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Buying a baby sling for your little one might have seemed like a great idea at the time. After all, a baby sling can be a very handy device. Holding your baby close to you as much as possible can help you keep your baby comforted and can help you ensure that your baby is always being supervised. Additionally, it can help prevent your baby from crying as much, and it can leave your hands free so that you can get things done throughout the day as well.
Even though they certainly have their benefits, however, baby slings can also be dangerous. If they are not used properly or if they are defective, there is the chance of a baby being seriously injured or even killed. For example, a baby could suffocate in a baby sling if you aren't careful. Additionally, a baby could fall out of a defective baby sling and be seriously injured. If something like this has happened to your child, then now might be a good time for you to work with a personal injury lawyer who can help you build a case against the manufacturer of the defective baby sling that caused your child's accident.
How to Use a Baby Sling Safely
First of all, if you have not had an accident with a baby sling, you could be very nervous about using one after hearing and reading about all of the things that can go wrong. Even though it's true that baby slings can sometimes be dangerous, this does not mean that you should not use one for your child. However, it does mean that you should do everything that you can to ensure that you are using the baby sling properly and safely. These are a few tips that can help.
- Make sure that you buy the right baby sling. Do your research, and look for reviews about the baby sling that you are thinking about buying. Be mindful of any complaints about the baby sling possibly being dangerous. Additionally, do your research to make sure that there are no recalls, and make sure that you buy your baby sling from a reliable and reputable manufacturer.
- Check the recommended weight limits for the baby sling before using it. Make sure that your child is within these weight limits. Otherwise, there could be an increased chance of the baby sling failing.
- Make sure that your baby's face is completely visible at all times and that no fabric from the baby sling is covering your baby's face.
By being careful about the baby sling that you purchase and making sure that you use it as safely as possible, you can help ensure that your baby is safe while you are taking advantage of the benefits and convenience of a baby sling. If you are still concerned about your baby's safety and if you still do not feel fully comfortable using a baby sling, then you should not use one. Instead, look into alternative options for keeping your baby nearby without putting him or her at as much of a risk.
Do You Have a Case for a Defective Baby Sling?
If it's too late to prevent a baby sling because your baby has already been injured, then you could be wondering about the next steps that you can take. After all, you probably want to do what you can to hold the manufacturer responsible for this terrible, tragic accident.
You may want to address the situation yourself, such as by contacting the manufacturer to complain, but you may want to wait before you do so. After all, you might not have much experience in handling this type of situation, and your emotions could be taking over. Plus, you may have an injured child to worry about during all of this. Instead, you should definitely consider working with a personal injury lawyer. Then, he or she can guide you through the process of filing a lawsuit against the manufacturer for making and selling a defective baby sling.
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As a parent, the last thing that you probably ever wanted was for your small child to be injured. If your child was injured because of a defective baby sling, you may want to file a personal injury case. This can help you prevent other babies from suffering from the same types of injuries as your baby sustained because of the baby sling. Plus, it can help with things like covering some of the medical bills for your little one. Contact us, and we will be happy to schedule a consultation so that you can meet with one of our firm's San Diego defective baby sling lawyers.


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And the reasons why I should stick to salad and leafy, non-meaty, non-carby things this coming week. Except for Wednesday night when I will be venturing out to Buca for a dinner.
I. Friday
It started with a dinner at Enoteca Sociale, which you should try visiting for yourself. It's Pizza Libretto's sister restaurant on 1288 Dundas Street and Dovercourt. Really worth it. They also have a cheese cave with more cheeses than regular food items (listed on the menu, teehee). Follow Enoteca on Twitter.
For wine we ordered Faraghina 2009, which was a crisp, dry white wine. Despite eating a medium-heavy meal we all agreed on trying this wine and were not disappointed. Please keep in mind that I forgot to photograph some items on the menu. That's my fault. For next week's recap I'll be more careful.
We started with crispy veal sweetbreads and arugula, as well as artichoke fries. For the first round of firsts we ordered house made pappardelle braised rabbit, house made duck liver ravioli sage brown butter and raviolo (ricotta, wild spinach & peas) with porcini mushrooms.
The latter (and the above photo) was part of the tasting menu which also included chef's antipasto, ontario lamb chop parmigiana & green beans, treviso & green salad. Here's the lamb:
For dessert we got allegretto (thermalised sheep's milk, quebec, sharp) and a sweetened ricotta, almond biscuit & ontario peaches:
Then we ordered three kinds of cheese from Nonna's cheese cave. Our server let us go downstairs and see the beauties for ourselves. Annie picked a blue cheese, Hesam got sheep's milk and I went for the goat, which apparently turned out to be Nonna's favorite, Chaput St. Maure. Forgot to mention the dessert wine! Moscato was a pleasant surprise, with rose petals and just enough sweetness for a dessert wine.
II. Saturday
As if pigging out and enjoying ourselves last Friday was not enough, I made an appointment to meet a friend for brunch at Saving Grace. I had an Americano from Ezra's Pound while I waited for this brunch spot to open. I then ordered poached eggs with some potatoes and chopped chorizo and Ontario peaches. The food was good and still light enough:
After the food I remembered that I was hosting a friend that night and went to Kensington Market to stock up on delicious things to cook later that night. I bought two salmon steaks and later that night battered them in blackened seasoning for that night's feast. I also chopped up some homegrown tomatoes and cucumbers, add them to the arugula mix, diced some peppers and added chia seeds. the dressing was olive oil and some salt. See for yourself:
III. Sunday
The following day I had another brunch planned with Nadja Sayej of ArtStars whom I haven't seen in a while. We settled to meet at Mitzi's. I ordered the much-praised huevos rancheros and was disastrously disappointed. Not going to Mitzi's for brunch ever again. The food was tasteless, prepared without any apparent care, and it the portion was seriously meant to serve three people. Bleh! Not again.
To make things right, I didn't despair about Mitzi's and instead walked back home home to attend to several things and to anticipate Meghann and our collage-making time. On Saturday I bought a fine pork chop from Sanagans Meat Locker in anticipation. I got a cocoa sauvignon spices for said pork chops, and I also added some pomegranate sauce to make things right. The following is the pork chop I made, and Meghann's collard greens with butter. And homegrown tomatoes!
We decadently finished off the night with bacon butterscotch cupcakes from Yummy Stuff.
So yeah, I am going to buckle down this week. Excited for that!
Any questions? Holler!

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AMEE - Red Planet
AMEE is a quadrupedal military combat robot re-purposed to explore Mars alongside humans in the film Red Planet. Her mechanical anatomy resembles a hybrid of cat, dog, and monkey. She's lighting fast, strong, and nimble on account of double-joints. A land-drone like AMEE is what the US military would like to see patrolling the streets of Baghdad, and given today's technology, it's not a far stretch from reality.


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Welcome to my regular blog on all things combative. Periodically I'll be posting articles on stage combat, action cinema and martial arts. This time…
Hong Kong Cinema
Why celebrate Hong Kong or eastern cinema at all? Quite simply because it's the reason I do what I do. I love Kung Fu and, even though I've had a family association with martial arts since childhood, Hong Kong cinema is still my inspiration. Even today I believe it is the east that leads the way in the action/entertainment industry. Films emerging from Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan and Thailand seem to be innovative in this area. I know that people question the safety (and the regulations are different) but, my word, check out the results!
You know that when you watch Donnie Yen he is a not just an actor playing a role, he is a true martial artist. He is also spreading his influence throughout the entire process in collaboration with director, producer, first AD and cinematographer. An artist such as Yuen Woo Ping could be Director, Stunt Co-ordinator and Fight Choreographer on the same project. The Hong Kong stunt teams and action stars work very closely together, they will spend a great deal of time (and money) to get what they want and they angle shots differently. These Hong Kong stunt teams are essentially striking each other but doing so without the delivery of power. They show superb control and can do this because of training in various disciplines since childhood.
Harrison Ford has reportedly hit Ryan Gosling in a fight scene during the filming of the new Blade Runner movie. It grabs headlines because of who they are but, in my humble opinion, the fault does not necessarily lie with the actor. Actors, skilled performers and stunt teams should be safe and looked after by the relevant people. The truth is that stunt performers take minor knocks sometimes and we never hear about them, although we do hear about the occasional death (Joi Harris working on Deadpool 2 for example). The truth is that the demands on actors are ever increasing in this regard – just consider the action in the new Bond films, the Mission Impossible series and the Bourne films. Actors probably wouldn't be asked to do motorbike chases or jumps from tall buildings, but we can't be cutting away every time we film a fight – actors do need to throw punches and take a fall occasionally.
Bruce Lee
Iconic! Legendary! Unique! The first genuine Asian star in the western world. What the fight game owes to this man is incalculable. Bruce Lee was the first actor to bring pure Wing Chun to the silver screen, and he was doing MMA long before we even had a name for it. Despite his charisma and appeal the man was more than just a martial artist. He was a philosopher, a family man, activist, writer, teacher, actor and even a ballroom dancer. Bruce was (still is) a manifestation of the eastern philosophy of self improvement. At its heart, Kung Fu is not simply about kicking butt, it really is a way of life, and visiting Hong Kong and southern China for training helped me consolidate that theory. It truly is the pursuit of perfection in everything you do without the promise of ever achieving it.
Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan and Lam Ching-Ying
Heavily influenced by the great man came a throng of martial arts superstars to keep us entertained. These three incredible performers were also joined by the likes of Yuen Biao and Frankie Chan in a golden era for Hong Kong action cinema. They collectively punched and kicked down opponents (on and off screen) to excite and enthral way before the use of wires and CGI. These guys could do it! The powerhouse that is Sammo, the sheer athleticism of Jackie Chan, the speed of Yuen Biao and the all-round technical graceful brilliance of the late, great, Lam Ching-Ying.
Bruce Lee left a great void with his passing in the Summer of 1973 and Hong Kong audiences were not yet ready to embrace a young pretender, but that mantle rested firmly with the wonderful Jackie Chan. Many had tried and failed before him as the big studios clambered for 'the new Bruce'. Indeed Jackie himself, an anonymous stuntman during much of Bruce Lee's career, struggled to make a mark as an action star in the early days. It was a change in audience and filmmaker psychology that opened the door for Jackie. They had to grieve for the first global Asian superstar. They also had to accept that the king was dead and that the new king, whoever that may be, was not going to be 'better' but simply different. Whisper it quietly but in many ways Jackie's abilities do surpass Bruce's, he is certainly a far more adept actor – even if his martial skills fall below that of his predecessor.
My love of Kung Fu
So here we come full-circle. My Sifu tells me "you become what you do" and there's so much depth to that. It is a life-long pursuit and you must work and think about it everyday in order to progress. A fairly basic interpretation of the words 'Kung Fu' would be 'hard work towards improvement and refinement', and I suppose we can apply that to all walks of life.


