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I am SO looking forward to getting together with my downline and my friends for this SAS. I haven't seen some of them since I was at my last job.. which I left last year! YAY for old friends!
But onto my card... This card uses the Big shot in a BIG way.. It is using the movers and shapers die with the holiday windows (from the Holiday mini). The ornament window along with the gold embossing gives this card a little elegance.
Enjoy! I hope to create another card tomorrow and post! see you then!
Thursday, September 24
Third Christmas SAS card
I am SO looking forward to getting together with my downline and my friends for this SAS. I haven't seen some of them since I was at my last job.. which I left last year! YAY for old friends!
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Wednesday, September 23
Second Card for Christmas SAS
Here is the second card for the Christmas SAS on October 23rd in Gurnee, Illinois. This card features one of the "single" stamps (and one of the best selling!) Dasher. Isn't he a lovely Reindeer?
Also on this card is the new shimmer paint Champagne Mist. It just adds a special touch to this simple card.
The card uses the Christmas Cocoa Designer paper. It has a light shimmer with the pretty white snowflakes. All of this on a Soft Suede base.
Come back tomorrow for another Christmas card from the SAS! :)
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Tuesday, September 22
October 23rd- Christmas SAS
Hi! A coming up event for my customers is a Christmas Stamp-A-Stack. For $30 you will make 20 cards and a pack of Christmas tags (envelopes included). This event is in Gurnee Illinois. So drop me an email if you are interested in coming!
The first card is uses my new favorite accessory- the pretty petals embossing folder for the Big Shot. A little ribbon, some ink, paper and punches.. and Voila! a cute card for Christmas! It's a little elegant too.. which I like for the Holidays.
Stay Tuned! I'll post the second card tomorrow.. Til then!
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Wednesday, July 8
Stampin' Up Big Shot Die Pack Giveaway!
Stampin' Up just released it's latest catalog.. as you can see on the side of my blog! It has SO many new and cute items! Particularly in the Big Shot Die section! woo hoo! I am a HUGE Big shot fan. I love mine!
Stampin' Addicts is giving away a Big Shot Die pack as part of the Stampin' Up Summer Celebration. Just click here: Stampin' Addicts Big Shot Die Giveaway and you can enter to win!
Happy Stampin & Die Cutting :)
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Tuesday, May 12
Recipe Swap 2
So here is my second swap from the SA Recipe Swap that we did back in March:
This was a fun page to create. I played with the shaving cream technique to make the "fluff". The recipe is tucked behind the cup of fluff with a ribbon pullout tab. I used the Raspberry Tart paper to create the bowl and coordinating cardstock to make the page.
Back soon! L
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Monday, May 11
Recipe Swap
So glad that SO MANY of you enjoyed our recent blog hop! I enjoyed making all those lovely projects. The planner has been such a big help for me.. especially for helping me keep my convention swaps organized!!
Speaking of swaps... back in March, I hosted a 6x6 Recipe Swap. This was so much fun to see how creative my demo friends could be. Here's what I came up with:
I had just gotten back from a week in Arizona- 3 days of which were in the Red Rocks of Sedona.. so I think you see my inspiration. We had also gone on a Pink Jeep Tour so to have the dog driving a jeep in my page was "Perfect!" to me!
This was such fun to me.. lots of tearing! The second picture shows the recipe card that is tucked in behind the red rock plateau in my pic!
I'll post again tomorrow with the other page that I did for this swap! so much fun that I had to do two pages!
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Friday, May 8
Parade of Papers Blog Hop!
Welcome to Stop #23 in the Stampin' Addicts Parade of Papers Blog Hop! I am showcasing my absolute favorite paper of this catalog- Juntos!
Haven't seen it? Well that's because it's been hiding in Celebrando Creatividad- The Spanish Catalog! I saw it in the catalog at convention last summer and it was on my first order! I love the fall colors and the simple elegance of the paper. It features Ruby Red, Really Rust, More Mustard and Always Artichoke.. it's autumn-licious! Yes, I know that's not a word.. but hey, it's my blog! I can make up words if I want right?? :)
My first two projects are very simple cards. The both feature the stamp sets Thoughts & Prayers and Full of Life. I also used the Photo Corner Punch and the Key Tag Punch. The Many Marvellous Markers were used to color the tree and branches with several colors:
I also created a 8 1/2 by 8 1/2 scrapbook page featuring my pretty girl, Nina, taking a rest in the leaves. We had played pretty hard, but I think a squirrel caught her eye! On this page I used the Sissix letters- Serif Essentials and also the Leaves #2 dies. My favorite parts of this page are the three strips of "scraps" (other than my Nina girl) running under the picture. I was going to toss them, but thought they were too pretty to throw away.. glad I didn't!
And my final project with Juntos is my Daily Planner. I worked on this for quite awhile, but it is now a finished product! It features the same stamp sets as the cards and also the Scallop Oval Sissix Die and the Serif Essential letters.
I made individual tabs with the Round Tab Punch for all my different categories. I also used the Calendar Stamp and It's a Plan stamp set to finish all the pages in my planner. I use this planner every day... although somehow.. I am still not organized.. well, at least I have somewhere to write my disorganized thoughts!
Hope you enjoyed the Juntos stop on the tour at Paper and Paws!
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Tuesday, May 5
Be On the Lookout
Stampin' Up has a FANTASTIC special this month on their Designer Papers for National Scrapbooking month.. Buy Three, get one FREE!! woo hoo! To showcase all these wonderful papers, 24 demonstrators, including myself, are doing a Blog Hop! The Stampin' Addicts Parade of Papers Blog Hop!
We have all chosen a different packet of designer paper to showcase in 3 to 5 projects. I am excited about the paper I have chosen- Juntos. It is from the Spanish Catalog. The paper is so beautiful and it is in my favorite autumn colors! Well check back in here on Friday to see all the goodies I have made for you!
In addition to the paper special, you can join Stampin' Up this month for $75. This special showcases the best of scrapbooking that Stampin' Up offers. All in honor of National Scrapbooking Month. So drop me a note today if you want to join during this special. It's never been this low before.. and may never be again!
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Tuesday, March 31
Hello! It's been awhile!
Well life has been a little hectic.. I've been in NY, NJ and the Netherlands in the last month AND on vacation in Arizona- which was like heaven! :) Just a few too many airplane rides for my liking! But now I am back at home and back in the stamp room...
So for some reason, I wanted to try crackled glass.. just thought it would be fun! lookie:
Here is a close up of the crackled glass:
I watercolored the flowers with a blender pen and ink in the top of the stamp pad, covered the paper in versamark and embossed it twice this way.
Supplies: Stamps- Fifth Avenue Flowers, Much Appreciated
Paper- Baja Breeze, Whisper White, Not Quite Navy
Ink- Not Quite Navy, Versamark
Other- Silver Hodgepodge, Designer Paper Punch, Satin Stripe Ribbon, Clear embossing powder, Glassy Glaze embossing powder
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Author: Jain
Pairing: Tachibana/Kanda
Rating: G
Summary: Eiji surprises Tachibana.
Written for 14 Valentines: Women's Health.
"Hey, old man!" Eiji called, ignoring Ono's disapproving look. Of course, the fact that Ono's disapproval was an imperfect mask for his amusement might have had something to do with why Eiji had never bothered to curb his rudeness.
Tachibana gritted his teeth. "What?"
"You think I could go early tonight? I've got this thing."
Eiji was almost jittering with suppressed excitement, and Tachibana narrowed his eyes. "Are you haring off to France again?"
"No," Eiji said. "Jeez, I'd give you a little more warning if I were doing something like that."
Which Tachibana knew, really, but Eiji had never asked to be let go early before. And Eiji wouldn't refer to a personal emergency as a "thing," so it wasn't a completely illogical leap to go from an evening off to a weekend in France. Despite knowing his employee pretty well by this point, Tachibana honestly couldn't imagine why else he would have made his request. Unless...
"Do you have a date?"
"Nah," Eiji said. Then he thought a moment. "Well, yeah, kind of. I guess you could call it a date."
