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4787 Co. Rd. 10
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New 2019 Coachmen RV Chaparral 370FLSOLD!
Coachmen RV Chaparral fifth wheel 370FL highlights:
- Two Entry Doors
- Front Entertainment Center
- Rear Bedroom
- Spacious Kitchen
- Azdel walls
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Come camp in style and relax in comfort when you choose this five slide out Chaparral 370FL fifth wheel. The front living area features an entertainment center along the front wall and plenty of seating with two tri-fold sofas and a set of theater seats. Near the bathroom is the second entry door which makes it easy to access the bathroom or the rear bedroom. With the rear door you can also easily slip out in the morning and head out on a fishing trip without waking anyone up. The rear bedroom has queen bed or you can choose an optional king plus there is a wardrobe that has been prepped for a washer and dryer and more!
All Chaparral mid-profile fifth wheels are aluminum framed and offer great towability with a lighter overall weight. The interiors are not only spacious but provide luxury living for weekend or extended stay RVers, all at a price you can afford. You will appreciate the universal docking station and Radiant Shield upgraded insulation that has been zero degree tested so you can enjoy camping comfortable in any weather. Each Chaparral offers Pack Max huge unobstructed storage compartments outside as well as plenty of storage space inside so you don't have to leave anything behind. With complete kitchen, bath, and sleeping accommodations, camping will be as comfortable as home while you enjoy plenty of storage, a residential queen memory foam mattress, and a large shower. So for all of your vacation needs, choose a Chaparral mid-profile lightweight fifth wheel today!
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PUSA at Pokemon party – New song "Can't Stop Catchin' Em All"
The Presidents Of The USA is playing at Nintendo World store, March 5. Debuting new song "Can't Stop Catchin' Em All"
I knew I should have asked Chris more about the band rehearsals and the New York trip when we last time talked. Another late gig notice from the Presidents. 🙁
On March 5, at the Nintendo World store, fans will gather for a spectacular launch event and the chance to be among the first in the nation to buy the games in advance of their official March 6 release. Grammy-nominated alternative rock band The Presidents of the North America will perform a new song entitled "Can't Stop Catchin' Em All" written in celebration of the Pokemon Black Version and Pokemon White Version games.
Source: Yahoo.com
Video of "Can't Stop Catchin' 'Em All" – Pokemon B&W Theme Song
Pokemon Black and White Theme Song
Uploaded by ign. – Watch game reviews, trailers, and walkthrough videos.
Saturday, March 5, 2011
3-6 p.m.
Nintendo World
10 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10020
The Presidents of the United States of America performing live in front of cheering fans!
Thanks to Tim who posted info about this event at presidentsrock.com forums
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Flashback to party time IC08
Thursday, May 14 2009 @ 07:23 am ACST
Contributed by: Brett Northey
With recent discussion on the 2011 International Cup, it's timely to have a look back at some of the fun the players had at Brauer College in Warrnambool at one of the functions of IC08. This Youtube posting shows the players dancing while IC08 ground announcer Rod "Grilla" Grljusich belts out a song with the Sky Rockats. Watch out for Brian Dixon and his wife Carmel on the dance floor around 2:30.


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HOLLYWOOD - The rumors circulating around LaLaLand are that Jessica Simpson is once again with child.
The Dukes of Hazzard star told Tahiti Zeppelin with Hollywood Hors D'oeuvres that she has no idea where that rumor started but it is false.
She said that she has told her baby daddy, Eric Johnson, that she will not have any more children until he decides to marry her and make an honest woman out of her, as the say down in Arkansas.
Simpson has been waiting for over a year for the wimpish Johnson to commit to take the marriage vows.
A close friend of Johnson's has stated that Eric just isn't sure if Jessica is the right girl.
Meanwhile Jessica is beside herself and has said that at this point she would even consider marrying that fruit cup Andy Dick just to have the Mrs. title in front of her name.


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♠ Posted by Emmanuel in Development,Economic Diplomacy at 8/12/2009 03:31:00 AMThe story of the Coelacanth fish is not one that routinely comes to mind when discussing international organization, but it is nevertheless one worth recounting in the present context. As I would like to think that this blog provides a richer slice of life than your everyday economistic fare, let me explain what Coelacanth fish have to do with a long-dormant grouping of developing countries.
The Coelacanth fish is said to represent the closest link between fish and the amphibian creatures that first waded their way onto land. Paleontologists believed that the fish, whose existence predated that of the dinosaurs, became extinct along with the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period which concluded 65 million years ago. Hence, the recovery of a specimen in 1938 by a museum curator was hailed as a major event that set into motion a rush to find more specimens worldwide. It is theorized that the Coelacanth survived by living in deep waters of 200 meters and below sea level as well as having few natural predators. There is available footage of this amazing fish on Google.
Similarly, the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is an item of curiosity for those of steeped in the history of third world solidarity and international organization. The NAM grew out of the Bandung Conference of 1955 which proclaimed the right of developing countries--many of which had just emerged from a period of Western colonialism--to self-determination. In particular, non-alignment concerned, well, not being aligned with either the Soviet or American powers during the Cold War period.
Never a very active or meaningful grouping, the demise of the Cold War also means that NAM has no particular blocs to identify as needing avoidance. The reason why you haven't heard much about NAM is that it isn't really all that significant. Nevertheless, its history is marked by leadership (lip service?) from third world figures who require little introduction--Tito, Nasser, the brothers Castro, Mugabe, Suharto, Mandela, Mbeki, and Mubarak. It was thus with some interest that I received an e-mail message from the South Centre concerning NAM. In the time I've been maintaining this blog, I have subscribed to all sorts of newsletters--most of which have items of occasional interest. The South Centre's current honcho, Martin Khor, is a fellow who knows a lot about the history of South cooperation even if our views tend to diverge.
Anyway, the most recent meeting of NAM was hosted by Egypt in the resort town of Sharm al-Sheikh--familiar to many as the site of the 2005 bombing attacks. Here is the write-up the South Centre has prepared of the proceedings. There is more to be found on this page:
At the Sharm El Sheikh Summit, several leaders stressed that the Cold War is over, but NAM is needed just as before. However, as some of them pointed out, to keep up with the modern times, it may, however, have to re-invent its image and rationale, and advocate positions in the current global agenda. The need to avoid being victims or subjects of hegemony or domination by a superpower or a group of developed-country powers seems to remain the NAM's driving force.Therein lies the rub. There are some good ideas here like better representation of LDCs in the UN Security Council, World Bank and IMF more commensurate with their increased political-economic clout. At the same time, defending North Korea over the nuclear issue elsewhere is iffy, as is the age-old practice of groveling for more aid. NAM has been lame because these leaders get together every so often to denounce the continuing evils of Western imperialism but with no follow-through. Yes, the Non-Aligned Movement is still alive, but it is more of interest to curators of historical curiosities like yours truly than as a meaningful international organization. Ironically, it's ultimately the lack of meaningfulness of the organization that shields it from pressures to maintain relevancy and maintains its status as, yes, living fossil.
The most passionate single cause at the summit was the support for the rights of Palestinians, shown in many speeches that condemned Israel's occupation and brutality in Palestinian territories, and by a separate declaration on Palestine. Cuban President Raul Castro, reviewing his country's chairmanship of NAM, called for opposition to hegemony, the use of force, and an end of an international order dominated by big powers...
A favourite theme, stressed by many, was how the UN Security Council has been used by a few big powers to selectively pick on and act against some countries, while these same powers also use unilateral military actions or economic sanctions when these suit them. Libyan Leader Gaddafi said NAM which was born in the Cold War era faces a new condition and challenge. It should assess the current international situation and agree on new positions. The UN Security Council does not represent the vast majority of countries as it was under the authority of a few big powers...
President Mugabe of Zimbabwe criticized the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) for allowing those who produced nuclear bombs to keep them without being charged for treaty violation, while smaller countries which later produced the weapons are pursued. The treaty should be changed to ban those who have weapons from keeping them, he proposed. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, speaking at the opening, also called for a nuclear weapons free world under the NPT.
The Summit was also preoccupied with the impact of the global financial crisis on developing countries. Many leaders stressed the need to reform the imbalanced global economic system through giving the UN a central role and giving developing countries fair representation in decision making in the IMF and World Bank.
President Fernandez Reyna of Dominican Republic, speaking for the Latin American countries, said the US$20 billion that the G8 leaders recently pledged to fight hunger in developing countries is "negligible" compared to the US$18 trillion provided to their banks, which is more than GNP of the African and Latin American countries combined. "Injustice, insecurity and inequality does not have a better example than the greed of a few versus the unmet needs of the many," he said. He also expressed skepticism that the poor countries would get the $20 billion pledged, because so far much of the aid promised had not been given...
The Summit was a shot in the arm for NAM, whose many leaders thought it important enough to turn up in force. Whether NAM can rise above "business as usual" to help developing countries face the world's many crises is its major challenge in the years ahead. To prove it is a vibrant force, it has to turn its words and rhetoric into actions.


