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Beijing [China], Jan 2 (ANI): China on Tuesday congratulated Liberian president-elect George Weah for his dominant win in the just-concluded presidential elections.
According to Xinhua, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang said: "China is ready to work with Liberia to promote the bilateral comprehensive cooperative partnership, and will benefit the two sides."
Weah on Thursday won the country's presidential elections, defeating vice-president Joseph Boakai in a run-off.
Weah, also a former footballer, is the only African player to be FIFA's 'World Player Of The Year' and to win the coveted 'Ballon d'Or' for Europe's best player in 1995. In 1989, 1994 and 1995, he was named the 'African Footballer of the Year'. In 1996, he was named the 'African Player of the Century'.
Weah played for Paris Saint-Germain and AC Milan in the 1990s before moving to England late in his career for spells at Chelsea and Manchester City. He retired from Football and joined active politics in 2002. (ANI)

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http://poetryindavis.com/archive/2012/10/a-d-winans-performs-at-the-davis-jazz-festival-october-19th-at-730pm/ The Davis Jazz Beat Festival is proud to present acclaimed poet A. D. Winans, who will be reading at the Jazz Beat Conference, October 19th at 7:30.
A native of San Francisco, Allan Davis Winans is a poet, essayist, photographer, and short story writer whose work has appeared in over 2,000 literary magazines and anthologies, including City Lights Journal, Poetry Australia, The New York Quarterly, Beatitude, Beat Scene, and Rattle. In addition, he has written 50 books of poetry and two books of prose. Winans was close friends with Beat poets Charles Bukowski, Bob Kaufman, and Jack Micheline, having participated in the Beat and post-Beat era starting in 1958. From 1972 to 1989 Winans edited and published Second Coming Magazine, which produced a large number of books and anthologies, including the highly acclaimed California Bicentennial Poets Anthology. In 2006, he was awarded a PEN National Josephine Miles Award For Excellence in Literature, and, in 2009, PEN Oakland presented Winans with a Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2010, Bottle of Smoke Press published a 300-page collection of Winans' selected poems, and in February 2012 Little Red Tree Press published Winans' San Francisco Poems. To find out more about A. D. Winans, visit http://www.adwinans.mysite.com/. The 6th Annual Davis Jazz Festival: Beyond the Beat Generation takes place this coming weekend, Friday & Saturday, October 19 & 20, 2012, at the John Natsoulas Gallery and at Davis Commons (in front of the new Whole Foods Market). For six years the Davis Jazz Festival has been the premier collaborative conference in the region, offering an eclectic mix of poets, singers, bands and performance painters for people of all ages to enjoy. Featuring music from classical jazz combos to hard-driving big bands, the festival will serve as an educational event for creative youth, and will benefit the Davis High School Band Program. For more information, visit http://www.natsoulas.com/schedule/.
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|March 30, 2018
|Contact: Amy Hasenberg, (608) 266-2839
|Governor Walker Signs Bipartisan Juvenile Justice Reform Bill into Law
|MILWAUKEE – Governor Scott Walker signed Assembly Bill 953 into law today at the Milwaukee County Courthouse. The bill, which received unanimous support in both the Assembly and Senate, includes measures to create new juvenile correctional facilities across the state, expands the Mendota Juvenile Treatment Center which provides mental and behavioral health services, and it repurposes the Lincoln Hills & Copper Lake juvenile detention facilities into an adult facility."We are committed to improving long-term outcomes for juveniles and staff in our correctional facilities," said Governor Walker. "We thank county officials, members of the judiciary, and lawmakers from both parties for their efforts on this bill."
Assembly Bill 953 – The bill requires the Department of Corrections to close Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake School by January 1, 2021. The facilities must be converted to adult correctional facilities. Counties are allowed to establish secured residential care centers for youth offenders, with the state providing bonding for certain construction costs. The state will be required to establish a new Type 1 juvenile correctional facility for certain serious offenders and to expand services and the number of beds at the Mendota Juvenile Treatment Center. A council will be established to study juvenile corrections issues in Wisconsin.
This piece of legislation was designed by a bipartisan group of legislators, the bill passed the Assembly on a voice vote and was concurred in the Senate on a voice vote. It is Act 185.
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FCA delivers 2nd removable floodwall system to the World Trade Center.
Flood Control America has designed, manufactured a removable floodwall system for the second phase of flood protection at the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan. This project protects the Vehicular Security Center, a security complex that controls traffic into the World Trade Center. The demountable BPS system (bollard protection system) utilizes the existing security bollards around the VSC to mount custom fabricated flood posts, ranging in height from 5' to 8'. Flood Control America's typical flood planks (stop logs) are stacked between the posts to create a continuous flood wall to protect from large scale flooding events.
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- Charlene Merrick
- Frances Gumprecht
- Joan Ervin -you are here
- Julia Aston
- Karen Hunsaker
- Kittie Caracciolo
- Bev Gerard
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- Maria Gurnsey
- Jen Charboneau
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Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Rubbernecker Stamps Release Day Blog Hop!
46 comments:
- Dawn Easton said...
eek! I LOVE this, Joan! Fun image and hilarious sentiment!!!
- April 12, 2011 at 7:05 AM
Perfect. I tell myself that same thing every day!. LOL Edna
- April 12, 2011 at 7:17 AM
- Julia Aston said...
Love the colors and the fun ribbon treatment on this Joan - and those yummy dessert stickers are great accents!
- April 12, 2011 at 7:28 AM
- Kittie said...
How fun and adorable. That sentiment fits me perfectly. I've been saying that for almost 60 years.
- April 12, 2011 at 7:48 AM
- Cheryl said...
HAHAHA!!! LOVE it! Love the kind of 50s feel with the black and white background. Great sentiment to go along with Ethel.
- April 12, 2011 at 7:56 AM
- cdjcape521 said...
Ahhh, no truer words were ever said, LOL!
- April 12, 2011 at 8:05 AM
- Cassie said...
Hehe, great card and hilarious image and sentiment, Joan! It just makes me giggle :D
- April 12, 2011 at 8:08 AM
- Rae said...
So cute, LOVE the image and sentiment!
- April 12, 2011 at 9:03 AM
- Tammy said...
Love, love this funny card! Great image.
- April 12, 2011 at 9:10 AM
- Joan V said...
Ethel is so cute. Looks like someone's Grandma cooking up some of her great food. I love the sentiment. Hehe. This card is so cute. Thanks for sharing.
- April 12, 2011 at 9:30 AM
- Jodi Collins said...
LOL! LOVE this Joan! AWESOME stamp and I LOVE the sentiment!!!
- April 12, 2011 at 9:31 AM
- Judy said...
Fabulous job! I feel like I'm in one of those old diners, menu please. Love those old people! TFS
- April 12, 2011 at 9:53 AM
- Celeste said...
Love this image and sentiment. I love the colors you used and what you did with the ribbon.
- April 12, 2011 at 10:16 AM
- Unknown said...
Joan this card is wonderfully hilarious. Love it.
Thank you so much for the wonderful comments you left on my blog.
A fellow Texan,
- April 12, 2011 at 10:30 AM
- Colorado Crafter said...
What a great card!!! Cute Rubbernecker image and the coordinating sentiment is perfect.
- April 12, 2011 at 10:38 AM
This card is too stinking cute! I love the 50s theme and the layout is terrific.
- April 12, 2011 at 10:38 AM
- CathyB said...
Ethel cooking is a hoot! Boy, she sure has a lot on the table. hehe Very fun card with this cute image. Well done Joan. TFS :0)
- April 12, 2011 at 10:43 AM
- Sherry Kushibab said...
Joan, what a fabulous card....the layout, sentiment and all those delish treats around her!! You nailed it. TFS
- April 12, 2011 at 10:45 AM
- Susan (rainy) said...
LOVE the sentiment! AMEN. lol And love this fabulous design. Wonderfully fun card, Joan.
- April 12, 2011 at 11:40 AM
- Charlene Merrick (LilLuvsStampin) said...
Too cute!! How perfect this sentiment is for a lot of people I know---ha! ha! Love the ribbon tabs at the top, your terrific stitching, and the cool checked dp.