Ono didn't look shocked at Eiji's revelation, so they'd obviously been gossiping in the kitchen again. Tachibana hid his own surprise behind a mask of disinterest. After an all too brief period of thinking of Eiji as a starry-eyed kid, he'd been forced to reevaluate and start thinking of him as a ladykiller who bizarrely had no interest in the ladies. And now Eiji was going out with a woman on a Thursday, and Tachibana didn't know if he was supposed to tease him or encourage him or ignore the whole situation. His brief stab of jealousy at being the only one in the bakery who couldn't get a date, now that Chikage was gone, finally decided the matter.
"Did you take out the trash, at least?"
"Ten minutes ago. Right under your nose. Don't tell me you need prescription glasses, now, too."
"You know, insulting me probably isn't the best way to get me to agree to your request," Tachibana pointed out. Instantly, Eiji's face assumed a mock-respectful expression. Ono hid a giggle behind his hand.
Tachibana sighed. "Fine. If Ono doesn't need you for anything else, you're free to go."
Eiji turned a more persuasively respectful face towards Ono, who smiled and said, "This is the last tray I needed to prepare tonight, and I can easily finish it myself. Go right ahead, Kanda. Have fun!"
"Thanks, Ono-sensei! See you later, old man!" Eiji stripped off his apron and jacket and dropped them in the laundry basket, grabbed his backpack, and was out the door in less than two minutes.
Tachibana made an annoyed sound, now that Eiji wasn't around to be witness to his disgruntlement.
"He wouldn't make fun of you if he didn't feel comfortable around you," Ono said.
"You mean, he wouldn't make fun of me if he weren't an obnoxious little brat," Tachibana corrected.
Ono's face broke into a smile. "Well, yes, that, too."
Tachibana shook his head. It was a lucky thing that Eiji idolized Ono, or there really would be no living with him.
There was paperwork to do after the Antique closed, but Tachibana uncharacteristically decided that most of it could wait until the following day. He locked up the bakery and set out for his apartment. He usually had dinner as soon as he came home from work, but he didn't feel like cooking quite yet. Instead, he sank down onto his sofa and flipped through the channels until he reached the news.
Five minutes later, there was a knock on the door.
"Hi," Eiji said when Tachibana answered it. "Happy birthday."
Tachibana stared at him.
"I brought you something," Eiji continued, lifting one of the covered plastic trays they used for deliveries, and Tachibana remembered himself enough to invite Eiji into his apartment.
Eiji made unerringly for the kitchen, where he began to unpack his present. "Ono-sensei's been teaching me how to make some savory dishes. These are petites quiches lorraines, and these are crepes filled with gruyere and mushrooms, and this is tomato aspic--which is gross, by the way, but Ono-sensei swears you like it--and these are croissants with a special shrimp filling created by Ono-sensei. Oh, and sensei chipped in with me to get you this," Eiji said, drawing an expensive bottle of single malt whiskey out of his coat pocket. "I made some extra food for Chikage, too, since he's always coming over here."
"Even for two people, this is a lot of food," Tachiban observed.
"Well...I was thinking that if you didn't want to be alone for your birthday, I could eat dinner with you. It's okay if you don't want to, though."
To Tachibana's surprise, it actually sounded like a fine idea, and he soon had the two of them settled at his table with a beer for Eiji and a tumbler of whiskey for himself. The food was incredible, and Eiji accepted Tachibana's grudging praise with a pleased smile.
"I assume Ono told you when my birthday was?" Tachibana said.
Eiji shook his head. "Chikage did."
"And he kept all this a secret?" Tachibana asked incredulously.
"Ono told him that there wasn't any point in making you a birthday cake, since you didn't like sweets," Eiji said. "We didn't tell him about your present. Though I'm pretty sure that Ono wants the four of us to go out for lunch tomorrow, so that Chikage won't feel left out."
"I get to pick the restaurant," Tachibana said immediately, because he knew his employees, and even his birthday might not be enough reason to make them act like civilized human beings.
"Well, duh," Eiji said.
Tachibana rolled his eyes. No doubt they'd have an argument over the restaurant tomorrow, anyway. "Even without involving Chikage, I'm surprised that the two of you managed to hide this from me. I was really convinced that you had a date." Or was leaving for France, but Tachibana continued to assert that that wasn't so farfetched an idea.
"Yeah, about that," Eiji said, and then paused for a long moment, staring at Tachibana's wall. "Look, you know how I don't date women anymore?" he asked finally, and waited for Tachibana's answer, as though anyone could forget his young, cute employee inexplicably admitting to celibacy.
"Yes," Tachibana said.
"Well, it really is true that I don't miss sex. But I've been realizing, you know, that the only real friend I have is my adopted father. Well, and Ono-sensei, but sensei's always busy with his boys when he's not at the bakery, and anyway, we don't have very much in common."
"You and I don't have very much in common, either," Tachibana pointed out.
"We're both alone," Eiji said quietly.
Tachibana's heart started hammering wildly in his chest. At first it really had sounded as though Eiji were only looking for a friend--absurd though it might be that he would consider Tachibana for the role--but now it sounded as though... "You could date Ono," he said desperately, thinking of nothing but how to get Eiji to stop considering him as a candidate for a romantic relationship.
Eiji shook his head. "I'm not his type, remember?"
"You're not my type, either."
"That's not true," and before Tachibana could argue that it most certainly was, Eiji started ticking off points on his fingers. "You don't want to have sex with men, and I'm not interested in sex at all. You wouldn't expect me to do romantic things for you, which is good, because I'm awful at that kind of stuff. You don't mind that I work long hours and that I'd rather bake than do anything else. And...you trust me. I think."
All of which was undeniably true, and some of the tight, panicked feeling started to leave Tachibana's chest. "So, you're proposing that we enter a relationship together, but you don't want to do anything...physical."
Eiji shrugged. "I wouldn't mind kissing you, I think, but we don't have to do that if you don't want to. And I'm okay with sleeping with you--I mean really sleeping, not sex--if that would make you...happy."
Tachibana truly was going to figure out a way to stop Chikage from spreading details about his personal life someday.
Eiji looked at the expression on his face and said, very quietly, "I dream about boxing sometimes. Or about being left behind. One's a happy dream and the other's sad, but they both make me cry."
Eiji was almost obstreperously honest, but he also had a tendency to avoid talking about himself, and Tachibana found himself oddly touched by this quiet revelation, which Eiji had shared for no other reason than to lessen Tachibana's embarrassment. "Hold still," he said, standing up and crossing to Eiji's side of the table. Eiji looked at him with curious eyes, but did as Tachibana had asked, which was good. Tachibana didn't think that he could do this, otherwise.
He placed one hand on the back of Eiji's chair to steady himself and leaned down to press their lips together. Eiji's mouth was soft and warm and tasted faintly of gruyere, all of which were fine things in Tachibana's book. There was some small part of him that was panicking over kissing another man, but Eiji didn't try to grab him or even to deepen the kiss, and slowly Tachibana felt himself relax.
"Okay, we can try it," Tachibana said when he finally broke the kiss, and when Eiji smiled at him, Tachibana let himself smile back.

subset: commoncrawl


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Weekly Inspiration
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
~1 Corinthians 13:4–7 (NIV84)
Family Closeness
Question web
You will need a ball of wool for this game. Make sure there is nothing on your table that could be knocked over. Whoever starts must hold onto the end of the wool and throw the ball to someone around the table. They then ask a question for that person to answer. Some suggestions are listed below. Once the question is answered they hold onto the string and throw to someone else around the table and asks them a question. See how many time you can go around your table before your web is tricky to hold.
- If you had a time machine that would work only once, what point in the
- future or in history would you visit?
- If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go?
- If your house was burning down, what three objects would you try and save?
- If you could talk to any one person now living, who would it be and why?
- If you HAD to give up one of your senses (hearing, seeing, feeling, smelling,
- tasting) which would it be and why?
- If you were an animal, what would you be and why?
- Do you have a pet? If not, what sort of pet would you like?
- Name a gift you will never forget?
