said. In January, the WHS platform had 70 or so add-in pieces of software; now it has over 100.
When will Power Pack 2 roll out? Microsoft wasn't exactly sure until the last minute. Power Pack 2 is still in its final stages of testing, and will roll out as a part of Windows Update, which releases twice a month, said Steven Leonard, a senior product manager for Windows Home Server. But a spokesman said the release made the last "Windows Update train" for the month.
In the meantime, Leonard said, the company is still pleased with the WHS backing.
"We're really happy with [WHS]; it has had a lot of momentum behind it, especially during the holiday timeframe," Leonard said.
On a hardware note, Acer will ship the Easy Store Home Server, first announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, beginning in the U.S. this April. Acer will also ship the product in Europe and Japan. HP was the launch partner for the original WHS, launching the second-generation EX487 this past February. Shuttle, Via, and Tranquil PC have also announced Windows Home Server devices.
Software, however, will be the focus in the next few weeks. Leonard said that a WHS presentation at the last Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) was sold out. "These are kind of people that kind of get it," Leonard said. "We're hoping to get great applications from people who are going to fall in love with the product."
Like the first, the second Power Pack release will focus more on enhancements, rather than bug fixes. Ironically, the first Power Pack release included a near-catastrophic bug that took months to fix. Perhaps in reaction, Microsoft cut the price of the software by roughly a third a few months later.
One enhancement also does a bit of double duty, attempting to resolve the persistent difficulties of home networking and remote access. Microsoft simplified the networking procedure within WHS to just a single step, helping to set up remote access through a one-step process, with a wizard to assist. Some diagnostics also attempt to test the remote-access capability while the user is still inside the network, to help ensure the first remote access goes smoothly.
Perhaps the most significant enhancement will be connectivity. After installing the Power Pack, users will be able to install a Windows Media Connector that will allow Windows Media to pull photos, videos, and other files from the Windows Home Server, but display them within the Windows Media Center interface. Windows Media Center will also give users more visibility into the server itself, Leonard said.
Finally, the Windows Media Center connector will extend to Windows Media extenders, such as the Xbox 360. Users will be able to grant permissions on an individual folder basis, with remote permissions. There will also be MPEG-4 support.


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In addition to managing a big triathlon Team and producing some popular Pacific Northwest Swim and Triathlon Events , Raise the Bar provides Coached Swim Training throughout the week and are adding a workout on Sunday Mornings at 6:30AM at the Kent-Meridian Pool.
RTB' workouts are primarily freestyle-based. You won't be forced to do any butterfly, breast, or back strokes, but you'll have the opportunity to do those if you like. We are firmly planted in the world of triathlon - and triathletes are pretty stuck on freestyle.
There's always a coach on deck who leads the workout and you'll swim in a lane with swimmers your same general speed. The advantage of this type of swim workout over swimming solo at the athletic club or local pool has been proven hundreds of times - you'll get faster sooner! Motivating yourself to swim with the same intensity solo is next to impossible - group workouts breed improving swimmers.
There are 3 coaches at our swims....
Erin Eronemo is our morning coach - Tues/Thurs/Sat/ and now on Sunday. Erin has a 3-decade history in triathlon - he's won MANY races, raised a couple of swimmers from birth, and brings an unparalleled love for triathlon to the pool deck.
Mike Murphy - a lifelong swimmer who now travels the country officiating swimmers of every caliber, and brings a wealth of experience as a coach is our Monday Night Coach. He's also the Swim Course director of our triathlons.
Patty Swedberg (that's me) is the co-owner and founder of RTB. I'm a fan of improvement through hard work while having fun (triathlon = recreational activity = fun...right?) - so expect something along those lines with me on Wednesday night.
All of us are intent on your improvement - It's what motivates us to keep you swimming hard, efficiently, and consistently.
Your first coached swim at RTB is free! That's so you can try it out and see if you like it. If not - you've only lost an hour. If you like it - sign up!
And that's why we've added a Sunday swim - early enough for you to get to your morning ride, run, or church service. Erin Eronemo is looking forward to welcoming swimmers of all abilities to the workout - wondering if you'll fit in? If you can swim 50 yards freestyle at any pace - fast or slow - you're perfect.
Fees: If you sign up for the 'session' - basically a block of swims every couple of months - you'll pay $11/swim. (RTB members pay $8/swim). If you've looked at other programs, you'll realize this is really low. Is the quality lower than other, more expensive swims? NO. If you think so, we'll refund you - no worries. You do not need to have a US Master's or USA Swimming license to participate in RTB swims. Right now the session price is $66 for non-RTB members, and $48 for RTB members. There is no swim on Easter Sunday.


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Faux suede can be spot cleaned by hand. Since the material is water resistant, using too much water can cause the the fabric to become discolored.
When cleaning faux suede, a plain dry cloth should be used to dab the spot to remove as much as possible. If the spot is dried on food or other product, a soft bristled brush can be used to remove as much as possible. If the stain is set in and dry, users can use a small amount of polyester cleaner. They should take care to remove any remaining product, however, as leaving it on to dry can damage the fabric.


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Excerpts from reader commentary on News stories and staffers' online blog postings last week. Online comments come from registered users, but comments to the blogs can be posted under pen names.
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Sabres: News sports reporter John Vogl's piece on the ups and downs of Derek Roy led to this comment from Jeff Morrison of Cypress, Texas:
Negativity and realism are often blurred, but then again so are optimism and realism. A realist should look at the entire body of work and assess, instead of a handful of games.
With that in mind, I would look to seize on this hot streak to ship out some of these guys and build for the future. I would love to see a playoff game or two, but reality says we need to fix the core of the team for continued success.
Not doing so would be status quo for the organization which, no less than six months ago, promised a change in the way things were done. You can't model yourself after the Detroits of the league with the current roster, you need to work up to that model. It will come, but not this year for sure, I don't see tinkering as the proper path forward.
Bill Chapin of Gambrills, Md., added:
I have to say that was a very well-played game against a team that was ahead of us in the standing! I know, everyone is. What is frustrating is another very solid effort, above-average defensive play and excellent goaltending except for a semi-soft goal. I don't know why this effort is not shown every night. Winning is more fun than losing, isn't it?
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Library district: Denise Jewell Gee's article on the proposal to allow residents to vote directly on budgets and elect trustees to run Erie County's 37 libraries met with this objection from David Hapka of Buffalo:
Subjecting the funding of our libraries to a direct vote of the electorate will only result in the slow but steady death of the library system as it exists presently we've already heard from the "don't wanna pay any stinking taxes" crowd, so who can imagine a library system that has to make its yearly argument to these voters?
Mark Dixon of Buffalo said:
No new taxes. No new taxing authorities. Leave the real property owners alone. How much more can and will you tax us? Learn to live with what you get or shut them down. I'm sick and tired of being taxed to death.
Norm Nicastro of West Seneca agreed:
Good arguments on both sides. My 2 cents don't need another layer of government. Do not put it in the hands of the everyday voter. Too fickle and only those closely connected will vote for or against. Retain current board but give them independence from politics.
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Knox legacy: In response to News staff reporter Mark Sommer's piece on the contributions of Seymour H. Knox Jr., who donated more than 900 works of art during more than a half-century of involvement in what would become the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Philip James Jarosz of Buffalo said:
Possession of works of art are nice things to have and enjoy but even better if you can share them with others, including the general public. Quite a bit of art treasures are never seen and lost to auction houses and taken back into private collections because they were never donated to museums. It's nice to see some people share their collections with the general public.