- April 12, 2011 at 11:43 AM
- Linda Palmer said...
Joan, this is too cute. Love the sentiment too, I look forward each day to see what you come up with next. You are a lot more willing to step out of the box with all the techniques etc. that you try. I just like to color and that is about all I do. Another Great card.
- April 12, 2011 at 11:49 AM
- SherylH said...
Great card -- love the retro feel with the checkered background and ice cream dishes.
- April 12, 2011 at 11:56 AM
- Aissa's said...
Card is too cute. Colors are wonderful.
- April 12, 2011 at 12:21 PM
- Barbee said...
Been there... done that. Every Monday!! thanks
- April 12, 2011 at 12:46 PM
- Carole of Brum said...
Joan, I just popped in to say thanks so much for the fabulous comment you left on my latest card, in fact all the lovely comments you leave, it does so mean a lot to me.
Even better that when I got here you have a new card on show.....love that sentiment, it reminds me of a phrase a schoolteacher used to drum into us: "Tomorrow NEVER comes" and when it comes to diets I have to agree with him, ha ha. Brill card, petal, we can all eat, drink and be merry cos Joan says it's ok LOL. CoB
- April 12, 2011 at 1:03 PM
- Francie G. said...
I always dress like that when I'm cooking, don't you! I'll have one of each please! Joan, this it too cute! Love this fun image and all you wonderful details!
- April 12, 2011 at 3:58 PM
- Dee in N.H. said...
Great card and that sentiment is right on target! LOL!
- April 12, 2011 at 4:16 PM
- craftymom205 said...
Love the card.
craftymom205 at yahoo dot com
- April 12, 2011 at 6:27 PM
- slbt17 said...
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- April 12, 2011 at 6:34 PM
- Crystal said...
OMGGGGGGG Joan this is over the top FABULOUS!!!!!
- April 12, 2011 at 6:51 PM
- Gayle said...
Love this one. These are great.
- April 12, 2011 at 7:37 PM
- Wendy (aka Roo) said...
OMGosh, this is too cute!!! Love it!!! Will have to check them out, as I've never heard of them before.
- April 12, 2011 at 8:23 PM
- Carla said...
oooh, I love your card and how you added the ice cream images...sooo pretty!!!
- April 12, 2011 at 9:53 PM
- Rufus said...
Hahaha, great card! Love all the embellishments. The black and white check with the hot pink, reminds me of an old diner.
- April 12, 2011 at 11:05 PM
- Mary Marsh said...
too cute joan-the sentiment is so perfect with the images
- April 12, 2011 at 11:09 PM
- joanieg said...
Really love your card! Your colors are great!
- April 12, 2011 at 11:19 PM
- Pam said...
This is hilarious! Love your card. Love the colors and embellishments.
- April 12, 2011 at 11:52 PM
- Lynne said...
How cute is that?? and true as well. TFS Hugs n' Stuff, Lynne
- April 13, 2011 at 6:53 AM
- jane said...
love the card my everyday saying great color
- April 13, 2011 at 6:57 AM
- Rae C. said...
These stamps and sentiments are the best!
- April 13, 2011 at 7:14 AM
- stamping sue said...
What a great looking grandma!!!
stamping sue
- April 13, 2011 at 8:15 AM
- Jerri Jimenez said...
Totally adorable Joan!
- April 13, 2011 at 8:17 AM
- Gena Porter - aka GDP2001 said...
I love this image, could have used this in a recipe swap I did recently.
- April 13, 2011 at 10:40 AM
- Rose Ann said...
Ha,ha...to cute, Joan!! Great coloring, and your treats look delish!!
- April 15, 2011 at 9:07 AM
- Lucille said...
Really adorable cards.
- May 4, 2011 at 7:19 AM
- Rich Meyer said...
Love the colors and the fun ribbon treatment on this Joan - and those yummy dessert stickers are great accents!
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St. Anthony's surname is Padua, the name of the town where he died and was buried in 1231. He was born, however, in Lisbon around 1195, and was known as St. Anthony of Lisbon. Canonized one year after his death, he was worshipped only in Padua until the end of the 15th century when he began to be worshipped throughout Portugal and, finally, all over the world.
The attributes distinguishing him are, most often, the Boy Jesus sitting or standing on a book, which image is best known to us, since it was spread abroad by the baroque art of the Counter-Reformation, He may aiso carry in his hand lilies - symbol of purity -, a monstrance, grapevine branch and a crucifix. He may carry on his back a bag of breadrolls, when he is called St. Anthony of the Poor, or of Picuá. He always appears dressed in the habit of his Franciscan Order, brown or gray, belted with a cord, young and beardless, with a monk's tonsure. Rosaries generally hang from his belt.
St. Anthony is more invoked for romantic problems. That is when the Boy Jesus is taken from his arms until the "miracle" happens. His reputation and notoriety as the marrying saint must have come from colonial origins, when marriage and procreation, and consequent demographic growth, were obligatory for the success of Portuguese domination and occupation in the new lands.
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Geography of the sacred in colonial Minas Gerais
in Objetos da Fé, Oratórios Brasileiros (coleção Angela Gutierrez)
Catálogo apresentado no Museu de São Roque em Lisboa durante o evento "Lisboa Capital Europeia da Cultura",Março de 1994
Outra imagem de Santo António e um inédito do Romanceiro Garretiano aqui
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On 1st January 2008, in Settle, North Yorkshire, UK, the St John's Methodist Church Settle Rainforest Fund Project was born.
The primary aim is to raise money towards protecting rainforest (and other irreplaceable habitats).
We are supporting three projects - two are secular projects of the type "Buy an acre of Rainforest" and the third supports a Ghanaian Christian group that is running projects to encourage a villagers on land adjacent to a nature reserve to use the land sustainably.
Please note that whilst I (Judith Allinson) am Web Editor for Christian Ecology Link (CEL) and for St John's Methodist Church Settle , the views expressed are personal, and do not necessarily reflect those of CEL or St John's Methodist Church.
Feedback and comments are welcomed.
In future postings I will say how the project started, and how it is proceeding.
Come back next week! See how much money we have raised. See what we have decided to do.
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I' m done. The towel is thrown and I am officially done being over weight.
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I want to be able to keep up with my kids and not get tired.
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I started MISSION: Slim possible last week on monday October 9th. I am challenging myself for 15 weeks to get fit, eat health and love my mama body again.
I could go in to detail and blame me being over weight on a million things. But I am not. Instead I am going to direct that energy to thinking positive thoughts and encouraging myself that yes I can and will succeed!
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I will be working out at home using my amazing beachbody on demand.
Drinking Shakeology
And meal planning the heck out of my days! It's all about portion control!
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I will be also make it a goal to drink my body weight in water and walk over 10k steps.
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15 weeks
Week 1-2: Clean Week I am doing it twice because I loved it the first week and had zero time to post about it. So let's repeat! It's an amazing jump start!
Week 3- 5: 21 Day Fix
Week 6-8: Shift Shop
Week 9-12: core de force
Week 13-15: 21 day extreme.
Throughout my challenge I will have mini challenges.
5 day reset will include meal planning.
2- 3 week challenges that will include meal prep, online coach support, workouts and prize giveaways!!!
I am beyond over the mood excited for this Mission and I can't wait to weigh in on Monday. I hope you all will encourage me, push me and cheer me on during the next 15 weeks!
If your interested in joining one of my challenges, shoot me a message!!!
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Today I had to go to Ealing Hospital to get some blood work done. The hospital is huge, and I don't think there is a more dire looking place in all of London. It's a concrete mass with all pedestrian entrances hidden amongst abulance ramps. It seems made of perpetually rain-wet, pebbly cinderblocks. In back of that there's an old 19th century pauper's asylum backed up against the canal– it was at one time the largest asylum in the world. The wall separating the asylum from the canal contained an entrance which has been bricked up, and that segment of the wall is a stone's throw from my house. The asylum is now run by the West London Mental Health Trust and my partner does assessments there.
The place has the agitated grimness that comes from trapped ghosts. (I am not the only person who sees this, no doubt– the place has inspired a LiveJournal fiction community and fake wiki page complete with a TB outbreak and a serial killer hide-out).