- Name one thing you really like about yourself.
- What's your favourite thing to do in the summer?
Idea and questions by Grahame Knox www.insight.typepad.co.uk
Questions for stimulating discussion in your family.
- What makes you angry?
- What do you do when you are angry?
- How do you stop yourself from doing the wrong thing when you are angry?
With your family read: Luke 4.21-30
Questions for Discussion:
- How did the people respond to Jesus at first?
- How did they feel after he had finished speaking?
- What made them angry?
Prayer and Celebration
Balloon Prayer
There are two ways you might use this idea to pray. Both involve writing words in permanent marker on a balloon. The first way involves your family writing one or two words naming the things or people they wish to pray for at different places over the balloon. When you have finished doing this toss the balloon around the dinner table. The words that your hands touch or a near to when you catch the balloon are the things that person must pray about. The second way uses the same method but instead of things to pray for write down different types of prayer like: praise, thanksgiving, asking, confession, waiting. Whatever your hands land on that is the type of prayer your family must do – this probably works best if everyone takes turns at each individual type of prayer.
As a family or in your church think about how you might bless the lives of those who live around you. Reflect on those people in your local area, who may be your neighbours or go to church with you, who serve in the community. Examples might be teachers or police officers, charity or emergency workers. Think of ways that you might let them know they are valued. This could include small things like making a thank you card together as a family or making a biscuit or cake for them to take to work to share. How often do we stop to thank those who look after us every day, who take risks for us or do jobs that really aren't that pleasant? Acting in this way builds habits of thankfulness and empathy in ourselves and our children.
Family Time
Geocaching can be a great family activity that will take you to places you have never seen while solving puzzles at the same time. It is almost like a giant game of hide and seek. If you have never heard of it before check out: Geocaching.com
(This material is based on and draws from earlier Faithful Families emails by Stephen Harrison & Richard Browning: An Unless Ideas Production.) Unless otherwise noted all material on this blog is copyright Stephen Harrison and Richard Browning


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Brian Urlacher was back practicing in a helmet and pads on Friday for the first time since pulling a hamstring late in the Dec. 2 to loss to the Seattle Seahawks in Soldier Field. But his return to the middle linebacker spot this Sunday remains officially doubtful.
Urlacher sprinted away from questions with the requisite, Got to go get treatment, and that is still the case with an injury that has cost him three games already and has thrown his Chicago future under a cloud.
MORE: Bears know wounded Lions are still dangerous
He was able officially to practice on a limited basis, which is progress, said coach Lovie Smith. Were going to look at how he moved around Friday and see how he feels after today.
Urlacher and the Bears had hoped he would be able to take the field for what now is a make-or-break game against the Detroit Lions. But Urlacher did not take part in the light work on Wednesday or Thursday and although Smith said Urlacher is the level and type of player who would not need practice to be game-ready, a hamstring injury is susceptible to re-injury.
Running back Armando Allen remained out of practice with a knee injury and will not be ready for Detroit. Linebacker Blake Costanzo (calf) and safety Chris Conte (hamstring) also did not practice again and will miss the Lions.
MORE: Win one for the...Lovie?
But running back Matt Forte, who employed a multitude of treatments including acupuncture to heal his sprained ankle, is expected to be full go for the Lions.
Same with Jonathan Scott, back starting at right tackle after missing the Arizona game with a hamstring injury.
The Detroit Lions practiced on Friday without wide receiver Calvin Johnson, resting ankle and knee pains. Johnson will play Sunday in his quest to get the last 108 yards he needs to post the NFLs first 2,000-yard receiving season.
Defensive end Kyle Vanden Bosch was given a veterans day off from work and defensive tackle Sammie Hill (foot) did not practice.
But tight end Brandon Pettigrew, who has missed the last two games with an ankle sprain, was able to get some practice time, as was safety Louis Delmas (knee).


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Well this past Monday I headed over to the Irvine Spectrum with Jamie. She was going to go shopping while I went over to the Apple store to see what the line looked like for the new Iphone 3G. All the local AT&T stores were sold out of phones since they launched on Friday, and said they weren't sure when they would get more in.
Walking up to the store the line didn't look too bad so I told Jamie to go do her thing and I'd call her with any updates. The line was only about 8 people outside, but still pondered if the phone was worth waiting in line for. Its not like Apple is going to discontinue the phone in a week and it won't be available, but there is always that voice in every guys head that tells you that you need the latest and greatest NOW!
After an hour of talking to the others in line about their current Iphones an Apple employee greeted me and I was under way. The whole time in line one employee kept giving updates on which models they still had and how many, and I think I may of squeezed out of there with one of the last 8GB phones. Good thing cuz I don't know if I could wait till the next day when they would get more in stock! What if the UPS truck crashed on the way there, and it delayed me in getting my phone till Wednesday!
All jokes aside, I'm glad that I was able to get the phone, and so far I am happy with it. My only gripe is that the battery life isn't that great. Coming from a plain flip phone where you could go without a charge for 8 days to this, it will take some getting used to. Today was my first time using it all day, started off with a full charge at 8am and the battery finally went out on me around 7pm today. This was with average use, text messages, AIM, some web browsing, email checking etc. I know that I will get more battery life out of the phone once I get over the honeymoon stage and stop picking it up every 3 minutes to check out what other applications I can download. I bought a car charge and plan on bringing an extra USB cable with me to work so that if need be I can just give it a quick charge. Here are a few quick tips that I've come across on the web and from friends to help prolong battery life:
1. Lower screen brightness
2. Turn off Wi-Fi unless you are using it.
3. Turn off Location
4. Stop picking up your iphone to see if someone sent you a text message. Its the 21st century, it will beep when someone wants to talk to you. It hasn't beeped because your friends are tired of texting you back on your new phone.
The new application tool is pretty sweet. Here is a snapshot (taken and sent with the iphone, hold down the Home button and press the sleep key).
Remote – Nice application you use with your home computer and Itunes. Turns your Iphone into a remote control for your ITunes. Only downside is that you have to have a WiFi connection for it to work.
AIM – Puts your AOL Instant Messenger right on your Iphone.
BoxOffice – Type in your zipcode and it gives you a listing of all the theaters in your area, and what movies are playing and when. You can also search by movie, and it will list what time it is playing at all your local theaters.
Restaurants – Has a list of about 20 or so popular food chains and tell you the nutritional facts on their full menu.
Scratch – While listening to any song in your Ipod you can scratch the song like a DJ.
PangeaVR – Has some really cool 3D images from around the world.
BofA – Look at all your Bank of America accounts, transfer funds, bill pay, etc.


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Her makeup though is perfect. SO much better than her makeup in that red dress in Cannes last week. What a face on this girl, for real.


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Ancient Hawaiian Values Energize High Tech Team
The Hawaii Medical Services Association, Hawaii's, largest health insurer, invited Kahu Silva to be a guest speaker and deliver the invocation opening their Information Technology Department meeting at HMSA's office on Ke`eaumoku St., Oahu. With customary ceremonial protocol, Kahu performed an honorific oli aloha (welcoming chant) to greet those in attendance and shared insights relating to the spiritual and cultural significance of "aloha" as a core value of the ancient Hawaiians. Kahu explained the origins of the Hawaiian term `ohana (family) and introduced the IT team to the concept of a "working `ohana, explaining that "`ohana" also means, "to gather together as a family for prayer." Using the traditional Hawaiian expression, "E pule kākou!" (Let us unite our hearts, spirit and energy as a family), Kahu began his traditional prayer offering to bless the occasion.
Kahu Silva sends a mahalo a nui loa to HMSA's IT team for the opportunity to help and for their warm response that followed from their spokesperson, "I am getting constant positive feedback and gratitude for having you come and bless our 'working ohana' as we move forward towards a new day with new possibilities."


