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Category: St John's News
Godparents Sunday
On 30th April we are going to be celebrating godparents. Godparents Sunday is a new idea, and we will be having a special service at St John's. We'll be remembering and giving thanks for our godparents, and those who are godparents will be doing the same for their godchildren. Come and join us, and bring your godparents or godchildren with you. If you can't bring them for any reason – perhaps they are not local, or it may be they are no longer with us but with the Lord, bring a photo if you can – we'll be remembering those who cannot be there as well.
Wave of Prayer
Wave of prayer for Evangelism 8th to 15th May
The Archbishops of Canterbury and York have asked for a great wave of prayer in the lead up to Pentecost. We have been asked to pray that the life transforming love of Jesus Christ will overflow from our churches into our communities so that more people will be drawn to faith in him.
Prayer booklets are available in church to guide you for nine days of prayer (a Novena). These are free but you can give an offering towards their cost for yourself and someone else if you wish. They cost £1 each, part of which goes to the Archbishops' Refugee fund.
On Saturday 14th May after Mass at 9.30, there will be silent prayer in our church before the blessed sacrament from 10-11 a.m. Come and go as you please. You do not have to stay for the whole hour.
Additionally if you want somewhere different to pray, St Peter and St Paul Chaldon will be open daily from 10-4 as usual or you could go and walk the prayer labyrinth in the grounds of St Lawrence Church.
And finally a lot more information and ideas for prayer can be found on the website http://www.thykingdom.co.uk, and do catch up with Archbishop Justin's message about the wave of prayer on his FaceBook page or YouTube.
Together@10 on May 3rd
It's the first Sunday of the month again – doesn't time fly! And this month at our Together@10 service we'll be thinking out what it means to be a part of the true vine. This month there'll be a drama from some of our Junior Church children as well!
Feast of the Baptism of Christ
Join us at 10am on Sunday 11th for our Parish Mass. This week, as we remember how Jesus came to be baptised by John, we join in the blessing of the font and the renewal of our baptism vows.
Together@10 – June 1st
This coming Sunday (June 1st) we have our monthly all-age mass Together@10 at – no prizes for guessing – 10am. This month our theme is The Glorified Son and we'll be thinking about what 'Glory' is and how we share in it.
Funeral sermon for Breck Bednar
Yesterday we held the funeral service in Saint John's for Breck Bednar. Breck and his family are a part of our church community, and yesterday would have been his 15th birthday. He tragically lost his life violently on 17th February. There were 600 people in church for the service and a number of people have asked for copies of the sermon, so I have decided to post it here in the hope that people will find it helpful. Continue reading
Funeral Service for Breck Bednar
The funeral service for Breck Bednar will take place at Saint John's Church on Monday 17th March at 1pm. All are welcome. Please continue to pray for Breck's family and friends.


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Pages: 374 Copyright: 2001
The blurb: "Welcome to a surreal version of Great Britain, circa 1985, where time travel is routine, cloning is a reality (dodos are the resurrected pet of choice), and literature is taken very, very seriously. England is a virtual police state where an aunt can get lost (literally) in a Wordsworth poem, militant Baconians heckle performances of Hamlet, and forging Byronic verse is a punishable offense. All this is business as usual for Thursday Next, renowned Special Operative in literary detection, until someone begins kidnapping characters from works of literature. When Jane Eyre is plucked from the pages of Brontë's novel, Thursday must track down the villain and enter the novel herself to avert a heinous act of literary homicide."
My own blurb is five words: hardboiled detective for literature geeks. Oh, and also she's a woman.
That pretty much sums it up; and yeah, it was about as cool as it sounds. For me, The Eyre Affair wasn't the kind of book you whip through large sections of at a time, but more one that you read over a long period in short sessions. It wasn't a page turner, but it was thick with dry humor and subtle intelligent references. (Definitely worth a read for fans of Douglas Adams– it actually had a lot of similarities to Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.) A mature thematic backbone of war, grief, and moral crossroads served as the support for an endlessly towering supply of silliness. Characters had goofy names like Victor Analogy, Continued Overleaf, and Jack Schitt. Occasionally Fforde's love of comedy strained at the limits of the story and overstepped its place (like a gag, in one of the most intense scenes of the book, which led the sentences and words of the story to be peppered with random apostrophes and hyphens. People were negotiating with a madman! People were shooting at each other! I wanted to get into the scene, and tripping over punctuation stumbling blocks was nothing but frustrating.) More often, though, things stayed on the classier side of comedy, and it was my favorite kind of witty.
I loved Thursday. She wasn't perfect, but she almost always thought rationally and made the best decision available, and I liked that about her. I never had to be frustrated by watching the heroes create unnecessary conflict with their refusal to see reason, thank goodness. That's a kind of artificial plot building that often turns me off to an entire book. I also liked that at first, Thursday seems to be all steely business, but as you follow her, you suddenly start to see lots of emotions, and as you learn to read her (no pun intended) better and better, you realize that those emotions were there from the beginning. It was a very organic process of getting to know a reserved person.
As for the minor characters, a lot of them started to blend together. For example, Thursday had a lot of bosses at different levels in SpecOps, and I could never really keep them straight. The same goes for the various henchmen of the main villain. The men that Thursday was more fond of were more defined. Maybe we were just seeing Thursday's perspective; as far as it concerns her, I guess the various bosses and henchmen are fairly interchangeable.
The more you know about literature, the more enjoyable The Eyre Affair will probably be for you. There were many ongoing references to Dickens and Shakespeare, various poets, and of course, the Bröntes. There were also a number of history references/jokes that sort of went over my head. I liked the intellectual atmosphere, though.
The Eyre Affair was very British, very nerdy, and full of heart. It's worth noting that this was Jasper Fforde's first published novel; he may not have ironed out all his editing skills yet (not that a writer ever really irons out all their editing skills). But I don't think there's any other book out there quite like this one, and I think that alone makes it worth the read.
Here it is, folks. Another TBR post.
The last time I formalized a list of to-be-reads was back in March, but I'm happy to say that I've successfully read– and enjoyed!– all but one of those. So, along with that straggler, Attachments by Rainbow Rowell, here are four new additions to the queue this fall.
1.) Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld. Westerfeld's Uglies series was one of the absolute staples of my tween readerhood, and a major gateway to the dystopia scene. I know he's been writing since then, but somehow he hasn't been in my life for a long while. Afterworlds is getting a whole lot of hype, though, and it sounds like it might be just the thing to reunite us. It's a rather sprawling novel that tells a duel story: a young woman debuting as a published novelist, and the girl who stars in her book. Their stories interweave and complement each other and it's supposed to be really graceful and immersive and I want it.
2.) Etiquette and Espionage by Gail Carriger. Steampunk. Steampunk. STEAMPUNK. STEAMPUNK. STEAMPUNK. STEAMPUNK.
Okay, confession, I haven't actually read any steampunk. But I have spent a LOT of time looking at steampunk-style fashion. And I basically love it so much that my body could explode into a cloud of rainbow butterflies, and each individual butterfly would be weeping tears of pure light, and each tear would have a single glitter gleaming in the radiant sun of my love for steampunk. So why I have not officially read steampunk fiction, I just don't know.
Etiquette & Espionage is set at a boarding school, and it's becoming almost cliché for book bloggers to love boarding school books, but what's not to love? I'm a tiny bit nervous because this is a "girl's parents want her to sew and wear dresses but girl isn't like other girls and rebels" story, and that's a formula I'm getting a little bored with, to be honest. But there's enough in this one's favor that I want to give it a try. If it doesn't work out, tumblr has supplied me with this list of other steampunk possibilities! (Granted, those were chosen based on cover aesthetics, but I'm sure at least some of them are good.)