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"It is with huge regret that I am currently unable to offer any massage or Reiki treatments for the time being. As soon as these are permissible again I will be there for you."
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Pregnancy massage treatment is very popular. Pregnancy can be a time in a woman's life when various "ailments" arise-such as poor sleep patterns, cramp, blood pressure changes, heartburn, sciatica, anxiety & fear, to name a few!
Some women are fortunate enough not to experience much in the way of ailments and instead relish the opportunity to let go & enjoy some "me" time. It incorporates all the techniques used for a regular full body massage and lots of supports are used during the treatment to ensure that the client is at her most comfortable.
Each consultation also gives the client an opportunity to express herself in a supportive environment and because of Bernadette's wide and lengthy experience as a pregnancy yoga teacher she can offer techniques to help alleviate most conditions or to advise about diet, lifestyle, etc
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Pelvises are like a set of fingerprints, although similar in many ways they are also unique to each individual.
By familiarising yourself with the shape of your own pelvis, choices can be made regarding which positions and movements you use throughout labour and birth that work with your unique structure.
I was also meaning to contact you to say how invaluable I found some of the things we covered in yoga and on the workshop in labour… I spent the majority of my contractions stood next to a wall, hips out and swaying and breathing. The whole event was pretty magical and went without any medical intervention
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Some words from Bernadette about these workshops:
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Like Beer Bread, Cottage Cheese Dill Bread is the kind of loaf you bake up a few hours before a meal. It's a quick bread, so there's no rising time. And if you have cottage cheese in the refrigerator there's a good chance you have all the other ingredients as well.
The original recipe is from The Enchanged Broccoli Forest. It is double this and baked in a 9×5 inch loaf pan. I halved it and baked it in an 8×4 inch loaf pan so my loaf was a little stubby, but still very tasty.
I could have gone with an even smaller pan such as around 3×5 or maybe even a little square dish, but at the end of the day it probably doesn't matter because this bread is so flexible. Whatever you bake it in, even a round cake pan, would be great. As for taste, it has a little sweetness to it, but it's definitely not sweet enough for dessert. It's more of a side dish bread.
Cottage Cheese Dill Bread
- 1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons dried dill
- 1/2 cup cottage cheese low fat is fine
- 1 large egg
- 3 tablespoons milk or buttermilk
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 2 tablespoons melted butter
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease an 8x4 inch or slightly smaller loaf pan and line with a strip of parchment.
- In a mixing bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and dill.
- In a second bowl, stir together the cottage cheese, egg, milk, sugar and butter.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry and stir to make a fairly stiff batter. Spoon it into the pan and spread it evenly with the back of a scraper.
- Bake for 45 to 50 minutes or until it appears done. Let cool for about 30 minutes before serving.


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President Donald Trump plans to visit a Catholic school on Friday to promote the expansion of private school vouchers, even though the state's voucher program asks students with disabilities to sign away their rights.
Florida's tax credit McKay Scholarship Program, started under former Gov. Jeb Bush (R), provides vouchers for students with disabilities to attend schools like St. Andrews, the site of Trump's visit. But it also asks students with disabilities to waive their rights under the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), a federal law that protects students with disabilities.
Florida also has a tax credit scholarship program for low-income students and education savings accounts for students with disabilities as part of its school choice model.
During his campaign, President Trump promoted the expansion of school voucher programs using federal dollars. But many of these programs ask students to waive all of their rights under IDEA, including those programs targeted toward students with disabilities. The accountability standards for these schools are often insufficient, making it difficult to ensure students with disabilities are being properly served by the private schools they attend.
Education Secretary Betsy Devos — who said during her confirmation hearing that she was "confused" on the requirements of IDEA — has also indicated she will do little to protect the rights of disabled students. DeVos has called Florida's voucher program a "good and growing example of what can happen when you have a robust array of [school] choices."
IDEA requires that schools identify and provide services to preschool-age children with disabilities; that students with disabilities have an individualized education plan (IEP) to make sure a school meets the needs of that particular child; and that students with disabilities are not isolated from classrooms where students without disabilities are being educated. It also protects students from being disciplined as a result of their disability.
Florida — like Louisiana, Georgia, Oklahoma, Ohio, and Utah — has special education voucher programs, but most of them ask students to sign away their protections under IDEA. The schools benefiting from the Florida program also aren't required to report on student achievement or program quality, which makes it difficult to assess how students with disabilities are benefiting from this voucher system — or being harmed by it. Most voucher programs for students with disabilities do not require that schools participate in standardized state assessments, or that schools report those results.
The Florida Department of Education page that is supposed to answer questions about these vouchers doesn't make it easy for a parent to find information on the scholarship, because it uses jargon parents may be unfamiliar with. The voucher program offers different voucher amounts depending on what a student's disability is; a child is assigned a funding level, known as a "matrix of services." This website tells parents to go to a link to find their "child's matrix number" for a 504 funding plan. This abstruse website is a good example of why some education experts say that vouchers work better for parents who have the time and resources to investigate how these programs work, and who can ferret out which school best serves their child's needs.
K-12 students with disabilities are more than twice as likely to be suspended as students without disabilities, according to the U.S. Department of Education's Civil Rights Data Collection for the 2013–2014 school year. Students with disabilities also made up two-thirds of students who were restrained or isolated from their classmates.
One of the schools involved in Florida's voucher program, South Florida Preparatory Christian Academy, used corporal punishment, according to the Miami New Times. The publication's investigation found that the department of education has investigated 38 schools suspected of McKay voucher fraud, which has been enabled by the thin requirements schools must meet to qualify under the program.
It's not just disabled students who see dubious gains from voucher programs. There isn't evidence that they improve the quality of education for any students. In some cases, vouchers have even been shown to hurt student learning.


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We support online(on Skype , account : yogatute) or offline(in Bangalore, India) yoga classes. Showing you the details of different types of Yoga or Ayurveda sessions. Have a look of it and select the most suitable for your employees or students. Modification can be done as per your requirement.
Details of Yoga Awareness Session:-
Part 1. (1 hour session)
General Yoga for Healthy Human Being and child yoga.
a) Sookshm Vayam or Light exercise -7
b) Pranayam-7
c) Asanas – 7
Part 2. (45mins session)
For Mothers and pregnant lady.
a) Pre- Pregnancy/ Pre natal
b) During Pregnancy/ Ante natal
c) Post Pregnancy/ After delivery
Part 3. (1 and half hour)
Specialised Yoga for diseased.
a) Thyroid Control
b) Diabetes cure, Stomach Problem
c) Weight management/ Obesity Control
d) Back Pain, spine
e) Infertility/ Menstrual Problem
Part 4.(15mins session)
Part 5.(45mins session)
Home made remedies
Part 6. Weekdays Yoga Class ( 1 hour session)
Monday- 7- soochm vayam, pranayam, asana- kandhrasan, setubandh Asana, bhujangasana, tiryak bhujangasana , twice suryanamaskar.
naukasana , and deergh naukasana. Salabhasana 1, 2, and 3 and surya namaskaar twice
Saturday or Sunday : We can decide special awareness classes on demand.
If you have some queries or you need to discuss health related issues, please send a private message. We will try our best to get back to you.