In 2008 the Hospital was rated the "Worst Hospital in England" based on patients' ratings, which makes sense now that I've been inside its grim, seemingly windowless maze.
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I didn't feel a thing.


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The places configuration is done separately for each camera. To configure the places, the user the connects a PC / laptop to the camera (via Ethernet port). The PC / laptop is running a client application (windows platform) that handle the drawing of the area corresponding to each place. The system gives automatically a name to each place drawn and saves that information locally on the camera. After that the user disconnects the PC/ laptop and the system is ready to analyze each place and sends its state (free or occupied) to a central computer through ZigBee.
The output data format may be what you want. Another words, its a matter of make an agreement with you to provide what filled better your requirements. However, the best choice to get the output data is through a TCP/IP connection (via localist on the central PC). We can use a private protocol defined by us or by Web services, for example, I think that Web Services will be a good choice due to standardization.
It is also possible to send output data via Ethernet port of the camera. We provide a TCP/IP server on the camera. In that case you need an Ethernet cable permanently connected between the camera and the central PC. However , this arrangement implies only one camera connected to the central PC.


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Relationship Of A Salon to Humanity
To have a beautiful hair is to be beautiful. Everybody, may it be a boy or a girl, would want to look attractive with their hair. In order to improve the natural beauty of your hair that you already poses, you may visit a Hair Salon for it. If deciding to get the best salon for you, the following steps might help. One of the best way for you to find the best salon that fits you would be asking your friends who frequently visit a hair salon. Famous hair stylist even suggest that you should try asking women with great hair.
You can ask women with beautiful looking hair about the hair salon they have gone to for their hair. Some Hair stylist advices that you may also ask other people who possibly have the same hair type and hair structure as you in choosing the beast salon. What they have to say might help you decide which salon to go to for your hair. Some say that women usually go to a hair salon or a beauty shop for a haircut or treatment in a salon that gets noticed all the time. Some salons that looked great in the inside as well as the outside and sometimes, even those salons that claims to have wonderful ambiance, is not the best salon out there because they sometimes fail to deliver through good service. A salon with the best amenities does not always mean that it offers the best salon service. It is also important to consider a salon that has a well trained staff. Salons that offers great service are beyond more important and worth visiting than going to an expensive and fancy looking salon that does not render great service. In selecting a salon, you also need to consider a salon that is well managed, well lit, well cleaned, looks tide and smell good.
Another thing you need to consider is the hair stylist that will do your hair because they are the very person responsible of how you would look. A little research with the use of the internet will help you find a great salon for your hair needs.
When you have already found the best salon after all the consideration, the last thing you need to do would be to visit the salon so that you can ask the salon yourself about their services and charges since charges vary from every salon and every treatment.


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Unfortunately, in today's number-focused world, humanity is waning
Estonia's laws are simple, understandable and tax officials are very human, says Petteri Leinonen, the owner of Leinonen Estonia, that has been 20 years in international accounting and successfully weathering the Estonian market.
"The period of 20 years back was interesting - the Value Added Tax Act consisted of one page, most of the laws and rules were lacking or under completion, and, in the Tax Board, you could get three different answers to a single question," Leinonen remembers. "I liked the old days when each company had its own inspector, who knew what happened in the company, and understood when a long project was delayed. Unfortunately, present-day Estonia is following the example of Finland and the rest of Europe where the tax board is not interested in the content and concluding an agreement, but sends electronic reminders and notices of impending fines after the time has elapsed."
He emphasises, however, that, as for comprehensibility of laws, length of chapters and general tax system, we are in very good condition, compared to Finland. "In Finland even taxation law professionals often do not understand the laws, how could a company or citizen be able to understand them? Probably, Estonian laws remain more simple," he hopes, and adds that present-day Estonia has over 4,000 companies owned by Finns who mainly move here to enjoy the simple tax system, more favourable labour costs and more convenient administration. The same movement takes place from other countries.
Entering a foreign market, it is always wise to ask advice on the laws and taxation policy
Leinonen offers consultations and services to Estonian companies who are interested in entering foreign markets, be they north or south. Estonian companies have difficulties in other jurisdictions because of being unfamiliar with complex bureaucracy; acting on your own could very quickly lead to difficult situations. Leinonen says there is no point in managing the company with one hand and preparing accounts with the other; it is more costly, errors can easily occur, and related problems are already there. The 20 highly trained and experienced professionals in Leinonen's Tallinn office often have discussions about complicated situations - how then would it be possible for a single person in a single company to cope with them?
Leinonen provides accounting services in 10 countries and plans to expand further in the near future. The key to success in the company is long-term, professional and friendly staff who are capable of providing advisory, interpreting, and accounting services to clients. Their task is to provide clients with information about how to act legally in other countries, how to establish a company, how to organise financial records, how to pay taxes and, if necessary, help to find other market-related information. In this way, a long-term, mutually beneficial cooperation evolves.


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A boy saw a footprint in the sand. The weather was sunny, but he noticed a star falling in the sky. He thought that this was strange.
At first he didn't know where to go or what to do, but eventually he decided to go to sleep on the beach. He woke up in the evening and he saw a rainbow in the sky. He thought that this was strange.
He decided to stay longer, and so he erected a tent on the beach.
He met his girlfriend and they walked together along the sand. While they were walking they saw a ghost. They thought that this was strange.
It left its footprint in the sand.
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Jerry324 posted a topic in Control SystemI am installing an autopilot trim servo to my Long EZ. I mounted the control servo to the bottom of the canard. I have mounted a 0.50" dia. X 1.00" lg. aluminum tube spacer and an AN3 bolt and nut to the left CS12 bracket. The spacer, bolt and nut connects to the elevator trim servo control rod. I believe these items need to be included in the weight and balance of the elevator. I have weighed the elevator with the spacer, bolt, and nut. The weight is 3 lb. 10 oz. which is under the 3 lb. 14 oz. max weight but the balance is 9 degrees which is outside the 12-22 degree balance limit. I can move the balance to 15 degrees by adding 1.8 oz. of lead weight to the outboard CS10 weight OR remove around 3 oz. of weight from the inboard CS11 weight. I am not sure what the corrective solution should be. Has anyone addressed this issue on your plane? I Would appreciate your input. Jerry324


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The Crown Estate wanted to select a manager for Regent Street who would reflect its brand values and would put customer service first within day to day delivery. Regent Street comprises some 140 properties, providing more than 3.5 million sq ft (376,000 sq m) of retail, offices, hotels and residential uses and is unique in the World by virtue of having a mile of contiguous retail frontage in single ownership.
The mandate requires services to be offered to a wide range of customers including over 750 direct contractual customers, occupational tenants under head leases, 11 million visitors to the street each year, and third parties including the Police, Westminster City Council and BID groups.
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I can't believe it's over ten days since my last post and that we are a few days away from November. I must have holes in my pockets from where time escapes without warning… but let's talk craft :). I made another Autumn project, this time a shaker card with a Summer sentiment, that I changed to fit the Fall theme.
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Stamps: LZ – Cotton Branch; You're My Endless Summer.
Dies: HA – Jar Frame (B), Nesting Postage Stamps; Nellie Snellen – Straight Dotted Rectangle; Xcut – Wedding Alphabet & Numbers.
Others: EF Echo Park – Leaves; PP Prima – Amber Moon.
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Our welding industry have broken the traditional boundaries between welding and cutting, and its products have been across the welding, cutting two industries, there are many companies possess producing welding and cutting equipment at the same time.
Here I will analyse the problems on welding market, including welding equipment.
1. Problems cutting machine industry:
1). Disorderly market competition, the performance of mutual belittle each other keep the prices down, dig another person;
2). Less R & D investment, or no investment;
3). Mechanically and control the level of foreign products is not very different, but the understanding of foreign control system is not transparent, it will only stay at the level of the application;
4). No cooperation between enterprises, can not join together to open up markets, such as the procurement of supporting member companies together will reduce costs.