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Drama Queen Ken Strikes Again…But For the Last Time!
Week 10 and it had to happen: a Superfan challenge. Now it's been done before, usually under the title of, the "Real Woman challenge." My season we had divorcees that had changed their lives and brought their wedding dress that … Continue reading
A Challenge Misunderstood
Dressed to the nines…I mean week 9 of Season 12! It's when the competition really starts to heat up! This week the designers are lined up in front of Heidi and told they have the morning off. Immediately everyone thinks … Continue reading
Ready, Set, Design
This week starts off at some ridiculous hour with Tim Gunn dressed in some ridiculous umpire outfit. I can't think of another season where Tim has been in so many costumes! (I am crossing my fingers that we have a … Continue reading
And On The Seventh Episode…
The number 7 has a number of symbolic meanings. In the Bible, Earth was created in 7 days, there are the 7 seals, there's "the lucky number 7." But on the other hand (I found this on a numerology site), … Continue reading
Tim Gunn Saves the Episode
We are now Week 6, and nearing half way through Season 12 of "Project Runway" (!) and to celebrate that the designers are treated to Tim Gunn in camouflage, and a glamping trip! I have never had a glamping excursion, … Continue reading
Pathetic Passive-Aggression
It's week five of season 12 and the designers find themselves with another team challenge, and it's going to be an unconventional materials challenge to boot. What? Again? Really? I have to admit I am a little disappointed. I realize … Continue reading
Bow Tie Breakdowns
This week starts off and Sandro is in full meltdown. He and Ken resume their weekly (daily) cat fight, and then Sandro attacks Helen. All this because of some unknown infraction. After some fingers flying, Sandro leaps up and storms … Continue reading


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It seems only proper to celebrate the newest member of the Purl Soho family (our beautiful Linen Grid) with my favorite project for new members of my own family: Baby Pants. Linen Grid's spare beauty and heirloom-quality linen make these Baby Pants perfect for new members of any family!
I had such a blast sewing up this pile of Baby Pants, mixing and matching Linen Grid's different scales and colors. And in a departure from the original pattern, I cut this "diaper gusset" on the bias, making the interplay of fabrics all the more…well, playful!
To welcome the newest member to your family with a stack of Baby Pants in Linen Grid, get a list of materials and bias-cut gusset instructions here, and just follow along with my original free Baby Pants Pattern!–Corinne
To make one pair of Baby Pants with a contrast gusset you will need…
- Main Fabric: 1/2 yard of Purl Soho's Linen Grid, 100% machine-washable linen
- Gusset Fabric: 1/4 yard of Purl Soho's Linen Grid
- Please note: We have sold every last bit of our limited-release Linen Grid. As substitutes, we encourage you try our Daily Linen, Handkerchief Linen or Watercolor Linen, all suitable in weight and in a stunning palette of colors!
- 1/2 yard of ¼-inch Braided Elastic in White
- A 110-yard spool of Gutermann's 100% Cotton Thread. We used color 1040.
- Our free Baby Pants pattern
- A free Baby Pants Template, printed, cut out and taped together.
It may be helpful to know that 1 yard of fabric is enough main fabric for 3 pairs of Pants; 1/4 yard is enough for lots of gussets; and 1 yard of elastic is enough for 2 pairs of pants.
To make the 5 pairs of pants you see here, we used 1/2 yard of the Linen Grid in the colors Glacier Blue/Heirloom White, Dark Graphite/Classic White, and Super Pink/Heirloom White, plus 1 yard in Silver Gray/Classic White.
To fit 0-3 months, 3-6 months and 6-9 months.
For the full pattern, including step-by-step photos and lots of tips, visit our original Baby Pants post!
Cut the Gusset on the Bias
Before you cut the Gusset piece, fold the fabric on the bias. The grid pattern of the fabric makes this easy. The fold should run diagonally through the squares of the grid. Place the template along the folded edge of the fabric and cut around the template.


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He looks so confident, I think. Like he knows everything's going to be okay. I peer at the baby pictured with the product. He's smiling, maybe even coming down from a laugh. Totally relaxed, casually playing with his feet, he looks like he doesn't have a care in the world. And it's clear why: his mom got him a Noggin Nest.
He's lying on an upholstered mat with a donut-shaped pillow sewn at the end. His head rests in the pillow, designed to take pressure off the back of his soft head. If he were to sit up we'd see that the back of his head was still beautifully round. It looks like it's working for him, I think. But will it for us? My two-month-old's head comes to mind—so sweet and beautiful in the front and so flat in the back. I sigh.
He was my big man, almost nine pounds at birth, and he arrived appropriately with a big, heavy head. Though round at first, as the weeks came and went I had a nagging suspicion that little by little the back of his beautiful head was flattening out with each nap, each trip in his car seat, each morning after a long snooze in the bassinet.
Gradually my anxiety mounted. I'd run my fingers over his head after picking him up from his nap, feeling for any flat planes. I'd hold his fuzzy head to my nose, and slowly turn him, my eyes searching for changes in how the light fell on his scalp. Finally, I didn't have to hold him so close. It was clear as day: one part of his head was round, the other was not. It had become a Problem, and one, I felt with certainty, that would end with him in a helmet. I had to do something.
I tried flipping him over in his basinet so that he'd sleep on his tummy. I found myself checking in on him every few minutes to make sure that he was still breathing, as he was fond of falling asleep face down. I'd try to nudge his little face to the side to free up a nostril and he'd push right back, burying his nose somewhere underneath him. I stood over him and watched him snore into the thin mattress and wondered how anyone my age ever survived tummy sleeping. It wasn't working. I wasn't getting much done during his nap and he wasn't getting much sleep.
My preoccupation with his head has only grown over the past few weeks and now I find myself face to face on screen with the Noggin Nest and the confident baby.
I notice at the top of the website that the Noggin Nest has received five stars according to 18 reviewers. I'm impressed, but then notice that the last star looks funny. Oh, there it is, I think. Its right arm is not shaded in. I figure it must work out to be four and seven-eighths and think that's still pretty good. I scroll down to see what people have said, hoping that someone with my story will have written to say that the Noggin Nest had fixed their problem in a week and half.
The first several reviewers tell how the Noggin Nest successfully prevented their babies' heads from getting flat. My heart sinks. That wasn't really helpful as my son's head was already flat. Had anyone had success with the Noggin Nest actually reversing the flattening? I scroll down further. When I'm thinking of giving up, there it is: a lady with a flattish two-month-old used this and in a week and a half the spot was gone! There!
Before long a Noggin Nest was ordered, destined for our home, and I looked at the back of my son's head smugly. No need to worry anymore, I think. The Noggin Nest is on its way.
I fight back the feeling that this will be another Juicer, the time I rashly purchased a $50 juicer, stopping to get kale, collard greens, parsley, celery, and one apple on our way home, certain that it would fix my little people's aversion to vegetables with one whirl. It did not. I have a sneaking suspicion that I am putting all my eggs in One Basket, but I squash the feeling. The Noggin Nest has to work and I know it will because it worked for confident baby. And it's received 4 7/8 stars. I'm positive that in a week and a half (plus 5-8 business days) both our heads will be feeling better.
Copyright 2013 Meg Matenaer
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White Nationalist Protest Turns Violent In Virginia!
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I hope everyone who is either celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival or Chuseok is having a good time. ^_^
My family celebrates The Mid-Autumn Festival. ^_^
I really want to try the sticky rice that are for celebrating Chuseok.! >W<
Happy Chuseok or Mid Autumn Festival! ♥
I think both SHINee and FT Island looks fantastic in their hangboks. >W<
I wish they took some Chuseok pictures this year. >w<
These pics are from 2008.. ^^
SHINee~ ♥
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With the Cannes Film Festival underway, plenty of wheeling and dealing is going down, so that means lots of casting news. Briefly:
- Adèle Exarchopoulos (Blue Is the Warmest Color) is joining Idris Elba in James Watkins' Bastille Day.
- Michael Shannon will co-star with Julianne Moore and Ellen Page in Freeheld.
- Mickey Rourke, Nat Wolff, Emma Roberts, and Sarah Silverman will star in Ashby.
- Rachel McAdams and Lupita Nyong'o are circling the drama Southpaw.
Hit the jump for more on this casting news.
According to Deadline, Adèle Exarchopoulos will star alongside Idris Elba in the action flick Bastille Day. As we previously reported, the film revolves around "a U.S. operative who is tasked with interrogating and eventually making a young American boy 'disappear' in order to avoid embarrassment to the U.S. government after the boy is linked as the prime suspect to an attack on the Paris metro." When more attacks ensue, the operative realizes the boy is innocent, and the two must work together to uncover the true culprit. Pierre Morel (Taken) was originally on board to direct, but now Watkins (The Woman in Black) has taken over, and while I'm sure Elba will knock it out of the park like always, I hope this will be a good showcase for Exarchopoulos as well.
Moving on, Screen Daily reports that Michael Shannon has joined Julianne Moore and Ellen Page in the romance-drama Freeheld. Directed by Peter Sollett (Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist), Freeheld is based on an Oscar-winning short of the same name, and centers "on the true story of New Jersey car mechanic Stacie Andree and her police detective girlfriend Laurel Hester, who both battled to secure Hester's pension benefits after she was diagnosed with a terminal illness." Page has been attached to play Andree since 2010, and hopefully this new bit of casting news means the project is moving forward.
Screen Daily also reports that Mickey Rourke, Nat Wolff, Emma Roberts, and Sarah Silverman are set to star in the comedy-drama Ashby. Tony McNamara will direct from his own script, which is about "the relationship between a high school student (Wolff) and a retired CIA assassin (Rourke) who only has months to live." Hoo-boy.
Finally, casting is starting to ramp up on Antonie Fuqua's boxing drama Southpaw. Jake Gyllenhaal plays a left-handed boxer who wins a title, but suffers various personal tragedies all while trying to win back the love of his daughter. Forest Whitaker will co-star as a former fighter who now works as a trainer. According to Deadline, Rachel McAdams is being courted to play the wife of Gyllenhaal's character while Lupita Nyong'o is being eyed to play the daughter's social worker.