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Game #173: Gilder Bairn (Pauper)
Date: 2015-06-10
Location: Family Game Store, Savage MD
vs. Ihsan's Shade. (then also Axlerod Gunnarson)
Result: Fun Loss, Fun loss
Ihsan (piloted by Gisa's player) started out with a Stinkweed Imp and a Vault Skirge, and later an Abyssal Gatekeeper. I stared with a Cloudfin Raptor and an Ironshell Beetle for some +1/+fun. But despite a Grazking Kelpie and a Thrumming Bird, Ihsan was able to equip a Cranial Plating and a Whispersilk Cloak and kill me in 3 shots.
Then Axelrod Gunnarson showed up. I lost this one too (Axlerod did some tricks to kill me), but the highlight was having 33 lands in play due to Gilderbairn and Fertilid tricks. Also there was a Lesser Werewolf, which counts for something.
About the Deck: This deck was born of discussions we had in previous weeks about potential other non-legendary Pauper Commanders. As Gilder Bairn was 1)in the best colors, 2) involved doubling things, and 3)had the most creepily adorable art ever, it became clear that I had to build this deck. It's mostly (obviously) centered around things with +1/+1 counters to be doubled. Especially Graft and Evolve creatures.


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About 2,941.00 m2 of crops, 12,328 fruit trees and bushes, 153.00 timber trees and 2,074.00 decorative trees and bushes will be impacted during the construction of Babajanyan-Tichina road section. 146 residential buildings (3,920.25 m2) and 165 non-residential buildings and structures (5,235.45 m2) will be demolished, as "Land Alienation and Resettlement Programme for Babajanyan-Tichina Road Section: Tranche 2 of Sustainable Urban Development Investment Programme" document says.
At its meeting on 2 March the Armenian Government approved this program: the Armenian Government has been granted a loan of US $112,970,000 from the Asian Development Bank to fund "Tranche 2 of Sustainable Urban Development Investment Programme". The programme launched on 4 March 2016 and will be accomplished on 30 March 2020 under the loaning agreement.
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You're an expert at running your business. But how much do you know about leasehold agreements and rental negotiations? For your landlord it is his business. He's an expert. Make sure you have an expert on your side too.
It is more than just a rush at the end. It can mean expensive concessions you'd rather not make.
The defining document that informs the content of the lease is often overlooked by businesses.
Don't make the mistake of assuming rent is the only 'negotiable'. There is much, much more to it than that.
Recognising the difference the landlord can make to your experience as tenant is too often overlooked.
Think you know about repairs? Avoid this complex, expensive and disruptive trap.
The most innocuous of lease clauses can cause the most unjust pain and cost. Don't be caught out.
It is easy to avoid paying rent on space that should have been excluded. Get a professional measurement survey.


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Ganpati Tubes & fabricators (P) Ltd. a company promoted by the promoters having a track record of over four decades in the pipe Industry. An ultra –modern manufacturing facility spread over 8000 sq. mtrs. Has been installed at Bhiwadi (Rajasthan) to manufacture stainless steel pipes and tubes from 6mm OD to 142mm OD.
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text: Of his early development as a drummer, Joe Cash says that he can't remember ever learning to play. According to Cash, "As soon as I was able to hold a pair of my dad's sticks, I was banging on everything." From those humble and noisy beginnings inspired by his dad, Cash has gone on to develop his own unique style of drumming that incorporates influences from jazz greats such as Gene Krupa, rock legends Butch Trucks and Jeff Porcaro, and Motown luminary Benny Benjamin, to name a few. As well as being an accomplished percussionist, Joe Cash is a fine lyricist and songwriter. A mainstay on the Upstate music scene over the past two decades, Joe has sat in with many of the area's best blues players, and is a founding member of True Blues, a band in which Joe and his brother Pete have kept their father's musical tradition going. A drummer who plays with an impeccable sense of timing and taste, Cash, having joined The Bad Popes in 2010, lays down a solid foundation for the group's wide ranging, multi-style format.


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David Frum: Why Newt Gingrich Should Not Be President
David Frum: Family values and the Newt Gingrich question: Pete Wehner tries to assess how much past marital infidelity will hurt Newt Gingrich's presidential chances.
Many of the rest of us are on a continuum when it comes to deciding how much infidelity should matter in the selection of a president. Facts and circumstances are crucial. Was the infidelity an isolated instance or a chronic pattern? Were the transgressions long ago or recent? What levels of deception and cover-up were involved? What was the position of authority the person held when the infidelity occurred? Was there an alarming degree of recklessness on display? What evidence is there that this person has changed his ways? Has this person shown other worrisome signs when it comes to character and trustworthiness?
These are all fair and interesting points, but they do not address the reason that Gingrich's personal life has been – and will be – so politically lethal. It's not the infidelity. It's the arrogance, hypocrisy, and – most horrifying to women voters – the cruelty. Anyone can dump one sick wife. Gingrich dumped two. And that second dumped wife is talking to the media. From the Esquire magazine profile of Newt Gingrich published in September 2010:
After going to the doctor for a mysterious tingling in her hand, [Marianne Gingrich] was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Early in May 1999, she went out to Ohio for her mother's birthday. A day and a half went by and Newt didn't return her calls, which was strange. They always talked every day, often ten times a day, so she was frantic by the time he called to say he needed to talk to her.
"About what?"
He wanted to talk in person, he said.
"I said, 'No, we need to talk now.' "
He went quiet.
"There's somebody else, isn't there?"
She kind of guessed it, of course. Women usually do. But did she know the woman was in her apartment, eating off her plates, sleeping in her bed?
She called a minister they both trusted. He came over to the house the next day and worked with them the whole weekend, but Gingrich just kept saying she was a Jaguar and all he wanted was a Chevrolet. "'I can't handle a Jaguar right now.' He said that many times. 'All I want is a Chevrolet.' "
He asked her to just tolerate the affair, an offer she refused.
He'd just returned from Erie, Pennsylvania, where he'd given a speech full of high sentiments about compassion and family values.
The next night, they sat talking out on their back patio in Georgia. She said, "How do you give that speech and do what you're doing?"
"It doesn't matter what I do," he answered. "People need to hear what I have to say. There's no one else who can say what I can say. It doesn't matter what I live."
Who needs oppo research with quotes like those on the record?