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Isaiah 29 Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)
29 Woe to Ari'el [fireplace on God's altar, lion of God] —
5 But your many foes will become like fine powder,
7 Then, all the nations fighting Ari'el,
9 If you make yourselves stupid, you will stay stupid!
13 Then Adonai said:
"Because these people approach me with empty words,
15 Woe to those who burrow down deep
17 In but a little while the L'vanon
22 Therefore, here are the words of Adonai, who redeemed Avraham, concerning the house of Ya'akov:
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Let's get any mortality misconceptions out of the way.
I'm not obsessed with death.
I am obsessed with the passage of time.
During a lull in party conversation, I'm the guy who will start a sentence with, "Did you know it's been five years since…?"
I'm the living version of really annoying Google alert you forgot you created.
I love time's multi-pronged nature. How it chooses to remind us what once was will never be again, no matter how many of your high school friends you manage to drag out to a bar for one night with the sole purpose of forgetting that fact.
Sometimes it reveals itself slowly, like fog dissipating as you slowly realize you haven't heard this song in years but are somehow confidently singing 90 percent of the lyrics.
Most often, it unexpectedly arrives like a lightening bolt in the form of a TimeHop notification on Facebook (Yes, not so long ago you started your meaningless statuses with "is").
Then there's the reality-altering bombshells, causing the level of disbelief you had when you found out about the "Berenstein – Berenstain Bears" conspiracy (I swear I knew it as Berenstein).
This includes rediscovering "I'll Be Your Everything," a song produced by late-90s boyband Youngstown for the 1999 "Inspector Gadget" movie.
You may remember it. It was one of those six or seven songs Radio Disney ("We're all ears!") would play in the endless loop you'd force your parents to suffer through. The music video was a constant on the Disney Channel.
This is the song and lyrics you remember. The version our parents were perfectly fine with us listening to adnauseum.
How naive we were.
It took me until 2016 – 17 years later – to realize that wasn't the only version. In the original "non-Disney" version, "gadget" has a completely different meaning.
This was the same year Lou Bega released his song "Mambo No. 5." The tune that starts out with "Let's ride to the liquor store" and lists all the women Bega wants "a little bit of."
That was before Disney got a hold of it. It turned sent Bega to the "candy store," changed "gin and juice" to "ice cream" and made the list of women Bega desired into classic Disney characters.
Time likes to remind us it's still creeping along. No matter how it happens, it's always a surprise and every once in awhile, it's a pleasant one.
Since I turned 25 three months ago, the rate at which this occurs feels like it's grown exponentially.
Here are other ways life has taken it upon itself to remind me it's "been a few years."
- After doing the math I realized I'm older than my dad was when he saw "Top Gun" when it was first released 30 year ago.
- Last week, I watched the 2005 comedy "Wedding Crashers" on cable. It was broadcast in standard definition, black bars and all.
- Facebook's "Trending" topics thought it would be nice to let me know May 23rd was the 15th anniversary of the series finale of "Star Trek: Voyager."
- A one-month free trial to SiriusXM led to a lot of listening to the "Y2Kountry" station. I remember a lot more mid-2000s country music than I probably should.
- Every once in awhile I remind myself that my 10 year high school reunion is three years away.
- Random GIF sets on Tumblr from early 2000s animated movies I only saw once.
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Sinatra entered the University, but left without graduation and began to perform. A follow-up album named after the single topped the LP charts and went platinum. Early in 1956, he was back in the Top Ten with Cahn and Van Heusen's "(Love Is) The Tender Trap," the theme song from his new film, The Tender Trap. However, at the end of 40's, his popularity began to decline, while the wife divorced with Frank - it was followed by the short marriage to actress Ava Gardner, who was at the peak of fame for that period. Marriage On the RocksView in iTunes 17. In 1966, he married actress Mia Farrow, who was thirty years younger than him. You Make Me Feel So Young (Live At Royal Festival Hall / 1962)View in iTunes 2. In February 1943, Sinatra was hired by the popular radio series Your Hit Parade, on which he performed through the end of 1944. Discover and share new music, movies, TV, books, and more. Both went gold, as did Reprise's one-disc highlights version, Sinatra Reprise -- The Very Good Years. MGM was sufficiently impressed by these performances to put him under contract. As an artist, he worked to interpret America's greatest songs and to preserve them for later generations. In 1993, he re-signed to Capitol Records and recorded Duets, on which he re-recorded his old favorites, joined by other popular singers ranging from Tony Bennett to Bono of U2 (none of whom actually performed in the studio with him). Even having the deserved rest, the great showman recorded things that became smash hits, for example - track New York, New York (1980) and the entire vintage album She Shot Me Down. b2d0762948
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Four national schools throughout the Burren region are set to take on the Áitbheo Primary Programme for the new school term through to March, developed and delivered byBurrenbeo Trust.
The selected schools are Moy, Carran, Corofin and Ballyvaughan. Burrenbeo Trust has already guided five schools through Áitbheo last term, and has seen a high standard of engagement and interest in this new programme.
"Following the high standard of applications and seeing their potential, we're excited to be working with the chosen schools in exploring their local natural and cultural heritage, developing stewardship and pride of place, and learning from them in turn about their local areas" explains Áine Bird, Áitbheo coordinator.
"Áitbheo is delivered free to schools but costs Burrenbeo Trust about €1200 per school. While this is a significant investment from a small organisation, we believe it's an investment worth making – in the long term, the local community is best placed to protect its place."
The Áitbheo programme aims to increase awareness and foster appreciation of the wealth of natural and cultural heritage in one's place, with the school serving as a starting-point for investigating the local area. It offers a hands-on and fun learning experience, as well as encouraging independent research and debate, and developing key aspects of the literacy, numeracy, science, history and geography curricula.
On completion, the students graduate as certified Young Place Heroes, with a bank of knowledge and enthusiasm that they will carry with them for years to come. An evolved successor to the Ecobeo programme, through which over 1000 primary school children from across the Burren have graduated as 'Burren experts', Áitbheo is designed to work in schools throughout Ireland.


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A Good Fear
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Psalms 128 Blessed is everyone who fears the LORD, who walks in his ways...
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Two times in Psalm 128 we see that "fearing" the Lord is a good thing. "Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in his ways!" (vs.1). "Thus shall the man be blessed who fears the Lord" (vs. 4). So it's important for us to understand what "fearing" the Lord means. The most common definition or understanding is to be afraid, alarmed or concerned about danger. In my mind, that doesn't fit or really make sense here. What does make sense for me is fear meaning reverence, awe and respect.
So what does "fearing" the Lord mean to you? How do you demonstrate this to the Lord? What about to those around you? Tami W.
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Although a common quail of the desert Southwest, the Gambel's requires a lot of water. Generally sedentary, it moves short distances in the late summer to form coveys, usually comprising several family groups. It hybridizes with both California and scaled quails where their ranges overlap. Polytypic (2 ssp.; nominate in North America). Length 10".
Plump, short-tailed quail with gray plumage; prominent teardrop-shaped head plume or double plume in both sexes. Adult male: chestnut crown with black forehead and black throat; chestnut sides with whitish underparts with a black belly; gray upperparts. Adult female: similar to adult male but muted and lacking distinctive facial pattern. Head plume smaller. Juvenile: grayish brown overall and heavily mottled. Usually has a short head plume.
Similar Species
The California is similar in structure and size, but the chestnut crown and sides and lack of scaling on the Gambel's easily separate them.
Call: a plaintive qua-el; and a loud chi-ca-go-go similar to the California's, but higher pitched and usually 4 notes, sometimes shortened on only 1 or 2 syllables. Also a variety of clucking and chattering calls.
Status and Distribution
Common year-round in desert shrublands and thickets, usually near permanent water sources. Introduced to Hawaii, Idaho, and San Clemente Island, California.
The numbers appear to be stable over the past 60 years. The Gambel's seems to be more tolerant of habitat disturbances than other Callipepla.
—From the National Geographic book Complete Birds of North America, 2006


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Actor Kiefer Sutherland Confirms Involvement in New Mortal Kombat Game
Actor Kiefer Sutherland Confirms Involvement in New Mortal Kombat Game
24 star Kiefer Sutherland confirms he's completed work in an unannounced Mortal Kombat title, which he claims is a"huge game."