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Museum adds Chupacabras cap to collection
For more than 100 years, the minor leagues have always been home to colorful team names, interesting logos, and intriguing promotions.
In 2018, they have combined all three into one.
After receiving positive feedback from a 2017 marketing initiative known as "It's Fun to Be a Fan" (and its Spanish-language counterpart, "Es Divertido Ser Un Fan"), Minor League Baseball rolled out a new campaign this year called "Copa de la Diversión," which loosely translates to "Fun Cup."
With 33 teams, across all levels, participating in a total of 165 games throughout the season, the program aims to appeal to the diverse communities in each team's market. According to Minor League Baseball's press release, Copa de la Diversión is "specifically designed to embrace the culture and values that resonate most" with each team's community by creating "a culturally-relevant gameday experience through music, concessions and promotions."
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If the prospect of seeing your hometown team taking on a new, if temporary, identity is not appealing enough, Minor League Baseball is also unveiling a three-foot tall Copa de la Diversión trophy. According to MiLB, this "Gira de la Copa" ("Cup Tour"), will visit all 33 clubs and "build awareness and create excitement" for this series of games, although teams participating in the Copa will sometimes play teams who are not participating in the program.
The opening game was on April 8, between the Triple-A Pacific Coast League teams typically known as the Memphis (Tenn.) Redbirds and the host Round Rock (Texas) Express. Instead, the Round Rock Chupacabras hosted the Memphis Música.
Re-brandings varied from club to club. Some teams chose to simply translate their English-language name into Spanish (e.g. the Durham Bulls became Toros de Durham and the Salt Lake Bees became the Abejas), while some teams, such as the Lake Elsinore Storm and Kane County Cougars, chose to retain their current monikers. Others, like Round Rock and San Antonio, which will be known as the "Flying Chanclas" – flying footwear sometimes used by a family's matriarch as a form of punishment – opted for something completely different.
The name of a mythological creature known for attacking and sucking the blood of livestock throughout the Americas, baseball fans will soon report sightings in Central New York, for the Chupacabras nickname and logo will have a home in Cooperstown.
Round Rock infielder Isiah Kiner-Falefa generously donated his cap from the April 8 game to the Baseball Hall of Fame. On April 10, two days after the Copa game, Kiner-Falefa made his major league debut for Round Rock's parent club, the Texas Rangers.
For the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Kiner-Falefa's donation is just one of many examples of how the institution desires to acquire artifacts from a multitude of backgrounds, not just Major League Baseball-related, according to John Odell, the Hall's curator of history and research.
"We're extremely grateful for the cooperation we've received over the years from Major League Baseball, its Clubs, and its players," Odell explained. "But we're equally as thankful to those who support our mission beyond the major leagues. These artifacts shed light on – and capture – important moments of baseball history which otherwise might go unrecognized and possibly be forgotten."
You, too, can add a Chupacabras or a Flying Chanclas cap to your collection. Limited quantities of the caps are being sold by Minor League Baseball through its web store.
It may not be the historic interlocking NY of a traditional Yankees cap or the stylized B familiar to Red Sox fans, but there is no doubt the Chupacabras cap – and its story – will pique interest among baseball fans visiting the Baseball Hall of Fame, where traditions new and old receive equal billing.
Matt Rothenberg is the manager of the Giamatti Research Center at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum


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I was out of town last week, working. Don't ya just hate it when work gets in the way of spending time in your shop….
Anyway, my project(s) for this week. Some wooden spinners. The spinners were cut out of some scrap cedar fence boards I had in my garage. I started with cut pieces that were 9" long and 1/4" thick. I simply left the pieces the width of the cedar fence board. I did not plain or sand as I wanted the rough look. The hardware is 1/8" threaded metal rod, 1/8" nuts, 1/8" coupling nuts and 1/8" eye bolts. I wanted to hide as much of the hardware as I could so I also added some end caps to cover the hardware. The end caps are cedar drilled with a forstner bit so the cap would slide over the nuts or coupler nuts. The end caps were simply slid over the hardware and glued to each end of the spinner. The stain, various shades of brown I played with until it looked nice.
-- Chris, Sparks Nevada, https://www.facebook.com/ArmstrongTouch
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#1 posted 04-10-2014 05:35 PM
Those look very cool, great work
-- steve, simple and effective woodworking---etsy.com/shop/SussmanWoodworking--
#2 posted 04-10-2014 08:59 PM
they look really good. Will make some myself soon.
-- I doubt, therefore I might be
#3 posted 04-10-2014 09:05 PM
These look nice, but how do they spin? Years ago, I was supplying these to a garden center and ended up making and selling over 700 of them. I got so burned out on them, I never made another. I used high quality ball bearing fishing swivels, and they would work for a while, then get a little grit or dust in them and would stop spinning freely.
-- jbschutz www.johnschutz.com
#4 posted 04-11-2014 02:41 AM
I like your ingenuity great job
#5 posted 04-11-2014 06:33 AM
I like the idea of these and also wondered it the turn freely. Mind sharing where you got the design and pattern info.
-- Larry in Hawaii,
#6 posted 04-11-2014 07:12 AM
Beautiful decoration,beautiful contrast.
-- Ivan, Croatia, Wooddicted
#7 posted 04-11-2014 02:55 PM
For those that asked, the swivels I ended up using were Sparo heavy duty fishing swivels from my local Scheels. You can get them at most outdoor stores or on line. To answer the question, do they spin, yes easily with those swivels. To attach the eye bolts to the small swivel holes I decide to use key rings. I grabbed several sets at my local Home Depot as I was passing through. The key rings worked great. Small enough to fit the swivel holes but large enough to open and fit over the eye bolts.
-- Chris, Sparks Nevada, https://www.facebook.com/ArmstrongTouch
#8 posted 04-11-2014 03:04 PM
Design: I cut all the pieces to the same size then bolted them together on the metal rod, lying the spinner flat on my work bench. I came up with a design by deciding what might look good, then drew the design on some thin stock, making a template. I cut the template out on my bandsaw. Once the templates were done I traced the design on the cedar using the template and cut the design out on the bandsaw. Making the templates took a bit longer but I can now cut additional spinners very easily.
-- Chris, Sparks Nevada, https://www.facebook.com/ArmstrongTouch
#9 posted 04-13-2014 10:50 AM
They are really cool, Chris! Thanks for the "how-to", also!
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Way back in the early 2000s, I attempted NaNoWriMo a couple times. I didn't get far. November is sort of a sucky month for teachers to attempt a 50k word draft.
Then in 2012, I decided to try tacking JulNoWriMo. The result was the first three-quarters of the manuscript that, eventually, became my upcoming chick lit romance, BETTER THAN CHOCOLATE (which should be out this September if all goes as scheduled – more about that in the coming weeks). I gave the July version of this writing challenge another go in 2013, which resulted in the first half of a post-Civil War historical romance that, hopefully, will see the light of day now that I've pulled it out of First Draft Limbo.
Anyhoo, a few years ago the folks who run NaNoWriMo started holding these Camp NaNoWriMo events in April and July. Given that I have 3 more books planned to follow BETTER THAN CHOCOLATE, I thought it might be a good idea to try drafting the next installment this July.
It'll be messy, but it'll be a starting point.
So tomorrow I'm off to Camp!