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Virginia Representative Jim Moran speaks at the 2014 Winter Graduation at the Fairfax Campus. Photo by Craig Bisacre/Creative Services/George Mason University
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Brexit and Pirenne
by, 03-08-2019 at 10:20 AM (683 Views)
After posting a blog yesterday, I had the thought that a really good blog post would be about how the EU relates to Henri Pirennes Thesis. In a perfect world I wouldnt have to explain that, but some people would prefer to know about it. Henri Pirenne "was a Belgian historian. A medievalist of Walloon descent, he wrote a multivolume history of Belgium in French and became a national hero. He also became prominent in the nonviolent resistance to the Germans who occupied Belgium in World War I.
Henri Pirenne's reputation today rests on three contributions to European history: for what has become known as the Pirenne Thesis, concerning origins of the Middle Ages in reactive state formation and shifts in trade; for a distinctive view of Belgium's medieval history; and for his model of the development of the medieval city.
Pirenne argued that profound social, economic, cultural, and religious movements in the long term resulted from equally profound underlying causes, and this attitude influenced Marc Bloch and the outlook of the French Annales School of social history. Though Pirenne had his opponents, notably Alfons Dopsch[1] who disagreed on essential points, several recent historians of the Middle Ages have taken Pirenne's main theses, however much they are modified, as starting points." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Pirenne
His most important work in regard to his thesis was his History of Europe, which he wrote while he was held as a prisoner of war in Bavaria during World War One. He was relatively free for a prisoner of war, but he did not his books, notes, etc., and there was no major library available, so he wrote from memory. I believe that his history of Europe is very worth reading; although it never was finished and it lacks a lot. People who love history might also want to read his Medieval Cities, and those have any interest in Belgium should read Histoire de Belgique.
The central points of his History of Europe are that all wars and such since then have either been attempts to recreate Charlemagne's Empire or to rip it apart. The EU is clearly an attempt to bring the Empire back together with additions around the edges. My opinion is that the core of the EU has enough in common that it could be a single country, but some of the outlying countries probably would be better off outside, and perhaps they should be in a separate treaty organization, as was the case for a few decades.
Pirenne's History of Belgium is quite important, because no one had even tried to explain a rationale for the existence of Belgium, but its history goes back to Roman times. Subdivisions made by the Romans have been carried down through the millennia and still define some of the regions of Europe; although there is an overlay of administrative districts in many places, and the divisions of the Holy Roman Empire made by Louis the Pious, son and heir to Charles the Great, have also been long lasting and significant. For example, Lorraine is a corruption of Lothringia (Lothar's land) which is from the eldest son of Louis the Pious, Lothar, who initially received the title of Emperor and the central part of the empire. If Lothar hadn't died young, then the world might be a very different place.
While the lands that were parts of Charles the Greats empire have retained some taint of that association, other countries that did not are that experience have different legal and governmental cultures, and that difference is part of why the UK has been seeking to leave the European Union. There are other member countries that have problems with the EU, such as Spain, Italy, Greece, and the Eastern European countries. Part of Spain was under Charles the Great, but most of the country was not, and the part that was was lost after a short time. Italy was split during Charles' time and the division was close to where one would now divide Italy between North and South; the northerly part that was part of Charles' empire would rather stay in the EU and has the frugal attitude that is necessary. Portions of Eastern Europe were parts of the empire for various periods, and the clean government and low debt characteristics exist in varying degrees.
At this point, the EU is interesting and useful, but most members have had problems with it in some way. I think that it is only a matter of time before it will crumble. Some think it may coalesce into a single state. We will see. But regardless of the future, the Brexit vote was a mistake. The UK should remain in the EU with some exceptions, because it never was part of the Charles' empire, so it doesn't have the same attitudes and legal background.
But if you take nothing else from this post, then remember that Henri Pirenne is still worth reading.


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Check-In Strategy Journal Workshop - April 2019
Apr 29, 2019 at 13:00 — 17:30 (BST)
Organiser: Fresh Mindset UK
April 2019
Half-day workshop in London (Hatton Garden), taking decision-makers through the key exercises in the Journal. It will be a bit of an immersive mini-retreat (see the video here of our last one). By attending, you will understand how to create and achieve an ambitious plan for both your business and your personal life.
Why attend?
Last year, delegates who followed the Check-in Journal 'ology' saw profits rise by an average of 107%
One delegate, Phil Robinson, said, "The workshop provided the missing secret sauce between what we were all trying to do in the business. And now we are firing on all cylinders."
This is one of a limited number of workshops where both Robert and Adam (the authors and creators) will be sharing their insights.
Who should attend?
People at the director level or head of a department… the key decision-maker… probably involved in strategy, HR or learning, and development in their organisation.
As a result of attending you will understand:
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Monday, 5 October 2009
Commemorating U.A. Fanthorpe
When I think of poets who have been generally loved, that is to say loved by those who are not normally readers of poetry - and I think here primarily of Betjeman and Larkin and, in a different way, Wendy Cope and, again in a slightly different way, our current Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy - I naturally think of UA, as she liked to be known. The commemoration service at St Mary's, Wootton-under-Edge was packed mostly by local people to whom UA and Rosie Bailey clearly stood for something admirable and lovable that extended beyond books of poetry.
Wotton-under-Edge is heart of England, and UA wrote a great deal about England. It was a reciprocal love which means it tells us about both UA and England. Betjeman and Larkin were both eccentrics after a fashion, oddities who stood for a certain caricature of what the English found attractive and, in some ways, aspired to, meaning individuality as manageable, recognisable difference. Betjeman with his churches, teddy-bears, underground stations, self-mocking humour and fear of death was the loveable uncle; Larkin with his curmudgeonliness, his post-war, dry, matter-of-factness and lyricism about residual nature, was the stern unliterary librarian, the wry remark at the bar, the solitary, the man in the distance removing his cycle clips in awkward reverence, Mr Bleaney, the loner at the boarding house who'd never take a garden properly in hand. The toad that squatted on Larkin perfectly represented the toad that squatted on everyone. (How did you come upon the image of the toad for work? asked the Paris Review. Sheer, genius, Larkin replied.) Both Betjeman and Larkin spoke for everyone from a position tolerably outside everyone. They were the eccentrics that sounded the norm.
UA was clearly gay and dressed it. Her double act with Rosie was a mixture of the joyful, the wise, and the jolly, almost boy-scout, camp. The act was loved somewhat in the way music hall was. It was dressing up for the party, safe, and yet a blow for liberation, in the sense that whatever is camp in us - and there is a considerable amount in the English persona - could find an echo there. It was warm, generous, affectionate, comfortably outrageous. At the same time, her poems were born out of deep, common feelings, precisely and plainly articulated, that could never be described as camp. The life of the emotions was set to wisdom. It was a kind of secular charitable anglicanism. I would have had no difficulty in seeing UA play the role of Trollope's Warden. Members of the same parish. All three, Betjeman, Larkin and UA can be read in the light of class without diminishing any of them. All three are members of the same unruly congregation.
The loved English poets are loved in the way people love their follies: as romances, as extensions of latencies that spring out of themselves. These English - and they do not represent all England, which is distinctly a various place - are realists with a tolerance for caricature and a sense of the mystical perceived in unlikely places. The persona is music hall but the feeling is solid and reassuring as the landscape it is set in.
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It's a big challenge + at $100-$300 /hour for some of these services, it can get very expensive.
People tend not to use these services as much as they could.
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When someone faces a technical problem with their laptop, they usually spend days trying to figure things out themselves rather than calling an expert and save tons of time.
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Looking for Hodge Family
John Hodge born 1832 County Armagh and died 31 March 1914 in Forbes NSW.
in 1859 in Yass John Married Elizabeth Parker 1842-28 August 1926
Have a little on John and Elizabeth but mostly their son James Hodge born Gundagai, NSW. My great, Great Grandfather on my Mothers side of the family.
dear six I am researching all John & Elizabeths children 14 of them and the hardest imformation to get is from the living.I have james wife and children & some on their spouses and children but not a great deal. I also have some imfo on other 13 branches.I am just learning how to use computer
dear delbut, Have some info on the hodge family I will send to you, I can put it on here or you can send your E-mail and I will address to this sight and I'll e-mail you the iformation
Regards Shirley
Dear Delbut
How does My info match up with yours I would be interested in knowing, or if you need anymore help
regard shirley
Dear Shirley and Del,
Hello there again. John HODGE and Elizabeth PARKER were my Great Great Great Uncle and Aunt, with Elizabeth my relative - the older sister of John PARKER who was my paternal grandma's grandfather.
I would like to electronically invite you both to an interactive family tree (free) of ours online via your email addresses. Would you be so kind as to please click on my username to send me a personal message letting me know your email addresses and whether it was your mother or father who was a HODGE/PARKER descendant please so I can fit you in our tree exactly, thanks.
There's much more information at our tree there. I saw a record of John HODGE's birth as being 25th August, 1830 from a BURTON descendant in their tree online at ancestry.com only just today. See: 6th child William Clements HODGE who married Elizabeth Ann BURTON.
Alison from QLD.
(PARKER, BONE, GIBSON, BROWN descendant like yourselves).
My mother was Eileen Elizabeth Knight nee Hodge. MJy line would be the same as Delma Butlers.
I don't normally use this site but would like to.
Sorry meant to sign off.
My grandfather, Thomas Marion Hodge and his wife, Edna Carlotta Virginia Sartin are interred in the Burton-Walker Family Cemetary in Eggleston, VA, so it's a good chance we're related.
I still have to verify this, but Thomas Marion's father was apparently Robert(Huffman Hubert?) Hodge, nicknamed The Captain, and Nancy Josephine (Josie) Stevens. They're interred at the Pleasent Hill Church Cemetary--again, have to personally verify this, going by what my cousins have posted in their genealogies :)
Thanks for putting up with my wordiness ;)
Bumped up for HODGE descendants.