It's no secret by now that actor Kiefer Sutherland (24) is doing voice-over duties for Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes as Snake. However, what we didn't know is the actor has also been tapped to play an unspecified role in a yet-to-be-announced Mortal Kombat game. This revelation was outed by the actor himself in an interview with IGN where he was discussing his role for Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. According to Sutherland, "I did Mortal Kombat, and that's such a huge game, but it's so not like [MGS5]." He adds that he has already completed work in Mortal Kombat "pretty quickly compared to [MGS5]," though he didn't specify which role he was playing.
To date, publisher Warner Bros. has yet to respond to inquiries regarding Sutherland's involvement in the franchise, which is understandable since it has yet to even acknowledge its existence. It's also unknown whether Netherrealm Studios -- formerly known as Midway Games -- is involved in the new entry in the fighting game series. But if a new Mortal Kombat game is brewing, odds are development duties will once again be handed to Netherrealm Studios, since it's headed by MK co-creator Ed Boon and has developed virtually every main entry in the series.
Aside from MGSV: Ground Zeroes which will be released on current and next-gen consoles this March, Sutherland is also set to reprise his role as counter-terrorist agent Jack Bauer in Fox's re-launch of the hit TV Show 24: Live Another Day, which is set to debut this coming May.
With the way things are going, Sutherland just might be the next Nolan North of video games. What other gaming franchises would you want Sutherland's gravely voice to be heard on next?
Source: IGN
so do we get a bauerality where he waterboards the opponent to death?
Now if only we could get that Lost Boys game we've all been wanting for so long.
They're still making these?
Probably because the one they made a few years ago was a huge success that brought the series back into the spotlight.
Because there are people like me, who upon hearing the news make rather disturbing "squee" noises.
Seriously, that last MK game was awesome, both in gameplay and in storytelling.
He is going to be the voice actor for Liu Kang! I'm calling it now!
Pretty much. I'm STILL blown away at just how much friggin' content was packed into the last game. I like Marvel vs Capcom and Street Fighter IV and Blazblue and Tekken and Soul Calibur and all that...
... But Mortal Kombat dwarfed all of those with its high-quality, hours-long story mode, hundreds of unlockables, costumes, stages, music, hidden easter eggs, quality of content, finisher moves, etc.
I eagerly await a new one.
A movie actor is going to be in a game.
Who gives a shit? Shouldn't the game itself be what matters?
A relatively big name actor has been cast in a game meaning that his voice would be heard a lot in the game itself, after being cast as the lead for another big name game, and comments that his work in that game was a lot more extensive than in this one.
If you can't see why people might be interested in any of that then I don't know what to tell you.
I get that. Still, ellen page was in beyond two souls and that didn't stop that game from being crap.
And why are we still looking to hollywood to validate our existence? I really think gamers should have more respect for the entertainment medium they're indulging in.
This isn't about validation from Hollywood, plenty of actors have crossed over into voice acting and been great at it. Keith David comes to mind first and foremost, Patrick Stewart was in Oblivion for all of five minutes but did a great job at it, etc. etc. etc.
The part where we care is that A) it confirms that a new Mortal Kombat is in development and B) we know that Sutherland is voicing a character. So that is good news if you want a new Mortal Kombat, and it's good or bad news depending on your opinion of Sutherland's voice acting.
Holy balls...I'd actually be okay with a "Bauerality." :D
Damn the guy sure has been busy lately. First Metal Gear Solid V, then 24 revival, and now Mortal Kombat.
Because the voices that people hear in a game can affect their enjoyment of said game to varying degrees. People sure as hell threw a fit when Micheal Ironside wasn't voicing Sam Fisher for Splinter Cell and some people weren't and still aren't too pleased with Sutherland taking over as the voice of Big Boss/Snake.
I have a strange feeling with this, coming up, that Netherrealms are perhaps trying to go through with a Mortal Kombat game that has more of a story to it. I mean, with the newest MK game, you can see they tried to do that a little bit. I hope they do. I personally loved the newer MK game, and I loved Keifer's voice in Ground Zeroes and Phantom Pain, what we've seen in it, and it makes me think what character they'd put him as.
"Jack Bauer Wins...FATALITY!!!"
Seriously, considering that Mortal Kombat went ahead and put Kratos and Freddy Kreuger in the last game, I'd be perfectly content for them just say "yeah fuck it, Jack Bauer's a playable character", and then come up with some ridiculous plot-line to put him in there (as MK is an expert at doing).
But on a related note: woohoo!! New MK in the works!


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SMU didn't submit its waivers to NCAA till Oct. 11 & Nov. 6
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SMU didn't submit its waivers to NCAA till Oct. 11 & Nov. 6
UNIVERSITY PARK — Before SMU's basketball practice on Oct. 1 — exactly 35 days before its home opener — head coach Tim Jankovich said he was "starting to worry" that SMU hadn't received waiver decisions from the NCAA, and might not before the start of the season.
A waiver that would allow his two transfer guards to be immediately eligible for the 2019-20, and not be forced to sit out until next season.
"It's just so wrong," Jankovich said. "You can't have a waiver in the season."
The Dallas Morning News recently learned, however, that SMU hadn't submitted waivers to the NCAA for either Kendric Davis nor Darius McNeill at that point. Davis' waiver for immediate eligibility was submitted on Oct. 11 and McNeill's wasn't submitted until Nov. 6, a day after the season started.
These were dates the NCAA told The Dallas Morning News, and SMU later confirmed.
SMU had been working extensively on putting together a strong and viable waiver case for both players ever since June, but the NCAA wasn't able to rule on either case until the submissions were made.
Jankovich said he wasn't directly involved in the process that was headed by SMU's compliance office, but was kept apprised of everything going on. Ultimately, he was incorrect to say that the waivers had been submitted during the summer.
On Oct. 21, Jankovich stated that he expected both waivers to be decided by the start of the season. But McNeill's waiver wasn't even submitted at that point. It would eventually be denied six weeks later on Dec. 4, and would eventually be denied on appeal on Jan. 2.
Davis' request was initially denied on Nov. 12, but approved 10 days later on appeal.
The timing of SMU's submission had a great deal to do with a change to waiver policy announced to the public on June 26, 2019. It created more stringent guidelines for the most common cases that schools typically create waiver cases around. It also made it harder to build cases around previous precedent.
In Davis' case, the main reason for the later submission was a requirement for TCU to sign off on reason for requesting a waiver, according to a source involved in the process.
For several months, TCU wasn't fully willing to assist in signing off on SMU's request for Davis' immediately eligibility, the source said. TCU didn't agree to language in SMU's letter to the NCAA, and it resulted in a process that was elongated throughout the summer and into the fall.
After Davis was denied by the NCAA, SMU worked through an appeal, and TCU signed off SMU's reasoning for the waiver. This resulted in Davis winning an appeal.
TCU head coach Jamie Dixon told The Dallas Morning News through a spokesperson that this version of events is "inaccurate".
In the case of McNeill, the updated guidelines made odds of a waiver approval much more difficult. He transferred from California to be closer to home and his increasingly ailing mother in Houston.
McNeill committed in April. But NCAA's aforementioned revisions to waiver policy, announced in June, included a passage that stated "the guideline requires the new school be within 100 miles of the immediate family member."
In noting the previous guidelines for student-athlete transfers for family-related illnesses, the 100-mile radius rule is not mentioned. Even though SMU's campus is much closer to Houston than Berkley, California, it is not within 100 miles.
NCAA director Academic and Membership Affairs Brandy Hataway — who oversees the waiver process — told The Dallas Morning News that a waiver has never been denied solely on the basis that a school was outside of a 100-mile radius of an ailing family member.
The reason SMU took so long to submit the waiver had to do with the updated requirements, which included gathering all of the relevant medical information, according to a source involved in the process. Additionally SMU explored avenues for applying for a waiver on separate grounds, but didn't feel there was a viable case to be made.
Throughout the process for both athletes, SMU was in consistent communication with the NCAA. Each case is assigned a case manager by the NCAA, who acts as a liaison with the school's compliance officer. The case manager provides assistance for how to submit the most viable case.