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SulliView: News Editor Margaret Sullivan's blog championing another Oscar for Meryl Streep brought mixed reviews for the actress, including this from SengaR:
Let's hear if for a long-overdue Oscar for Glenn Close, forget about Meryl Streep. Close has never received an Oscar. She has three Emmys, three Tonys, two Gloden Globes and an Obie. She is certainly deserving and as talented as Meryl Streep. Close was outstanding in "Albert Nobbs," a character she played in a stage production over a decade ago. Close also produced and co-wrote the film.
Meryl Streep? Puhhhllleeeeasssee.


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Gary Mathews Jr. now is a Met
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Gary Matthews Jr. is a star in his own right, now he is a Met. The son of Phillies broadcaster and all around good guy, Gary 'Sarge' Matthews, will be facing the Phils this year many times. I wondered at first if Sarge would be rooting for the Mets, but he made it clear in a Twitter post yesterday that 'this is still a business: Go Phils!" Here's a reprint of this twitter message:


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Ukraine's parliament on Thursday voted to back attempts by the crisis-torn ex-Soviet nation to seek NATO membership, a move set to heighten tensions with Russia.
Ukrainian lawmakers by a vote of 276 to 25 approved legal amendments enshrining seeking membership in NATO as one of Kiev's foreign policy priorities.
"The time has come for us to clearly declare Ukraine's desire to join NATO in Ukrainian legislation," speaker Andriy Parubiy, who authored the draft bill, told parliament before the vote.
Ukraine has been fighting a Russian-backed insurgency in its eastern regions for more that three years and sees NATO accession as a key way of bolstering its defences against former master Moscow.
Ukraine's pro-Western leadership pledged to push to join NATO after ties with Russia collapsed over its seizure of the Crimean region, but Kiev is yet to officially apply to start the lengthy process of joining the US-led military alliance.
Russia rejects the accusations that it has been arming the rebels in Ukraine and sending its own troops across the border.
The Kremlin has long been angered by NATO expansion into what Moscow views as its sphere of influence in the former Soviet region and lashed out at the Ukraine vote.
"Moscow traditionally treats the process of NATO expansion towards our borders with distrust and concern," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists.
"We believe that this threatens our security and the balance of power in the Eurasian region."
This week the Balkan country Montenegro became NATO's 29th member despite the bitter Russian opposition to the move.


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No Sharia rally in London
Oppose all religious laws & courts
Call for secularism & universal human rights
London – 21 November 2009
Muslims, ex-Muslims and non-Muslims joined forces in London to protest against Sharia and against all religious laws and courts.
The themes of the protest were "one law for all" and "universal human rights."
Expressing solidarity with Muslims resisting the "inequalities and inhumanities" of Sharia law, the protesters affirmed their commitment to democracy, secularism, equality and human rights.
The rally took place in Hyde Park today, Saturday 21 November 2009
Among those addressing the crowds were speakers from Iran, Iraq, Bangladesh and the UK. They expressed solidarity with Muslim communities worldwide and condemned racist, anti-Muslim far right and fascist groups.
"Sharia law is a form of religious dogma and tyranny. It is homophobic, sexist and anti-democratic. It persecutes LGBT Muslims. Same-sex acts carry the death penalty in several Islamic states. Gay people can be stoned to death or hanged in countries like Saudi Arabia and Iran. We support LGBT Muslims – and all Muslims – who are fighting for their freedom," said Peter Tatchell of the LGBT human rights group OutRage! and Green Party parliamentary candidate for Oxford East.
"This protest supports secular democracy. Secularism is often confused with anti-clericalism. The two are not the same. Secularism is not against religion per se. It is against giving religion privileged status, rights and protections.
"We believe there should be a separation of religion from the state. No faith should dominate any government and seek to impose its creed on the rest of society. When this happens, freedom of expression is diminished and minority faiths are victimised.
"For these reasons, secularism is not only an important element of freedom of expression. It is also the best guarantee of religious freedom, as it prevents any one faith becoming politically dominant and abusing its powers to oppress people of other faiths," Mr Tatchell added.
Lib Dem MP Evan Harris condemned the government for "caving in to religious pressure." He cited the way Britain's equality laws allow religious bodies to discriminate against LGBT people and people in certain circumstances. Mr Harris also condemned the government for giving privileged advisory status on policy and legislation to often unrepresentative faith leaders.
Roy Brown of the International Humanist and Ethical Union warned that over 50 Islamic states, with the support of many developing countries, are currently "demanding that the United Nations outlaw the defamation of religion." This would restrict free speech by criminalising criticism and condemnation of religious beliefs and institutions, he said.
A speaker from Iraq, Issam Shukri, told the rally how Islamist militias linked to the cleric and MP Muqtada al-Sadr had executed dozens of women who they deemed to be improperly dressed because were not fully covered head-to-toe. These militias have also organised death squad executions of LGBT Iraqis.
Maryan Namazie, the rally organiser, told the crowd:
"Our rally is being held to mark Universal Children's Day and the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. We are not defending western values. We are defending universal humanitarian values. Sharia adversely affects the rights, lives and freedoms of countless human beings across the world. Opposing Sharia law is a crucial step in defending universal equal rights and secularism, and showing real solidarity with people living under and resisting Sharia."
Philosopher AC Grayling warned that Sharia law was an attack on precious, hard-won, civil liberties. It was a threat to freedom of speech, freedom of belief and freedom of conscience, he said.
Rahila Gupta from Southall Black Sisters highlighted the way religion and cultural tradition are often anti-women and homophobic. She urged solidarity with women resisting patriarchal clericalism and demanded equal rights for women, whatever their cultural, ethnic or religious background.
Excerpts from Peter Tatchell's speech at the Hyde Park rally:
"We are here to defend Muslim people – and all people everywhere – who are victims of religious tyranny.
"We support the many victims of Sharia law, especially the Muslim women who are campaigning for equality. We cannot accept the way Islamic states, including western allies like Saudi Arabia, restrict women's freedom of movement, make women subject to the control of male guardians, deny women access to certain jobs and positions in government and enforce the compulsory veiling of women with the hijab, niqab, jilbab or burqa.
"We stand in opposition to all religious laws in Britain and worldwide.
"We express our support for the many courageous, inspiring Muslims who are campaigning against the inequalities and inhumanities of Sharia law, often at great risk to their liberty and life.
"Contrary to the way our critics are trying to misrepresent our rally, this is not an attack on Muslims or Islam. We are here to support Muslims who are resisting Sharia law.
"We defend Muslims and people of all faiths against hatred and discrimination. The victimisation of people because of their religious beliefs is just as wrong as victimising people because of their race, gender or sexuality.
"In a democracy, everyone should be subject to the same laws, with the same rights and responsibilties. Religious rulings should not influence the laws or courts in any way.
"We believe that Muslims and all peoples worldwide should have rights, freedoms and choices, in accordance with the principles of equality and non-discrimination that are enshrined in the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights. These are not western values. They are international humanitarian values, agreed by the global consensus of the member states of the UN.
"It is wrong to tolerate the denial of human rights to non-white Muslims in the Middle East, Africa and Asia, when most of us would never tolerate the denial of these rights to white (and non-white) people in Britain.
"There should be no double standards. No moral or cultural relativism. Defend universal human rights. One law for all," said Mr Tatchell.