3.) Something by David Sedaris. I don't know what, I just know I've been interested in creative nonfiction lately, and I've heard that David Sedaris has a dry, witty sense of humor, which is right up my alley. I started flipping through Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls at a bookstore the other day (actually it was the Strand in NYC, which is literally paradise, but that's another story), but there seemed to be a lot of scary medical stories in there, which I can't stomach to save my life. So possibly not the best choice for me, although I love owls.
4.) Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison by Piper Kerman. This is the one I'm least positive I'm going to read, but I've joined the massive following of the Netflix series, and it would be cool to hear the true story in Kerman's own words. Plus, like I said, I want to read more creative nonfiction. We'll see.
I'm currently reading The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde, and hopefully I'll have it finished and ready to discuss next week. It's a pretty unique book, so stay tuned. What to-reads are banging around your vague consciousness? Take it to the comments.
Hey there, fellow judges!
You may recall that I've been running a flash fiction contest to give away a 50% discount to Scrivener, a very rad writing program. Tonight, I'm more than pleased to announce to you your lovely champion. Drumroll please!
The winner is Em, with a lovely little story titled "The Women's Studies Major's Break-Up Story".
As promised, Em will be receiving a code for 50% off her download of Scrivener, for added ease and organization on her continuing path of literary genius. Also as promised, her story will now be shared with all of you!
P.S.: If you like Em's story, which I think you will, you can follow Em's real-life adventures over at her highly entertaining blog, Tales from Hipster College.
Without further ado, I give you: "The Women's Studies Major's Break-Up Story".
Tuesday night wasn't a busy night at campus pub, but the Women's Studies major needed to relieve her heavy heart and her roommate's friend, the English major's, poetry course was canceled. You can guess who dragged whom to the student-run restaurant.
"So," the Women's Studies major said to her friend for the evening. "You wanna know about the lovely, radiant, thoughtful, red-head that shall forever be known as 'that beautiful-piece-of-scum.'"
"Well, when you put it that way…"
The Women's Studies major sighed. "How far back should I go?"
The English major shrugged. "Well, where did—"
"Other-Prom." She continued. "We met at Other-Prom, this dance for LGBTQ teens in Columbus. I was wearing this dressy-vest and black slacks and she was wearing this flow-y, glittery dress that could have slid off her body like cream. And her curly red hair was all over the place. You know what we had in common?"
"You were both gay and single?"
"Well, duh," The Women's Studies major grinned. "No, we were both wearing red converse sneakers. And we both noticed. And we were both Seniors at our respective high schools. And we both knew how to swing-dance."
"I didn't know you danced!" The English major piped cheerfully.
"Actually, I didn't, but I was strong enough to lift her over my head and around my body and what have you. People thought we were the shit: instant favorites. We were joined at the hip all evening." The Women's Studies major took a sip of her illegal pint. "At the end of the night, she found a sharp-y and wrote her phone number and Facebook name on the bottom of my shoe. I was so busy flirting that I hardly noticed. And high. I could've been high." The English major giggled. The Women's Studies major didn't care. "Three dates later we were 'official', or as 'official' as the close-minded community we lived in would allow. We graduated from our respective high schools. Attended each other's grad parties. Went out. Snap chatted. Sexted, but you don't know that. We were regulars at the sushi place down the street from me. Did you hear that? Regulars at a sushi place. Good God, I really changed for her. I mean, I was nice to people. I was even bubbly. I don't know what the fuck she did to me, but I was a nice person to be around. I wore those fuck'n converses everywhere; so did she."
"So then college?" The English major assumed out aloud.
"I'm gett'n there!" The Women's Studies major insisted. "So, then, college. She was going to Cincinnati for statistics and I was going to this lovely hipster college for, what? I didn't even know. Point is, neither of us wanted to call off the relationship because we thought we were in love. First love, you could say. She was patient with me and our personalities did that whole yin-yang deal; it worked. We said we'd get through college, see each other as often as we could, and then we'd be together again in a quick and easy four years. And so we split off."
"Like cells in mitosis," the English major mused.
"Quit being poetic." The women's-studies major playfully retorted. "At first: constant communication. I mean, all the time. Texting, phone calls, the works. Saw her at Thanksgiving break," she paused. "For about an hour." The Women's Studies major took another sip of her almost drowned pint. "I visited her for spring break Freshman year, and it was like the time and distance wasn't a problem. We hit it off great. Her friends loved me. She still loved me."
"Oh," the English major sighed.
"With or without her, I wore those fucking converses around all the fucking time, trying to feel close to her on this campus full of dykes, pardon my French."
"Lots of lesbians here, you know, but I didn't go for any of 'em in the past two years I've been here. I've been waiting out for my lovely lady, who kept promising me that she'd come. I'm the one who believed her." She sighed. "For summer break, that prick got an internship in Louisville; I visited her for a weekend. After that, she promised me, promised me, that she'd visit this year." The Women's Studies major ordered another pint; fake ID to the rescue. She continued. "You know how many fucking dates I passed up because I thought she'd come see me? I did the solo-lesbian gig at a school where much of the student body is gay. You know how shitty that feels?"
"I'm sorry," the English major frowned sympathetically.
"And, to no one's surprise but my own, she never came. That lying bitch never called it off either; always kept me hanging. So you know what I did on our 'two year' anniversary?" The second pint came.
"What'd ya do?"
The Women's Studies major grinned. "I walked my ass down to the mailroom, barefoot, boxed up those red converse sneakers, and sent them on their way to Cincinnati. I was done. Two years after that fucking prom, I freed myself." She smiled. "I am a free woman, I'm 20 years old,"
"Don't say that too loudly," the English major advised, eyeing the beer.
"We gotta live while we're young! We can't go wasting our time with people who don't love us! Two years of my college life are gone, I won't get 'em back, and now I'm gonna enjoy myself, damnit! Here's to singlehood!" The Women's Studies major raised her new pint just as a thin, red-headed woman walked in the door of the pub, carrying a pair of worn, red converse sneakers. The English major first glanced at the red shoes in her grasp. Then the red shoes on the woman's feet. Then at the Women's Studies major. The Women's Studies major dropped her pint.
I was browsing Facebook yesterday morning as I so often do when I saw someone talking in passing about plans to attend the National Book Festival.
Naturally, my reaction was "National Book Festival?! Why did nobody tell me, and when do I leave?"
Upon further research, I determined that the National Book Festival was a free event hosted by the Library of Congress and taking place all day in the Washington, DC convention center, extremely convenient to my university. I was disappointed to read the list of attending authors and found I had heard of only one; it would not be a starstriking-encounter, but I was still eager to congregate with a nation's worth of other book aficionados, so I rounded up some companions and we successfully navigated the Metro downtown.
The experience started out strong: we had been inside the center less than a minute when we were offered free posters, green with a reading crescent-moon on them. I just got some new posters to decorate my side of the dorm room, so I was very much in a poster mindset and thrilled with the boon.
Unfortunately, however, as we got deeper into the building, we began to sense a lack of pertinent activities. Most of what was going on was signings for the attending authors–understandable, but again, none of the names meant much to me–, and selling of their particular books.
There were a number of panels on the schedule as well, which probably would have been interesting, but being college students, we had gotten a late enough start to the day that a lot of things had already happened.
To further the iffiness, when we visited the food court, we found the options were both exorbitantly priced (typical for a convention center) and limited. Also, the vending machine was out of water, and ate two of my dollars.
There was still the central reason I had come, though, and that was a youth poetry slam at six pm. So at 5:45, we joined a large crowd on the main floor and funneled into a large room with a stage set up at the front. All the chairs were taken, so we nabbed spots on the floor near the front where the view wasn't blocked and settled in to wait (me flopping around every few minutes, because my leg circulation and the ground have never mixed well).