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Newport Folk Fest: See 'Ambrotype' Photos of Kristofferson, Costello
1800s photography technique captures artists from Margo Price to Nathaniel Rateliff backstage at iconic folk festival
Since its inception in 1959, the Newport Folk Festival has become that rarest of music events: an undeniable piece of American history. To capture the festival's timeless quality, Nashville photographer Giles Clement asked some of Newport's headliners, from Kris Kristofferson to Elvis Costello, to sit for clear-glass ambrotypes — a mid-19th century photography technique similar to tintypes. The results are stunning, depicting country, folk and rock artists in rich sepia tones reflective of their personalities and music.


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New allergen labelling regulations prompt UK survey on consumer preferences
The Food Information Regulations (FIR) will apply in the UK from 13 December 2014. The Food Standards Agency has commenced a study that will develop understanding of the preferences and information-seeking behaviours of those with food allergies and intolerances when eating out or buying foods that are not pre-packed. The study will inform advice, guidance and tools for consumers and food businesses ahead of the new legislative requirements of the FIR.
The main aim of the research is to gain information before the FIR come into effect, for comparison after they apply. The focus will be on gaining an understanding of the preferences of food allergic and intolerant consumers on the provision of 14 identified allergenic ingredients when buying and eating foods that are not pre-packed and the reported impact that providing this information will have on the quality of life of sensitised consumers.
The first part of the study will be conducted during 2014 and will involve a review of relevant literature, interviews with food allergic and intolerant individuals and a national survey to explore the information-seeking practices and preferences of these consumers in relation to foods not pre-packed. A workshop will be held to establish the feasibility of food businesses incorporating these preferences into their information provision practices.
The second component of the study will commence once the labelling laws have come into effect to assess changes in the quality of life of allergic and intolerant consumers. This will allow a comparison of results and outcomes before and after the implementation of the new allergen rules.
The study, which is being carried out by researchers at the University of Bath, will conclude in 2016.
More information about the new FIR and the FSA survey can be accessed here.


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10 Oct The Curse of Wanting To Feel Special
I recently wrote about letting go of the need for external validation. Now I want to discuss another way in which external validation can bring out the worst in us.
This innate desire, curse that we all have that pits us against each other- the need to be special.
We want to be unique, remarkable, even adored. But being unique, being remarkable, being adored can set us up to put others down. It encourages us to actively look for how people are flawed compared to us. To actively search for ways in which we can be better.
Better than them.
Why the need to be special?
Because we all want to be significant.
Significant to ourselves.
Significant to the people who matter the most to us.
Significant to our community.
We are looking for the accolade.
The accolade which tells us that we are amazing.
The accolade which tells us that we are one of a kind.
The best that there ever was.
However, with all of this wanting for external validation, comes an ugly side to us.
Especially if we fell we don't get the love, the attention that WE DESERVE.
When we are not satisfied and contented with who we are, with where we are in our life.
Then we become discontented with who we are.
We fill that discontentment with the words (true or not) of others that reinforce in us all the things we want to feel about ourselves.
We are vulnerable to someone with high emotional intelligence and low ethics.
It is so easy to fall into the trap of constantly needing the attention and praise of others. In fact, it was how we were raised.
Finally, I have come to understand that in life, most times, the only person who will have anything good to say about you, is yourself.
Do you need to read that again?
Finally, I have come to understand that in life, most times, the only person who will have anything good to say about you, is yourself.
Be YOUR BIGGEST FAN.
Start building yourself up.
Don't let it be at the expense of others or the relationships in your life.
Every single day.
No exceptions. No Exceptions.
Loving yourself can be difficult. We think that if people like us and want to be in our company, it must mean that we are special.
When the boss at work gives us more accolade than our co-workers, it may seem like we are moving ahead. We are getting better. Better. Better than others.
But wanting to be special, pitting yourself against others, being competitive even to the point of being spiteful does not make you a better person.
What happens when the accolade is no longer there?
Then, tell me who are you?
Here's to the journey of self-awareness.


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Check out this video of our first site visit! The sound track of the video is from live recording of a ZUMIX youth group that sang after the run.
On Sunday, our team met at Piers Park in East Boston to check out the Move to the Beat 5K run, which ZUMIX has organized for the last four years to raise funds for its music and creative technology programming. Lucia, our ZUMIX point-person, estimated that somewhere between 300-400 people took part in the race and/or musical festivities that young people from ZUMIX performed for the crowd. The weather was great, the surroundings beautiful, and the atmosphere lively. People were laughing, snapping photos of each other in the costumes they wore for the race, enjoying the music, and showing love for ZUMIX and their neighbors and friends.
Lucia and Rayza, a 9th-grade ZUMIX Radio DJ, walked us up the street just a few blocks to the beautifully converted firehouse that ZUMIX calls home. There we were given a tour of the incredible facility within. ZUMIX has spaces for kids to learn and practice all kinds of musical instruments, from piano to drumline to horns to beats. They have a state-of-the-art production studio where program participants can record their music and learn to work the tech. The radio station is tucked away down in the basement, where there's a board, a monitor, and a collection of mics for live interviews. On the walls of the classrooms and corridors, there are huge bright paintings of artists like Bob Dylan and Miles Davis. There are also group agreements from the music and production classes, written out in a young student's handwriting. The space effuses their mission to build strong people and communities through art and creative expression.
After the tour, we sat down to discuss ideas, objectives, and potential projects for our co-design team. We'll be focusing on the radio arm of ZUMIX's operations; Lucia, the radio coordinator, has the following objectives:
Get more young people involved in ZUMIX Radio
Let folks in the East Boston community know about all of the local programming, produced by and for their neighbors, that ZUMIX Radio streams online daily
Integrate ZUMIX Radio with the other activities and programming that happens at the larger ZUMIX organization (eg. students taking technical production courses could record students
These will serve as overarching, directional goals. Some ideas we came up with to help us achieve these objectives include:
Portable old-fashioned radio
Portable sound booth
The old-fashioned radio could serve as a physical reminder of ZUMIX Radio on the second floor (where a lot of the music and tech classes happen, the administrative folks have their desks, and there's a common hangout and kitchen space). It would be hooked up to a laptop that streams ZUMIX Radio, but the volume and other features are controlled by old-timey knobs and dials. It should be interactive so that kids are attracted to it; the whole point is to get them interested in and excited about radio.
The Portable Sound Booth could be used to collect and share stories from East Boston with East Boston and beyond. Lucia explained that the neighborhood is changing: gentrification is setting in, the outcome of the casino debate will have serious ramifications, and the large immigrant population has unique concerns that need to be addressed. The sound booth might be a way for residents to share their stories about the past and their hopes for the future. We should also remember to make it FUN! Kids, families, whomever…people can be silly, creative…whatever they like! We discussed building on an existing relationship that ZUMIX Radio has with an East Boston High media class as a way to reach out to young people and bring the booth to them. There are also a number of community organizations, churches, and public squares and parks where we could bring the booth to people. As you can imagine, we want to make sure the booth is as portable, appealing, and useful as possible. It should be light, have both private and public spaces, be able to both record and play audio, and should be visually captivating.
Potentially, the old-fashioned radio and the story booth could be combined. We think we'll be able to reach out the Media Lab and other MIT sources to find some of the tools we'll need for both of these projects. But in order to move forward with these ideas in the immediate future, our next steps include:
Asking Sasha about our budget!
Doing research on what others have done around story booths (portability, hardware, software, etc)
If you have questions, suggestions, or ideas, please leave a comment!