For further information and photos, contact Maryam Namazie email@example.com
Peter Tatchell
Protests this weekend will call for an end to the Vatican's privileges and its undermining of human rights
guardian.co.uk, Friday 13 February 2009 19.30 GMT
The Vatican should stop meddling in politics and misusing its power to oppose human rights. Just as importantly, it is time the Italian government ceased kow-towing to the pope's theocratic agenda. All of Europe should be secular, where people are free to practise their faith but where no religion has privileged legal status and unique access to political power and influence.
These are the demands of protesters, backed by the British Humanist Association, who will assemble in London this Saturday afternoon in support of a simultaneous protest taking place in Rome against the Vatican's manipulation of Italian, European and worldwide politics.
In celebration of Charles Darwin's debunking of the Biblical idea that the world was made by God in six days, the protesters will meet at the Natural History Museum. It is hosting the biggest-ever Charles Darwin exhibition to commemorate the 200th anniversary of his birth and the 150th anniversary of his book, On the Origin of Species. His theory of evolution was long rejected and denounced by successive popes.
Undeterred by church hostility, Darwin made his view of religion very clear: "Man in his arrogance thinks himself a great work, worthy the interposition of a deity … it is more humble and I believe truer to consider him created from animals."
From the Natural History Museum, the marchers will go to the Italian Embassy to demand that the Italian government curb its favouritism and appeasement of the Vatican. The Italian parliament too often allows itself to be bullied by the Vatican, resulting in it dumping legislation for same-sex civil unions and sex education in schools.
The Catholic church in Italy is a huge corporate business empire. It owns hotels, restaurants, shops and private schools but it does not pay tax. On the contrary, it is subsidised by the Italian taxpayer, with about four billion euros in public money being given to the Vatican every year.
Saturday's protest organisers, Marco Tranchino and Serena Bassi, describe the Vatican as a "tiny statelet inhabited almost entirely by priests, with a disproportionate and malign influence on Italian and global politics".
Officially part of the United Nations, the Vatican's observer state status means it intervenes in UN debates on a variety of issues, including old-time favourites, such as birth control, abortion and homosexuality. No other faith has this privileged status, access and influence at the UN.
The Vatican maintains diplomatic relationships with nearly every nation in the world. In most EU countries it benefits from the support of Catholic politicians and in many cases its policies are advocated by political parties like the Christian Democrats and their successors and allies. The Vatican does not shrink from using threats and intimidation to enforce its will. To keep Catholic MPs in line with papal policy opposing gay equality, for example, the Vatican has threatened to excommunicate any Catholic legislator who votes for same-sex civil unions.
Of the 27 countries in the European Union, 14 are bound to the Vatican by at least one treaty. No other religion has such state-level power and connections, either in Europe or the wider world.
The pope has made sure that the proposed EU Constitution – and now the Lisbon Treaty (article 16c) – commits the European Union to "an open, transparent and regular dialogue with churches and religious organisations". No other non-governmental organisation is afforded such dialogue – not trade unions, not human rights groups and not bodies representing the rights and welfare of women, black or disabled people.
Within Britain, the Catholic church has lobbied hard to restrict women's reproductive rights, in particular access to contraception, abortion and fertility treatment. It has led the opposition to medical advance by means of embryo and stem cell research. With increasing numbers of state-funded faith schools (1 in 3 of all schools in the UK are either Catholic or Church of England), the Vatican continues to exercise a strong and biased influence on hundreds of thousands of young people.
The pope encourages us to view women as inferior to men by barring them from the priesthood and by consistently stating that the two genders are naturally different and that women are biologically inclined for a more mothering and domestic role in life. In many Catholic countries, women who have had a divorce or abortion, and women who are living as single parents, suffer religious-inspired stigma and discrimination. In some Catholic countries, like Ireland and Poland, abortion is illegal. In others, like Italy, abortion rights are under constant threat from the Vatican's pressure on the government.
To the delight of homophobes everywhere, the pope propagandises that being gay is an "objective disorder", "grave depravity" and a "tendency towards an intrinsic moral evil". In 1992, the Vatican officially rejected the concept of lesbian and gay "human rights", asserting that there is "no right" to homosexuality. It added that the civil liberties of homosexuals can be "legitimately limited". While condemning "unjust" discrimination, the Catholic leadership declared that some forms of anti-gay discrimination are "not unjust" and may even be "obligatory".
In around 80 countries male homosexuality is still illegal, with penalties ranging up to life imprisonment and even death by execution. Last December, a proposal to decriminalise homosexuality and protect gay people against discrimination was opposed by the Vatican in the UN and by fellow religious bigots in the Organisation of Islamic States.
In contrast, if Catholics suffer discrimination I will be the first to defend them. Equally, when the pope supports discrimination against women and gay people I will be the first to oppose him. That is the difference between me and the pope. I reject all discrimination, including against Catholics. He supports sexist and homophobic discrimination whenever it suits his intolerant interpretation of the Christian faith. That is why the Vatican must be opposed and why I will be joining Saturday's march in London.
No to Vatican. Protest Saturday 14 February 2009. Assemble at 2pm outside the Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD (near the corner with Exhibition Road).
London Protest for a Secular Europe
No Vatican interference in politics
Stop the Pope's crusade against women's and gay rights
London, UK
Saturday 14 February 2009
Meet @ 2 PM outside the Natural History Museum
Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD (near the corner with Exhibition Road)
March to the Italian Embassy in Grosvenor Square for a rally.
Saturday's protest in London is in support of a simultaneous protest taking place in Rome, which is demanding that the Vatican end its interference in Italian politics.
"This demonstration is demanding that the Vatican stop meddling in politics and abusing its power to oppose human rights. We also want the Italian government to cease kow-towing to the Pope's theocratic agenda," said Peter Tatchell of the LGBT human rights organisation OutRage!, who is scheduled as a keynote speaker at the rally outside the Italian Embassy.
"Our aim is a secular Europe, where people are free to practice their faith but where no religion has privileged legal status and unique access to political power and influence.
"We are appalled by the Pope's repeated attacks on the rights of women and gay people and by his wilful opposition to life-saving condom provision. The Italian government too often allows itself to be bullied by the Vatican, on issues such as same-sex civil marriage and sex education in schools.
"If Catholics suffer discrimination I will be the first to defend them. Equally, when the Pope supports discrimination against women and gay people I will be the first to oppose him. That is the difference between me and the Pope. I oppose all discrimination, including against Catholics. He supports sexist and homophobic discrimination whenever it suits his intolerant interpretation of the Christian faith," said Mr Tatchell
Saturday's protest is endorsed by the British Humanist Association, OutRage!, the Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association and many others.
This demo will be in solidarity with the demonstration happening at the same time in Rome against the Vatican's manipulation of Italian, European and world-wide politics.
Organiser's contact info:
Marco Tranchino – 07806647903
Serena Bassi – 07796891091
By Marco Tranchino and Serena Bassi
This tiny State inhabited mainly by priests is extremely powerful and its "moral" crusades adversely affect the lives of millions of people in Europe and in the world.
Officially part of the UN, its "observer-state" status means it engages in UN debates on a variety of issues ranging from favourites, such as birth control, abortion and homosexuality, to the environment, war and global trade.