The slam was very cool. For the first round, all the performers were prompted to slam about topics related to books and reading; for the second round the topic was open. One girl described a controlling ex-boyfriend in an extended Pinocchio metaphor. A guy in a graphic t-shirt, who ended up the champion of the night, rallied against the prevalence of writers and artists being questioned about their "Plan B". A girl with a blue cast on her arm provided a manifesto against Twilight, which made me realize how tired I am of discussions of Twilight—a loaded fact which probably deserves a post of its own at some point in the future, if I can reconcile myself to creating, well, another discussion of Twilight.
I always enjoy listening to slam poetry, holding out anticipation for that one poem, that one line, that will send that chill of truth and electricity through me. I realized during the show that I've been noticing a trend over the past year of recorded slam poems on relevant social issues circulating the internet. I think that's awesome. Poetry, and really any form of commentary that sells as its own product beyond just the message it's promoting, can be such a powerful way to make people truly think about things in a new way, and remember it.
I was fairly inspired to try writing my own pieces of spoken word; I do love writing "page" poetry, after all. But so often the mark of a good slam performance is outward intensity, almost anger, and I struggle to imagine myself expressing that kind of intensity about anything. I'm a soft-spoken person, and my life has been fortunate enough not to provide me with many personal experiences I could get riled up about. I don't know. I know there are different styles of slam poets.. I'll just have to see.
There was a panel I was interested in called "Great Books to Great Movies", but my friend had to get home to meet somebody at nine, so we headed out. We agreed that the event overall had felt less like a book con, or a social gathering of bookish people for assorted activities, and more like a very focused arrangement for services related to the authors that were there—get in, buy books and get them signed, and leave. However, this impression might have been different if we had gotten there earlier and attended more of the panels that were offered.
Despite not being exactly what we had imagined, it wasn't a wasted day. I'm glad to say I was there, and I gained some confidence about the Metro, as well as learning how to get to the convention center, which could be useful if my fellow Tumblr-type geeks ever assemble there for an anime con or something. Plus, I astonishingly ran into my high school genetics teacher, who moved to DC the same time I did to take a new job. I couldn't believe the coincidence. And of course, the poetry slam was enough alone to make the trip worthwhile.
The whole experience made me even more eager to potentially get to BookCon 2015. Irritatingly, although the trip to NYC by train would be vastly easier from here than my hometown, it will take place when I'm already home for the summer. A lot of cons this year are skipping around my travel schedule in the least accommodating ways. But I may have to find a way to attend even so.
Any other NBF attendees out there? How was your day?
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Pages: 352 Copyright: 2008
The blurb: "Sparkling white snowdrifts, beautiful presents wrapped in ribbons, and multicolored lights glittering in the night through the falling snow. A Christmas Eve snowstorm transforms one small town into a romantic haven, the kind you see only in movies. Well, kinda. After all, a cold and wet hike from a stranded train through the middle of nowhere would not normally end with a delicious kiss from a charming stranger. And no one would think that a trip to the Waffle House through four feet of snow would lead to love with an old friend. Or that the way back to true love begins with a painfully early morning shift at Starbucks. Thanks to three of today's bestselling teen authors—John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle—the magic of the holidays shines on these hilarious and charming interconnected tales of love, romance, and breathtaking kisses."
Hey, everybody! I'm college now! I'm posting this from my dorm as my dream catcher lays on the desk beside me because my command hook wasn't man enough to stay on my cinderblock wall. If anybody knows of a satanic substance that will stick to the unstickable, please let me know, because this situation is unnacceptable. But anyhoo, on to the book.
Let It Snow was not as mushy as the blurb makes it sound. The only author of the three that I had any past experience with was John Green, but Johnson and Myracle passed the test—they fit in easily at the lunch table of the witty and talented YA writers that I already know and love.
I liked and felt a connection to all three of the protagonists, and all three of the love stories were excellently fresh and strong— there's a case to be made for formulaic swoony romances, but these connections weren't those. Myracle's story was the closest to that swoony zone, and I've been given to understand that some readers found it the weakest of the three, but I thought it was sincerely sweet and dodged clichés as well as the other two.
The interweaving of the three stories was also very well and naturally done. If this book had been sold as the work of a single author, I think I would have believed it. Each story had its own flavor, but they tossed together into a tastefully cohesive salad. With the added bonus of the snowy, hot-chocolatey winter theme, this is the perfect pick for cold blanket-pile days and summery imaginings alike.
Special Awards:
Squee for romantic prowess.
ROFL award because although I didn't laugh out loud a lot, there was a lot of witty humor, especially in Green's section.
What's super fun and closing in three days? The I'll Be the Judge Flash Fiction Flash Contest! You still have time to send me a super-short story!

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Natural Family Planning
Natural family planning is a form of birth control that is based on the timing of sex during a woman's menstrual cycle. Natural family planning used to be called the rhythm method or "safe period." It also is called periodic abstinence or, more recently, fertility awareness. It isn't a single method but a variety of methods.
About Natural Family Planning
Natural family planning can be an effective way to prevent an unwanted pregnancy. It is safe and very low cost.
For this method to work, a woman needs to know her body well, and she and her partner must be willing to follow the method. This method can only work when it is followed correctly at all times.
Natural family planning is not as effective as most other methods of birth control. One in four women who use this method become pregnant.
How Natural Family Planning Works
Each method of natural family planning is designed to help a couple find out which days during a woman's menstrual cycle she is likely to be fertile or able to become pregnant. That way, the couple knows when not to have sex to avoid a pregnancy.
For most women, an egg is released almost two weeks before her next expected menstrual period. The egg remains able to be fertilized for about 24 hours after it is released. Sperm can live in a woman's body for three days or more. The "safe period" includes those days in the menstrual cycle when sex is less likely to lead to pregnancy.
Types of Natural Family Planning
There are five methods of natural family planning:
- Basal body temperature method
- Ovulation/cervical mucus method
- Symptothermal method
- Calendar method
- Lactational amenorrhea
Whichever method you use, two things are essential: 1) training by a medical professional or a qualified counselor and 2) consistent use of the method.
Basal Body Temperature Method
The temperature method of natural family planning is based on the fact that most women have a slight increase in their normal body temperature just after ovulation. For this method to work, a woman must take her temperature every day. A couple using this method does not have sex from the end of the menstrual period until three days after the increase in temperature.
Ovulation/Cervical Mucus Method
The ovulation method involves changes in how much mucus is produced by the cervix and how it feels. To do this, a woman checks regularly for mucus at the opening of the vagina and looks for such changes.
For instance, for most women the vagina is dry for a time just after menstruation. A sticky mucus then appears. Just before ovulation the mucus becomes wet and slippery. The last day of wetness, called the "peak" day, often occurs at the same time as ovulation.
The safe period is the 10 or 11 days at the end of the cycle and the dry days, if any, that occur just after menstruation.
Although the days of bleeding are thought to be infertile, pregnancy can occur during menstruation.
The ovulation method has advantages over the temperature method in that it does not require the use of a thermometer. However, false readings may be produced by vaginal infection, sexual excitement, and the use of lubricants for sex and certain medications.
Symptothermal Method
The symptothermal method combines the temperature and ovulation methods. In addition to taking the temperature and checking for mucus changes every day, the woman checks for other signs of ovulation:
- Abdominal pain or cramps
- Spotting
- Changes in the position and firmness of the cervix
This method requires that you abstain from sex from the day you first notice signs of fertility (mucus or wet feeling) until the third day after the increase in temperature or the fourth day after the peak day of mucus production.
Calendar Method
The calendar method also is called the rhythm method. To use this method, a woman records every day of her menstrual cycle for 6 months. She then can calculate her fertile period by looking at the calendar.