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In Limbo
Three friends wait for a ticket to the afterlife and try to sort out why they aren't on their way to heaven.
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- Shorts
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- Adam Rowley
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- Adam Rowley
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- Alex Lewis, Bruce Webb.
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- Adam Rowley.
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- Robin Cox.
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- Danny Dyer, Justin Pickett, Tameka Empson.
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Bible Study is an important part of our spiritual growth as Christians. Opportunities are offered for Men, Women, and youth to study together in small groups on a variety of topics. Please contact the church office if you would like more information on any of these groups.
Men's Lunch Bible Study meets on Wednesdays at noon from September through May each year. All men of the church are invited to bring their sack lunch and enjoy a meal and traditional Bible Study as they discuss a particular book of the Bible in depth.
Men's Breakfast Group meets on the third Friday of each month at 7:45 am. During the school year, these meetings are held at the Southwestern University campus cafeteria. The group meets to discuss the scripture text for the next Sunday's sermon and is open to all men.
Ladies' Lunch Bible Study meets on Wednesdays at noon from September through May. All women are invited to bring a sack lunch and enjoy in depth studies of various books and study guides on a range of topics.
Presbyterian Women Circles allow women to gather for a monthly meeting of fellowship and Bible Study. There are currently six circles to choose from, meeting at various times and days during the month. All women are invited to join a circle that fits with their schedule.
Youth Bible Study is held each Wednesday from September to May for those in 7th – 12th grades. As part of the youth programming on Wednesday nights, Bible Study is preceded by fellowship beginning at 4:30 pm, youth dinner at 5:30 pm and announcements at 6:15 pm. Youth are divided into small groups of 4-8 students to discuss relevant topics in the Bible as well as current events. Please visit our Youth page for more information on what the youth are doing.
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Racing the Beam: The Atari VCS as Platform
Considering the evolution of video game consoles (seven generations and counting), the cultural significance of the Atari VCS alone would justify another book-length appraisal. However, Nick Montfort and Ian Bogost's collaborative text Racing the Beam, published this past spring by MIT Press, was developed with a broader mandate in mind. The book is the first in a new series dedicated to a "platform-focused" approach to media scholarship. A cultural reading of the Atari VCS would address aesthetics or "reception" to the console and Bogost and Montfort argue that it is possible to drill down from that strata of analysis to interface, then form/function (narratology) through to code. The scholars acknowledge that while code has become a nexus within media scholarship in recent years, it is possible to dig deeper still to platform - "the basic hardware and software systems upon which programming takes place... the foundation for computational expression." The subsequent analysis of the Atari VCS is firmly grounded in the technical capabilities of the system. Under this scrutiny the figure of the console melts away. Racing the Beam surveys six seminal cartridges in relation to key components which include the MOS Technology 6502 microprocessor, the Peripheral Interface Adaptor chip (PIA), memory and the pivotal Television Interface Adaptor (TIA) - the operation of which inspired the moniker of the book. This sounds dry (and at times it is) but the duo do a remarkable job of providing a close, nuanced reading of the design decisions, play and game space of the titles in relation to the assemblage of electronics that underpins the system.
Computer Composition With Lines (1964) - Michael Noll
Algorithmic simulation of Mondrian's painting Composition With Lines created with pseudorandom numbers. When xerographic reproductions of both works were shown to 100 people, the computer-generated picture was preferred to Mondrian by 59.
Serie Mondrian (1980) - Herbert W. Franke
Stills, above, from Herbert W. Franke's Serie Mondrian, a software created for the Texas Instruments TI 99/4 home computer. Serie Mondrian produced Mondrian-style images according to user defined parameters. In honor of Franke's 80th birthday and in collaboration with an exhibit covering Franke's career at the Bremer Kunsthalle, in 2006 the Serie Mondrian software was adapted to work on Windows XP.
myData=myMondrian (2004) - C.J. Yeh
myData=myMondrian is an interactive computer program in which the personal data provided by viewers is translated into Piet Mondrian-like composition.
Basic Structures
In the twenty years that Michael Joaquin Grey has been exhibiting, critics have often employed phrases like "back to basics" and "building blocks" to describe his interest in the conventions dictating the representation of concepts that form the foundation of human knowledge. An exhibition of Grey's new and old work currently on view at P.S.1 includes a drawing that distills his approach: an outline of an infant playing with two red blocks is the image of a nascent mind grappling with the concept of one plus one. A larger drawing on an adjacent wall reuses the red squares to demonstrate the meaning of prepositions—above, under, behind, etc.—like a diagram in a grammar textbook. Object as preposition (1988-2007), also uses orange circles, a colored form that appears several times in the gallery. The fruit suggested by an orange round is a favorite symbol for Grey (his web site is www.citroid.com). Perhaps it's because the tautology of the object's name and the color that describes it produces a conundrum: a schematic picture of an orange is both an abstraction and a concrete representation. The repetition of the orange (or just orange, with no definite article) forces viewers to struggle with the same problem that Grey does: even at the most fundamental level, our descriptions of the world are frustratingly paradoxical and slippery.
Lean, instructional-pamphlet drawings dominate the first of the show's two galleries; Perpetual ZOOZ (Madonna and Child) (2005-2009), a video projected in the second, darkened room, looks Baroque by comparison. In Grey's "computational cinema," The Wizard of Oz plays on both sides of a square that spins against a yellow field. The characters and scenery of the family classic ...


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April 14, 2012 Tornado Outbreak
Major tornado outbreak in Kansas. Central and
south central Kansas got raked by several
tornadic supercells. Wichita was hit by an EF3
tornado after dark. We were on several
different tornadic supercells that day. We saw
several funnels and also witnessed the Hesston
to Goessel tornado (just north of Wichita). We
intercepted the tornadic supercell that hit
Wichita in Hayesville, which is right where the
tornado initially touched down. We followed the
storm through Wichita and up to Eldorado.
Below is a link to my video from the Hesston,
KS tornado.
Hesston, Kansas tornado video
Rare Anticyclonic tornado
April 9, 2012 Woodward, Oklahoma tornadic
supercell. I happened to be in the right place at the
right time to get good video of an anticyclonic
tornado (spins the wrong way). It's very
uncommon in the northern hemisphere, with only
about 1 in 1000 tornadoes being anticyclonic. The
Weather Channel did a break down of my video
with Greg Forbes to show how it was spinning in
the wrong direction. That was a nice bonus to the
chase. It's always nice to get some recognition for
your work. Below is the link to my video on
youtube from that storm chase.
Woodward, Oklahoma and anticyclonic
tornado video
El Reno Tornado
Youtube Video from El Reno
On May 31, 2013 The El Reno, Oklahoma tornado
was classified as an EF5 with a maximum width of
2.6 miles wide, making it the new record for largest
tornado ever recorded. Doppler radar trucks on the
storm measured wind speeds up to 296mph inside
this tornado. That alone would make this a historic
event, but this tornado will probably be
remembered more for it's erratic behavior and the
storm chasers and locals that were hit in their cars
by this tornado than anything else. Tim Samaras,
Paul Samaras and Carl Young (all experienced and
accomplished storm chasers) were killed when they
got caught in the path of this tornado. This
extraordinary tornado ended up killing 8 people
and injuring many more. Additionally, at least a
dozen experienced/professional storm chasers had
very close calls or were hit by the tornado, myself
Rapid and erratic changes in direction and speed of
the tornado, while simultaneously growing in size
from a quarter mile wide to 2.6 miles wide was a
recipe for disaster. Tim Samaras was one of the
safest and most experienced chasers out there and
was about the last chaser you would have ever
guessed this would happen to. I had gone 10 years
and seen around 100 tornadoes without getting
hit, but that changed with El Reno. We lost 6
windows and had the right side of my car sand
blasted with rocks and debris near 15th and
Reformatory when the tornado clipped us after
making a hard right turn and accelerating as it
rapidly grew in size. It was the most terrifying
experience of my life by a long shot.
I am working on a El Reno page for my site that
has everything from my blog posts that day, to
video, to case studies and NWS maps on the
event. I should have it done around May 1, so
check back if you're interested.
The above picture is me with a 3rd grade class
at OK Elementary School earlier this spring. I
went and talked to a few classes of kids about
storm chasing. It was a lot of fun. I have talked
to adults in the past, but this was actually my
first time doing a speaking engagement for
kids. I think I like talking to kids better than
adults lol. They were good kids and I enjoyed
talking with them. 4/22/14