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Case Study
Brief: Business Continuity Management
Client: Global operating company specialized power and automation
A medium sized engineering company in Switzerland lives in the notion that it has done everything necessary to be ready for major incidents. Its operational health and safety regime is strict, fire protection is all up to regulations and detailed crisis management and evacuation plans are in place. It´s IT architecture is geared for ample contingency and quick disaster recovery.
During the year 2007, when the world is confronted with pandemic threats, the executive committee decides to double check the corporations state of readiness.
A series of workshops are organized and conducted with the aim of simulating several emergency scenarios and evaluating the impact on the business.
The result of the financial simulation is shocking. Several scenarios, which do not appear totally unlikely, would lead to insolvency within a matter of weeks, or at least to major disruptions. Just some examples:
- Closure of borders, due to pandemic outbreak in one European country: Cross-border commuters would not be able to reach their workplace, making it almost impossible to keep the production running
- Closure of schools and kindergartens, discontinuation of public transport: A large fraction of the workforce would not be able to come to work.
- Employees reporting sick for fear of infection: Production would come to a halt, cutting the revenue stream. At the same time all wages and salaries would have to be paid in full.
- Workers would be forced to come to work and infections take place at the workplace: lenghty litigation would follow the incident and possibly damages would have to be paid.
- Closure of facilities in order to avoid any risk of infection: Depending on the duration of the closure, wages and salaries would still be due.
- Closure of facilities on the side of suppliers and sub-suppliers, delayed deliveries: Stalled production, cut-off of revenue streams, while cash-out remains at nearly 100%.
After some major weaknesses were identified for a pandemic scenario, other scenarios were simulated, ranging from a sudden shift in currency exchange rates, strike, terrorist threats, blackmail, through to the outage of individual facilities or suppliers due to fire, inundation, etc.
Most of the risk exposure identified was relating to forced interruptions in production, more that expected related to human resources, supply chain, communications, and of course to IT infrastructure. Also, it was discovered that there was no professional public communication emergency plan in place, which would make sure that the corporate image would not suffer more than necessary in the case of an event.
As a result, a modularized crisis plan was developed, and an emergency communication setup was put in place. Most of the counteraction modules were not taken beyond the planning, testing and documentation stage, i.e., they are to be activated and put into effect only in specific situations.
Some measures, relating to general resilience issues were put into practice right away, as for instance the review of all supplier contracts and enhancement to the supplier qualification and monitoring process.
Also, preparations were made to enable extended home office work in the case of an incident. At the end of the workshop series, the participants stated the opinion, that they had contributed considerably to the future proofing of the corporation with very little time spent on the issue.
The process was accompanied by a stringent facilitation on the side of the consultant, with immediate documentation of all results achieved and by the use of a dedicated simulation tool.


text: Lifeline's foster parenting ministry exists to extend the grace, compassion and love of Jesus Christ to children and birth families in the foster care system. They believe that every child placement is a unique opportunity to minister to the physical, spiritual, and emotional needs of that child, and in many cases, his birth family. Lifeline believes that a child's needs are best met under the guidance of Christian foster parents who can ensure the safety, well-being and development of children during a time of great uncertainty. Their desire is to help lessen the burden of child welfare agencies to recruit more foster families by partnering with local churches to recruit, train, and support these families. Lifeline desires to partner with families who are called to share the hope found in Christ with both the children in care as well as their birth families.


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There's somewhere around $750 billion worth of U.S. currency circulating around the globe. We're talking actual cold, hard cash—billions of pieces of paper, with their portraits and their signatures and their bouts of bizarro Masonic iconography. During this time when American power and prestige is in flux, at best, and when the United States and its new president are trying to press the perezagruzka button and change its image around the world, I say we start with its actual images. Let's put our paper currency to work, helping us tell a different story about America. It's time to put our mouth where our money is.
I'm coming after you, Ulysses S. Grant.
You seem like a swell guy (and happy 187th birthday this week!). Your plainspoken dignity helped define what America wanted from its Midwesterners. Your beard—well-kempt, but vital and robust—was perhaps the Platonic ideal of 19th-century Federal facial hair. You weren't nearly as awful to black and American Indian people as a lot of your contemporaries—or as your critics urged you to be. And, heck, you saved the Union on the battlefield and, as president, saved it all over again by keeping postwar tension from boiling over into Civil War II.


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Water problems becoming more widespread
New report highlights climate change effects
The Obama administration's first major synthesis of studies on the effects of climate change in the United States focused heavily on water availability. It found that:
•Climate change has altered — and will continue to alter — where, when and how much water is available.
•Floods and droughts will likely become more common and intense.
•Water supplies will face greater stress because of increased evaporation, more irrigation for crops and increased use of water for cooling power stations.
•Snowpacks will continue to melt earlier in the spring.
•The past century is not a reasonable guide for water management decisions.
To see the report, go to globalchange.gov.
If misery loves company, county residents struggling to live with less water have plenty of friends nationwide.
Climate change and population growth are straining water supplies even in places where people historically haven't worried much about the resource. Cities from the Great Lakes to the Gulf Coast are pushing conservation plans much like the ones being introduced across California to deal with a prolonged drought.
Concerns about the scarcity of drinkable water are prominent this week in San Diego, site of one of the world's largest water-industry conventions, with more than 10,000 attendees. They also are underscored in a 190-page report issued yesterday by the Obama administration, which highlighted the difficulty of maintaining the nation's water supplies amid global warming.
"Everywhere you look, you have some kind of water problem," said Bradley Udall, director of the University of Colorado's Western Water Assessment and an author of the report. "I don't think (the public) gets the idea that we are in a new era of limits with many natural resources, water being only one. We are going to learn what a gallon means."
The new assessment, a synthesis of various studies, is the federal government's first region-by-region look at the nation's vulnerability to climate change in almost a decade. It was compiled by leaders of science agencies, universities and research institutes as part of the U.S. Global Change Research Program.
"Warming of the climate is unequivocal" and "due primarily to human-induced emissions of heat-trapping gases," the contributors wrote. The report highlights several climate-related threats that have been analyzed for years, including more wildfires and the loss of coastal land to rising oceans.
Jane Lubchenco, chief of the
Water supply was placed first in the report because it's connected to agriculture, energy, human health and many other topics, Udall said.
Water-related challenges are different depending on the area of the country, but virtually every region faces major threats to water supply systems that already are stressed by factors such as population growth and aging pipes.
Nationwide, the report said, higher temperatures will boost demand for water at the same time that supplies are shrinking because of increased evaporation, decreased snowmelt, overtapped aquifers and other elements.
Drought will likely continue squeezing the Southwest, weather models show. But even in places such as the Northeast, where precipitation has risen in recent decades, the rainfall is coming more and more from storms separated by long dry periods. The Northeast lacks the infrastructure to capture all this stormwater, so much of it is lost to the ocean.
Also, the growing trend of downpours will lead to more flooding, erosion and stormwater pollution, while higher sea levels will worsen saltwater infiltration of aquifers.
One fundamental challenge is that water agencies have based their storage and delivery systems on historical rain and snow models that are increasingly irrelevant.
"These records are essentially out the window at this point," Robert Renner, head of the nonprofit Water Research Foundation in Denver, said during the San Diego convention.
The gathering took a somber tone Monday when Peter Gleick addressed hundreds of water industry leaders. He is co-founder of the Pacific Institute in Oakland, a nonpartisan think tank that specializes in water issues.
"We are on a road to far more serious impacts from climate change with far less preparation and management than we should be and could be doing," he said.
Gleick encouraged the crowd to upgrade monitoring of water consumption, set prices to encourage conservation, restructure water rights, and integrate climate change into plans for new storage and treatment facilities.
"We are running out of time," he said.
The search for water is prompting communities nationwide to build desalination plants, tap brackish groundwater and purify wastewater for reuse. These strategies require lots of energy and money at a time when recession-weary customers can't afford to pay more.
"All the easy sources of water have been tapped," said Richard Wheadon, an engineer in Salt Lake City and a board member of the American Water Works Association, sponsor of the San Diego conference. "How do we produce water from these lower-quality sources and purify it in a way that is cost-effective?"
While water officials search for answers, they're pressing their customers to conserve. In San Diego County, residents are being asked to cut back by about 8 percent this year.
Cutbacks also are the theme in Atlanta, which endured a deep drought in 2008. The city has recovered thanks to abundant rain, but the lessons live on, said Robert Hunter, commissioner of the city's watershed management agency.
"It's certainly not business as usual," Hunter said at the water convention.
Atlanta continues to enforce a lawn-watering schedule, offer rebates for low-flow toilets and help residents find pipe leaks.
"We go through droughts periodically," Hunter said, "(but) they seem to be accelerating and getting deeper."
Communities in the upper Midwest are taking a new approach to water consumption partly because of concerns about water levels in the Great Lakes, said Daniel Lynch, utilities director in Janesville, Wis.
Janesville officials are considering new water rates to encourage conservation. That would be a major change in a state where water agencies routinely charge less the more customers use.
"I don't think we are ever going back to the point where people just wasted it," Lynch said.