The Vatican has diplomatic relationships with almost all the Countries in the world (174 when John Paul II died) and in many EU countries they benefit from the support of Catholic politicians or in many cases of Christian political parties. Of the 27 countries of the European Union, 14 are bound to the Vatican by at least one treaty. No other religion has such a power in Europe and in the World, thus prompting the Economist to publish an investigation about the diplomatic service of the Vatican, questioning whether it deserves its special status in the UN (21/07/2007)
The Catholic Church is an extremely profitable business. They own businesses such as hotels, restaurants, shops and private schools and they DON'T pay any tax! On top of this, the Vatican receives public money in many countries: in Italy about 1000 million Euros from taxes is destined to the Vatican every year (930 millions € in 2006).
The Vatican wields considerable political and economic power. It uses its influence and privilege to impose an agenda on a variety of issues that affect our lives as European citizens, and limit our civil rights and our civil liberties.
The issue of women's rights and the Catholic Church goes way beyond the hierarchy of the church, where women are unable to ascend to priesthood as a result of their gender. Women who have had a divorce, women who want to have an abortion and women who are living as single parents in catholic countries are often victims of intimidation and discrimination. The Pope encourages us to view women as unequal to men, by consistently and publicly stating that the two genders are naturally different and that women are naturally inclined for domestic living. In some catholic countries, like Ireland and Poland, abortion is illegal. In others, like Italy, the right to an abortion is constantly under threat from the Vatican's pressure on the Government.
The Pope thinks being gay is an "objective disorder" and a "moral evil". In many countries in the world you can still get the death penalty for being gay. Recently, a proposal to de-criminalise homosexuality was opposed by the Vatican in the UN because it would mean that States where same-sex unions are not recognized would be discriminated against and unfairly subjected to international pressure.
This is certainly a global issue, but it also directly affects people living in the UK. This country is regarded by many as fairly "secular" but in reality Christianity remains strongly embedded in many British institutions and continues to enjoy unfair religious privilege.
Although a limited right to abortion has been granted to women living in England, Scotland and Wales since 1967, in Northern Ireland it remains illegal. This anomaly is significantly due to religious influence. Christian lobbies are engaged in continual efforts to restrict a woman's right to abortion and have succeeded in reducing the time limit for an abortion in Great Britain from 28 to 24 weeks.
Religion retains undue influence and power in various ways. With increasing numbers of state funded faith schools (1 in 3 of all schools in the UK is either Catholic or Church of England), they continue to exercise a strong influence on young people.
With public opinion distracted over the proposal to refer to the Christian roots of Europe they made sure that the proposed EU Constitution – and now the Lisbon Treaty (article 16C) – dangerously commits the European Union to "an open, transparent and regular dialogue with Churches and religious organisations".
We need to protect democracy and to champion human rights against those who wish to retain undemocratic influence and privilege.
The Vatican has done this for years in the European Union, the United Nations and even in the UK parliament without anyone paying attention. Why?
"Man in his arrogance thinks himself a great work, worthy the interposition of a deity…it is more humble and I believe truer to consider him created from animals" (Charles Darwin)
We will meet at 2pm outside the Natural History Museum, where the biggest ever Charles Darwin exhibition commemorates his bicentenary.
We will then walk through Hyde Park, to the ITALIAN EMBASSY in Grosvenor Square.
Organisations can express their support at firstname.lastname@example.com
Protest organiser's contact info:
Marco Tranchino – 07806647903
Serena Bassi – 07796891091


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This is the poster and abstract that Dr. Lunt and I created and was presented at iPres 2015. The most fundamental component of digital preservation is storing the digital objects in archival repositories. Preservation Repositories must archive digital objects and associated metadata on an affordable and reliable type of digital storage. There are many storage options available; each institution should evaluate the available storage options in order to determine which options are best for their particular needs. This poster examines three criteria in order to help preservationists determine the best storage option for their institution:
- Cost
- Longevity
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This is the first in a three part series on my journey with food sharing where I started, my turning points and what I practice now. Shared in hopes of helping others that are tired of the food rules, compulsive eating and not trusting your own body to know what it needs.
Where I started:
Have you ever sat back and thought about food through out your life? What you have believed (or may still believe), what you have tried, how you have been with food?
I did this recently and realized that I have been all over the map with food that makes up my diet. Growing up there was nothing too crazy just standard American fare. We didn't eat out a lot and Mom cooked most meals. I don't know that I was too aware of food rules – other than don't snack too close to dinner to ruin your appetite and do not ask for a second piece of cake.
Starting in my early/mid 20s, I was high carb (or perhaps some days ALL carb: cereal for breakfast, pasta for lunch, pizza for dinner and coke all through out the day). I was vegetarian for 2 years and vegan for about 30 days. I was low-carb in the mid-90s before it was even cool. 🙂 In my 30s and into my 40s, I was gluten free for three years and paleo for most of that as well. (BTW, for me Paleo + Crossfit = 30b weight GAIN!) I have seen nutritionists and diet coaches. I did a figure competition prep diet for about six months as well. The only system I didn't try was weight watchers. I am not sure why except it seemed like a lot of effort to figure out points and maybe I didn't like the group weigh in and meetings either.
I have had a lot of time in my life with rules around foods, lists of things that I could or could not eat. Rules that have consistently shifted through out the years. Diet rules set by other people for me to follow. Rules to which I gave up my power and responsibility over my food. Rules that made me believe that I could not be trusted to know what was good for me, to know what my body wanted, to know what I needed. On top of that insanity and/or maybe BECAUSE of that insanity, I have been a mental mess with food as well.
I am a big compulsive eater. A binge eater. Or I was. I spent so much of my life eating through, over and around my emotions and things I didn't want to deal with. At my heaviest, I was several years post-pregnancy, in a marriage that I didn't want, deeply depressed, and desperately trying to figure out who I was and how to handle my life and motherhood. Its no wonder I got bigger and bigger. Food was the only relief and comfort I felt like I had.
What do you notice when you look back through your life? What have your food rules been? How are your emotions with food?


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Grim: From Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, the simplicity of his form in the show I always had a small weakness for. While he is supposed to represent the emissary of death, the way he is sketched is so simplistic that he's seen as somewhat humbled, not really too intimidating at all. The cartoony elements of it allow for a completely different interpretation beyond that of the accepted norm.
Scarecrow: He's had many interpretations of himself drawn by multiple artists, but this one's the costume of him that appeals to me the most. The noose around the neck gives a somewhat deceased feel, despite still being alive, as does the face mask, hiding all forms of visible life, allowing for a much creepier image to be spawned. The somewhat dark feel of this version has my interests peaked.
Nightcrawler: Demonic in appearance, but carries the persona of a trickster with morals, an example of the shapeshifter archetype. His appearance reflects that of something demonic, sinister, and generally evil in nature, while his actual self is quite far from that. He even has less digits on his hands and feet, and his method of movement is quite agile.
Goro: He's big, he has four arms, and he can use them all independently from eachother. He's like a mutant male Shiva!
Courage the Cowardly Dog: He, while appearing to be a normal cartoon dog, has a ton of strange things about him. For one, his motions and the like are overly spaztic, and from the somewhat unique art style (and storytelling), he's able to stretch, skew, and warp his face into many different shapes to allow a retelling of stories without words, but rather a sequence of urgent barks. Even small cosmetic things like a hole he has in one of his teeth (only seen in a wide toothed grin) and the way he walks on his bottom paws that defy gravity to the point that he pin-walks across the ground gives him a very bizarre feel. He's also purple, which is very unusual for dogs, even cartoon ones.