2. Problem is the presence of welding auxiliary equipment and appliance
1). New product development efforts, fewer varieties, mostly mutual imitation situation.
2). Low-tech similar products at a competitive low, low price, the enterprise into low profit situation, very difficult to self-development.
3). Strong comprehensive strength, able to promote the development of the industry to play an active role in industry self-regulation of small businesses.
4). Poor coordination in whole industry.
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Tan, Shaun (2009). Tales from Outer Suburbia. New York: Scholastic. 96 pages.
If you know anything about my short stint in the world of children's literature, you may know that I have two loves: Harry Potter and Shaun Tan. (You also know I would accept marriage proposals from either whether imaginary or not.) Tales from Outer Suburbia is not an exception to this general rule. A collection of 15 illustrated short stories, this picturebook is usually shelved with children's picturebooks. Ideally, such a book would rest in its home in the YA section of bookstores and libraries. The stories in this collection range from buffalos dwelling in abandoned lots to magical courtyards inside every suburban home to very persecuted stick men. There is not necessarily an over-arching storyline, but instead, small narratives–with pictures!–about various fantastical elements of the Australian suburban neighborhoods.
Tales from Outer Suburbia is a collection of "what if" or "it could be" stories that places it into the fantasy genre. While most picturebooks for children could technically be considered fantasy–Angelina Ballerina is a mouse and mice realistically cannot perform ballet–the nature of Tan's stories pushes it into the realm of YA fantasy. Many of the stories feel odd and are even framed as story being told by a character, or in the case of "The Amnesia Machine", the story is presented as a newspaper article, which can reasonably be argued into the science fiction realm. Indeed, much of Tan's work hovers of the edge of dystopia, dabbling both in fantasy and science fiction. I recognize that many will take fault with the ease I cross between science fiction and fantasy as some camps do not like them intermingled; yet if any individual could create peace between the fantasy and sci-fi arguments, my faith is in Shaun Tan. He mixes the fantastic such as the magical courtyard in "No Other Country" with the science fictive elements of backyard missiles in "Alert but Not Alarmed". Shaun Tan's other works have these genres and often a feel of magical realism such as in The Lost Thing and the graphic novel The Arrival.
Because teenagers maybe reluctant to puruse a picturebook, thinking that they are the domain of younger children, I think it is important to emphasize the complexity of Shaun Tan's work. The illustrations read as much of the story as the words. I think that the best way to introduce Tales from Outer Suburbia is to present some of the illustrations via a presentation tool or projection. The spread over pages 18-19 is particularly detailed and dynamic as is the illustration on page 93. To accompany the illustration on page 93, reading the complete story of "Night of the Turtle Rescue" would be a great hook for teenagers. (The story is only a paragraph and VERY open-ended).
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This is my daughter's last week home before she goes back to college. Brenna is a sophomore, so this is not our first winter break. It is still hard to wrap my head around it though. For those of you with kids going off to college in the near future, just wait. It is an experience like no other.
They come home from college . . .
They come home for sometimes a month or more. And they are different people. College changes them. For the better in most ways but also for the worst too. They do whatever they want, whenever they want. So they stay up super late and wake up in the afternoon. Yep, you heard me right, afternoon! I sometimes don't know whether to wish her a good morning or just walk away. Their independence can be refreshing like when they do their own laundry, or off putting like when they don't call to let you know when they will be home.
Just when you have gotten used to them being gone, they come back. Don't get me wrong, I did enjoy the movies we went to see, the lunches out and the shopping trips. I love having her around, but it has also meant that I have not been truly alone in my house for over a month. For an introvert who likes and sometimes needs alone time, that is difficult.
Then they leave again . . .
This week is full of last minute appointments and packing and shopping. All in preparation for driving her back on Sunday. Of course the weather has to interfere and stress me out. We had to cancel her dentist appointment and her hair appointment. But we will make do and get what we can done. And I will enjoy every last second we have before she leaves.
So I guess I am a little bit happy this week, but a lot more sad to see her go. I know she is happiest when she is at college. She has her friends who keep her busy and she is living her life. And next week I will have an empty house during the day and lots of quiet! (Unless the other kids have more snow days. Ugh, is winter over yet?)


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As we come into the end of a very interesting year, with ups and downs, ins, outs and everything in between, it has been enjoying the journey that has been one very important lesson of 2011. In a unique year where I saw folks come and go in my life, as well folks go on separate paths as they explored career options, new family additions, and life's fundamental changes, it was with solidarity that somehow I was able to make some great career establishment moves that have opened phenomenal doors.
We look at movements like Occupy Wall Street, we see individuals losing focus over trivial matters, and some making career moves all based upon the money to be had vs. the growth, the friendships, the non financial factors that add some great richness to day by day options.
In seeing what obstacles have been layed in the path, it was this past year where I saw many come and go, and take a short term, vs. a long term view. It is so vital today to be sure of one's vision and personal goals, and then to tie those to one's endeavors fully and manfully.
Around us are folks losing sight of the fact that it is personal and professional effort that in the end pay the dividends. Being able to encourage others to persevere when the going is rough is a vital trait. But it was in October that I saw some incredible efforts pay off, some vital options grow more clear, and my Thankfulness and Gratefulness quotients increase.
As one gives of oneself daily on the job, remember that your day to day is larger than your desk, with so many opportunities it is important to differentiate what is a must do , vs. a nice to do, and proceed accordingly.
As this Thanksgiving dawns, let us find within ourselves more Gratefulness, and Thanksfulness, these traits lead to greater success and open the doors to more opportunity when you have committed to your team you will do everything to succeed, when that happens it is contagious and leads to Holiday Fellowship.
May we have a perspective of Thankfulness and Gratefulness, in holding true to such important charactistics the average person becomes great, and the most dynamic outcomes are achieved, but keeping focused and open minded will always be a powerful truth.
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I've been meaning to join Big Cat's meme, Love Fridays for a while now!
Today's reason for loving Friday is that we hired a babysitter and went out to dinner! Not on a date, that happens next time - we haven't been on a date for 3 1/2 years - we've promised ourselves to do it! Tonight was an evening out at a local restaurant with the parents in the bubster's class at school.
Just back now. It was great! Good food, good company, some laughs, some drinks. And our little guy is happily sleeping in his room so all in all, a great night for all.


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The Milton boys basketball program is turning the page and preparing to start a new era under Van Keys. Keys confirmed to Score this morning that he was named the new boys basketball coach Thursday. The Milton bench should not offer many surprises, though, as he was head coach for nine years back in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
"I am excited to help the program and the school," said Keys. "I'm looking forward to getting to know and work with the players."
Keys likely has seen some of those players around the halls of Milton. After graduating from Milton, Keys has spent 28 years coaching, including 23 at Milton. He has been the head girls tennis coach for the last seven years, taking the team to the postseason five of those seasons. He has also coached football, baseball and track and served as the Athletic Director.
"My focus is preparing and taking care of the kids," said Keys.
Dr. Steven Craft, the Fulton County Schools AD also confirmed the hire to Score, noting that Keys has been hired as the coach for the 2012-13 season.
Milton won the Class AAAAA state title last season, its second in three years, but the GHSA ruled earlier this month that the Eagles cannot participate in the 2012-13 postseason and would be placed on "Severe Warning Status" for the 2013-14 season. Former coach David Boyd left the program back on Sept. 10 amid an investigation of "undue influence" conducted by the school and the county. The GHSA later ruled that no evidence was discovered that Boyd initiated contact with prospective transfer students and/or their parents or guardians.
Milton's first game is scheduled for Nov. 16 against Christ School (Arden, N.C.).


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Jon Stewart for president
Posted on | August 27, 2008 | No Comments
Comedian and "fake anchor" Jon Stewart is covering the Democratic National Convention in Denver this week. The San Francisco Chronicle's Joe Garofoli wrote an almost poignant story today about Stewart's meeting with newspaper reporters:
Stewart gathered a couple of dozen national political print reporters for breakfast, riffed a few funny lines, then read them the media riot act. He did so in a pointed yet gentle way. But he wasn't joking.
Stewart cares deeply that television media is dominating the nation's political discourse. That's a good thing because he has a great platform to at least try and effect some change.