SMU — working with a compliance staff of five people — submitted both cases when it felt it was able to do so.
The Mustangs aren't the only program that had waiver decisions go into the season. Many schools had the same reality. In large part, it appears, the updated guidelines as well as a rise in the number of waivers being submitted contributed to the in-season decisions. The NCAA acknowledged a surge in waiver applications over the last two years.
The NCAA told The Dallas Morning News that it tells its institutions that the average time to resolve a case is four weeks at minimum. The NCAA works with about eight to 12 full-time people making decisions on its waiver cases.
Jankovich was pointedly critical of the NCAA in a Jan. 18 postgame response, when speaking about McNeill's appeal denial. He said he believed waiver decisions should be decided prior to the season.
"How could an initial waiver not be by the time the season starts?" Jankovich asked. "I don't understand, we've got to stay up all night. We've got to hire more people.
"… We got a front row seat on watching two guys get treated the way I don't think anyone should get treated as a college athlete. And a precious career, that's just a little tiny piece that you work your life to get to be a college player. Then you get a scholarship and you're so excited to play and then they go, 'Well, I don't know if you're gonna get to play or not,' but the season's going on and games are going by."
After making those comments, Jankovich was asked directly when McNeill's waiver was submitted, and he said it happened in June or July.
SMU athletic director Rick Hart was also critical that day saying "it's clear that [the NCAA] can't adjudicate these things in a timely manner." Hart also stated he would prefer to get rid of the waiver option entirely.
There was frustration on SMU's end that, even after waivers were submitted, the process to make a decision took weeks, despite the case manager being intimately involved in the process for months.
Regardless, it's clear that not everyone at SMU was on the same page on exactly where the compliance office was in the waiver submission process.
Jankovich consistently lamenting the NCAA for not finding a resolution prior to the season isn't fair if the school hadn't submitted its waivers.
At the same time, the NCAA's evolving and increasingly complicated policies for waivers made it more difficult for SMU — and many other schools — to submit waivers in timely manner that would ensure a resolution prior to the season's start.
Pundits and stakeholders can, and have, debated the ethics of who gets waivers and who doesn't. If a coach can move schools freely, why can't an athlete? If an athlete is moving closer to home for a legitimate reason, why is the 100-mile radius a relevant factor?
Why should any athletic director or coach at an athlete's previous school have to sign off on a new school's waiver application? In many cases, the two parties don't see eye to eye.
These are important debates that could be conducted on an endless loop.
The reality is though, that SMU filed its waiver later than it led on. And the NCAA's complicated and continuously changing policies were a large reason for it.
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I hope this doesn't get swept under the rug so quickly. I'd love to know where the disconnect was. I'd love our AD to explain the situation.
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Unfortunately, horrible communication between departments at any university is kind of the norm.
Certainly paints the whole process and communication in a bad light.
Hopefully we learn from it and get better, because it is unacceptable.
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Irrespective of the disconnect, this paints the coach in a bad light. More importantly as the AD, I would be cautious of attacking the NCAA when our own internal processes played a significant part in the delay. If there is a significant basis for the delay, inform the athlete and move on to the next year. Holding out this kind of "hope" is misleading to the student and the fans of the program. In my opinion, this delay was carried out to further other interests, i.e., increased ticket sales.
I lay this 90% at the feet of the coach. 10% at the NCAA.
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This just smells like we don't have all the facts.
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Sounds like it may be 10% on TCU as well, though only for one of the two waivers.
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time for Jank to go
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Pretty obvious that an athlete's eligibility is not very important to a lot of people at SMU...and we wonder why we have been wandering in the desert for so many years?
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The more things change, the more they stay the same.
We do what we do.
An object at rest cannot be stopped!
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I don't think we have any proof this was on the coach.
Option 1: Our compliance office wasn't communicating well with the rest of the organization.
Option 2: Our compliance office communicated to Jank, who threw the NCAA under the bus anyway.
The fact that they went so public against the NCAA and it wasn't just Jank, it was Hart also leads me to believe that we are talking about Option 1.
We have all discussed whether Jank is too much of a "players coach". I can't imagine that someone with a rep like that would actually hide stuff from his own players, nor would I imagine that he would actually tell a bold lie to the press when asked about it.
Here is the most likely scenario in my opinion:
- Compliance team tells Jank that they are filing the appeal at some point in the summer.
- Compliance team finds out about rule changes and has more work to do.
- Jank asks about status. "Yeah, we are going back and forth with the NCAA on some things"
- Jank keeps asking, gets the same responses.
I bet that when they had to re-do everything for the new rules, there was a ton of back and forth with the NCAA about what type of information was needed and how much was enough. The lines between a formal submission and just having some tidbits reviewed became blurry and that blurry line wasn't really explained to anyone outside the office.
Jank goes off on the NCAA to the press, and that seems odd. But think about it, the new rules came in July and we didn't submit formally until way later. I bet there was a ton of unknowns about the new material being asked for because it had never been done before. That is why it took so long to formally submit. But I would almost guarantee that they sent the NCAA bits and pieces before the formal submission in order to get feedback on it. Or maybe they tried to formally submit several times and were told "hey, you don't have enough information here to evaluate". If the NCAA is drawing harder lines, they are probably asking for a lot more information than they did in the past as well.
I doubt there was anything nefarious going on with any of it. Just a lack of clear communication.
And I think it is very clear that Mr. Blum is a pr!ck who is way, way more interested in a controversial story than covering SMU in a positive light. Dale Hanson 2.0. We better hope we aren't skirting the rules anywhere because it is clear to me at least he will throw us under the bus as quick as he can if he finds anything.
Re: SMU didn't submit its waivers to NCAA till Oct. 11 & Nov
This is an evidentiary based process-its not just a matter of filing a form. To gather the required evidence that establishes your case takes some time-especially when you are trying to establish the more difficult grounds for a transfer waiver involved in this case. Obviously, there was some embarrassing information released about the date it was filed. As an attorney I don't find this very surprising at all-and I doubt you'd find many litigators who could prove their case within 1-2 months of receiving preliminary facts
"With a quarter of a tank of gas, we can get everything we need right here in DFW." -SMU Head Coach Chad Morris
When momentum starts rolling downhill in recruiting-WATCH OUT.
Re: SMU didn't submit its waivers to NCAA till Oct. 11 & Nov
Agree with all you said here.
Derail the Frogs!
Re: SMU didn't submit its waivers to NCAA till Oct. 11 & Nov
I'm sorry Jason, but that's a bunch of B.S. ! This is all on our lazy , whiney Coach. A competent head coach would have been all over this process , following the flow from point A all the way to it's conclusion . Sounds like he not only dropped the ball , but then tried to cover it up by blaming it on the easiest fall guy.....the NCAA . Boy I miss Larry !!
Re: SMU didn't submit its waivers to NCAA till Oct. 11 & Nov
More excuses. Some are buying in to his bs. Looks like this is going to be a slow death.
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- anilkurup59 said...
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New Delhi: Suresh Kalmadi has been granted bail by the Delhi High Court. He was arrested in April last year for alleged corruption - as chairman of the Organizing Committee for the Commonwealth Games, Mr Kalmadi allegedly sanctioned an inflated contract for timing equipment and scoreboards.
The High Court has also granted bail to former Organising Committee Director General V K Verma.
The Commonwealth Games were seeped in controversy. They were internationally reported for poor organization; within the country, the event made headlines for apparently ubiquitous graft. Several of Mr Kalmadi's key aides were arrested after the Games were held in September 2010.
Mr Kalmadi, a Congress MP, has been in Tihar Jail for 10 months. He has been asked to pay a surety of five lakhs. (Read: Top 10 facts about Kalmadi's Commonwealth Games scandal)
Mr Kalmadi, Mr Verma and nine others have been accused of allegedly awarding a Rs 141-crore contract to Swiss firm to install timing equipment for the Games at an exorbitant rate, causing a loss of over Rs.90 crore to the state exchequer.