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On My Way Home
I was there, trying to find my way home,
Through the grasses, thorns and sticky loam
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That once led man from this to that.
I stopped a few number of times,
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About my fellow men with whom I travelled,
And how the road we took was never levelled.
At times I had to fight one or two giant wolves,
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Then I ran out of water, fuel and even loaves,
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Enter Russell Wiseman, who I have dubbed Mayor Douche (Yeah, Fundie Douche/Kirk Cameron has a Douchie friend!), and who makes sure to list his religious affiliation and church attendance on his official Mayoral webpage, recently stated the following on his public Facebook page:
Ok, so this is total crap. We sit the kids down to watch 'The Charlie Brown Christmas Special' and our muslim president is there, what a load.....try to convince me that wasn't done on purpose. Ask the man if he believes that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and he will give you a 10 minute disertation (sic) about it....when the answer should simply be 'yes'.... You Obama people need to move to a Muslim country. Oh wait, that's America...pitiful.
President Obama's speech in question was the speech he gave to West Point, which apparently cut off the Charlie Brown Christmas Special on this man's local channel. Because, you know, Obama got the call to address West Point, flew there, gave his speech about the escalating war in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and made sure that it all happened during the hour of the Charlie Brown special...
Of Course, Wiseman (serious pun intended), is now backtracking, sending an email to the media stating his little diatribe on Facebook was just a ""poor attempt at tongue-in-cheek humor amongst friends." Really funny, Wiseman. You should be a comedian, because you're going to be needing a career after your stint as mayor is over. A Memphis, TN newspaper reported that Arlington is officially distancing itself from their mayor's opinion. In a veeeery thorough statement on the town's website, they made sure to say that:
The views of Russell Wiseman, Mayor of the Town of Arlington, expressed on his Facebook account do not reflect an official position of the Town of Arlington. His comments were not made on a Town computer, or using Town computer services. The Town recognizes Barack Obama as the President of the United States, and in accordance with the Constitution, recognizes both the freedom of religion and the freedom of speech. We welcome all law abiding people to our town. We do not discriminate and we provide essential services to all Town of Arlington people without regard to their religion, race, color, age, gender, sex or national origin.
Looks like Wiseman is just another in a seemingly endless sea of people who don't realize that social media is viewed by EVERYONE!!! If you post it online, it can be pulled back up by anyone, anywhere, anytime. So, if you're in Tennessee, could you do me a favor and send soon-to-be-ex Mayor Wiseman a memo about Obama's Peace Prize (which is a HUGE step up from our last President, btw), the reason why he felt the American people would like to know about the escalating war in the Middle East, and his Christian-leanings? Apparently, he doesn't know how to use the Facebook machine for news...
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If you drool over that gleaming pure honey flowing over steamy mashed potato you've seen on TV, hold your horses. You're likely salivating over motor oil and freshly microwaved wet tampon placed behind the potato. These are some of the common techniques used by ad people to make products more visually tantalizing in advertisements. Other deceptive tricks used in ads include:
– Use of hairspray to make fruits and vegetables appear fresh
– Replacing actual ice cream with mashed potato for a more solid appearance
– Putting antacids to create fizzle in soda
To show the disparity between ads and actual products, we reviewed an infographic that compares the fake shoot and real product of popular food, hotel and fashion brands. Our software reviews show that alarmingly, the actual items look a lot different from their ads.
Sometimes the fake out is funny especially in hotels and resorts. For example, an ad shows an infinity pool using a low angle, but in truth, the pool is more like an oversized jacuzzi. You'll find more hilarious if not annoying hotel ads reviewed in the infographic.
You're also probably familiar with the extensive "photoshopping" of makeup or fashion models until they appear emaciated humans who barely resemble normal beings.
If you think these little trade tricks are harmless or at least irritating because you've been had, the American Medical Association thinks they have serious consequences. In their review they suggest these ads of unrealistic body images are linked to eating disorders and "other child and adolescent health problems."
We have regulations that monitor fake advertising in the US, but clearly, we need more as many companies come up with B2B advertising ideas that really exploit the viewers and create a false image of a product. In the meantime, big and small companies owe it to the American consumers, the lifeblood of their business, to only show ads that truly represent their product or service.
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Interesting article and vivid illustration by infographics, thank you! I agree that "deceptive advertising" can be fun sometimes , but by itself it needs to be regulated as in general it misleads people forming biased understanding of the product or service they are going later on to purchase/use. What if the product that was misleadingly advertised to the customer may contain harmful elements and during the usage harms the customer. It can be a serious problem for both sides-the company and the customer.
All in all, even though the cases may be funny sometimes, the damage and harm that deceptive advertising can cause overweights for sure.
Of course google is above the law. Multinational companies cannot easily be pinned down into national laws. This is one big advantage of globalization over consumers.
Great infographic. It's unsettling how few consumers underestimate the amount of staging and photoshop that goes into the average advert!
But is it me or are the photos for the fashion model on the upper right mixed up? She's definitely missing the top of her pelvis in the 'reality' photo.
50% of Americans still believe in ads? I find that a shock considering how many information and truths have been uncovered because of the Internet. You need to wake up people! Start asserting your right to the truth! False advertising is false, period. If advertising agencies are not held accountable for their deceptions and people still continue to believe and buy their products, then we are only helping in cultivating and promoting a culture of lies and deceits. Sad but true.
I believe we are intelligent human beings. Most of us are, anyway. But it really surprises why so many people still fall for TV ads. Diet products that magically shave down the pounds without you working at the gym and dedicating yourself to a strict diet are total BS. Yet I still see people wasting hard earned cash to order ab machines and diet pills. What a waste!
Lies! Lies! Lies! The advertising industry will do everything it can to satisfy their clients, even if that means presenting materials on print and TV that are very far off from the actual products. I agree with the burger ads. What you see is not exactly what you are getting. It's plain, straight up false advertisement. Reminds me of a Michael Douglas movie, Falling Down, methinks.
Half of Americans still believe they'll get the flat abs in a week with that pill or ab machine. Things like these are still rampant in home TV shopping. I must admit these shows can be entertaining, but they do pull some calls still. Nice work here. Let's make billboards out of this and put them across America!
This reminds me of the Banksy letter attacking advertisers, which went viral. The letter was arranged to the silhouette of a Coke bottle. Brilliant. Funny, it turns out the letter was fake. To be fair, some of the hotel shots are artistically done and not outright rip-offs. It's just a matter of finding the best angle.
Good stuff and well done really. It's amazing that 50% still believe in "honest" advertising, especially nowadays
Some of the worse cases of deceptive and false advertising are in the recruitment area, very well known and very large multinational are involved in advertising that are either false, deceptive or misleading.
Examples: Saleforces.com (in Europe) advertise the same positions over and over since years. The goal is just to collect resumes, most of the jobs have no real openings (this is illegal of course and hard to prove).
Google, besides advertising thousands of the same jobs weeks after weeks everywhere from Linkedin to indeed.com, they also mislead their would be applicants.
To test I applied for a position in Hamburg, Germany with a resume that matched perfectly the job description.
I was called the next day by a recruiter based in Ireland and after few minutes I was asked if I would consider relocating to Dublin, Ireland. When I legitimately said that the job description clearly stated that the job was based in Hamburg and not Dublin, the discussion suddenly took a very different turn. There was no job offer for Hamburg. The only way they found to attract candidates to Dublin (call center with tax avoidance schemes) was to lie and pretend the job was based elsewhere.