Stewart said he loves newspapers, and reading them makes him feel like they're writing about a different world from the one he sees on television.
So as Stewart continues his crusade, CNN, MSNBC et al continue to obsess over whether Hillary's still pissed at Obama and whether Bill will go off the rails tonight. Meanwhile, there's a party platform that's only being debated far from the glare of the klieg lights…online and in the newspapers.
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Someone at DNC was wearing a Stewart/Colbert in 08 T-shirt. It's not too late. Stewart's coverage of the convention, particularly the Obama "heritage" film, has been priceless.
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I have traveled the paths of desire
Gathering flowers and carrying fire
I am crossing the bridges of
Empty with yearning and full of tomorrow
– October Project
I was struck dumb when he actually mailed me back my panties. I think my exact thought at that moment was, "Are you f —ing kidding me?"
In the envelope were his keys to my house, a short handwritten letter, a check for $100 paying back money I had loaned him, and a pair of my red and black panties. Not particularly sexy panties, not even close to being my favorite ones.
What the hell? Was he that clueless or just heartless? Why on earth would he return them? Maybe he doesn't want the next girl to find them.
When I returned his things, there was a whole box of items – greeting cards I had sent him, a lint roller, church clothes, an extra comb, robe, slippers, sunglasses, etc. And yet that is all I had at his place – one pair of panties? Did he really think I was missing them, that I wanted them back? In fact, I couldn't look at them a second longer, so I threw them in the garbage with the coffee grounds.
It is still like physical pain not to talk to him. Lately, I have been in the bargaining stage – why can't we just be friends? Sadly, pathetically, I thought maybe even a booty call now and then because God, I miss him touching me. But I know even if he wanted that, why would I? In what universe would that not be emotionally devastating for me?
And the more I reflect on this, the more I know I can never go back. To him or to anyone who would treat me that way. Ever again.
So much that I miss. I miss his sexy voice saying, "Hey babe," like he always did when he answered the phone. It never failed to thrill me a little because the way he said it I felt like I belonged to him; and that felt great. And I miss my friend, the one who watched Jeopardy with me, and praised my intelligence, when every now and then, I would get a lot of questions right. The friend who single-handedly laid the tile for my kitchen floor. I can still see him now, bent low, his carpenter jeans paint-stained, and his muscular forearms glistening with sweat. He glances up gives me a grin. The friend, the man who thought I was adorable and sexy and fun. I miss his sweet face, his laugh, his hands; our love.
But I know what I truly miss – the essence of us – has been gone for a while now. I miss that beginning relationship, the one that had what I felt was unlimited potential to lift up the two people in it in extraordinary ways. It was deep and euphoric on a level I have never known. Now I am utterly terrified I will never know that feeling again in my lifetime. That is what I mourn – that is what I miss the most right now.
What I don't miss, on the other hand … wow, just about everything else.
Despite the mounting evidence to the contrary, I just couldn't see what has happening right in front of me.
With this man, I despaired of the leaving but it had gotten so dark I felt my chances of finding my way home rapidly slipping away.
At first, he stayed at my place a lot, especially on weekends, and I loved having him there. He had a drawer for his clothes, a robe on the hook and slippers under the bed. When I asked once about a drawer for me to keep a few things at his place, he said he didn't even have enough room for all his own clothes. Wow, red flag. It is easy to see that now. He could never make room for me, not in his room, or his life, or his heart.
One weekend, we were at his trailer at the lake. I was washing the dishes after he made us some food on the grill. The sink was tiny, and as hard as I tried not to, I was continually slopping water up onto the wood walls. He was very exacting about the cleaning at his lake place. He was always coming up behind me, and sighing and trying to sop it up. "So I guess I'm going to have to do this, too, now since you just can't get the hang of it," he told me in a mean tone. He knew exactly what to say to hurt me where I felt most vulnerable, so then he said, referring to my ex-husband and his wife: "I keep thinking if it was Cindy, she would have made the dinner herself, and already had everything cleaned up, too. I guess Kent really traded up, huh?"
I felt trashed by his comment. He was sitting in his chair, smoking a cigar. We had already been fighting and my nerves were raw and I turned back to the sink away from him as the tears rolled down. When he noticed I was crying, he yelled at me, "Oh, so now here are the waterworks. Just suck it up, Holly, I don't believe your tears for a minute, and I'm certainly not going to help you be helpless." When I think about it now, it sounds very callous and demanding. Then, I just believed him. He's right, I am too sensitive.
Yet, I still saw glimpses of potential in our relationship. We went to Dale Hollow for my birthday, a lake where he had spent his childhood summers. "You know, I have never brought another girl here – ever," he told me. I beamed. We talked and walked all the way around the lake, picking up fossils. I felt happy he wanted to share this special place with me – I must still be important to him – even if he doesn't always show it …
Bu the recriminations continued – I laughed too loud – I talked too much – I didn't take initiative to jump in and help when we were doing something together. I would always ask him, "Honey just tell me what you want me to do and I'll do it," but he would respond that I should know what needs to be done and why should he have to tell me? I was not willing to face him head on and debate issues endlessly until he felt he had won – yet when I capitulated; it seemed to make him madder.
Ultimately, I was thinking I didn't want to lose him, but what happened was I lost me – my integrity, my dignity, my self- respect.
When my niece died suddenly, I assumed he would go to the funeral but he refused. "What? You're not going to my niece's funeral?" I said disbelieving, "Why not?"
"I just really don't feel like going," he said. "Well, sorry but you don't have a choice," I said. He bristled. "I always have a choice."
"But honey, it's just what you do for people you love; you just suck it up. I need you to be there, baby." But my words fell on deaf ears as I stood at her visitation and funeral without him by my side, feeling like someone had hollowed out my insides.
The incident was close to being a deal-breaker, but at the end of the day, I loved him and wanted to get past it. He had apologized to my sister for not coming, so I tried to move on and not hold it over his head. I let it go. But he couldn't let it go.
One night, after work I met him at a local bar and at first, he was very solicitous, buying me drinks. But then he was drunk and he became abusive, throwing every below-the belt comment he could think of at me. He mocked me because my ex-husband's wife had kindly mowed my lawn for me the week my niece died. I had been staying with my sister to support her in her terrible grief. "Damn, you can't even mow your own lawn; you had to get your ex's wife to do it, that is just embarrassing," he taunted.
But then the lowest blow: "You just walked around playing the martyr at the funeral, didn't you? You cared more about me not being there than you did about grieving your own niece. I heard you weren't even that upset." I blinked, not sure I heard him right. But then I knew I had. How dare he even say that when he wasn't even there to know what I thought or felt? I was indignant, but I couldn't even get a word in to refute his comments. He continued on his rampage. Finally, he bolted and I just sat there, stunned and humiliated at this public display.
How did I let this happen? … It crept up so slowly – just like kudzu. At first it's lovely – then it snowballs and then it controls and chokes out all the other plants and flowers in its path.
Years ago, I volunteered at a women's domestic violence shelter. I could hear the same words ringing in my head:
"But you just don't know him; he's not always like this, he's a good man, he can be so loving and wonderful. He has been great to me."
"It used to be different. It wasn't always like this."
I remember the women telling me how the physical wounds they suffered were not as bad as the verbal abuse, the emotional abuse.
"The bruises heal and go away. It's the ones on the inside that don't go away," said one woman with a haunted look in her eyes.
Even after everything that had happened, it took seeing it through other people's eyes before it finally dawned on me.
In fact, it was someone I never even met who put the nail in the coffin for me. The last time I saw him; he picked a loud fight at the restaurant and then walked out. I sat there, humiliated; crying and paying the bill. The sweet server just looked at me sadly and said, "Honey, no one deserves to be talked to like that." And suddenly it was just all too much, yet also not enough.
The next day, I was at my job working on a video about a cancer patient in her 30s who had passed away in February. The nurses on the unit found out that Valentine's Day was her anniversary. They brought in a special dinner for the patient and her husband, bringing out a white tablecloth, china, candles and wine to mark the occasion.