A menstrual cycle is counted from the first day of menstrual bleeding to the first day of the next menstrual period. A normal menstrual cycle is about 28 days, but can range from 23 days to 35 days. Couples avoid sex during the fertile phase.
The Calendar Method
To calculate the fertile phase:
Subtract 18 from the shortest cycle
(25 days) = 7
Subtract 11 from the longest cycle
(35 days) = 24
Lactational Amenorrhea
Lactational amenorrhea means a woman does not have her period because of a change in hormones caused by breastfeeding.
For this method to work, a woman must be feeding her baby nothing but milk from her breast. The time between feedings should not be longer than four hours during the day or six hours at night.
This method is most effective during the first six months of exclusive breastfeeding. Women using this method have a 2 percent chance of getting pregnant in the first six months after birth. Once vaginal bleeding occurs, the risk of pregnancy is greatly increased.
Recommended Reading
A great resource for Natural Family Planning is the book Taking Care Of Your Fertility by Toni Weschler.
Finally… Natural family planning can work only if you and your partner follow the method correctly at all times.
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Buddha has a Wet Dream explores the divine human comedy in searching for Nirvana.
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First day in the Twins' Spring Training Camp today. The big team was away to Juniper (but looking at the box score of that game, looks like a lot of the players just took the day off.) Two of them, Alexi Casilla and Jamey Carroll did not, but they played for the Rock Cats and Red Wings, respectively, in the Twins' inter-squad AAA/AA game that started at noon local time.
The Red Wings, in addition to Carroll, had a lot of the recently demoted players from the Twins' camp. Bates 1B, Nishioki 2B, Cheng SS, Pearce 3B, Carson RF, Mastroianni CF and Dustin Martin (the only one not in the Twins' camp) LF. Diamond was the SP and Lehmann the Catcher. A couple of interesting things about Nishioka: Just the fact that he is playing at second base, makes me think that Dozier will be a lock at SS for Rochester. Also, before the game he spent time (at least an hour, based on the time I walked to the Complex) taking grounders with TK and Eddie Rosario among others. Nishi took grounders at SS, Rosario at 2B. Also, interesting to see the role of Ryo when Nishi is in Rochester. For this game, Ryo was a glorified bat boy.
At the dugout Carroll and Nishioka were having an interesting conversation (through Ryo.) Carroll repeatedly tapped the side of his own head and was telling Nishi that he has to play smart. Scott Diamond started for the Red Wings and he was pretty much average and had problems finding the plate. A few bright spots as far as performances went:
Alex Wimmers:
I did not have radar readings, but Wimmers pitched for 4 innings (for the Rock Cats) and pitched very well. Not much problem commanding and controlling which is good news for Twins' fans.
Also very interesting to see Angel Morales playing for the Rock Cats. Casilla was playing for them at that game and he seemed to be very encouraging to the kid.
and Slama:
also pitched for the Red Wings, but their best pitcher was Tyler Robertson who pitched in relief of Scott Diamond.
Lexi Casilla is locked in this Spring. He mad solid contract as a RHB and he is there 100%, which is great for him. I really expect a breakthrough season for him.
Surprise of the day? This guy:
Twins' 17th round pick in 2011. He was pitching on the field behind me, the sound of the ball to the glove made me look, and his next pitch made me leave the AA-AAA game and go where the Rookie ball players were playing. He will be a good one. Low 90s fastball with good movement and a great curve.
Spring training is always fun. Especially when you are a kid and you get a Hall of Famer to sign a ball for you:
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RENE VAN DER LINDEN: PEACEFUL SOLUTION OF ARMENIAN вЂ"AZERBAIJANI CONFLICT TO BE PRE-CONDITION FOR DEVELOPMENT OF REGION
Peaceful settlement of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict is a pre-condition for the development of the entire South-Caucasus region and the important element of security for the European continent, chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Rene van der Linden made such a statement on 23 August in Baku at the news conference on the results of his visit to Azerbaijan, Trend reports.
In the opinion of the PACE chairman, successful integration of Azerbaijan into the European family is only possible under the condition of the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
В"PACE will do its utmost for the support of the both countries' efforts on continuing the peaceful dialogue", Linden noted, underscoring the importance of adherence of the Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia to the "peaceful way" of the solution of the Nagorno-Karabakh problem.
As an example Linden gave the history of the European countries, noting, he is the representative of the single generation of Europeans, which has not suffered the war. В"My father and grandfather saw the horrors of the war.
However, the far-sighted politicians of the 40s-50s of the 20th century could unify the efforts for the sake of the common flourishing of the continent", he noted, having voiced the hope, that such wise political figures will be also found in the South Caucasus.
Commenting on the results of the negotiations in Armenia, the PACE chairman noted, during each meeting he emphasized the thought that Armenia due to the ongoing conflict with Azerbaijan, has slowed down its economic development.
В"Armenia is isolated, although it is located amidst the two rapidly developing countries, Turkey and Azerbaijan, and I repeatedly stressed in Erevan the thought of the necessity for the quickest solution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, so that Armenia could also achieve such successful tempos of the development", the PACE chairman underscored.
Replying the question on the PACE position in regard to the possibility of the "alternative way" for the settlement of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict, Rene van der Linden noted, the unit headed by him, elaborates the position depending on the progress of the processes. В"I am confident, the negotiation process will bring its results and the Nagorno-Karabkh conflict will be solved peacefully", he added in conclusion.


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Felt like we had a video production company here this morning. Had to prepare another short video of me greeting the folks back home at CATG for this Fourth of July weekend. And, Thomas has some great video stuff on his blog from yesterday. Here is his toboggan video. And he has new video installment for his blog series – What Should We Get Pastor Dennis? We frequently find stuff that makes us think of Pastor Dennis when we are in gift shops. Also, Thomas is now offering vitally important Tourism Do's and Don'ts tips on his blog.
Kaitlyn has some great pics on her latest post, especially the last pic of the Swiss flag outlining the mountain. I think it's a great shot and we, being puzzle people, just may turn that one into a puzzle. Kristen hit a home run on a meal the other night and has a post about this delicious German meatball thing she whipped up.
Thanks to Caleb for putting together the following video clip from our visit yesterday to the Guinness Book of World Records Largest Rolling Ball Clock.
This clock is found in the Bucherer Store in Lucerne, Switzerland. The clock is four stories high. It runs on rolling glass marbles and kinetic energy. It took twelve people an entire year to make it. Here are some more details:
One marble ends up in the ring every minute, until 60 of them finally make up an hour. A polar opposite to this ongoing motion is provided by a giant crystal ball on the ground floor, which oscillates once every quarter of an hour. The mechanical components, all perfectly geared to one another, are fascinatingly combined to create a clock system that is precise, completely self-contained and infinite. The installation extends to all four floors in the Bucherer store, is 11.6 m (38 ft) high and 6 m (almost 20 ft) wide. In the entire system, 150 crystal balls measuring 30, 40 and 150 mm (1.2, 1.6 and 5.9 in) run along 297.8 m (977 ft) of track.
More pictures can be found here. Check them out as they have pictures of how all the parts are handmade.
Those following the blog know I've posted a few times so far on Swiss watches and clocks – banks, army knives and watches are huge things here. I've learned these are "time measurement systems." I'll get right to the point… as big and mind boggling as this huge clock is, it only measures God's time. Try to wrap your mind around the Providence of God and you'll truly be blown away. But even in the natural order, every time measurement system invented is a mere human attempt to capture what no amount of random unguided chance could have possibly arranged and set in such complex yet precise and perpetual motion. Jeremiah 31:35 tells us that it is God above who "appointed the sun, who decrees the moon and stars to shine at night, who stirs the seas so that its waves roar." Job 37:12 tells us how God is the One who set the elements of the earth in motion and they do "whatever he commands." The planets, the seasons, the tides of the seas – he's behind it.