The charges against Mr Kalmadi include conspiracy, forgery, misconduct and provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
In his bail plea, Mr Kalmadi had cited the Supreme Court's judgement in the 2G spectrum case and said that it has been held that "bail is rule and jail is exception". The Central Bureau of Investigation, which is probing the charges of corruption in the organisation of the Games, had opposed the plea, saying trial was about to begin.
Others who were arrested in the case included Lalit Bhanot, who served as the Secretary General of the CWG Organising Committee.
Allegations of corruption began surfacing a few weeks before the Games began. The organisers led by Mr Kalmadi were accused of handing out inflated contracts for equipment and services amid growing criticism over delays in preparing the venues and the manner in which the Games budget had been overshot.


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I'm sorry to tell you this. In about a week, I'm going into hibernation for the winter. I'll be back in the spring. Okay, so I might put up a squeaky clean post now and then, if I can keep it on the DL (send me a note if you want to be able to read posts)....we'll see...
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S'mores Bars (a choose your own adventure recipe)
- about 10 graham crackers, crushed (see my crushing opinion here)
- 5 T butter, melted
- 2 T brown sugar
- pinch of salt
- 3 cups marshmallows
- 1.5 cups chocolate chips
- a couple graham crackers, broken in pieces.
Brownie Layer (the choice is yours):
- A.)*my choice.*TJ's Truffle Brownie mix + 1-2 oz melted chocolate + whatever butter/egg amount it requires on the box
- B.)Your favorite brownie recipe
- C.) Melt 4 oz. unsweetened chocolate with 3/4 cups butter in the microwave (about 1-2 minutes on high. Uses residual heat to finish the melting.) Stir in 2 cups of sugar and 1 tsp vanilla, then 3 eggs. Mix until well combined. Add a cup of flour.
Preheat oven to 350 °.
Grease a 13 x 9 pan. Mix crust ingredients together with a fork and press into prepared pan. Bake for about 5-7 minutes...until it smells yummy but not until it browns too much. Remove from oven.
Spread whichever brownie batter you've chosen over the crust. Return it to the oven. I can't tell you how for long because my oven is NUTS. I'd say check it after 20 minutes. It might take up to 30 or 35. Err on the side of gooey. Really, don't let it get all the way done. Remove it from the oven. Quickly sprinkle marshmallows, chocolate chips, and graham shards over the batter. Turn the oven up to broil and return the pan to the oven. Keep a close eye on it and remove it when the marshmallows look toasty, about 2-3 minutes.
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Farm Diesel --
- Our regional average farm diesel price gained six cents this week, forming a clear "V" bottom. We have been looking for confirmation of a near-term low to book some harvest diesel, and this week's price action delivered just that.
- Illinois led gains firming a whopping 30 cents per gallon on the week. Missouri added 22 cents and Wisconsin firmed a dime per gallon. Nos state posted a lower price on the week although five states were unchanged.
- According to EIA, U.S. distillate stocks gained 600,000 barrels in the week ended July 19. Now 15.6 million barrels above the same week last year.
ADVICE -- Book 50% of expected harvest diesel needs at current prices. This week's regional average price at $2.41 per gallon is 15 cents below the same week last year. Our chart indicates farm diesel bottomed with a characteristic "V" formation in the last week of August 2018. Our five-year average chart places a similar "V" in the first week of September. In both cases, prices firmed into harvest.
There are two ways to look at this. The first is that the seasonal pre-harvest low is running ahead of schedule this year. If this is the case, farm diesel will continue to firm before peaking sometime in November, and falling into the first of the year. If that is the case, we will be glad we booked some diesel ahead of harvest demand.
The second way to view this week's confirmation of the "V" formation is related to fuel tax increases that went into effect this month. The Illinois diesel tax was raised a hefty 24 cents this month, for example. If a tax increase is to blame for this week's 6 cents per gallon jump in prices -- note Illinois leads gains in diesel this week -- then there may be some downside left in this market.
Prices had been falling generously until adding a penny per gallon regionally last week. That downtrend may resume and give us a better opportunity in the coming weeks. In that case, we will be glad we only booked 50%.
August heating oil futures have failed to post a close above $2 for the entire month of July so far, and heating oil, like crude oil futures prefer to establish a range and stay in it as long as it can. With $2 shaping up to be tough resistance, the upside for retail diesel may be limited for now. But make no mistake, the retail diesel market will respond to seasonal farmer demand. That much is certain.
So book 50% of your expected harvest diesel needs at current prices, and prepare to fill remaining needs before combines roll.
Propane --
- Our retail propane price fell 3 cents per gallon this week to a regional average of $1.18.
- Prices were driven lower by Ohio which fell 31 cents per gallon as Illinois and Missouri each fell 2 cents.
- Previously we had looked for a move below $1.20 to make a move on booking propane. We later adjusted that target to $1.15. We will advise booking harvest and winter supplies on another price break. However, if the market firms next week and places the "V" bottom we report in farm diesel this week, we will book aggressively.
- According to EIA, U.S. propane stocks gained 1.575 million barrels in the week ended July 19, now 14.570 million barrels above the same week last year.
To keep this thought in the forefront of your propane strategy, we advise harvest could take a hefty toll on regional propane stocks, and prices could run higher with little warning. Get your ducks in a row and prepare to fill your on-farm storage to capacity when you book LP for grain drying and for home heat.
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This is information you need to know when the MSM starts spouting the gloom of climate change. A few facts should sooth your concerns.
There's lots of hype flying around the newly released report by the Obama administration.
I didn't comment much yesterday, I decided to read the report and consider it. Having done that, I'll throw in my two cents with this statement.
To me, this looks more like a glossy sales pitch from a company that is pushing a product they know people may not need, but if marketed just right, it would be something they'd buy. It reminds me of some insurance commercials I've seen in the past, where the commercial portrays all the bad things that could happen to you if you don't get covered. Basically, they are trying to make people afraid of the weather, and then they pitch a solution to that fear in a way that's right up there with the best traditions of salesmanship:
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By Zaid Rasid, Digital Marketing Manager at Asigra
Asigra had the opportunity to sponsor and attend Techfield Day [ http://techfieldday.com ] last week while also presenting the new V12 product offering to a panel of well known IT bloggers. In particular, Asigra was part of StorageField Day, a component of Techfield Day that focuses on enterprise storage and data protection in both physical and virtual worlds.
Our Executive Vice President Eran Farajun along with Systems Engineer Sergey Perchak and Vice President of Corporate Marketing Tracy Staniland attended the event and presented a 45 minute demo highlighting some of the new product enhancements in V12.
Below is the recorded presentation that features a demo of the V12 capabilities including backing up data from cloud to cloud applications or PaaS applications such as IBM Smartcloud. Followed by that is a demonstration of backing up data in SaaS applications such as Salesforce.
We are glad to say that the demo and presentation was well received by the bloggers as is evident from the numerous Tweets that went out praising the new enhancements of V12.
A special thanks to Stephen Foskett and the entire team at Gestalt IT for running a terrific event. And thanks to all of the delegates who gave Asigra the opportunity to showcase our product.
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Early Access
Why early access ?
We've been working on Fear the Wolves for a relatively long time now, it's been shaping up great and our team is having a blast playing and testing the current builds of the game on a daily basis. However passionately we would be crafting a game for ourselves though, we're ultimately building it for the players, so we want them to get involved as soon as it's technically possible.
We believe it's crucial, especially when it comes to competitive online games, for the community to have their say about the game, how well and balanced it feels and plays before it's too late in the production cycle. The Early Access practice has proven to be an effective means for reaching that goal with many developers, so it was no brainer for us there. We want to ensure players have fun with Fear the Wolves and help us create a great and unique Battle Royale experience overall.
Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?
Fear the Wolves will exit Early Access during 2019. Due to the nature of game development and our intention to integrate as much community feedback as possible, we don't yet have an exact date to give you. Providing the best possible game is more important to us than locking in an exact schedule now.
How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?