This is also illegal but again, companies like Google are acting as if they were above the law..
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Some of the advantages of doing surveys over having a job are time to do the special things you need to get done without having to ask a boss if you can get off work to do them. No fighting the traffic to and from work, not to mention the cost of the gas you spend. If you have children you don't need to pay for child care, just keep your child at home while you do your surveys. There are many more advantages, but I think you get the pic
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Jaber A. Elbaneh
Jaber A. Elbaneh
Jaber A. Elbaneh
September 9, 1966 (age 53)
|terrorist, al-Qaeda planner
Jaber A. Elbaneh, also known as Gabr al-Bana (Arabic: جبر البنا; born September 9, 1966) is a Yemeni-American[1] who was labeled a suspected terrorist by the United States after it emerged that he had attended the Al Farouq training camp alongside the Lackawanna Six, and remained on at the camp after they returned home. He fled to Yemen, where he worked as a cab driver before turning himself in to authorities.
As Yemeni officials squabbled over his $5 million reward, he escaped in a mass breakout along with a number of other high-profile prisoners, and was added to the FBI Most Wanted Terrorists list. When Yemen convicted him in absentia for conspiracy in a plot against oil facilities, he again turned himself in to the police, and served a 5-year sentence. He is related to Susan Elbaneh, the only American victim of a terrorist attack against the U.S. Embassy in Yemen in September 2008.[2]
Life in the United States[edit]
Born in Yemen, Elbaneh lived in the United States where he maintained a "spotty work history", with his longest stint being at a New York cheese factory.[3] He is married, with seven children.[3]
Elbaneh was closely associated with the Lackawanna Six, a group of American friends living in the suburbs of Buffalo, New York who had attended an Afghan training camp together prior to the outbreak of the War on Terror.[4] When the group went to Galyan's Sporting Goods in Cheektowaga to outfit themselves for the trip, purchasing boots, flashlights, books, diarrhea medication and other essentials, he laughed that he would just add it all onto his credit card account, bringing his total debt to $145,000.[3]
Elbaneh was also indicted in absentia in a federal criminal complaint unsealed on May 21, 2003, in the United States District Court for the Western District of New York, Buffalo, New York.[5] All of them attended get-togethers at the apartment of Kamal Derwish, and Elbaneh and Yahya Goba tended to "compete" for the attention and favour of Derwish, who spoke of his travels abroad and ostensible history fighting in Palestine.[3]
In October, FBI consultant Paul Williams wrote a book Dunces of Doomsday in which he claimed that Adnan Shukrijumah, Amer el-Maati, Elbaneh and Anas al-Liby had all been seen around Hamilton, Ontario the previous year, and that Shukrijumah had been seen at McMaster University where he "wasted no time in gaining access to the nuclear reactor and stealing more than 180 pounds of nuclear material for the creation of radiological bombs". He was subsequently sued by the University for libel, as there had been no evidence to suggest any part of his story was true. The publisher later apologised for allowing Williams to print statements which "were without basis in fact".[6][7]
By June 2003, Elbanehhad been added to the FBI Seeking Information - Terrorism list.[8]
Arrest and escape[edit]
Elbaneh worked as a cabbie in San'a for months, before turning himself in to Yemeni authorities. He was sent to a maximum-security prison run by the Political Security Office, while authorities argued with the United States over the substantial $5 million reward, and who should receive it.[3] Some suggested that if they refused to turn Elbaneh over immediately, the United States might increase the reward.[3]
Elbaneh was named as one of 23 people who escaped from a Yemeni jail on February 3, 2006.[9] Prisoners had banned guards from entering the prison basement, as they dug a 143' tunnel using a broomstick and a sharpened spoon, which exited in the women's washroom of a nearby mosque. They had masked the sounds of their escape by playing soccer to distract guards.[3]
The FBI confirmed the escape was genuine on February 23, as they issued a national press release naming Elbaneh as one of the first new additions, since inception in 2001, to the FBI Most Wanted Terrorists list.[10][11] They also stated that they believed the escaped prisoners, which included Jamal al-Badawi who had a previous successful escape from custody, had likely received help from female sympathisers attending the mosque, who may have helped digging the tunnel from their end.[3]
He is now listed on U.S. Rewards for Justice Program with a $5 million bounty for his capture.[12]
2007 conviction[edit]
In 2007, a Yemeni court convicted Elbaneh in absentia for the 2002 oil facilities plot and sentenced him to 10 years imprisonment. In December 2007, Elbaneh surrendered himself but he was not returned to prison. Reported on May 19, 2008, Elbaneh was jailed in Yemen after an appeals court upheld his 10-year prison sentence.[11]
In November 2008, Yemen's appeal court reduced Elbaneh's sentence from 10 years to 5 because he surrendered to authorities.[13]
See also[edit]
- ^ "Officials Say American Among Yemen Prison Escapees". Fox News. February 8, 2006. Archived from the original on 2008-04-30. Retrieved 2009-01-28.
- ^ "cnn.com". U.S. student, husband among dead in embassy attack in Yemen, September 18, 2008. September 18, 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-09-18. Retrieved 2008-09-18.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Temple-Raston, Dina. The Jihad Next Door: The Lackawanna Six and Rough Justice in the Age of Terror, 2007
- ^ "coldtype.net" (PDF). Is the Buffalo, NY terrorist cell for real? (pdf), December 14, 2003. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2006-05-03. Retrieved 2006-05-29.
- ^ FBI Most Wanted Terrorists wanted poster for Elbaneh Archived 2008-07-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Pither, Kerry. "Dark Days: The Story of Four Canadians Tortured in the Name of Fighting Terror", 2008.
- ^ el-Maati, Ahmed Barbara Jackman. Chronology of events[permanent dead link]
- ^ FBI Seeking Information, War on Terrorism list archive, Internet Archive Wayback Machine, June 3, 2003
- ^ Hunt on for Yemeni jailbreakers Archived 2010-10-07 at the Wayback Machine, BBC, February 4, 2006
- ^ RECENT ESCAPEES FROM YEMEN PRISON ADDED TO MOST WANTED TERRORISTS AND SEEKING INFORMATION - WAR ON TERRORISM LISTS Archived 2010-04-11 at the Wayback Machine, FBI national Press Release, February 23, 2006
- ^ a b "FBI Most Wanted terror suspect jailed in Yemen", Ahmed al-Haj, Associated Press, May 19, 2008
- ^ "Rewards for Justice - Wanted". Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-18.
- ^ http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5j7PQyZH1KbhXFwONyyW2GvE3XHrw[permanent dead link]
External links[edit]
|Wikinews has news coverage related to this article:
- 'Lackawanna Six' Plead Not Guilty, CBS, October 22, 2002
- Final 'Buffalo Six' Member Pleads Guilty, Fox News, May 19, 2003
- Buffalo terror suspect admits al Qaeda training, CNN, May 20, 2003
- Terror-Cell Bail Hearing Continues, Fox News, May 20, 2003
- Frontline: Chasing the Sleeper Cell, PBS
- An interview with Sahim Alwan, PBS, July 24, 2003
- Profiles of members, PBS, October 16, 2003
- 2nd member sentenced


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The old battery didn't have much life left in it, but that was actually the smaller problem. The battery had gotten to the point where it had swollen so much that it was pushing up on the bottom of the track pad made clicking impossible. I had to enable some of the multi-touch features just to be able to click and drag and drop!