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This project consists of milling and resurfacing, widening for bike lanes, construct a raised median, traffic signal upgrades, drainage improvements, Lighting, and Landscaping on State Road (S.R.) 551 (locally know as Goldenrod Road) from S.R. 408 to S.R. 50.


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Tea set includes six cups with saucers, sugar bowl and tea pot. Cookware is made of clay on the potter's wheel with adding hand-molding elements. It is possible to make tea-set in multicolored variants. It fits perfectly for tea-drinking in cozy home atmosphere!
Dimensions: length: 13.78 inches (35 cm), width: 9.84 inches (25 cm), height: 7.09 inch (18 cm), weight: 6.61 lb (3000 g)
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In the world of PR, it's not just what you say, but what media outlet you say it to. A perfect example? Basketball star Jason Collins coming out in a cover story in Sports Illustrated. By all accounts, this was a major announcement: Collins is the first male major league athlete to reveal he's gay. By PR accounts, the way he made the announcement was even more interesting.
That there are gay athletes is a given. Women's sports seem to be more tolerant; women's basketball pro Brittany Griner came out recently, and the hullaballoo rating was low. But in men's basketball, baseball, football, and hockey, the policy is don't ask, don't tell. While opponents, and even teammates, may be openly homophobic, there is also the question of fan reaction. Will the people who spend billions on sporting event tickets and merchandise tolerate openly gay players, and the teams who draft them?
This past Monday, Collins revealed that he was gay directly to a media outlet that speaks to the sports fan: Sports Illustrated. The magazine is known for its sports reporting but is most famous for its annual Swimsuit Issue, the cover of which – a barely clad female beauty – tells much about its audience. If fan reaction was in question, Collins addressed it directly.
THE PR VERDICT: "A" (PR Perfect) to Jason Collins. It's not just what he said and how he said it, but to whom he said it.
THE PR TAKEAWAY: When making an unexpected announcement, consider making it via an unexpected source. How typical – and not terribly brave – it might have been for Collins to weep on Oprah's shoulder, or Ellen's, or Anderson Cooper's as the latter two compared coming out stories. The hosts would have been all too sympathetic, and Collins would have lost face with sports fans. However revealing his truth via Sports Illustrated almost said, "This isn't a big deal." It is, of course, and it may go into PR history books as a slam dunk.


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Advent: Walking Towards The Light
"Lectio Divina - Praying the Scriptures in Advent Year "
At first glance, Advent may seem simple enough to understand as a period of preparation for the great Feast of the Lord's Nativity. But the themes that emerge from the liturgical texts of the Roman Liturgy– the antiphons, collects, readings, psalms, prefaces etc.– present a season that is altogether unique and profound.
More thoughts on the new Liturgy:
(14 October 2011)
Now that we have become more familiar with the new words, we can probably agree that the changes are quite few. Not so for the priest and the words he prays on our behalf!
The Eucharist Prayers – at the heart of the Liturgy of the Eucharist have been the subject of significant changes. Perhaps you have heard some different words without being able to pin down the difference.
Fr Thang often uses the new version of the First Eucharistic Prayer for Reconciliation.
It begins: "Lord, Holy Father, Almighty and eternal God" and continues with:
"Even now you set before your people a time of grace and reconciliation, and, as they turn back to you in spirit, you grant them hope in Jesus Christ and a desire to be of service to all."
Simple and beautiful words that speak our language
Liturgy Group
The Parish Liturgy Group meets every Thursday morning from 9 - 10 am to plan prayers, readings and arrangements for Mass and other Sacraments and Services across the three churches in the Parish.
The Group warmly welcomes anyone who has an interest in learning more about the word of God and helping to make the words more easily accessible, relevant and helpful to peoples' lives, including young people. It similarly welcomes enquiries from people potentially willing to assist with some of the Liturgical preparation, being a Reader or helping in other areas of the Mass. Each church has powerpoint projection facilities and computer operators are also needed.
The Liturgy Group can be contacted at [email protected] or via the Parish Office 03 9499 1515.
Children's Liturgy
Resources for children are available at Mass at each of the Churches. Books, Bibles stories and activities are available for children. Please ask when you arrive at Mass.
New Translation of the Mass 2011
The new translation of the Mass, the Revised Roman Missal, will be phased in during 2011.
The actual Mass is not changing – the familiar pattern of the Mass is exactly the same – what is changing is some of the words – the original Latin text has been re-translated to be more accurate.
Ivanhoe will be using the revised "People's Part" – which is not a lot of changes – starting at Pentecost. No changes will be used in Ivanhoe Masses before Pentecost.
Choir & music rehearsals will start straight after Easter.
The Parish schools will start learning the new responses in term 2.
We will be having information sessions:
- at a local Church level (we are planning four sessions at each Church, some in Lent, some after Easter – DVD presentation at Mass & discussion afterwards)
- with the Deanery and led by the Archdiocese facilitators – this will be on Saturday morning 26th February 2011.
More information is available on the website www.evangelisation.org/missal
Past Special Liturgical Events at Ivanhoe
Fr Thang Installation Mass, Saturday 26 November 2011
(Further photos on Photo/Multimedia Page)
Ist Eucharist, August 2010
One of the many Parish celebrations of 1st Eucharist at around this time
Consecration - First Holy Communion 2010, Fr John
Signs of joy at Pentecost and Trinity Sunday
Just the right light - Visiting Priest Fr Burns Huggan celebrates Trinity Sunday Mass
Trinity Sunday celebrates God's presence and action in the world, from the beginning to today.
Highly visible symbols of Pentecost
Symbols of Lent
Three powerful symbols are associated with liturgy in Lent:
Purple - (more)
Image ©DennisBratcher 2009 CRI/Voice, Institute
Discipleship - then and now:
Paul's love for Jesus drove him to use his all his energy to spread the Good News and to persuade/encourage all he encountered to also become disciples. He understood the message of Jesus so clearly that he moved beyond the Jewish people, across the barriers of race and creed – 'Neither Gentile or Jew'. He used skills that were relevant - speaking to the academics of Athens or the domestic situations elsewhere. Stormy seas and harsh men inflicted suffering on him but he saw it all in the cause of his mission, Eventually, he gave his life - by the sword - in Rome having claimed his right to be tried there as a Roman citizen. He accepted that suffering was an inevitable part of his discipleship.
Our lives are very different from the dynamic Paul. It is not likely that we will be 'put to the sword' but our discipleship, in this time and this place will have it own cost in the form of disappointments, of being let down or not understood, of weariness, of frustrations. But we can be inspired by him, seeing how he witnessed to God as a God of grace, light and hope and how he believed in the power of the Spirit to energise our lives in Jesus. He would affirm most strongly that this power is available to us now, in Ivanhoe in 2009.
Celebrating St Paul the ApostleFriday 19 June 2009
St Paul - Energetic and zealous missionary of Jesus:
Paul's conversion, that is his 'turning around' led him to a totally new way of life. In his own words, "It is no longer I but Christ living in me." Urged to spread the Good News, he travelled extensively in three great missionary journeys, visiting countries at the Eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea, known to us today as Israel, Syria, Turkey and Greece. He travelled by road and by sea, recording with real directness the dangers, the risks, the sufferings he encountered. He preached to community after community, but didn't leave it there. He wrote those letters that are so familiar to us, with words of encouragement, responding to their particular needs and, at times, dealing with their doubts and, their disputes. Above all, he wanted every person he met to be formed in the love of Christ, with zeal for the Gospel, offering all hope and new life in the Christ.
Friday 12 June 2009
Around this time last year, Pope Benedict proclaimed a Year of St. Paul to extend from 29th June 2008 until 29th June 2009 as a way of honouring, in a special way; this great apostle. Week after week, we listen to the letters Paul sent to the communities he had established. The Liturgy Group thought that June would be a good time to highlight his life and his work by making it a Month of St. Paul.
Saul, that dedicated persecutor of the embryonic church - The Way - was a most unlikely person to become a proclaimer of the Good News about Jesus. Armed with authority from the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem, he was on his way to continue the campaign of hate in the northern town of Damascus. Dramatic events overtook him on that journey—a bolt of lightning resulted in blindness and, above all, he experienced a personal encounter with the Jesus whom he persecuted.
Saul's meeting with Jesus changed his life. The 'new man', now known as Paul, embraced The Way and the former persecutor became a most committed proclaimer of the Good News. The words 'Road to Damascus' took on an enduring new significance.
Those with a deeper interest in learning about St Paul may wish to avail themsleves of a free National "eConference" on St Paul at the Yarra Theological Union in Box Hill (details here).
Christmas Eve Masses, 24 December 2008
Capacity and over-capacity congregations at Christmas Eve Masses, such as the 7:30pm Family Masses at Mary Immaculate and Mother of God (below).
At the stable in Bethlehem. Celebrant Fr Jim Scannell spoke of the involvement of Jesus with the most 'human' and poorest people. He spoke of the need to be able to 'listen' to the word of Jesus. He showed a detail (as held in the picture above) of Michaelangelo's interpretation at the time of the face of Jesus - an image that perhaps differs from our image today.
The Gospel reading on the effect of the birth of Jesus enacted by children at Mother of God Church. For Mary it was treasuring and pondering on what had happened. For the shepherds it was going out and telling others the good news. Celebrant was Fr Len.
The lighting of the fourth Advent candle.20-21 December 2008
The time is very near – Mary's time of waiting, and ours, is nearly over.
As we light the fourth candle, we remind ourselves that Jesus' birth is really the beginning of his mission, which is our mission too … to be the presence of the loving God in our world.
The lighting of the third Advent candle.
13-14 December 2008
Today's candle is rose - joyful relief from the penitential purple - signalling that the 'time is near'.
Isaiah and John the Baptist continue to challenge us: Prepare a way for the Lord—prepare to be a people who offer loving service to the sick, the lonely, the neglected and ignored, the aged, the very young, the newcomers.
The lighting of the second Advent candle.
6-7 December 2008
This weekend, we relight the candle that was lit for the first time at the beginning of Advent last week.
The lighting of the second candle tells us that we are a little closer to Christmas. As we light this second candle. We hear the voice of John the Baptist, in the Gospel, crying out: 'Prepare the way of the Lord.' Do we hear this as a challenge to us to prepare a welcome for those who come into our lives and to offer them the hospitality and acceptance that every human person longs for? Maranatha, Maranatha, Come Lord Jesus come.
Christ the King
Extract from Catholic News, Friday 21 November 2008
Pope Pius XI in 1925 instituted the feast of Christ the King in answer to numerous requests from Cardinals, bishops and lay faithful at a time when Christ was being pushed more and more out of the lives of nations, families and individuals. The Pope commented that when the reign of Christ was challenged by anti-clericalism, or secularism, it was opportune to institute a feast of the kingship of Christ (more).
Pope Wanted First of his Works Printed to be on the Liturgy
Extract from Catholic Online, Sandro Register, Thursday 30 October 2008
Last week, when the first volume of the "Opera Omnia" of Joseph Ratzinger was presented at the Vatican, one question naturally arose: why is it that the first volume printed, of the sixteen planned, is focused on the liturgy?
It is entitled the "Theology of the Liturgy" and the Pope asked that it be printed first for a reason (read more).
"The Liturgy of life"
Extract from Reflection by Deacon Keith A Fournier, Catholic Online, 7 August 2008
"This morning, my grandson helped me to shake off the cobwebs and opened up a deeper understanding of the liturgy of life.........." (read full reflection here)
Student Involvement as part of the Liturgy Team:
As part of the Confirmation Program which includes exploring service and how the Parish services its people, representatives from each of the schools have been invited to participate in our Thursday Liturgy Planning Meetings. Each week the children will be studying the Sunday readings with their class, and will then share their class's views with parishioners at our meeting which prepares the Prayers of the Faithful each week. School children and their families are being encouraged to find out more about the local parish through the Parish website. We thank all students, teachers and schools for their valuable input. – Pat Jones
We met the Liturgy Team
"On Thursday 8th May we went to meet the Liturgy team to discuss the readings for Mass on Sunday. When the team asked us what we thought about Mass and what we would like to change, they listened to our suggestions and comments with appreciation. We learned lots about how the Mass is organised and how many meetings the organisers go to so that they can make the readings easier to understand. They invited us to go to the youth group when we are at the end of year 6 which made us feel really special. The parish leadership team invited Mareesa, as the liturgy leader for MIPPS, to help with Children's liturgy on the first Sunday of the month. They were very friendly and we learned a lot about the
- Mareesa Ballao, Gemma Sibillin and Anika Uhlig
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Everybody knows that Miami is one of the well-known places in America for bars and the beach scene. What a lot of people do not know is that Miami is full of romantic getaways for you and your partner.
If you want a break from the beach and the clubs of Miami then be sure to check grab your partner and check out these perfect spots for a romantic trip to Miami.
Villa Vizcaya
Villa Vizcaya was built in the early 1900's. It was designed to reflect another time, another land and another lifestyle. It is bathed in decadent charm and will make you and your partner feel like an aristocratic lord and lady. A must see for any couple wanting a taste of the lifestyle of kings and queens.
Venetian Pool
The Venetian Pool is one of the lesser-known charms in Miami. However, it is also one of the most romantic spots. The Venetian Pool is often described as one of the most beautiful swimming pools in the world. It is carved from limestone and incorporates multiple waterfalls and a cave. Venetian Pool is one of the most romantic places in Miami, if not the world. It is a definite must see for every couple visiting Miami.
Fairchild Tropical Gardens
With silvery, tranquil lakes and lush, dense tropical foliage and flowers the Fairchild Tropical gardens are the ultimate locations for a romantic walk for you and your partner. If you are hungry after your tropical adventure then make sure to taste a bite at the nearby Red Fish Grill.
There are several romantic spots in Miami, but the three above are by far at the top of the list. Flights to Miami are economical and very easy to find. So why not take your partner and explore the gorgeous world of Miami's most romantic spots.