The nurses told me about the special night the couple shared – one of the last ever for the patient. Her husband sang the John Legend song All of Me to her as they held hands on the hospital chairs. At this point, she was bald, weighed about 80 pounds and was on oxygen. Her husband thanked the nurses for everything they had done for his beloved wife.
"I wanted her to have just one more good day," he said.
Just one more good day.
I don't know how or when I forgot to know this, but I, too deserve to be loved like that. For crying out loud, we don't know how long we have to love each other. I have already cried too many nights over this man, who no longer deserves my big, beautiful love.
I am not out of the woods yet. I am still crossing the bridge. And I'm not even sure I know who this person is anymore making the journey. But there is a widening circle of light so I can at least see the path, and I am ever so slowly winding my way home.


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Sunday, June 10, 2012
cud: a short film to watch with your family
Favorite from last night's food film fest? Cud, for sure. It is an incredibly entertaining short film about a Georgia rancher who eschews traditional corn-feeding to raise grass-fed cattle. Loved the message, and the delivery-- a chance to step onto his farm for 16 entertaining, thoughtful minutes. I was fortunate to get to catch this at dine with design's evening event, but the festival's innovative films + food pairings are also coming to NYC October 18-21 and Chicago November 15-17th. Catch it if you can. In the meantime, I encourage you to gather your family around your computer to watch Cud.
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Calendula (/kəˈlɛndjuːlə/)[1] is a genus of about 15–20 species[2] of annual and perennial herbaceous plants in the daisy family Asteraceae that are often known as marigolds.[3]:771 They are native to southwestern Asia, western Europe, Macaronesia, and the Mediterranean. Other plants are also known as marigolds, such as corn marigold, desert marigold, marsh marigold, and plants of the genus Tagetes. The genus name Calendula is a modern Latin diminutive of calendae, meaning "little calendar", "little clock" or possibly "little weather-glass".[4] The common name "marigold" [4] refers to the Virgin Mary. The most commonly cultivated and used member of the genus is the pot marigold (Calendula officinalis). Popular herbal and cosmetic products named 'calendula' invariably derive from C. officinalis.
|field marigold (Calendula arvensis)
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Traditional and ancient usesEdit
Calendula species have been used traditionally as culinary and medicinal herbs. The petals are edible and can be used fresh in salads or dried and used to color cheese or as a replacement for saffron. A yellow dye has been extracted from the flowers.[5]
Romans and Greeks used the golden calendula in many rituals and ceremonies, sometimes wearing crowns or garlands made from the flowers. One of its nicknames is "Mary's Gold," referring to the flowers' use in early Catholic events in some countries. Calendula flowers are sacred flowers in India and have been used to decorate the statues of Hindu deities since early times.[6]
Calendula ointments are skin products available for use on minor cuts, burns, and skin irritation;[7] however, evidence of their effectiveness is weak.[7][8]
The flowers of C. officinalis contain flavonol glycosides, triterpene oligoglycosides, oleanane-type triterpene glycosides, saponins, and a sesquiterpene glucoside.[9][10]
Pharmacological effectsEdit
Calendula oil is still used medicinally. The oil of C. officinalis is used as an anti-inflammatory and a remedy for healing wounds.[11]
Plant pharmacological studies have suggested that Calendula extracts have antiviral, antigenotoxic, and anti-inflammatory properties in vitro.[12] In herbalism, Calendula in suspension or in tincture is used topically for treating acne, reducing inflammation, controlling bleeding, and soothing irritated tissue.[13][14] Limited evidence indicates Calendula cream or ointment is effective in treating radiation dermatitis.[15][16] Topical application of C. officinalis ointment has helped to prevent dermatitis and pain; thus reducing the incidence rate of skipped radiation treatments in randomized trials.[14]
Calendula has been used traditionally for abdominal cramps and constipation.[17] In experiments with rabbit jejunum, the aqueous-ethanol extract of C. officinalis flowers was shown to have both spasmolytic and spasmogenic effects, thus providing a scientific rationale for this traditional use.[17] An aqueous extract of C. officinalis obtained by a novel extraction method has demonstrated antitumor (cytotoxic) activity and immunomodulatory properties (lymphocyte activation) in vitro, as well as antitumor activity in mice.[12]
Calendula plants are known to cause allergic reactions,[18][19] and should be avoided during pregnancy.[18]
Culinary useEdit
Calendula species have been used in cooking for centuries. The flowers were a common ingredient in German soups and stews, which explains the nickname "pot marigold". The lovely golden petals were also used to add color to butter and cheese. The flowers are traditional ingredients in Mediterranean and Middle Eastern dishes. Calendula tea provides health benefits, as well as being delicious.[20]
Dye useEdit
The flowers were once used as a source of dye for fabrics. By using different mordants, a variety of yellows, oranges and browns could be obtained.[20]
Species include:[21]
- Calendula arvensis (Vaill.) L. – field marigold, wild marigold
- Calendula denticulata Schousb. ex Willd.
- Calendula eckerleinii Ohle
- Calendula incana Willd.
- Calendula incana subsp. algarbiensis (Boiss.) Ohle
- Calendula incana subsp. maderensis (DC.) Ohle – Madeiran marigold
- Calendula incana subsp. maritima (Guss.) Ohle – sea marigold
- Calendula incana subsp. microphylla (Lange) Ohle
- Calendula lanzae Maire
- Calendula maritima Guss. - sea marigold
- Calendula maroccana (Ball) Ball
- Calendula maroccana subsp. maroccana
- Calendula maroccana subsp. murbeckii (Lanza) Ohle
- Calendula meuselii Ohle
- Calendula officinalis L. – pot marigold, garden marigold, ruddles, Scottish marigold
- Calendula palaestina Boiss.
- Calendula stellata Cav.
- Calendula suffruticosa Vahl
- Calendula suffruticosa subsp. balansae (Boiss. & Reut.) Ohle
- Calendula suffruticosa subsp. boissieri Lanza
- Calendula suffruticosa subsp. fulgida (Raf.) Guadagno
- Calendula suffruticosa subsp. lusitanica (Boiss.) Ohle
- Calendula suffruticosa subsp. maritima (Guss.) Meikle
- Calendula suffruticosa subsp. monardii (Boiss. & Reut.) Ohle
- Calendula suffruticosa subsp. tomentosa Murb.
- Calendula tripterocarpa Rupr.
Calendula suffruticosa ssp. fulgida
The endangered Calendula maritima
Calendula arvensis in full bloom
- ^ Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607
- ^ Calendula. Flora of China.
- ^ Stace, C. A. (2010). New Flora of the British Isles (Third ed.). Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521707725.
- ^ a b Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (6th ed.). United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. 2007. p. 3804. ISBN 978-0199206872.
- ^ Spotlight on Marigold. The Complete Herbal - Herbs and Herbal Remedies.
- ^ Doctor, Vikram (20 October 2017). "Marigold: The Mexican flower that has become a part of Indian festivals". Economic Times Blog. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ a b Calendula ointment entry in the public domain NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
- ^ Matthew J. Leach (2008). "Calendula officinalis and Wound Healing: A Systematic Review". Wounds. 20 (8).
- ^ Ukiya, M., et al. (2006). Anti-inflammatory, anti-tumor-promoting, and cytotoxic activities of constituents of pot marigold (Calendula officinalis) flowers. J Nat Prod. 69 1692-96.
- ^ Yoshikawa, M., et al. (2001). Medicinal flowers. III. Marigold.(1): hypoglycemic, gastric emptying inhibitory, and gastroprotective principles and new oleanane-type triterpene oligolycosides, calendasaponins A, B, C, and D, from Egyptian Calendula officinalis. Chem Pharm Bull. 49 863-70.
- ^ Okoh, O. O., et al. (2008). The effects of drying on the chemical components of essential oils of Calendula officinalis L. African Journal of Biotechnology 7(10) 1500-02.
- ^ a b Jimenez-Medina, E., et al. (2006). A new extract of the plant Calendula officinalis produces a dual in vitro effect: cytotoxic anti-tumor activity and lymphocyte activation. BMC Cancer. 6:6.