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For my dad, on D-Day
|My dad, George Hartford
340 Canadian soldiers died on D-Day. Nearly 2,000 Canadians died in the invasion of Normandy. They lie buried not far away in Beny-sur-Mer cemetary. A few years ago, together with my husband and three kids, I visited those quiet graves. It was humbling to walk among the tombstones, reading the epitaphs. We did not say a word. Because what is there to say in the presence of such loss and sacrifice? Would we have been so bold, so selfless, so daring? The unspeakable gratitude for what they provided for future generations hung heavily upon us.
When the crew of S for Smitty returned to Canada, they were not treated as heroes, nor did they think of themselves as such. My dad was loathe to wear his medals and rarely did he talk about the war. He knew his actions led to peace. He also knew that war causes civilian deaths and he made his peace with that. I know the war shaped those young men in ways I can never understand.
My dad, known as Ginge to his crew, went on to become an engineer, teacher, school principal, healthcare administrator, mayor, volunteer, dad and granddad. His navigator Doug Johnston became comptroller of McGill University and father to three beautiful girls. McGill offers a scholarship in his name. Bomb aimer Burns or "Fuzz" Foster was a pharmacist with two kids. Dad and his crew maintained contact throughout their lives and I still get emails from Burns and his son Doug. When my dad found his career as an engineer unfulfilling, he wrote to Doug, "Navigator, chart me a course." Doug suggested education and that is where dad spent the bulk of his working life.
Dad, Doug and Burns were Canada's finest. They along with 1.1 million Canadians risked their lives and then came home and helped build the Canada we love today, with its human rights, free healthcare, first rate education system and opportunities for all.
I look at today's youth and I wonder who among them would have the courage of those young men. Who would be willing to risk their own lives to preserve the way of life they take for granted? But then I look at my dad's eight grandchildren and I know we will be in good hands. He helped build their country to be a place that is worth fighting for.
Per Ardua Ad Astra: Through Adversity to the Stars
Motto of the Royal Airforce
|Burns Foster, Doug Johnston, George Hartford
Paul Piotrowsky, Sig Teit
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I've gotten a little stir crazy being in my house so long and I've also been tired of sitting on my phone and computer so long, so I decided to actually do something with all those pins on my crafts board! After merging several ideas, I made my Lilly monogram!
This really didn't take that long to make, but it did take a little bit of planning out.
I cringe every time I see a craft about tearing the pages out of your Lilly agenda... like I paid SO much for that and even if it's old, I couldn't imagine tearing apart such a beautiful thing! If you're feeling the same way, my solution is to print out Lilly prints on paper-- easily the exact same thing. It's how I made my Lilly coasters and pencil can!
Anyway, my mom had found two large, brand new Lilly agendas from last year from a garage sale for A DOLLAR A PIECE. She grabbed them right up and knew I'd have a blast crafting with them when I didn't need to worry about paying for it. (I have such a good mom)
The next thing I got was an old poster board. I'm not kidding, this is one of my old volleyball posters that I had made and knew I could use it for something some day (#craftinghoarder), and you really don't need it to look pretty.
And of course, the necessity: Mod Podge.
I've seen all the crafts about it, but never really knew which parts of the agenda they used. So I went through and ripped out (*shudders*) the month pages, mostly just the pages with the prints where they said the month's name.
The ones with the cute little quotes-- I didn't use those only because they were cute and didn't have many prints. But I did save them because I think it could be such a cute alternative craft in the future!
I went through and stacked up the printed ones and cut them into strips and then into squares, making sure to get rid of the perforated edges before. It really helped that I stacked them and then cut them so they mixed well.
Now, my mom would kill me if she knew I were using Mod Podge in my room.... but it's way too cold to do anything outside or in my garage. (I swear, I bet she reads this in a few hours or days and comes up to my room and asks about it. I would be the girl to get in trouble and only for using Mod Podge in my room.)
I used my lap board (thank you, Michaels!) to keep the pieces on and just put the poster board on my floor.
I'm telling you this and I'm going to tell you all of these odd details because I know that when I read DIY guides, I need these for logistics. It's easy to go, just Mod Podge it! and still be frustrated why there are differences in peoples' crafts.
I just went through and started Mod Podging, though! It's important to know that not all of the pieces have to be the same size and it doesn't have to be perfect patchwork. The only rules I really had were minimal white space and trying to keep similar prints apart from each other. That's why it was helpful that they were already mixed up-- when your Mod Podge is wet, you need to go ahead and just start putting stuff down. Don't worry too much if there's a spot or two missing or if there are are inconsistencies. At the end of the day, it's going to be in a weird shape, so you'll barely notice it.
I used just a normal paint brush and dipped it in the bottle, then went on top of the poster board, a few sections at a time.
I was so fortunate to have such a cute little helper!
Make sure that when you're doing it, you're going back over it again with the brush. That seals it and keeps it a little bit more pushed down. And trust me, it'll scare you to see all that white, but I promise, it dries clear.
And of course, this is the point where you have to add it to your Snapchat story and drool over all of the Lilly. It was so pretty and my sister had thought I was just going to leave it like that and frame it, and heck, it's not a bad idea.
This is where the semi-challenging part comes, but you've just gotta be calm.
I've doodled my little heart out in AP Spanish with my monogram... my teacher will attest that it's one of my finer skills, rather than my fine Spanish speaking skills. But monogram after monogram, I'd have to say that I'm pretty okay at drawing circle monograms now. And I'll tell you that it IS one of the most important skills a girl can have-- put it on your resume and you've got the job in no time.
But really, the biggest challenge with this is drawing your monogram backwards. What you're going to do is flip the poster board over, draw a circle as large as you want your letters, and begin. You can try to think of it and do it, or it may be easier to print your monogram out and flip it over so you can draw it backwards. I'd suggest doing it as normal on the front, but it's really difficult to see that way. After it's drawn, simply cut them out, ensuring that you're giving enough space for each letter. Much better for it to be too large and you have to trim it than tiny and you have wasted all that time.
Oh.... sorry, I love my Devils, but I really love crafting as well. You can't see it, but I had drawn my letters and begun to cut them out.
After the first letter was cut out. I was SO EXCITED. This was something I had come up with and wasn't really sure how it'd turn out and I still lived with that fear of me wasting an entire agenda, but it was just... pretty! Be sure, too, that you're keeping your scissors very wide and going slowly. Some pieces may not be completely glued down and you don't want to rip any.
After you have your letters, feel free to do any thing with them! I have a lot of free hanging letters on my wall, so I decided to glue them onto another piece of poster board, add a bow, and hang it up! I can't wait to show you my wall of pretty things that I Instagrammed the other day!
How do you not love your (monogrammed) letters in Lilly?
I think it was really fun using the planner as well because you could see the months clearly, which was originally something I didn't want seen, but now I love. It kind of feels like I took my year last year and was able to condense it into what my last year was, ya know? Being sentimental about crafts is my specialty.
Monograms for all!


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"I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want."
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"Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee" - Muhammad Ali
"It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out;
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"Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth"
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"Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong"
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Chef Ryan Littman plants the seed for healthy eating.
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A good chef can't be afraid to get his hands dirty, which is something Chef Ryan Littman takes seriously.On any given day, you'll find him digging around the resort's 8,000-square-foot garden; chatting up farmers at the local market; or stopping along the side of the road to squeeze fresh cantaloupes. Why, you might wonder, would a chef who oversees the JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa's seven restaurants go through all this trouble? For Littman, it's in the taste.