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So you want to know who I am?
It's not that easy to tell you. If you read the blog much, it won't take long to figure that out. But here are some of the vital stats:
Name: Kayce, to you
Age: late 20s
Location: somewhere in the southern US, where it gets insanely hot in the summer–and it's always summer
Marital status: obnoxiously happily married
Occupation: ha, that makes it sound like I have a career…I stay at home with my two boys (PJ, 2 1/2, and BabyN, not yet 1) and eat bon-bons all day and watch soap operas. I suppose in my job description I'm also supposed to be taking care of the house and cooking, but my generous boss overlooks my negligence in these areas.
Personality: a bit whiny much of the time, cynical most of the rest, but oddly still caring despite the attitude
Hobbies: um, blogging of course, and when I have time I read avidly and play computer games (blame the nerdy husband for getting me addicted)
Pet peeves: too many to list, but among the top few are atrocious grammar and spelling, and stupid people, especially those who are angry at the world because of their own stupidity. Oh, and tall people.
Fears: fire, sharp objects, stopping on the train tracks in a car, and my children getting sick or dying
Hopes and dreams: that life just keeps getting better from here–I already have everything I could have ever hoped for
Favorite color: yellow
Favorite food: chocolate
Favorite kid: Ha! It probably depends on the day. 🙂


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Academic programme launched to promote 3D printing in universities
To promote powder-based 3D printing at universities and research institutions, EOS, a technology supplier in the field of industrial 3D printing of metals and polymers, is expanding its Academia programme.
After registering, participating institutions can benefit from exclusive access to regular updates from the Additive Manufacturing (AM) world, such as sample applications, white papers and various activities specially designed for the academic field. They will also get an exclusive access to three new packages.
The combination of specialised training with the practical use of their own 3D printing systems will enable both researchers and lecturers to experience first-hand the host of possibilities this technology offers. As such they can actively teach their knowledge to others. At the same time, universities can increase their appeal as centres of education by utilising the expertise they have gained to offer a corresponding range of courses on key 3D printing technology topics.
Dr. Adrian Keppler, CEO and Speaker of the Corporate Management at EOS, said: "As a technology and market leader, it is essential for us to prepare the scientists and students of today for the professional requirements of tomorrow. For this reason, with our Academia programme we are specifically promoting universities and research institutions by providing them with the best possible and state-of-the-art equipment."
Over 300 EOS systems are already in use at various universities and research institutions around the world. These include the Technical University of Munich, the University of Wolverhampton (UK), the California Polytechnic State University (San Luis Obispo, US), and the Incheon PolyTech (Seoul, South Korea).
Understanding and exploiting the potential of Additive Manufacturing
During the next few years, industrial 3D printing, also known as Additive Manufacturing (AM), will play an integrated role in large scale manufacturing – for polymer and metal components alike.
Anyone wanting to drive innovation and influence development going forward needs to gain an understanding of the principles of Additive Manufacturing and its potential. As such, it is even more important than ever to begin training the first generation of 'additive natives'. Apart from its own systems and two entry-level systems from Sintratec, EOS has included various webinars, training courses and further education options in its programme. The package makes it possible to establish an AM specific knowledge base more efficiently, with the aim of benefiting from the advantages for both research and education.
Mark Stanford, Professor for Advanced Manufacturing Technology at the University of Wolverhampton on the subject of Additive Manufacturing: "Our institution has used EOS systems for processing metal materials for research and educational purposes since 2004. The wealth of experience we have gained with metal 3D printing enables us to prepare our students for the manufacturing scenarios of tomorrow. At the same time it is an important distinguishing feature in comparison to other universities."
Elements of the Academia programme
Depending on requirements, the current EOS Academia programme offers suitable ways of quickly entering the world of Additive Manufacturing. Organisations can enrol for the programme, provided they are a recognised educational institution, they use EOS systems at least 50% for their educational courses, and do not exploit the technology for commercial production purposes. EOS will draw ten winners of a Sintratec Kit from all registrations received by 20th October, 2017. Apart from receiving valuable information free of charge, registered participants in the programme have the exclusive choice of three modules:
The Freshman module is designed for institutions looking to learn the basics of 3D printing and integrate them in their own courses. The Sintratec Kit, a kit comprising basic equipment for a powder-based 3D printing system, gives trainers the opportunity to apply and teach the fundamental principles of AM in terms of technology and application.
The Graduate module enables institutions to immediately begin working with and teaching 3D printing technology on a practical basis. They receive a Sintratec S1 laser sintering system as a training course that culminates in an EOS Academia Certificate. Users can therefore enter the world of 3D printing in a shorter time and gain initial practical experience in designing and producing AM components.
Scientist is the module for institutions wanting to exploit the full range of possibilities in industrial 3D printing for research and educational purposes. It consists of selected EOS systems (both metal and polymer) and a multi-day training course at EOS. Within the scope of this programme and based on an industrial 3D printing system, universities can make intensive use of the technology for research purposes.