- ^ Duran, V; Matic, M; Jovanovć, M; Mimica, N; Gajinov, Z; Poljacki, M; Boza, P (2005). "Results of the clinical examination of an ointment with marigold (Calendula officinalis) extract in the treatment of venous leg ulcers". Int J Tissue React. 27 (3): 101–6. PMID 16372475.
- ^ a b Pommier, P., et al. (2004). Phase III randomized trial of Calendula officinalis compared with trolamine for the prevention of acute dermatitis during irradiation for breast cancer. J Clin Oncol. 22(8) 1447-53.
- ^ McQuestion, M. (2006). Evidence-based skin care management in radiation therapy. Semin Oncol Nurs. 22 163-73.
- ^ Bolderston, A., et al. (2006). The prevention and management of acute skin reactions related to radiation therapy: a systematic review and practice guideline. Support Care Cancer. 14 802-17
- ^ a b Bashir S, Janbaz KH, Jabeen Q et al. (2006). Studies on spasmogenic and spasmolytic activities of Calendula officinalis flowers. Phytother Res. 20:906-910.
- ^ a b "About Herbs, Botanicals & Other Products: Calendula". Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
- ^ Reider, N; Komericki, P; Hausen, BM; Fritsch, P; Aberer, W (2001). "The seamy side of natural medicines: Contact sensitization to arnica (Arnica montana L.) and marigold (Calendula officinalis L.)". Contact Dermatitis. 45 (5): 269–72. doi:10.1034/j.1600-0536.2001.450503.x. PMID 11722485.
- ^ a b "History of Calendula". Archived from the original on 2015-09-18.
Calendula has been used in cooking for centuries. The flowers were a common ingredient in German soups and stews, which explains the nickname "pot marigold." The lovely golden petals were also used to add color to butter and cheese. The flowers are traditional ingredients in Mediterranean and Middle Eastern dishes. Calendula tea provides health benefits as well as being delicious.
- ^ Flann, C (ed.). "Species of Calendula". Global Compositae Checklist. Retrieved 31 March 2011.


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Sunday, August 06, 2006
What Your Eighteen-Year Old Needs to Know
Along the lines of our high school lit discussion, here is a great post from Catholic Darwin.
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- Maureen said...
Oops, its Darwin Catholic, not Catholic Darwin. Sorry Mr. and Mrs. Darwin!
- Aug 7, 2006, 8:47:00 PM
- Joey said...
This is a wonderful list!! Thanks Mrs. Wittman!
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Wrangling WordPress: staying sane when you're trying to do it ALL yourself
With great self-publishing power comes great responsibility: and frustrations. Alison will soothe WordPress users with time-saving tips, techniques, community resources and humour. Ideal for anyone who uses WordPress or finds DIY in web overwhelming. We may even get philosophical.


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Year 2552. The Earth is no longer habitable since year 2401 due to the atmosphere collapse and temperature rise in planet Earth. Human race has been forced to live in the different colonized planets into the Solar System. This was called "The Second Exodus". After the "Enceladus Atmosphere Implementation Program" (EAIP) succeeded in year 2295, Saturn's moon ENCELADUS turned into the most important human colony into the Solar System altogether with Titan's. Even though the extreme cold conditions are still uncontrollable in a 40% of Enceladus, there's liquid water produced during the EAIP in a almost a 35% of its surface, enabling the proper ecosystem for human being subsistence and many other life forms... Due to its perfect gravity conditions (very similar to the Earth's) after the EAIP, ENCELADUS colony became a planet of interest to Aperture Laboratories to develop its more ambitious testing program, The Enceladus Initiative.
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And now Jared Bernstein weighs in with a much more fun way of saying the same thing.
The President's offer to cut spending on Medicare and Social Security is confusing some conservatives. In the past, they've of course labeled such cuts a sign of Seriousness but his budget caught them off balance...Bernstein then goes on to point out how Rep. Walden earned himself a primary challenge from the Club for Growth for his remarks and ends with this.
Anyway, initial responses ranged from the incoherent—"I don't see this as fundamental entitlement reform as much as clarifying a statistic which does happen to save money" (Paul Ryan)—to the opportunistic "Let's set aside our differences and come together on things we can agree on" (Eric Cantor saying let's do CPI but not the higher tax revenues in the budget)—to the faux-outraged House GOP campaign chair Greg Walden who labeled the President's budget a "shocking attack on seniors."
Here Walden's just engaging in standard guerilla tactics and he gets thrown under the bus for taking a position that is suspiciously close to Bernie Sanders. It's starting to look like Sneetches on the beaches around here, folks!If you don't get the Dr. Seuss reference to "Sneetches," check out the link. Its hilarious.


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Coming out is all about being authentic: celebrate this National Coming Out Day with a laugh!
In honor of National Coming Out Day, I thought I'd stir up the pot and go a little rogue. You see, there are times that, as the Coming Out Coach, I think it's wrong to come out of the closet. Not because you'll lose friends, possibly be fired in 29 states, or maybe even contract an STD (that never happens to heterosexuals).
Believe it or not, I actually have ten other reasons why you should definitely not come out of the closet. However, before I divulge them, I want to give you an email address to send your hate mail after you read this article. Please send all correspondence to email@example.com. Excellent; shall we move on?
Coming out is a very personal decision that, honestly, should be kept entirely to yourself. Nobody else really needs to know about your fantasies regarding people of the same sex (they're gross) and it makes people uncomfortable when they hear stories about homosexual attractions; queasy, even, if we're talking about two guys. Lesbians, on the other hand, aren't quite as bad on account of women being the inferior sex and simply not knowing any better. It's a stroke to the heterosexual male's ego to imagine being catered to sexually by two women who are also satisfying each other in front of his eyes. That's just one shade off of hetero-normative and is completely acceptable: ladies, feel free to make out with each other. Yet, I digress from the focus of this article.
10 Great Reasons Not To Come Out Of The Closet:
1. It makes everyone else so much more comfortable if you don't come out.
It's your duty in life to ensure that what you do in the comfort of your own home doesn't affect others — and don't you forget it. Your role is to make every one else comfortable with how you live your life.
2. Politicians are already too overwhelmed.
It's hard enough to balance a budget, let alone stop bickering over special interests, so by staying in the closet and not adding another member to the "gay agenda" you're giving politicians a little more peace of mind. It's your patriotic duty, really.
3. No one needs to get hurt except you.
Even though you appear to be a "married heterosexual" with two kids, the fact that you're actually a miserable married heterosexual with two kids suppressing your homosexual tendencies is affecting only you. No need to drive your spouse and the kiddos into therapy. Let's keep it simple, cut down on mental health expenses, and just let those little voices in your head drive you crazy. It's cheaper that way.
4. For men only: Undergear models will still have a job if you stay in the closet.
If you guys come out of the closet, those perfectly chiseled Undergear male models would no longer have closeted fans hoarding away their catalogues! Hello: no catalogues means no models, no postage, no printing, no film shoots, no photographers... you get the drift. You come out of the closet and you cause unemployment. Do you really want that kind of responsibility?
5. For women only: the heterosexual male ego won't be traumatized if you stay in the closet.
Men are very insecure; we all know this. That's why they have to thump their chests, grunt and constantly prove their masculinity. If lesbians keep coming out, these poor straight guys will go crazy trying to figure out why they can't turn you the other direction. Don't be selfish, lesbians.
6. Honesty, integrity and authenticity are overrated.
Even though "coming out" is a mark of honesty, integrity, authenticity and an assortment of other "high-value" words, all these feelings and characteristics are overrated. You're really not going to feel any better. It's just a myth coming from the millions of gays and lesbians who are already out. They're actually quite miserable and wish they hadn't been so honest. Keep reading...
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Introduction: Easter Prank: Where DO Peeps Come From?
peepsMy prank combines surprise and misdirection to deliver Easter laughs. Using this Instructable, you can create an ordinary egg or Easter egg with a peep inside.
For readers outside the U.S.A., peeps are shaped marshmallows dyed and coated with colored sugar. They began as Easter treats, in the shape of yellow baby chicks and pink bunnies. Then came orange Halloween peeps and green Christmas trees. I'm sure there are peep mad scientists out there inventing new shapes for new holidays even as we speak.