Food tastes best when you're invested in it, whether that means growing it yourself (like Littman) or learning more about the people who do. Plus, eating local is not only good for the environment—it's good for you, says nutritionist Keri Glassman. The less time your food spends traveling, the more nutrients and flavor it retains.
When it comes to cooking, keeping things simple is key: at the resort's restaurants, including Rivertop Grill and Cibolo Moon, you'll discover how honoring fresh ingredients and using basic techniques is a recipe for a fantastic meal.
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Seamus Coleman has expressed his relief having thought his fifth booking of the season was going to cost him a place in this weekend's Merseyside derby against Liverpool.
The 22-year-old was cautioned for unsporting behaviour in Saturday's FA Cup third round tie against Championship outfit Scunthorpe at Glanford Park on an afternoon when he put in another man-of-the-match performance in a 5-1 win.
However, having been substituted in the 78th minute by manager David Moyes, Coleman slumped into the dugout believing he was going to miss Sunday's derby match at at Anfield.
Usually five yellow cards means an automatic one-match ban. However, new rules introduced this season state that if a player has less than five cautions by the turn of the year then he has to amass 10 to get a suspension.
"I thought it would've cost me," Coleman told the Donegal Democrat/People's Press this week from his home in Killybegs. "When I came off the pitch after being substituted I said to Phil Neville that I'd be missing the derby as it was my fifth booking of the season but he told me that it's 10 bookings required for a suspension after Christmas. It means that I am available for selection in the derby, which is brilliant.
"There will be a lot of talk about the game in and around the city this week. There will be a little more buzz in training with the fact the derby is coming up, but we'll keep an eye on the game and not get overly-hyped up until Sunday. Of course Kenny Dalglish will be making a return to Anfield but we cannot let that affect our preparations. We will be concentrating on our game and will be hoping for the win."
Coleman had another fine game on the right of midfield on Saturday. His fifth goal of the season, having previously netted against Brentford, Blackpool, West Ham United and Tottenham, was a header from a Jermaine Beckford cross on 58 minutes, which put the Premier League club 3-1 in front.
Louis Saha and Beckford had put Everton two up at the break, and although Michael Collins pulled one back for the hosts, Coleman, Marouane Fellaini and Leighton Baines rounded off a comfortable win. Everton will now play holders Chelsea in the fourth round at the end of this month.
"It's Chelsea at Goodison and the home draw is the most important thing," Coleman added. "It's going to be a really difficult game, one of the hardest games that we could've got but we don't really fear anyone, especially at home. We played them last month at Stamford Bridge and did pretty well in a 1-1 draw."
Meanwhile at the Walker's Stadium on Sunday, Conrad Logan from Ramelton and Lifford's Shay Given had to be content with the roles of substitute goalkeeper for their respective sides Leicester City and Manchester City in a 2-2 draw.
Given has made no secret of the fact he would like a way out of Eastlands in the January transfer window to find first-team football with a number of clubs said to be interested including Celtic, Arsenal, Fulham and Roma. City take on Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday at Molineux in the Premier League.
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Each year at the Chabad House at the University of California campus in Berkeley, there is a huge, exciting, not-to-be-missed Purim party. Everyone and everything is flying high at the party, including the pinatta filled with kosher candies that is part of the Purim festivities. A highlight of the party is when the winner of the costume contest is announced.
Rabbi Yehuda Ferris, the director of the Chabad House and himself in costume, announces the winner with great fanfare. Some of the costumes are very elaborate and ingenious, while others are fairly typical. Though, in truth, nothing is typical in Berkeley, California.
I will never forget the Purim party a few years ago when the announcement was made that "Steve the Gypsy" was the winner of the costume contest. The laugh was on all of us when we found out that Steve's Gypsy get-up was not a costume, but the way this nice, yet slightly misguided, Jewish guy dressed.
How had Steve the Gypsy gotten to the Purim party?
It all began with Lea, a young woman who had started coming around to the Chabad House. She, like many other young people her age, enjoyed hanging out with the characters on "Telegraph Avenue"-home to wanna- be hippies. She met Steve the Gypsy on Telegraph Avenue and as soon as she found out that he was Jewish, she insisted that he come with her to the Purim party that night.
Steve must have been in the right spirit on Purim, because he wasn't miffed at all that he had won the costume contest. In fact, far from being turned off by the honor of winning the costume contest, the Purim party was the first of many visits to the Chabad House and a turning point in Steve's life.
After that initial encounter, he kept coming back. He was interested in and inspired by everything he saw and learned. He started to learn Tanya (the basic book of Chabad Chasidic philosophy) with Rabbi Ferris and drank in its mystical yet practical teachings. He was like a sponge.
Steve is now fully observant (as is Lea). He calls the Ferris' every year from wherever he is to keep us up to date on his life.
And whenever Purim draws near, and I start thinking about my family is going to dress up on Purim, I always think of Steve the Gypsy, and how Purim has the special ability to take off the costume which is covering the spark burning in every Jewish soul.
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Less than a day after I left rehab, I walked into Riviera Recovery. I was scared, broken, anxious, and ashamed. The very next day, I felt like I could be myself again. During my time at Riviera Recovery, I went through a lot in my life, things that were beyond my control. A friend of mine that I had met several years earlier passed away from from the terrible disease of addiction. If it hadn't been for the the help of the staff of Riviera Recovery, I don't know how I would've coped with the loss of a dear one. It was because of Paul, Jose and Riviera that I was able to work through any obstacles that I faced. Each day that I spent there, I learned more and more the importance of maintaining sobriety and all the good that comes with it. I have learned that life isn't always easy, but one thing I have learned as a result of the 3 months that I spent at Riviera is that I can overcome anything no matter how difficult or painful it is. I will be forever grateful to Jose, Paul and the Riviera Recovery for giving me another chance at recovery and another chance at life.
Prior to coming to Riviera Recovery, I had been in nine treatment facilities and never managed to stay sober. In fact, many times I would relapse the day I checked out of treatment. While at Riviera Recovery I changed everything. I learned how to live, how to have fun. I traveled, I met really cool people, my eating habits changed, I quit smoking, started exercising, doing yoga, swimming in the ocean, etc., etc.The greatest thing about being at Riviera Recovery was working with Khalil. He went to court appearances with me and helped me repair the damage I caused with my family, whom I had been estranged from. I will be celebrating two years clean and sober next month and am living with my three beautiful children. None of this could have ever happened without Khalil.
I spent four months at Promises Treatment Center in Malibu, CA starting January 2009, prior to moving to Riviera Recovery in April 2009, where I eventually lived for twelve months due to the extremely positive experiences I was exposed to. Khalil introduced me to many new and rewarding challenges, including but not limited to, daily yoga sessions, a new and healthy diet regime, enlightening reading materials and of course plenty of local support meetings. I believe that being from the area, Khalil offers a more personal approach to each of us living at Riviera Recovery. He has the ability to connect each person with the best-suited plan for them. Khalil and I were able to travel together on some great trips and it was always a good thing to know he was there for me. I know that if it was not for him and his recovery center I would not be as happy and most importantly, sober, as I am today. Even upon moving out a few months ago I feel just as welcome as ever at my second home. I often make weekly visits to the house, whether, for yoga, surfing or a sauna session, Riviera Recovery always makes me feel at home. I highly recommend any persons to be a part of Riviera Recovery. Without them, I would not have overcome the hurdles I faced, and would not be ready to face the hardships ahead


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