Of course, not every feature on our planned list has been integrated to-date, so you will see more cool and immersive things added in the coming months. For example, an expanded timescale for each match, advanced PVE elements, an innovative new game mode, and a bunch of other features, yet to be revealed. Naturally, we'll ensure a technically smoother and better performing release version of the game. Last, but not least, throughout the Early Access the community feedback will help us achieve a better balanced and more fun-to-play game.
You can see our current plans for the next update below, as well as the exact state of the current build and what's still to come before release.
What is the current state of the Early Access version?
We are at the stage of the Beta version, i.e. the game is stable and polished enough, but some bugs are still in, as well as some features are still missing.
Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?
Yes. The price of the game will increase as we add extra content and head towards release.
How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?
We are looking forward to hearing players' feedback, primarily on the game's performance, balancing, as well as the gameplay and unique features. There could be different levels of involvement here, starting from bug reporting to participation in polls, forum discussions and more. In return, we will be keeping the players informed on our progress with the game and plans for the coming updates.


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No, you can simply place an order as a Guest if you like. It does mean that you won't be able to see your order progress for yourself but you can alway email us if you need information. You will receive the order confirmation and shipping confirmation as usual. We are required by law to keep the details of the transaction.
Having an account with us means that you can easily follow your order progress with us and also order quickly when we launch limited edition dolls which can sell out very fast. Some of the smaller editions may sell out within an hour to it's beneficial to have as many details stored with us as you are comfortable with.
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You can do this once you are logged into your account.
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Some of my readers have said they'd like to put up some of my posts on their refrigerator for easy reference. Here, I've distilled these lists down a bit so you can print them out for just this purpose and still have room on the fridge for your child's artwork and photos. I call them the "fridge lists." Enjoy!
MaMammalia's Fridge Lists
(the Fridge version)
1) Appeal to your toddler's natural empathy. "It hurts my ears when you... " bang on that, scream, etc., or "I can't understand you when you..." whine, yell, cry, etc. or "Ouch! That hurts!"
2) If at first you don't succeed, try again in 1 minute. Or 30 seconds, or 5 minutes, or 15. Be quiet while waiting. Let him finish what he's doing.
3) Provide an attractive alternative. Make the exchange respectfully and be sure to validate any disappointment or anger.
4) Use humor and playfulness. Get creative, laugh, and watch your tension melt!
5) Be emotionally available prior to your request. Before you ask... play, hug, smile, nurse... connect.
6) Enlist the help of your toddler. Ask him to help carry something, pick something out, put something away, etc.
7) Say "gentle" instead of "no touch." Save the "don't touch" for seriously dangerous items.
8) Avoid using punishment for non-compliance. Work on developing alternatives to yelling, spanking, and time-outs.
MaMammalia, Copyright 2011
(the Fridge version)
1) Try a gentle approach first. (See the Gentle Strategies list)
2) Use toddler-appropriate language: correct pronouns, precise phrasing, and age-appropriate.
3) Demonstrate confidence in your request through your tone of voice.
4) Offer legitimate choices. Come up with 2 different ways to fulfill your request, then give your toddler the choice. Avoid false choices.
5) Take action. "I won't let you..." or "Please do not..." hit the dog/throw toys/run in the street, etc. , then enforce the words peacefully by holding up a hand or standing in the way.
6) Validate the child's feelings. "I understand that you are angry because I won't let you..." or "It's OK for you to feel angry at me for..." or "Are you sad that...?" Avoid judging, criticizing, minimizing, or blaming.
7) Consider the child's unmet needs. Start with physical needs (hunger, thirst, fatigue, overstimulation, pain), then consider emotional needs (acceptance, respect, independence, connection).
8) Reconsider your request. What's the worst that would happen if you just let it go?
9) Work on your relationship. Do you need to reconnect with your child, or yourself?
10) Avoid bribery, threat of punishment, or withdrawal of privileges.
MaMammalia, Copyright 2011
(the Fridge version)
Take a break to just breathe. Say "I need a moment" then sit or lay down for some deep breathing. Afterwards, reconnect with your child through a hug, eye contact, or kind words. Repeat as needed!
S--l--o--w d--o--w--n. Do one thing at a time, paying close attention to your actions, thoughts, words, and feelings. Avoid judging or evaluating yourself, just notice your own experience.
Put the problem on the shelf, along with other items not appropriate for children. Create boundaries around your thoughts, e.g. "I'll think about this after she goes to bed".
Look your child in the eyes when you talk to him. It will keep you connected.
Let go of guilt. If you haven't been your best self...Forgive yourself, apologize to your child, decide on changes to make, commit to them, and move on.
Get some rest. Nap or close your eyes for a few minutes.
Get out of the house. Take a walk, get some exercise, do a simple errand.
Chat with a friend. Get it off your chest.
Give yourself space to feel angry, sad, etc. Schedule time and space away from your child to experience your emotions. Validate your feelings and honor your experience.
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My last ride of the year was on the 30th November and was a chance for me to take the single speed out for a spin along the Tarka Trail and generally take it easy. After riding up numerous steep bits of Britain in the last few months it was nice to take in some flat terrain for once. Taking my single speed road bike out for a run along a trail strewn with fallen branches wasn't without its challenges, especially as it only has 25mm wide tyres. By the end of the ride I had smashed the back wheel nicely out of true.
Final ride of the year and the weather was perfect
In other news I have purchased yet another action/ sports/ rugged/ strap to your bike camera that isn't a Gro Pro. My favourite bargain shop Lidl was selling a 1080p HD sports video camera for only £90 and it was too good a deal to miss out on. First impressions of the camera are good and I intend using it for lots of unusual camera angles and time delay filming when I return to the remaining climbs next year. I had intended Ass CamTM to be used in all sorts of different positions on the bike but for some reason I couldn't find the right sort of mounting brackets. My Lidl camera should hopefully be a bit more adaptable although it is no lightweight and quite bulky.
New toy. I've been very impressed with it so far.
My main goal for next year is pretty obvious; to finally finish off the 100 climbs. I had a great start to the year and some very productive trips away but, frustratingly, September marked a point when the wheels started to come off. My trip to Scotland didn't exactly end well and from then on dealing with the fall out from my redundancy and searching for a new job took up a lot of the time and energy I had intended to devote towards finishing off the remaining 31 climbs. I was hoping to have them all finished by now but never mind, far worse things can happen and I'm intending to start wheezing and swearing my way up the first of the remaining hills by the end of January (weather permitting). I'll get there in the end, just a little later than planned.
After seeing off the remaining climbs I'm tempted to give the Single Speed UK Championships a bash in September. I have no intention of being even vaguely competitive (in fact I think that sort of thing is actively discouraged) but it will be a good laugh and will be a post 100 climbs goal to aim for. It is also a good excuse to bling up my Singular Swift which has been languishing in pieces in the garage for a few months.
My first training ride in 2014 will be on New Years day, at dawn, most likely on a single speed road bike and almost certainly with a raging hangover. After nearly a month off the bike I'm counting down the days…


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This next walk on Thursday, Dec 31 will be at Shell Mound and Dennis Creek Trail. It is a great place for a little history, some bird watching, and some great views of salt marsh, and a view over a fresh water pond where we may see some ducks and heron. The tide will be mostly out, so we may even get a good look at wading birds. In the past, I have seen a wide variety of wildlife here, including feral hogs. I hope you will be able to join me on this last nature walk in 2015!
Those wishing to car pool from Cedar Key, meet at the town park parking lot at 8:30am. My home number is 352-543-6738 and I will have my cell phone with me 515-227-0683. If you would prefer to meet at Shell Mound, we will meet you in the car park around 8:45. Shell Mound can be reached from Hwy 347, south of the refuge and a few miles north of the turnoff from Hwy 24.
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I will preface by saying that I had been wanting to take an Italian language course for several years. There was always a reason I could not take the class. When I discovered Valentilingua, and actually spoke to Davide about taking his class, he gave me the best advice I could have received. "If you really want to learn the Italian language, now is the time to take the class!"
Davide is a wonderful, committed teacher. His love for the language and culture is apparent, and, he has inspired valuable friendships in his class!
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