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Daily Prompt: 3 things I believe to be true, 3 things I believe to be false.
I meant for this to be done yesterday but it slipped my mind. I'll finish it now.
#1: Money. you cannot do anything without it. you simply cannot, at least not where I live. Assuming those who are from an average family- money is extremely powerful and it will either make you rise or fall. All it takes is to know that it is important. Jealous of that man's fitted suit? Jealous of people that go on vacations every other month? Jealous of that beautiful diamond ring? Now, I know there are many people who fall under misfortune's hands and become jobless, homeless. This is not to spite them. This is a truth that matters to me- and money, matters where I come from.
#2: Health. you cannot do anything without it either. you simply cannot.
#3: Gut. everyone says to trust your gut. the feeling you get. intuition, basically. What does your gut tell you? It tells me that I should make the decision that will benefit me. Ever had the fight between head and heart? Your gut is the mediator.
#1: Compassion. i find it very difficult to find real compassion in people. sure, there are those who really do try to share the pains of others but in most cases, they do it for show, not real compassion. image. status. real compassion is powerful- which is such a shame that they aren't a common trait in people. in this world it's one for yourself.
#2: Sympathy. this is different from compassion. sympathy is just a feeling- the common words of : 'oh, i'm so sorry'. i'm so sorry. did you feel that? not that you would know whether i meant it or not.
#3: Wisdom (from the ages). this is actually a funny case, and i probably brought this up because of my father. my father was from the 40's.. yes, he's quite old. and everytime we argue, whether it is relevant or not, he would always say: i know better than you. you still have a long way to go in life. And it bugs me- do you really know better than me? does your experience equate to my experience? it's almost the same as me telling the rest of you that your first relationship will never work out at the age of 16, because mine didn't. well hell, my uncle and aunt had been childhood friends-turned lovers and a married couple for almost 70 years.
so there are my heart's truths and lies. there is no right or wrong, just a few things that stand out for me personally. don't get me wrong, i'm not a debbie downer or a depressed masochist (despite my blog focusing on relationship problems), i'm just a girl whose eyes have been opened a little wider than usual (yes, i have big eyes).


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There is "going for a walk" and "taking a hike" and then there is experiencing a bushwhacking trek along the LARAPINTA TRAIL. Extending 223 km long from beginning to end, the LARAPINTA TRAIL is one of Central Australia's most phenomenal trekking experiences. Although it is a fairly new trail, the LARAPINTA TRAIL is quickly becoming not onlyone of the most popularly traveled trails in Australia, but in the world.
Your trek will begin at the Old Alice Springs Telegraph Station with the trail then having you making your way through a variety of gaps, open and closed gorges, and across intense and rugged ranges. It is a rigorous trek, to be certain. The terrain is rocky and rough and there can be limited shade and vegetation. Some of the grades are 45 degrees plus. There are very few flat areas and the average elevation along the trail is around 850 meters. In other words, this is a true trekker's dream trail; daunting and perhaps intimidating but yet exhilarating all at the same time. This is not all for naught though, because along the way, you will take in some of the most awe-inspiring and stunning views. The LARAPINTA TRAIL will gift its trekkers with spectacular scenery including that of Simpsons Gap, Ellery Creek Big Hole, Ormiston Gorge and Glen Helen. You'll also get to immerse yourself in the stunning views from Mount Sonder, which is the highest point and the end of the trail. Make certain you bring a camera because even the most amateur of photographers is certain to end up with an amazing photographic portfolio of some of the most beautiful scenery that Central Australia has to offer and that is certain to leave you breathless.
Imagine yourself walking the same path that the aborigines have been walking for centuries. One can only imagine the stories that could be told for every footprint that has been left before yours. It would be safe to say that your trek along the LARAPINTA TRAIL will be one that stays engraved upon the recesses of your mind for a lifetime. Our goal is to give you a trip that you will never forget.
Every part of your trek is planned out to a fine detail. Support vehicles follow along which means you need only carry a back pack with your daily needs in it. Each night you will camp out in equipment supplied by our ground support crew as well as indulge in fully catered meals.
Just take a moment now to imagine yourself sitting by a campfire with the wide open night sky as your ceiling while you listen to stories about ancient legends and myths in regard to the area and the indigenous people. It most assuredly goes without saying that your trek along the LARAPINTA TRAIL will be one that will leave you awe struck with the beauty and mystique that Australia has to offer.
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Early Hunting Dogs and Guns
In the early day dogs were used for hunting. These dogs would find prey and drive it into the nets. This method was used for centuries before guns were invented. Guns were finally invented and this changed things, The first guns were heavy and awkward to use. The hunting dog had to stand for a long time pointing at the game. The Spanish were the first to develop a suitable dog. This dog was called the Spanish Pointer and they are now extinct.
The English Pointer is developed from the extinct Spanish Pointer. The first shot guns started being used for hunting and wars in the 1600s. They were used mainly to shoot ducks. The Spanish Pointer would find game and he would point for long periods. Some would stand and point game for hours.
It took time to load a muzzle loader gun. You had to do it in 4 stages. Your use a ramming rod to put r components down the barrel. To load the muzzle loader you put gun powder, wadding, small balls and projectiles and more wadding to keep it all together. The gun powder and projectiles were kept separate so there were no accidents.
The hunter would start loading the gun when the pointer spotted something and froze in a point. The hunter would then load the gun and put some fine gunpowder in the gun until it came in contact with the mechanism that made the sparks. When the hunter pulled the trigger sparks would be made by the mechanism and the fine gun powder would be ignited and this would explode the main gun powder and everything else that was put in the gun would come out.
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Royal Blind is a charity that was founded in Edinburgh in 1793. We have a lively present and a distinguished history. We provide education, care, and employment for vision impaired people throughout their lifetime. Many of the people we support have additional disabilities and support needs.
Our services are located in Edinburgh and in Paisley, although we support people from all over Scotland and the rest of the UK.
Our sister charity is Scottish War Blinded. Scottish War Blinded supports veterans with sight loss, including both those who lost their sight during service as well as consequently due to old age and conditions such as macular degeneration.
Each organisation has its own management, and both are overseen by the Royal Blind Board and Chief Executive.
Our services are funded in a variety of ways including:
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Slate Valley Driving Tour
Our Slate Valley Driving Tour booklet provides you with detailed maps and many points of interest to ensure you can take in the heart of the Slate Valley. The driving tour take about 2 hours and covers about 45 miles. The tour starts at the Slate Valley Museum and loops you back to Granville after covering the heart of the Slate Valley through New York and Vermont.
Slate has been used for many purposes in the Slate Valley over the past 160 years. Slate roofs, foundations, sidewalks, wall cladding, sculptings, and landscaping are visible throughout the entire tour, but only a few examples are noted in this booklet.
There are many places along the driving route to stop for gas and meals, as well as many places to picnic. However, please keep in mind that many of the sites on our tour are private property, please view them from the road. Quarries are dangerous and unstable, do not enter the sites or climb on slate piles.
If you are interested in touring the West Castleton Railroad and Slate Company Historic Site at Lake Bomoseen, please pick up a Slate History Trail brochure at the museum before departing. These brochures are also available at Lake Bomoseen State Park.
The Slate Valley Driving Tour is available inside the Slate Valley Museum as well as outside in case we are closed. If you would prefer to download a PDF version you can do so here.