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One more cheese slang post, and it's over.
The Dutch have long been associated with dairy: Dutch cows, Dutch dairymaids, Dutch butter, Dutch cheese. It's good cow land in the Low Countries; and the Vikings brought good cows, way back. So the Dutch have exported cheese since the Middle Ages, and their industry boomed during the Age of Exploration, or Discovery, or Colonization, or whatever it was. Wherever Dutch ships went they brought Dutch cheese. (The Netherlands is still, despite its shamefully tiny size, one of the world leaders in cheese exports.)
One consequence of all this is that the Dutch have, due to the mean-spiritedness of man, gathered a few cheese-related nicknames.
Today, this epithet only offends criminal lowlife, to whom "cheese-eater" means "rat," which means "informer." In the past, Catholics threw it disparagingly at Dutch Protestants. Why? Because the Dutch Protestants were calling the Catholics "fish-eaters" — and such a wild assault deserved the kind of swift and brutal retaliation that only another mighty insult, like "cheese-eater," could inflict. Words are truly the most vicious weapons.
Catholics had some reason to be sensitive to the "fish-eater" insult. One of the points that set Catholic humans apart from Protestant humans was their Friday fast. This fast had evolved over centuries into the practice of No Meat Fridays: the Catholics didn't forgo food altogether, just gave up the luxury of meat, to please God and/or themselves in various ways. And meat was a luxury, indeed, requiring money to buy or land to raise. Fish, however, was not a luxury, since all you needed to eat till your ears bled was a donut and a fishing line. Or, better yet, Ernie's fish call:
Besides, everybody knows that Jesus loved fish, at least as much as he loved God, his neighbor, sinners, and everything else. He loved fish so much he used his magic to unnaturally multiply them. So for Catholic devotees No Meat Fridays became Fish Fridays — only one vital step away from Friday Fish Fries.
For monks No Meat Days were not confined to Fridays, since everything has to be harder for a monk; and it's been suggested that monks developed their exquisitely meaty monastic cheeses — of the washed-rind variety — to keep their meals flavorful and satisfying despite the deprivation they suffered, for God's sake, with their intermittent-vegetarianism. And this makes the Catholic retaliation of "cheese-eater" all the more ridiculous, because cheese-eating in no way set Protestants apart from any Europeans, especially not Catholics.
The reason they fast on Friday, as I understand it, includes the following: In early Christian communities, Jewish converts sometimes felt uncomfortable abandoning all of their sacred rituals and habits; so the semiweekly Jewish fast days were absorbed into Christianity, to calm everyone down. Wednesday and Friday were chosen because the ultimate "cheese-eater" Judas (may Satan chomp him eternally) ratted Christ out on Wednesday, and then Christ was crucified on Friday. Sad days for all — but especially for those who believe/d Christ is/was God. Then Friday just took precedence over Wednesday, I guess. I became tired of researching at this point.
So when the Dutch Protestants called Catholics fish-eaters, the Catholics felt the sting; and they retorted with "cheese-eater." For the Catholic Church this insult has a history, as an accusation of heresy — as I've mentioned before. The Church Father Epiphanius (4th c. AD) accused a heretical sect of mixing cheese into the bread and wine of communion (making a bougie wine-and-cheese party out of every Sunday). In his Panarion, Epiphanius calls these heretics the Artotyrites, aka "cheese-eaters" (literally translated as "bread and cheese")– but they were also known as Phrygians, or Quintillianists, or Pepuzians, or Priscillianists (hold on to all that), and in addition to cutting cheese at the Lord's table they also, and no less heretically, believed that Christ turned into a woman to have a lesbian encounter with their prophetess founder, Priscilla or Quintilla, in the town of Pepuza; that Eve was decent, and Moses' sister was a prophetess; that women could be priests; and that "In Christ Jesus there is neither male nor female." Clearly, as Epiphanius is quick to point out, "they have overlooked the command of the apostle, 'I suffer not a woman to speak, or to have authority over a man,' and again, 'The man is not of the woman, but the woman of the man'" — which today we know are rather nasty things to say, but apostles are not to be second-guessed. St. Augustine later equated these Artotyrites with the Montanists, righty or wrongly. You can guess what happened to the Montanists: there aren't many around today . . .
Enough about "cheese-eaters."
Jan and Kaas were both common Dutch first names. Sometimes they were combined in the same person, a Jan Kass, and sometimes used as nicknames. The frequency of these names led Flemish mockers with lazy tongues to call all the Dutch Jan Kaas, which can translate literally into "John Cheese." This was, of course, an insult, as most cross-cultural nicknames are; until the Dutch "appropriated" the term, as they say, and started flinging Jan Kaas at the English. What had the poor English to do with any of this? They were calling the Dutch mean names, too: never presume innocence. They deserved the retaliation. And so it is that the name John Cheese, applied to New England colonials, may have served through mispronunciation or accented-confusion as the source for the famous American title "Yankee" (which was, again, a term of derision at first, then was "appropriated" during the Revolution).
There are some real people named John Cheese today, like this man, who "is fat and afraid of women." Then there's John Cleese, the Monty Python performer, who's so close to real thing that one imagines his parents just left off the hook of the "h" while scribbling on his birth papers. Despite that original accident, John Cleese has proven his affection for cheese in this skit:
Non-Dutch Interlude
"Cheese" also refers to a mixture of drugs in Tylenol PM and heroin that, when snorted, will make you "euphoric, and then sleepy, lethargic, and hungry." They started making it in Dallas, where everyone's sleepy, lethargic, and hungry anyway, so they're more than pleased to add euphoria to the day and have nothing to lose with the comedown.
Before Brett-Favre-Greatest-American-Alltime-Hero-Way-Better-Than-Obama, before the Packers, "cheese-heads" were just common Dutchmen.
Edam cheese seems responsible. From the 14th to the 18th century, it was arguably the most popular cheese in the world, I hear. It was first made near Edam in North Holland, possibly in the 12th century, and has been known by local names such as Manbollen, Katzenkopf, and Tete de Maure. At my home, its referred to as Manzenaure, Boltzentete, and Kravencaes. Enemies of the Dutch called Edam cheeses "cannonballs" sometimes, because it was alleged that the Dutch would shoot these ball-shaped cheeses on foreign ships after they ran out of heavy metal balls to shoot.
Edam's a washed-curd cheese (not washed-rind), which means that the curds are washed in hot water before they are salted. (It's a mystery even to Neville McNaughton why the Dutch would start doing such ac crazy thing.) Washed-curd cheeses tend to be mild, sweet, pliable, and they mature slowly — which was an advantage to Dutch sea-goers, who needed a cheese that would not rot on long voyages; that would, instead, just get better and better. To protect their Edams on long voyages, Dutch sailors would wrap the cheeses in cloth soaked in wax and herbs, then hang the bag over a vat of horse manure. (Juliet Harbutt shares this fact, but of course can't explain why that happened either. Food history is a realm of fogs and mirages.) Ammonia exuded by the heap of turd would redden the cloth. And that, dear friends, is why Edam today is wrapped in red wax.
For the home-cheesemaking hobbyist, the only way to "authentically" age an Edam at home is, of course, to forgo your toilet when you feel the old dark urge, and instead fill up over a period of weeks your own vat of excrement; then hang the cheese above it. If you live in an apartment, I recommend using a porch or patio for this.
I bought a piece of supermarket Edam from Wisconsin, and I found what I expect: unobtrusive, even too shy, with a familiar, brightly "cheesey" taste. Put it on white bread, pay close attention, and you might notice some pleasant tang. I'm sure things are different with farmhouse Edam from the Netherlands; but I don't have any farmhouse Edam from the Netherlands.
I can, however, get good aged Mimolette, and so can you. It still comes in cannonball form, with a hard crust for a rind made porous by cheesemites. Mimolette is in fact a copy of Edam. By the 17th century, Edam was so overwhelmingly loved and enjoyed in France that the Sun King became jealous. So he banned its import from Holland and prompted his subjects to make their own Edam-style cheese. They made Mimolette, and everything turned out fine; but those Frenchmen probably weren't happy about it, not at first. Hence the French Revolution.
Find aged Mimollete and eat it; it will be dark orange (dyed with annatto) and hard, with fruity, nutty, butterscotchy and caramely flavors. But don't take my word for it: Charles de Gaulle loved it, and he's a famous historical figure!
The "cannonball" shape of old Edam (and Mimolette, though it's twice as large) entailed the use of semispherical wooden cheese forms that were also used, at some point, as Dutch riot helmets. These were the original "cheese-heads": angry rioters. (I can't figure out when these improvised helmets were used, precisely; but I hope it was during the Bread and Cheese Wars of the 1490s, when the Hooks battled the Cods because people were hungry.)
Dutch immigrants were called "cheese-heads" by the cruel and malicious; and many of these Dutch settled in Wisconsin. The insult continued, but the "cheese-head" was not positively associated with the Green Bay Packers until recently. A man named Ralph Bruno invented the modern cheese-head by shredding the upholstery of his mother's couch, cutting out a triangle, burning holes in it, and painting it yellow. He wore his new cap to a Milwaukee Brewer's game in 1987. Surprised and intrigued by the cheerful response — something like "Cool cheese-head man!" I'm sure — Bruno heard the calling of entrepreneurship, and marketing began. Bruno is now Foamation's Father of Fromage and an object of reverence, having transformed a cruel racial insult into a silly hat.