Let this thought speak to you… he's never late. But, it is possible to not "keep in step" with Him. Make sure you do. Synchronize your life in Him. Seek to know and discern his shifts in times and seasons. Check out pages 86-90 in my Momentum book for how to discern the sacred rhythms and pace of the Spirit. You'll find what is written there no where else – I've looked – and, not finding anything, I decided to write this critical stuff down myself. You're welcome. There is a "moment" in momentum's development that we must discern. Many are at a spiritual standstill today because they are oblivious to discerning these key moments.
I think I'm going to preach on this topic this weekend. Read this. And, then read how the adversary tries to change God's times and seasons (or at least get us out of sych with them). Here's a great clip for those of you who want to reflect on this more.


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Sprint Spreads Holiday "Cheer"
January 15, 2016 | Category: Crisis PR
Nothing is a secret anymore in the social media age.
T-Mobile CEO John Legere learned this the hard way when he fell victim to a cleverly laid trap in an ongoing feud set by Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure.
Claure, seemingly overcome by Christmas spirit, sent holiday baskets to T-Mobile employees, with a note stating, "Our companies compete to take business from each other throughout the year, but this is the season of giving. So enjoy these treats from Sprint. Happy Holidays, Marcelo." The baskets were full of Christmas cheer, candy, snacks and…the URL for the Sprint Career webpage.
In a predictable move, Legere reportedly ordered recipients of the basket to dispose of it and keep it off of social media channels. Unfortunately for him, at least one employee didn't listen…and one is all you need. Once information is out there on the world wide web, it is impossible to contain.
By ordering disposal of the baskets, Legere has effectively made himself look like the Grinch. Though this isn't the most serious of issues, it is always better to get ahead of a problem than to try to cover it up. A better move would have been to thank Claure for the basket, and respond in kind. Perhaps next year!


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Monday, March 29, 2010
petticoat junction
the dog seemed to lack my enthusiasm:
20 comments:
- Sarah @ Mum In Bloom said...
Oh my gosh that dog photo is a RIOT! There's nothin' funnier than dressing up our doggies :) Love love the petticoat.
- March 29, 2010 at 8:50 AM
- mary said...
I just wore a petticoat in that exact shade of blue to work on Friday (with leggings underneath). One of the kids at my son's preschool came up to me and said, "Look mama, a ballerina!"
- March 29, 2010 at 8:52 AM
- Tea Potty said...
Sigh. I've always wanted one, even if just to hang up on the wall with a pretty hanger.
- March 29, 2010 at 8:54 AM
- Care said...
ha ha! love the doggie photo!!
and happy 41!!
- March 29, 2010 at 8:54 AM
- Sarah said...
Well, hapde burfday!
- March 29, 2010 at 8:58 AM
- Chelle said...
Petticoats are wonderful, and yours looks great! You're right, a lovely way to celebrate a birthday. Happy Birthday!
Love your blog, by the way. :)
- March 29, 2010 at 9:00 AM
- Amber said...
I think that's a great way to celebrate! Happy birthday to you!
- March 29, 2010 at 9:05 AM
- Martha said...
A petticoat tip: when washing, add starch to the last rinse and pin to the clothesline in a circle shape until dry.
Happy Birthday Gina!
- March 29, 2010 at 9:32 AM
Congrats! What a great way to celebrate 41 :) I LOVE IT!
I will be 41 this friday...hmmmm...wonder what frivolousness I can get into ;)
- March 29, 2010 at 10:03 AM
Such a pretty color! Great with the red shoes.
Happy Birthday!
- March 29, 2010 at 10:22 AM
- Robbin said...
Hi, I love your blog! I am new to embroidery, and your blog really motivates me! I have one question though, I can't see the dog picture- I can only see the picture of the petticoat (CUTE, by the way!) My screen only shows "the dog seemed to lack my enthusiasm:" with no pic- any ideas?
Thanks for the super blog! Robbin
- March 29, 2010 at 12:26 PM
- Erika Mulvenna said...
Well, happy birthday and welcome to the wonderful world of 41! I like the petticoat - I think a girl can put on a petticoat any old time and enjoy it!
- March 29, 2010 at 12:32 PM
- Sentimentally Me said...
love the petticoat, love the red shoes, and the little mister is still quite handsome, even wearing a petticoat :)
- March 29, 2010 at 1:52 PM
- Drewzel said...
Oh I laughed and laughed at teh doggie. thankyou x
- March 29, 2010 at 7:20 PM
- Bettina Chavez: Photographer said...
Ahhhh so cute! I have two petticoats, I love to wear them with my vintage dresses and my mexican circle skirts!
- March 29, 2010 at 10:30 PM
- Charlene said...
A great find and a great way to celebrate! All the best for your birthday and throughout the year. I love your blog.
- March 29, 2010 at 10:45 PM
- Retro Plants said...
Happy Birthday honey!
hope that it was a GREAT one. . . and celebrating with a *new* petticoat sounds spectacular to me! ;)
just lovely images :)
- March 30, 2010 at 10:13 AM
- jen v said...
happy belated birthday!!! i think your petticoat purchase was the PERFECT way to celebrate 41. i am right behind ya closing in on 40 with no petticoat in sight. any suggestions??? :)
- March 31, 2010 at 1:58 AM
- B said...
Hehehe! Your doggie does NOT look happy- but very cute!
Happy (belated) Birthday,
B xxx
- March 31, 2010 at 1:52 PM
Well congratulations on your wonderful purchase. I just bought my first vintage petticoat and I am 61. I also felt like it was a frivolous purchase but couldn't resist as I have always wanted one and this one was luscious! I will use it for Argentine tango dancing.
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"Last Thursday evening, we sat as a family and watched a programme that started at 6.35. And it was the dirtiest programme I have seen for a very long time."
With those words, at Birmingham Town Hall one evening in 1964, the Clean Up TV Campaign, later to evolve into the National Viewers' And Listeners' Association, was introduced to the nation by a disgruntled West Midlands teacher called Mary Whitehouse. A committed Christian, Whitehouse had turned to her faith following the break up of her parents' own marriage and a lengthy but unconsummated infatuation with a married man. She now watched with mounting disgust as the 60s got into full swing with the Profumo affair, That Was The Week That Was and a programme highlighting the issue of premarital sex, which had elicited some snickering queries from her older, female pupils.
She reserved most of her ire for the BBC, and in particular its director-general, Hugh Carleton Greene, brother of Graham Greene. She held him responsible for unleashing the sluices to let a tide of smut and depravity into every British household. She accused the Beeb of promulgating "the propaganda of disbelief, doubt and dirt ... promiscuity, infidelity and drinking". Rather, she urged, the BBC should be broadcasting shows which "encourage and sustain faith in God and bring Him back to the heart of our family and national life".
The objects of her ire ranged from dubious foreign movies and the Beatles to Till Death Us Do Part. Carleton Greene, in turn, regarded her as beneath contempt and refused to meet her, or her ridiculous organisation. However, in the end, he was displaced, in 1969, by a rather more conservative DG more sympathetic to Whitehouse's views.
It's this period of Whitehouse's lifelong campaign - she passed away in 2001 - upon which Amanda Coe's excellent 90-minute drama Filth concentrates. Julie Walters plays Whitehouse, vividly capturing her particular Englishness, one of chutney, horn-rimmed glasses, cheese on sticks and basketed bicycles, a 60s England that pointedly refused to swing. However, both Coe and Walters restrain from caricaturing this most easily caricaturable of public figures. This is a nuanced portrayal that stops just short of affectionate, depicting her undeniable resourcefulness and determination in the face of what must have seemed like insurmountable forces, and a middle England-forged will of iron. It conveys, too, her good humour and stoicism, her skill as a campaigner and her refusal to be fazed either by the bile heaped on her in anonymous letters and phone calls, or even by what she deemed as "obscene".