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Step 1: Getting Ready
You will need:
A pokey thing - ice pick (best), toothpick, clean, long finish nail, or similar.
A bowley thing - cup or bowl big enough to hold the egg guts.
Two sticky things - a Popsicle stick and a piece of clear cellophane tape - you'll use about 1" or so.
A flexy thing - an index card or similar paper stock. It needs to be flexible enough to fold up yet still spring back, and firm enough to provide a little support.
A spackly thing - to camouflage the holes you will make, you'll need white spackle, plaster of paris, white glue (such as Elmer's), or whiteout.
For each "surprise" you'll need:
An extra-large or jumbo egg (raw) - If you want to make an Easter egg surprise, you'll need to dye the (raw) egg before using it. A better idea is to paint the eggs afterward, using acrylic or tempura paints. You can leave them white, depending on how you're going to deliver them.
A peep - try to find long and narrow yellow chicks
You'll also need a place to work and a lot of patience. I'd recommend doing 3-4 eggs at once. With any luck, you'll have one to make mistakes on, one that looks ok, and one that looks pretty good.
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Step 2: Prep the Eggs
Using the pokey thing, carefully put a hole in the top (narrowest) and bottom of the egg. You can enlarge the bottom hole just a little bit at this time.
Blow gently into the top hole so the egg goops out the bottom. Oh yeah, it's supposed to go in the bowley thing, not the table. You may need to poke far enough into the top or bottom hole to break the yoke - I didn't, others have said they had to. Hollow each egg now.
Set the egg goop side. Using cool water, gently rinse the inside of the eggs. Swirl the water around and dump it out the bottom. Voice of Experience: warm water will cause the egg white to congeal, and you'll never get it out. If you're not planning on eating the peep, you don't have to be too picky.
Set the eggs aside to fully dry - if you are impatient, use a hair dryer to speed the process. Voice of Experience - if they're not fully dry inside, the sugar and color will bleed off and the peep will smear.
While you're waiting for the eggs to dry, why not have a nice omelet? Don't be sqeamish, you didn't really think eggs came out of the EggBusters carton, did you?
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Step 3: Peep the Eggs
When the eggs are fully dry, take a small piece of tape. Using the ice pick, or a Popsicle stick place the tape inside the egg against the top hole. Again, if you're not eating the peep, you don't have to be too picky. If you are, you want a good seal so that whatever you use to hide the hole does not leak into the egg.
Enlarge the bottom hole just enough to get the peep in. I'd suggest between the size of a dime and nickel for the first one, then play it by ear. Remember the peep is springy - you're going to compress it as you put it in. Be vary careful around the edges of the hole - they flake easily. If you paint the inside of the egg with white glue, it will be stronger. I have not tried this.
Gently roll the peep between your hands. You want to compress it slightly, without knocking off the sugar or permanently distorting it.
Carefully feed the peep into the egg, pinching each bit before it goes through the hole. A friend suggested putting tape around the outside of the hole while stuffing, then removing it afterwards. I have not tried this.
When the peep is completely in the egg (by the second or third egg :-) ), cut a small strip of index card and feed it into the hole. Using the ice pick, position it so it covers as much of the hole as practical. It will provide backing for the camouflage on the bottom of the egg.
Using your spackley stuff, fill the top hole of the eggs. It's better to have a little too much than too little, but way too much is worse. Read that sentence until it makes sense.
Set the eggs aside. Go have a glass of orange juice and practice deep breathing - you were holding your breath for most of this step.
When the top hole is dry, fill the bottom hole. Get it as close a possible, but it doesn't have to be perfect - that's where the misdirection comes in.
When the top and bottom are dry, remove the excess spackley stuff. When I use spackle, I wet my finger and lightly rub the area. Don't take off too much at any one time - repeat the process as necessary.
Step 4: Delivery
When the eggs are dry and as smooth as you'd like, you're ready for the real fun.
You want the element of surprise, and you want to keep the mark from having time to examine the egg. Here are a few suggested methods.
I was cooking breakfast with my sons. I casually asked, "Do you suppose peeps are laid by giant marshallow chickens?" We joked about that, and off course, they observed that since rabbits didn't lay eggs, rabbit peeps must be poop from a marshmallow rabbit. (Boys are like that.) I handed the egg to my oldest to crack into the bowl. The look on his face when the peep fell out was priceless.
Another time, I hide a colored peep egg under a cloth on an easy chair. When a friend plopped down in the chair, I said, "Oh my gosh - I hid one of the kids' eggs there!" He jumped up, flipped the cloth off, and laughed his a** off when he saw the peep.
If you're sitting around with friends, say "Think fast!" and whip the egg at the mark. It'll either explode in his hand, or on his chest. (Be sure it is a he - boys think this is funny, many wives do not. Girls are like that.)
Hide the egg in the bottom of the Easter basket. When the mark finds it, distract them by asking a question as they break it. I suggest, "Why do we celebrate the saving sacrifice of our lord and savior by biting the heads off of chocolate bunnies?"
Step 5: Epilogue
A friend suggested filling a painted egg with jelly beans or malted milk eggs.
A few peeps go a long way. Each of my boys wants his own box of every kind of peep the store has. Then they eat about two peeps a day until they get crunchy.
Sorry for the stock pix. This is pretty messy, and my wife is picky about "her" camera.
To those of you complaining about my spelling, incorrect homonyms (to, too). Lighten up go read W.F. Buckley or H.L. Mencken if you want to worship the English language. (Pedants are like that).
If the fact that I use "carefully" and "gently" 50 times on every step bothers you, try the Instructable and it will make sense.
Be nice.
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ok, cool idea and all and i bet the kids love it but if you eat the peep, couldnt you get salmonella since you arent actually getting ALL of the raw egg out of the shell? (only what "ploops" out)?
As men do like to burn things, a suggestion for your "crunchy" peeps. They make the most delicious treat when roasted over fire aka marshmallows on sticks. I hate peeps too, but they are scrumptious that way!
Option 2: You can put two of the "crunchy" peeps into a microwave about 3 inches away from each other and about 5 inches away from the walls of the microwave. You can then stick a toothpick into each of the peeps, making sure to leave about an inch of toothpick sticking out of each peep. turn on your microwave for about 1 minute. For those of us who know about the affects of microwaves on microscopic air bubbles (such as those found in marshmallows) then you know that microwaving peeps will cause them to expand 5 fold. The first peep to stab the other with it's toothpick wins. Tada!!! Peep Jousting!
My kids loved the idea. They are all preteen and up so it was great fun. I was also able to teach a principle in our home school and they did not know they were learning. thanks for the fantastic afternoon with my kids.
mwuahahahahaha! ; )
An eggcellent instructable too
Peep torture!!!!!!! I'm calling PETA. :)
I personally love them when they are stale! YUM!
you can also go kinder style and make it into a egg shaped chocolate
I have seen those for sale in Alabama last Easter!
Mmmmmm look at all the marshmellowy goodness.
sweet. I'm totally doing this to my cousins!
As I'm currently observing at a clinic far away from my college friends this semester, the days leading up to the first of April have been nothing short of torture, as I was accustomed to pulling plenty of pranks in their midst. Searching high and low for a trick that could be made at home and then mailed through the postal system without causing suspicion (or a bomb threat, at worst), I thought I wouldn't find anything in time for the occasion. However, thanks to you, this will not be the case. :D
I did this when I went camping with my scout troop. My friends sister, her firend, and my friends mom were in the cabin. i told them we were having an egg fight and they should come out. I pulled out the egg yelled think fast and whipped it at the girls. you should have seen their faces when the peep popped out of the smashed egg. Priceless.
Awesome! My mom got some peeps that look like flat little frogs and cows (who thinks of this stuff?) I'll have to try this next easter.
I don't get it...
+1 points. This is a very original prank. Using that spackle stuff is a great idea.
Super cool idea. I hate Peeps, I will try mine with jelly beans. Thanks!
sounds amazing - i cant wait to try this one! i would love it if you could add some pictures to the steps though, i would like to see how big the hole is and so on.