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Jetpack connection problem
Originally I could not share to Facebook via the Jetpack module Publicize, there was a connection problem. Following guidelines I disconnected the link to Facebook and then tried to make a connection again, but the button to "Add New" was no longer visible. Next step was to deactivate the Jetpack plugin, deactivate all other plugins, and then reactivate Jetpack. Still no button to add a connection to Facebook. Then deactivated and deleted the Jetpack plugin, reinstalled it again and now I couldn't connect to WordPress.com to fuly install the plugin.
Contacted Jetpack support and within 30 mins a reply was received….
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Sorry for the trouble. It seems we're having problems querying your site's xmlrpc.php file, as you can see at http://………./xmlrpc.php?for=jetpack
That link should display `XML-RPC server accepts POST requests only.` on a line by itself, but instead it looks like we're being blocked by Mod_Security rules, probably put in place by your web host.
Could you try contacting them and letting them know about this to see if they can remove or update those rules for your site so that you're able to connect Jetpack?
Contacting my host siteground.com, I started an online chat with technical help, explained the problem and they duplicated the problem via my dashboard, so I was given a ticket to technical assistance. Within an hour I received an email saying the problem had been rectified. So now I am back to working on my site .css file.


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So I was thinking…if I wanted to find me where would I look? Well God lives in me, perhaps He knows me pretty well and could provide some great "me time." Then there is this man that I am one with; spending time with him would be refreshing "me time." Oh, and how about all those mini me's running around? These are the fruit of my loins and reflect who I really am, that "me time" can be really revealing.
Look at all the "me time" I have right under my own roof. God, Todd and four bods (children doesn't rhyme). In a few years I will have more than enough alone "me time." As the children start moving out I don't want to regret the "me time" I could have had with them. So as for me and my "me time," we will be right here at home.


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Scarlet Fever, also known as 'Scarlatina' (in its milder form), is an acute Streptococcus infection. It usually begins with a sore throat, swollen lymph nodes and a phlegmatic cough. It is indicated by a scarlet skin rash, particularly in the groin and armpits, and by a red coating on the tongue ('Strawberry tongue'). The rash begins to show when the infection has spread throughout the system. It is frequently accompanied by fever, chills, vomiting and, in some cases, convulsions. The rash will clear with the other symptoms subsiding within a few days, but the body is left in a weakened condition, susceptible to other bacterial infections or to further complications such as rheumatic fever or rheumatic heart disease. Therefore, care should be taken to prevent further complications of the initial strep infection.
Recommended Action
Do a few days of juice fasting along with plenty of catnip or garlic enemas, which will keep the bowels free and moving. Take copious amounts of liquid every hour, if possible, while taking saffron (especially in combination with catnip). This will help to bring out the rash and often has the added effect of bringing down the fever. To draw out the toxins use ginger baths and diaphoretic herbs and drink lots of fluids to replace those lost. Infection-fighting herbs should also be used to regulate this condition. As Scarlet Fever can be severe in some cases, destroying the kidneys and weakening the heart, a physician should be consulted. It is often more prudent to take an antibiotic to get over this problem easily and spend the next few months rebuilding the body from the effects of the antibiotic than it is to spend many years rebuilding a damaged heart or kidneys.
Single Herbs: Catnip (for enemas, also orally as a diaphoretic and febrifuge); Garlic (for enemas, also orally as antibiotic); Saffron (diaphoretic, encourages break out of rash); Ginger, Yarrow, Blessed Thistle, Sage (diaphoretics); Goldenseal, Echinacea.


text: The Twin Towers remain in the imagination of millions In Washington, President George Bush observed the first moment of silence on the South Lawn of the White House after attending a special church service on Thursday. Bush said: "Today, our nation remembers: we remember a sad and terrible day … we remember lives lost. We remember the heroic deeds. We remember the compassion and the decency of our fellow citizens on that terrible day." Europe In London, Princess Anne opened a commemorative garden in London in a low-key ceremony to which relatives of all Britons killed in the twin towers were invited. Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar expressed solidarity with the US, and described terrorism as "a threat which we must combat with force, determination and the collaboration of all nations." A day that will never be forgottenFrance, meanwhile, highlighted the continuing instability, with Defense Minister Michele Alliot-Marie saying France remained a target, albeit a secondary one. "Terrorism is one of the constant concerns" of the government, Alliot-Marie told LCI television. "We are not the first ones in their sights, but we are potential targets," she said. Far East In Manila, President Gloria Arroyo warned that the second anniversary "reminds us that we should not take the threat of terrorism lightly, for we know that there are still a number of terror groups waiting for a chance to strike." Prime Minister John Howard of Australia said the War on Terror "could go on for a very long time, just as the Cold War went on for a long time. "It is just a new reality that the world has to come to grips with. I don't like it. None of us like it. It's frightening. It's dreadful," he said. Middle East Newspapers in Lebanon and Jordan, meanwhile, accused the US of exploiting the attacks to impose its dominance over the Middle East. After invading Afghanistan and Iraq, US no closer to capturing9/11's plannerThe al-Nahar newspaper said that two years after the strikes, the War on Terror was gathering momentum. "The United States plunged into a vicious circle, and far from being capable of directing this war and ensuring good results, it has become a hostage to it," the paper said. Citizens expect more Americans are still shocked by the strikes that forced them to acknowledge their vulnerability and face up to the hostility their government's foreign policy causes in many parts of the world. Though the country has not been hit with additional domestic attacks since then, most appear resigned to the idea that terrorists will strike again, sooner or later. "Each of you now has a part in protecting America against the threats of the new era," Bush said. Surveys show most Americans polled still expect more strikes. A recent University of Maryland poll of 1217 people showed that between 70 and 80% of those surveyed fear further attacks. Twenty-eight percent of those surveyed said they felt less safe than they did two years ago, while 48% said they were a bit safer. Only 24% believed they were safer. SOURCE: Agencies


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This sweet teapot set is finally going to a new home!
So that means a great, BIG CONGRATULATIONS goes out to. . .
I hope you enjoy the teapot set, Anita! :)
Many thanks to all who dropped by and entered the giveaway... I loved reading your comments! After reading them, I suddenly had major cravings for hot cocoa, and eggnog, and apple cider, and... well, all of it. ;)
Also this weekend . . .
We spent some time tracking dinosaurs in the unseasonably warm 88* weather. . .
paid a little visit to the candy store . . .
devoured some delish BBQ and fried pies (I tried the pecan pie -- YUM,) and celebrated a sweet wedding with family. (Congrats, Josh & Kelsey!) No pictures from the wedding, but here's the aftermath, on the loooong drive home. . . .
We are all wiped out, but look what I came home to today. . . .
YIPPEE! Thanks, MAKE, for the feature!
Pattern printing issues. . .
When I returned home, I saw in the comments that there was an issue with printing the pattern for the DIY Teapot Trivet and Coasters Set Tutorial. I forgot to set the pattern to a "public" setting when the tutorial went live, and still had it set to private -- YIKES! I'm so sorry! It should work now without any further bugs. Please let me know if you have any further issues with the pattern or tutorial in general. Thanks for your patience!


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