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The Works Family Friendly Discount Store is a major omni-channel retailer operating in the United Kingdom. The Works had set 100% growth targets for its online channel over the Q4 period spanning christmas. Despite these ambitious growth targets in terms of overall sales and revenue, The Works also operate in a highly competitive market in terms of margin and cost of sale meaning that maximising and balancing ROI off the back of seasonal trends was also paramount.
Broadplace began working with The Works mid 2014 to provide a performance focused combined paid search and SEO solution. Recognising search marketing as a key element of their marketing mix we placed emphasis on both generating incremental revenue as well as supporting other channels to improve lifetime customer value. The role of our work in optimising the paid and organic search channels during Q3 has been a key driver in supporting sales for The Works as highlighted by Deloittes. In a highly competitive Q4 & Christmas The Works have announced themselves as a key player and through their partnership with Broadplace have been able to anticipate and react to the in the quickly changing UK e-commerce landscape.
Ajay Syal,
MD – Broadplace
Broadplace have been instrumental in supporting our ambitious YoY online growth targets across multiple channels. Broadplace successfully delivered the commercial numbers whilst maintaining target ROI. Through their pro-activity and transparency Broadplace have been able to lead many digital marketing initiatives, helping TheWorks.co.uk gain a competitive advantage during a highly competitive Q4. Their approach combines their proprietary technology with a client-first philosophy and makes for an extremely agile delivery ensuring we are able to implement new strategies quickly and efficiently. The collaborative and innovative approach means we are also able to trial new initiatives in order to set new standards within the industry and drive a point of difference. The success of both mobile visits and Google shopping campaigns are a compelling story and have formed the foundations of an even stronger online presence over the last quarter which we will continue to build on throughout 2015.
Simon Joseph,
Multi Channel Director The Works Store Ltd
The Works initially established themselves as an offline only retailer operating primarily within the discount books sector. They have 300+ bricks and mortar retail stores throughout the UK & Ireland. The Works first came online in 2010 promoting the website organically, they launched their Paid Search initiatives in late 2011 growing its contribution to online sales from just 2% to 28% growing overall sales online by over 1000% in the process.
Throughout 2014 The Works has served more than 24 million customers across the UK growing online transactions by over 150% YoY. The huge range of stock accessible to customers in store has proved to have great appeal to consumers of all types. The dynamic product range is constantly updated and consists of more than 40,000 different lines each year.
The cross-channel strategy adopted by The Works & Broadplace team has driven both increased volumes of growth as highlighted by Deloitte in the analysis below as well as delivering return on investment to the business at a greatly improved margin.
The opportunity to translate the company motto "What Will You Discover" from in-store into its' current online offering is an exciting challenge, where consumer browsing and discovery element must be finely balanced with the ability to drive highly qualified traffic to the website through both paid and organic means.
Working in partnership with Broadplace the omni-channel approach adopted by both parties has yielded high growth and capitalised on market conditions promoting value for money and wide inventory to savvy shoppers across the country.
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Discussion in 'General Discussions' started by gilly6993, Nov 9, 2009.
how do I delete it?
Open browser, open settings, select clear history.
i think there's options for clearing cache and cookies too, but it doesn't seem to completely clear it for me either..
maybe i just don't need to since its not a blackberry.
How do you save just your username but not your password while using a 2nd party webmail
Yeah, there are a lot of advices about deleting browser's history.. but it depends mostly on version of your Android (release + sdk)..
Stepply, on each version you should apply another advices.
My advice is to install Android Delete History PRO, the best browser history eraser tool I think :icon_ banana:


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Am I the only person who thinks that Byron Hout had it coming?
Put yourself in LeGarrette Blount's shoes. You just lost a game. In Division 1A College Football that basically means, the dream is over, you are done, might as well go study or something. You are angry about any loss, but first game of the season to a team maybe you thought you should have beat, you are devastated. Then Byron Hout comes up to you, goes out of his way to get your attention, and says something probably not too bad, but enough to boil you over.
As this point, Blount stops and thinks if its worth it, and then I think he realizes how big a douchebag Hout was, turning to his friends and giggling at the comment he had just made, and Blount brings him back to reality, and the blue turf with a right that knocked the spit out of the sophomore's mouth.
In watching the video a few times, I have to wonder what Hout said, because after the punch, his teammates did not jump in to go after Blount. They all just sort of stand there. Whether they were stunned, knew it was not worth fighting because they will face consequences, or just deathly afraid of LeGarrette Blount at that point, it made them come off as people who just do not like Byron Hout.
Even people who agree with me will say, "I'm not defending what Blount did," but I am, I am defending what he did because there is no bigger dick move than kicking a dead Duck while he's down.
Blount had a pretty rough game. -5 yards on 8 carries including scoring 2 points for the other team. So this guy is probably leaving the field just not wanting to speak to the media, and then Dbag Hout comes over, thinking about how many Natty Lights he can drink before he leaves the stadium tonight and thinks, "Maybe if I tap this guy on the shoulder and thank him for the safety he provided for us, I can bang a cheerleader," and so he does, and a Duck punches a Bronco.
These are not professional athletes. They are treated like them. The NCAA uses their images for free and makes a ton of money off of them, but the players do not see much of it other than a bit of a stipend. These are kids. This is no different than something you would see at a Pee Wee game except without all the tears.
So everyone is biting both these guys heads off today, but just let it go. Its funny, when you think of college, you think of immaturity. You think of a period in your life when you were allowed to act like a complete jackass for 4 years, and basically see no consequences. If you were a normal college student at a normal college, you saw countless fights five times as bad as this. College was immaturity, and yet, football players, maybe some of the most immature people I knew in college, are held to this higher standard.
Everyone talks about how they love college football because the guys still play with passion. They aren't just playing for money, and then a guy acts on that, and all of a sudden he's public enemy number one.
Suspend Blount a game and put some soap in Hout's mouth, but don't treat meathead kids like NFL veterans.


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You can't stop thinking about the time you spent in that public bathroom. Green and white with dripping water and cold tile. Strange Human Men stomping in and out, doing their strange odorous business before stomping back out again.
You loved it so.
There was a small boy who would bring you Grain. He'd sit in the stall--the farthest one down--and cup his hands out to you. It was the most delicious thing you had ever eaten, and that boy was the best friend you ever had.
It was perfect until that awful Janitor Woman went to war with your restroom occupancy. She danced around for a week, waving her arms over her head, trying to catch you with her leathery fingers, until finally throwing a towel over you, plunging you into darkness and expelling you forever from your haven.
Even now, two years later, you perch on a branch overlooking the men's room you so desire. A sign hangs from the door, "Out of Order." It's been there since you left. The doors have been locked and no one has gone in or out.
They aren't going to open the door ever again. They've given up.
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An Ode to Journey (OR7): Don't Stop Believing
Oh, Journey, we know you are lonely. We know you have been searching for that special girl, maybe even from California. The search has been long—months long. We know you broke the pack rules, crossed the state of Oregon and then the California state border looking for love and made national news doing it.
But recent reports say you've been hanging out with the wrong crowd. They say you've traded in your lone wolf status and are hanging with … the coyotes.
I know they are fun. I hear them often, laughing and carrying on all hours of the night. But, Journey, you are not going to find that special gal hanging with those California cavorters. If you aren't careful and officials see hybrid babies of yours and one of those coyotes, the California Department of Fish and Game has to kill them.
You see, being a gray wolf you are an endangered species and humans are charged with protecting your kind, and that includes the next generations of pups. We have faith that you can find one of YOUR kind and do right by the family you left in Oregon. Don't stop believin' that perfect girl is out there, even if you have to settle for one of the Oregon ladies. On this Endangered Species Day, our hearts are with you.
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Books by This Illustrator
Muskrat Will Be Swimming
By: Cheryl Savageau
Illustrated by: Robert Hynes
Age Level: 6-9
Living in a lakeside community of "cellar holes, trailers, and old winterized cottages," a girl of Native American and French descent loves her home, but feels demeaned when classmates call her a lake rat. She confides in Grampa, who listens, questions, and reminds her of a legend concerning Muskrat. A dream and a symbolic dive into the lake help the girl fully accept where she's from and who she is. — Booklist


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I was downtown Courtenay today. The whole Xmas season thing is in full swing—sweet music about love and peace that is really there just to lower your resistance to the pressures to buy, buy, buy—buy until you have exhausted yourself, your bank account, your credit cards, our Earth's capacity to cope with this plague we call consumerism. All the glitzy Christmas lights, tinsel, Santa Claus–all the commercial-laden spiritual music; I just about puked. The only thing that saved my guts from turning inside out is these mockingly satirical lines that I picked up off the internet last year this time:
Good old King Buy And Buy says get it with the see—ease—un. Buy and Buy and Buy and Buy—never counting cost—ah-hast. Keep up with the buy-I-ing, until the vault is em—em—tee. Come the new year you will pay; Pay and pay and pay-a-eh.
I don't know; I couldn't explain it to a rational observer—it just cheers me up like a mickey on a cold night; kind of caustic going down, but it warms the tummy and dulls the senses to the drumming of the commercial hype in total surround sound.
I have, however, recently come across a song—you won't hear in the commercial districts–of such insight into the core goodness of what this wonderful idea of celebrating the changing of the season can—perhaps was once intended to be—mean that I want to share it with you. I trust that it may warm your heart as well and offer some hope that the risky endeavor we call humanity may yet turn out well; that the power of love, genuine human generosity and fascination with life in its almost infinite dimensions may yet be reawakened and prove to be a greater influence than the narrowly focused economic affliction that besets us and our world.
(Sung to the tune of the traditional hymn, Silent Night)
1. Silent night, Solstice Night
All is calm, all is bright
Nature slumbers in forest and glen
Till in Springtime She wakens again
Sleeping spirits grow strong!
Sleeping spirits grow strong!
2. Silent night, Solstice night
Silver moon shining bright
Snowfall blankets the slumbering Earth
Yule fires welcome the Sun's rebirth
Hark, the Light is reborn!
Hark, the Light is reborn!
3. Silent night, Solstice night
Quiet rest till the Light
Turning ever the rolling Wheel
Brings the Winter to comfort and heal
Rest your spirit in peace!
Rest your spirit in peace!


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The aim behind fashion blog SheFinds has always been to give its readers the tools to create the right outfit for the right occasion at the right price—a credo we can definitely get on board with—and now you can find all the tools you need in a handy book: Wear This Now.
Written by SheFinds founder Michelle Madhok and her team, Wear This Now teaches you how to build your wardrobe from the ground up—including finding the basic essentials that every girl needs, how to create an outfit for any and every special event, learning what to invest in and what not to bother splurging on, and how to navigate the sales racks like a professional. Sounds good, right? Even better, it clocks in at over 300 pages, so you will really get your money's worth of information.
You can pre-order your copy of Wear This Now ($16.95) from Amazon.com now ahead of its August 21 launch date—and you can take a sneak peek inside.