Stumbling on two men having sex while out walking in the woods, she greets them by name and a tutting, "nature studies, is it?" before yomping on. Whatever effect she imagined that such exposure had on others, it evidently had none on her. Hugh Carleton Green, meanwhile, is cast less favourably; his lascivious attitudes towards his secretaries in particular coat him in permissive sleaze. Whitehouse was a laughing stock in the 60s but Coe's drama shows how mistaken her opponents were to underestimate her, much as they would later underestimate Margaret Thatcher. As a provincial woman of a certain age, she was greeted at best with emollient condescension, at worst verbal, even physical abuse (stink bombs, pies). She shrugged off both, in a way that's almost admirable.
Today, there are those who believe we could have done worse than to have listened to her warnings about the link between permissive values and degeneracy, particularly when it comes to TV. Roy Hattersley is one of them. He cites programmes like Wudja? Cudja?, the ITV2 show in which contestants drink beer through dirty socks, or bathe in live worms, as an example of the pitiful pass to which a liberalised broadcasting policy has brought us, to say nothing of Celebrity Big Brother, Temptation Island and similar third-rate garbage. Mary Whitehouse would not be alone in looking upon all this in despair. In her later years, she even found herself in the unlikely position of being cheered on by feminists as she railed against the exploitative aspects of pornography. In her day, few people appeared willing or capable of taking her seriously, head on. She deserves that much - because she was utterly and dangerously wrong, wrong, wrong.
One of the targets of Whitehouse's anger was Till Death Us Do Part, whose "bloody" count per episode she would dutifully monitor. In revenge, Johnny Speight had Alf Garnett extolling the virtues of "Mary White-arse", with his scouse son-in-law retorting that if she had her way, all you'd get on telly would be "Pinky and Perky and bloody Noddy". Yet, as Filth shows, even Pinky And Perky had her scribbling to the Corporation, indignant at the piggies' "callous" attitude towards their human co-star. Whitehouse found fault with the most innocuous of shows, from The Man From UNCLE to a Lord Snowdon documentary about the aged, to Doctor Who, which she upbraided for scenes of "strangulation - by hand, by claw, by obscene vegetable matter".
The quiet fire that burnt in this old lady, stoked by religion, was one of almost fundamentalist fervour, which would have consumed practically everything on our present-day screens, not just the rubbish excoriated by Hattersley. No Curb Your Enthusiasm, no Wire, no Skins, for sure. Even Peppa Pig would probably be censured for the disrespect Georgie Pig shows to Daddy Pig. Towards the end of her life, she was even taking middle England favourites like The Bill to task.
Conversely, look at the shows she did like, including Dixon Of Dock Green. Here's a show in which friendly sergeant Dixon once uttered words to the effect of, "Why, if the police were called out every time a bloke was giving his wife a good clobbering, we'd never get anything done." This didn't trouble Whitehouse at all; she gave it a special award in 1967. (In Filth, Whitehouse is seen cycling obliviously by a young couple, the wife of whom is sporting a black eye.) The Black And White Minstrel Show, Larry Grayson's "what a gay day" larks, none of this concerned her, nor any of the casual racism, sexism or gormless stereotyping which passed for mainstream telly three decades ago but has been mostly rendered extinct, no thanks to her. Explicitness, not implicitness, was her bugbear.
It's as if she took Philip Larkin's "Sexual intercourse began in 1963" line literally - as if sex, violence, "obscenity" were the vile, effluent creation of the new-fangled television set (or theatre), rather than realities which had always seethed beneath the veneer of British society, that a more enlightened generation of programme-makers were trying to address. They won, she lost, as was fortunately the case in the Romans In Britain trial of 1982, in which her own QC was apparently unable to press for the imprisonment of a playwright merely for representing a sexual act on stage. And if the price to pay for that victory is Wudja? Cudja? then it's worth paying - especially as no one's forcing you to watch, or not watch, the damn thing in the first place.
Meet the new Mary Whitehouses
Who's scouring the schedules for 'propaganda, disbelief and dirt' in 2008?
Having changed its name in 2001 this is the modern wing of Whitehouse's outfit. Headed up by John Beyer it's still concerned with issues such as taste, decency but also focuses on the proliferation of hardcore porn and the threat posed by video games.
Mary Kenny
Newspaper journo who has offered support for Whitehouse, and feels the campaigner has been vindicated, arguing that "we owe her an enormous debt" for pointing out that "violent language and violent behaviour would make society more violent".
Stephen Green
An ex-builder, Green fronts Christian Voice, the organisation that published the home phone numbers of BBC execs over the Jerry Springer: The Opera furore. Anti-divorce, anti-homosexuality and anti-abortion, Green wishes to return to the 1950s.
· Filth, Wed, 9pm, BBC2


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His name is Fawwaz ILIASSA, 25, a native of Koimbani Oichili, Island President of the National Network of Young Leaders for Peace, who holds a law degree. He has been a founding member of the network since 2014. Here he gives us his experience in the mediation and settlement of conflicts between young people in the communities.
I was marked by the history of the town of Iconi which is a town near Moroni, the capital and which saw conflict between two rival neighborhoods. The town was divided into two clans and the inhabitants clashed, and material and economic damage was noted. Cars on fire, wounded peolpe in both clans and many families torn and divided. This situation is one of the intra-village conflicts that caused a lot of damage and that lasted in time.
In the network's action plan for youth capacity building and recruitment for peacebuilding, a youth from that locality had the opportunity to participate. The selection of young people for training is usually done by identifying areas at risk of conflict or fragility or often by those who are responsible for the disorder.
Haifaou Younous, a young girl from this locality who has benefited from mediation and conflict management training with the network, has taken the initiative with other young people to unite the young women in the process of social mediation of two Clans in a process of prevention and reconciliation. It has called on the youth network for peace to help train local youth in social mediation and conflict management, conduct peace conferences, organize various cultural activities to raise awareness of the issue.
Ensuring the sustainability of peace
At the end of these awareness-raising and communication activities, the Iconi Women's Solidarity Youth Association was founded in this locality and contributes to the promotion of peace. This involvement of girls in conflict management has contributed to the reconciliation of the two clans. Today the two parties meet, exchange, frequent and contribute to the development of the city. Very active in the field, the Iconi Women's Youth Association for Solidarity has only one objective "to perpetuate this experience and to capitalize on this experience in other communities in conflict".
The national network of young leaders for peace a model in the initiation of community peace
This network was created in 2014 by UNFPA's initiative with Peacebuilding Funds (PBF) and has more than 600 young adherents and trained in social mediation and conflict management. Referring to Resolution 1325 (2000) adopted by the United Nations Security Council, the project "Rehabilitating the Role of Women and Youth in the Process of National Reconciliation and Peacebuilding" promoted participation Women and youth to play a role in conflict prevention and resolution and peacebuilding, hence the value of the project and its uniqueness. On the one hand, it offered a special opportunity for women and young people to participate in efforts to maintain, consolidate and promote peace in the country. On the other hand, women and young people are fully involved and participate more fully in community decision-making for prevention and dispute resolution, and the strengthening of social cohesion in the country


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You look freakin amazing! Love the top and especially your shoes. Your from Croatia?! I have a few friends from both Croatia and Serbia...awesome people. Love your blog...I'm following you. Care to follow me?ReplyDelete
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Welcome back! These photos prove that an excellent model and good camera override inexperience!ReplyDelete
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it is perfect!!!
Love the Jeffrey Campbell booties! You're totally rockin' them!ReplyDelete
Wow, I really would not have known they were separate if you didn't say so!ReplyDelete
Such a great idea! I have a dress similar to that, now I need to find a top that works with it as well. Lovely photos!ReplyDelete
Thanks so much for stopping by my blog and for your lovely comment! I love your look here - it's perfect for going out in the summertime. Your hair is effortless but gorgeous - love it!ReplyDelete
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WoW i love your sense of style! :D It's amazing! and I am absolutely in l.o.v.e with your Lita Boots ♥ Jeffrey Campbell♥ and your lovely studded clutch...and the bodycon skirt...and you top.. hahaa i just love your whole outfit!! (=ReplyDelete
I adore this whole look!! Your shoes are gorgeous. :) xReplyDelete
Love your outfit! You look gorgeous.ReplyDelete
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love this!
you've got such a great blog, keep it up!
such gorgeous photos!ReplyDelete
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Your hair is gorgeous!ReplyDelete
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Lovely outfit!ReplyDelete
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Gorgeous outfit, thanks so much for your sweet comment on my blog! Amazing dress and I'm so jealous of your hair!ReplyDelete
hey glad to know that, thanks for your lovely comment, your style is fierce! and i love you body shape ;) really. you're a talented model.ReplyDelete
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AMAZING! Love your boots & your hair!ReplyDelete
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I am following you and I hope you'll follow back!
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Love the outfit, especially the clutch!ReplyDelete
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You look so great! I like Your outfit, but shoes are winners!
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You are SO gorgeous! Love this outfit! I saw the croptop at H&M a few weeks ago and fell in love. This outfit is perfect on you.ReplyDelete
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Lovely dress and clutch!ReplyDelete
thanks so much sweetie! means a lot.ReplyDelete
youuu look gorgeous! love your dress, and those lita's!
bookmarkin you too lady xx
you look great! love that outfit! amazing shoes! and you wouldn't be able to tell that it's a top and skirt i looks like a dress!ReplyDelete
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Thanks so much for your comment,Im already following your blog,its so inspiring,you have such natural style,your photo's always look so professional like a real fashion editorial xReplyDelete
Love this look and your hair!
Hope you have a lovely weekend.
You look amazing Isabella! I love the first and second shot! Thank you so much for visiting me too! I'll be back to see more of your posts! xoxoxooReplyDelete
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I love this photos.
I follow you. ;)
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Gorgeous hair, bangles & shoes! Fan of zips too.ReplyDelete
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I love zippers too! And yes I probably would have guessed cause I do the same thing with my skirts haha.ReplyDelete
LOVE THIS THE STUDDED CLUTCH IS FAB!!!! LOVE THE SHOES!!!! THANKS FOR COMMENTING!!!!!ReplyDelete
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first of all thank you for the comment you left me..ReplyDelete
I really like your blog.. you take amazing pictures...!!!
I am following please do the same for me...
keep posting!
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Love the dress you "made" from the top and high waisted dress! Such a great look, love the Lita JC boots with it! Thanks for stopping by my blog!ReplyDelete
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You are really beautiful and I love your pictures! I was actually in Croatia last year (in Trogir and Split) and loved it there. I can post some photos if u want..?
Have a nice day!
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oooh i love those shoes!ReplyDelete
Love the entire outfit!!!You look amazing and your shoes are to die for!ReplyDelete
your hair looks absolutely AMAZING!ReplyDelete
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The second last shot is so fashionista!!ReplyDelete
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love your clutch and thanks so much for the sweet comment!ReplyDelete
follow me if you like..i am following you ;)
THese photos are amazing! The bf definitely made good friends with your camera!ReplyDelete
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I would have never guessed that you outfit wasn't a dress, it looks really pretty :)
Love your JCs as well !
I just adore this outfit!ReplyDelete
these pics are incredible!
you look beautiful as always!
Love these! love the Jeffrey CampbellsReplyDelete
great blog... you have a great eye for style!
(thanks for the comments btw)
keep it up x
amazing outfit, so chic!ReplyDelete
thanks for your lovely comment, i'm following you on google!
feel free to reciprocate=)
You are stunning!!!ReplyDelete
these pictures are great, i like the outfit, especially the shoes and clutchReplyDelete
wow your hair is gorgeous!ReplyDelete
I want!!
Also love the Lita shoes, been wanting to buy a pair of thoe for a while now, may just have to do so soon enough.
lovely photos and love the angles you pose for them =D
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hi love! thank you so much for leaving such a sweet comment on my blog! you're so gorgeous!! You don't need my advice haha :) but let me know if you ever have questions on anything— love your blog definitely following youReplyDelete
Wow, you look really great.. and you are so thin.. But this boots, doesnt look like they're convenient..? hahaReplyDelete
I think you look absolutely stunning! I adore your hair. Lovely outfit - new follower now xxReplyDelete
Lovethe boots! Look awesome with a lady-like dress! Nice look!ReplyDelete
Another fabulous look and your shoes are the BOMB!ReplyDelete
hii thanks for you're comment... really nice pictures, and you're right looks like a dress, I love the big zippers too... and u're hair is amazing..ReplyDelete
Ohh I love love love those Lita's!! All of your pictures are so pretty! Thank you for the sweet words about my blog! They made my day.ReplyDelete
OMG You look like Olivia Palermo! xoxoReplyDelete
that dress looks amazing on you! love the litas!ReplyDelete
Oh I kinda guessed you're a model even before reading it. Great pics and blog, and you look fabulous! :)ReplyDelete
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Thank you SOOOOOOOOO much for telling us the BOO is IN KANSAS?ReplyDelete
Wow....I am losing it to get to HYDRA or PETWOOD or OSIRIS and I don't CARE about the FUCKING RNS talking to the FEDS...I WANT POOOOOON!
And if I DON'T GET MY POON...I AM GOING TO BLOW MYSELF UP with ACE HARDWARE and the NAVY SEALS or REDPATH or MADSEN MINES!
TORONTO- NEWFOUNDLAND ...and with DR. COLES!
or DR.ROSS!
or DR. BALL!
And after that , if I still have some DYNAMITE from ESSO LEASED LANDS and on PT BOATS or with BRITISH AIRWAYS, I am going to BLOW UP myself with ALL THE STUPID WASHINGTON BASTARDS on HEROIN that are GIVING AWAY our PED TRIPS in rhe AEGEAN
And with the QUEEN!
WTF is WRONG with EVERYBODY????
OKLAHOMA U - TERESA HEINTZ- CONDOLEEZA RICE do NOT know how to run a CHILD- SMUGGLING OPERATION!
And with MITT ROMNEY?
cool look and I also love the backdrop. I like your Lita's, I haven't seen grey ones on anyone before:)ReplyDelete
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Father's Day is fast approaching. Can you believe we have only been celebrating Father's Day for only forty-two years. That's right the first official Father's Day happened in 1972.
The country music song Daddy's Hands has always touched my heart deeply. I have never once listened to this song without tearing up. The lyrics in this song describe my dad perfectly. In his younger years my father worked until his hands bled. Today his hands are still calloused from the many, many hours he put in to keep us all fed. Now my own tough and hard-working husband is an icon of this song too. It is his strong hands that are gently holding the baby chicks.
Without these two wonderful men in my life I would not be the woman I am today. Their strong hands have held me and picked me up many times in my life when I needed it most. They have always been there supporting me and my children.
Listen to this song and watch the video. Warning - it will make you cry if you, like me, are blessed with a resilient hard working father or husband. My father's hands are pictured below, holding his favorite hat.
Thank you, Dad. Thank you, Bryon. I love you both with all my heart.
Thanks to all the father's out there who are working hard and providing for your families.
Please share stories below about the wonderful, hard-working fathers you know and love.
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Is all this terrible legal trouble dissuading NFL players from punching people in the head? Not Tampa's Aqib Talib! Busted last night for simple battery and resisting arrest. What would be considered "complicated battery?"
Talib is probably best known for getting in a fight at the NFL Rookie Symposium—which is where you're supposed to learn not to fight your own teammates—and in a separate incident, swinging his helmet like a club and hitting another teammate in the head. This time, he may or may not have punched a cab driver, so perhaps he's stopped hurting people he knows. Improvement!


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Which retailers (Walmart, Target…etc) receipt will get you approve the fastest. I submitted my supplier's invoice/PO and Amazon rejected? Any thoughts and insights to get approved in this category would be much appreciate.
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Everything I've been reading lately points to: Retailer receipts will not be approved. You must purchase directly from a manufacturer or a distributor. No retail.
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Yes I first give them receipt from my Chinese manufacturer but rejected it… Is there a trick on how the receipt should look like
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I'm pretty sure it needs to be a US supplier
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Pink Dance Friday, September 22 in the Dining Commons 8:00 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. Students may leave starting at 10:00 p.m. on their own, prior to 10:00 p.m. a parent must be present to sign out their child. Students must enter the dance through the Main Entrance (leading to the main office) near the flagpole . Tickets are on sale during all lunch blocks in the Dining Commons through Friday for $10 and will be on sale at the door for $15. This is an all school dance and raises money for a the Dana Farber Cancer Institute.


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ŠOLTA Ecological paradise!
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According to its land area, Solta belongs to the medium sized group of adriatic islands. However, judging it by its natural endowments, it is certainly amongst the most beautiful. A mere 16km, or 9 nautical miles from Split, with its 60km of coastline interspersed with four harbours and 24 bays, it offers the visitor quick approach and a safe, pleasant stay. Taking advantage of modern fast boats, one can reach Solta within 15 to 20 minutes. The island's harbours and bays have a capacity to accomodate some thousand boats, while the numerous natural beaches offer sufficient space for many more swimmers.
The island's civilization goes back as far as the time of the Illyrians. During the Roman era its purpose was specific: it was used as a crossroad by passing ships, a supply station for the coastal roads, but most for all, as a safe haven. All of those historical facts were documented up until today. Furthermore, there are over 200 hundred excavation sites on the island, giving evidence of events from the later stone-age up until more recent times. Pre-historic rock formations, roman sarcophaguses, mosaics, early christian buildings and rustic fortified castles. It was because of this rustic architecture that Solta became well-known long ago. But today it is appreciated mainly because of its virgin landscape. The southern side of the island with its breathtaking bays, beaches, islets and cliffs is particularly beautiful. The surrounding sea nurtures a great variety of fish, offering a luxuriant opportunity for all sorts of recreational fishing.
The flora found on the island is of no lesser value; with its 2000ha of unspoilt mediterranean vegetation, including trees, bushes and grasses, it lures the visitor to take a deep breath of the fragrant air and experience ancient Mediteran, the cradle of civilization. Apart from plants which flower here 10 months of the year, a wealth of aromatic plants and species await to be discovered. Throughout the centuries the indigenous vegetation was enriched by man who planted olive, fig, and almond trees, laid out vineyards and initiated agriculture. In this ecologically pure, biologically priceless atmosphere, vegetation thrives. Solta has always been, and still remains, the perfect combination of land, sea, air, nature, and man. And this treasure is what Solta offers visitors tired of modern urban life.
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In the case of patients for whom transsphenoidal surgery is unsuccessful or who are not suitable candidates for surgery, radiotherapy is another possible treatment. Radiation to the pituitary gland is given over a six-week period, with improvement occurring in 40 to 50 percent of adults and in up to 80 percent of children; however, it may take several months or years before patients feel better from radiation treatment alone.
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Hegemony or Survival
By Noam Chomsky
For more than half a century, the United States has been pursuing a grand imperial strategy with the aim of staking out the globe. Our leaders have shown themselves willing -- as in the Cuban missile crisis -- to follow the dream of dominance no matter how high the risks. Now the Bush administration is intensifying this process, driving us toward a choice between the prerogatives of power and livable Earth. In Hegemony or Survival, Noam Chomsky investigates how we came to this moment, what kind of peril we find ourselves in, and why our rulers are willing to jeopardize the future of our species.
With the striking logic that is his trademark, Chomsky dissects America's quest for global supremacy, tracking the US government's aggressive pursuit of policies intended to achieve "full spectrum dominance" at any cost. He vividly lays out how the most recent manifestations of the politics of global control -- from unilateralism and the dismantling of international agreements to state terrorism and the militarization of space -- cohere in a drive for hegemony that ultimately threatens our survival. In our era he argues, empire is a recipe for an earthly wasteland.
Lucid, rigorous, and thoroughly documented, Hegemony or Survival is Chomsky's most urgent and sweeping work in years. Certain to spark widespread debate, it is a definitive statement from one of the world's most influential political thinkers. (About.com)
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Noam Chomsky is the author of numerous bestselling political works, from American Power and the New Mandarins in the 1960s to 9-11 in 2001. A professor of Linguistics and Philosophy at MIT, he is widely credited with having revolutionized modern linguistics. He lives outside Boston, Massachusetts.


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*The detainee's name has been changed to protect her identity.
From the IHRP report "We Have No Rights": Arbitrary Imprisonment and Cruel Treatment of Migrants with Mental Health Issues in Canada.
Anna is originally from the Eastern Europe, but lived in the United States for 15 years until she was deported. Her medical records show that she is diagnosed with schizophrenia, but during our interview, she denied that she has any mental health issues. She has been in immigration detention at Vanier since December 2014, on grounds that she is unlikely to appear for legal proceedings related to admissibility of removal from Canada. Anna does not have a criminal record. Toronto Bail Program has refused to supervise Anna's release because she has been refusing to take her medication.
Upon her arrival at the airport in Canada, Anna claimed refugee protection due to her fear of persecution in psychiatric facilities in her country of original. Immigration officials immediately detained Anna and brought her to the Toronto Immigration Holding Centre (IHC). She stayed at the IHC for two days before being transferred to Vanier.
During her first week at Vanier, Anna was kept in segregation before she was moved to the Intensive Management, Assessment and Treatment (IMAT) unit. The IHRP met her on the IMAT range in February 2015. Anna described her experience in segregation: "when I was in segregation, I was feeling pretty much without rights, like a person who is not treated like a human." She recalled that during this time, she was only able to shower once every three days. "I was trying to write and read, but I could not concentrate, and I screamed in my cell and said, 'why are you treating me like an animal?' and they said, 'you have to be quiet.'"
Anna reported that she was not taking medication to treat her schizophrenia, only a sleeping pill at night. She meets with a psychiatrist bi-weekly for about ten minutes per session. She also noted that every week she tries to visit a social worker, who sometimes helps her make phone calls. Her meetings with the social worker typically last around 15-20 minutes. Anna reported participating in group therapy at Vanier, which she found helpful: "During the group, your mood comes up and you have a little access to new people, new things."
Anna expressed anguish at being kept at Vanier: "[J]ail for me is very hard, I am not a criminal, I am not here because of any sentence or any criminal problems like the other girls, and I am also in their faces looking like a strange alien, they look at me like 'this girl, she doesn't belong to jail.'" She expressed hope that she could move to a better facility where "it's much more like freedom … where there is a possibility to go to classes during the day and you have also a better environment … you don't have to stay in that jail twenty-four hours locked up, going crazy, saying 'why [am I] here? …I'm not a criminal, why [am I] here?'"


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