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wordpress | Most my resolutions this year were professional ones. I’ve given up on any kind of “getting fit” or “be Martha Stewart in my spare time” resolutions. The more I resolve, the less I do. It’s my contrary brain. I’ll do it when I’m ready to, and not a moment before. Conveniently, I was ready to change baby storytime right as the new year came around so now it became one of my new year’s resolutions! Since today was so successful… this New Year’s Resolution is DONE!
Basically, I spent a couple hours on Jbrary’s youtube channel finding some rhymes and songs that are perfect for me. Part of what I love about their selection is there is something for everyone. Every storyteller has their own style and Jbrary has something for everyone. Other songs and rhymes included here came from the WCCLS website and KCLS Tell Me a Story. The words to the rhymes and songs mentioned here can be found on the Rhymes page (only the first time they occur on the blog are they written out in posts).
Happy New Year and welcome to baby storytime. My name is Kendra. We will be learning some new rhymes and songs today and the words to them are taped on the wall behind me. Feel free to use those as a “cheat sheet” during storytime, but we will also repeat songs several times in order to learn them. Part of the reason I put the words up on the wall is to help your babies start understanding that these squiggles and things they see actually have meaning. If they see you looking at the words, they know they are important and will be interested in them because you are.
I’ve added verses to this simple song to turn it in to a name game.
Hi, hello and how is Jack?
How is Jack? How is Jack?
How is Evelyn? How is Suzie?
Hi, hello and how is Robert?
A rough road, a rough road, a rough road, a rough road, A HOLE!
Activity: Finger paint on the windows. Not a lot of babies participated, but I had great conversations with all the caregivers about sensory development and ideas for things like this they could do at home with their babies.
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utoronto | While at the Dunlap, Rachel Friesen studied the earliest stages of star formation by observing the cold, dense molecular clouds from which stars arise. She examined the light emitted by molecules within these regions to gain an understanding of the composition, structure, temperature and internal motions of these stellar nurseries—and thus gain a better understanding of the birth of stars and planetary systems.
Friesen received her PhD from the University of Victoria, and joined the Dunlap Institute in August, 2012, from the North American ALMA Science Center at the NRAO in Charlottesville, Virginia. She left the Dunlap in September 2017 to become an Assistant Scientist at the North American ALMA Science Center, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Highlights definitely include the science, but also being able to design and build hands-on labs for the Instrumentation Summer School, and coordinating a solid, Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) that drew applicants from across Canada and emphasized a broad research experience. I also very much enjoyed working with the excellent students in Toronto, both undergraduate and graduate.
The fellowship package—salary and research budget—is very attractive, and allowed me significant freedom to pursue my interests. I was excited to join a young and growing institute, with a lot of energy for new initiatives and collaboration. The location within U of T and proximity to the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics also was enticing in terms of collaboration opportunities. Lastly, I appreciated the Dunlap’s mission not only to research, but to training and outreach.
The time, financial support, and freedom to pursue and present my research were instrumental in obtaining my current position. Facilitating summer school labs and the SURP, and mentoring undergraduate and graduate students certainly also helped.
The Dunlap has amazing potential. No other institution in Canada has been able to hire so many new staff and faculty members in the past few years. I hope the Dunlap continues to push its members to take the lead in the community, both locally and nationally, in its core goals. Clearly, we want to see research excellence and innovation, but Dunlap has a unique window to really drive the conversation on diversity and education. | 2019-04-25T05:56:17Z | http://www.dunlap.utoronto.ca/dunlap-people/dr-rachel-friesen-3/ | Porn | Science | 0.987835 |
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Corner is accredited in public relations by the Public Relations Society of America and is a 2001 graduate of the Michigan Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Michigan program. He holds a master’s degree in public relations management and a bachelor’s degree in communication from Michigan State University. | 2019-04-20T08:18:28Z | https://comartsci.msu.edu/our-people/andrew-corner | Porn | Business | 0.483182 |
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sfgate | Arugula can be pricey in the stores, but it's inexpensive to grow.
3 If You Trim Lettuce, Will It Regrow?
If you want to grow a different kind of leafy green vegetable in your garden, try arugula. It’s easy to grow and makes a tasty addition to a salad or sandwich. As its other common name, garden rocket, implies, it is a fast-growing plant, ready for harvest only three to six weeks after sowing the seeds. You usually cut back an arugula when you harvest it. If you cut it back at the right time, the leaves will have the perfect flavor and the plant may send up a couple more harvests.
Cut back young seedlings to the ground when they are approximately 4 inches tall to thin them so one plant stands every 8 inches. You can also pull them, which will prevent any regrowth.
Cut back the remaining plants to prune the leaves for harvesting, clipping the stems at ground level with a pair of sharp, pointy scissors. Do this before the plant flowers and when the leaves are about 2 to 3 inches wide. This is when arugula tastes best.
Recut the plant one or two more times, about three weeks apart, for additional harvests. Do not let arugula flower if you want to harvest the leaves. After flowering, the leaves have a stronger flavor, which is usually not as good as when they are young.
Prune back the flower stems if you let your arugula flower. Do this before they seed if you do not want them to self sow. Cut back the flower stems to the ground and discard.
Arugula is an annual and should be discarded at the end of the season.
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wordpress | The Council has voted the banning of the right turn from Lavender Hill into Falcon Road to be replaced with the introduction of right turn movements from Lavender Hill into Falcon Lane. The decision comes in the hope of easing the congestion at the crossroad between Falcon Road, Lavender Hill and St John’s Hill, beside Clapham Junction station.
(k) two raised junction treatments in St. John’s Road.
The Economic Development Officer comments that these proposals will make Clapham Junction a more attractive and prosperous town centre.
As you can see in (h) they are talking about the relocation of the taxi-rank. Therefore that will occur with or without the Metro Fund’s proposal. That’s what I pointed out in comment 2 here, in response to Brendan (who is involved in helping explain and support the Metro proposals).
(h) approve the development of a temporary traffic management plan so as to manage traffic during period of construction and to consult with the Cabinet Member and Ward Members on this plan.
Therefore I wanted to have the views of the Councillors of the 3 Wards (Northcote, Shaftesbury and Latchmere) on the temporary traffic management they could envisage, assuming the major disruption that a 3 year construction proposal such as Metro Shopping Fund’s, will create.
Tony Belton, opposition leader and Latchmere Cllr told me that their concerns (as opposition Cllr) won’t be taken into account by the Council).
Cllr Paul Ellis and Cllr James Cousins, Shaftesbury ward, passed the hot potato matter to their colleague Guy Senior who must be on holiday (see UPDATE).
Cllr Guy Senior as Cabinet Member whose brief covers this, and who is one of the Shaftesbury Councillors, will be better able to respond in full.
However, the roadwork changes are part of the Exemplar Scheme that aims to bring better order to the road system around Clapham Junction, for vehicles and for pedestrians – especially at the junction of Falcon Road/Lavender Hill/St. John’s Road and St. John’s Hill.
The scheme was developed ahead of any proposals for the development of Clapham Junction.
I, and colleagues, and Council Officers have of course been very conscious of what the impact may be of both initiatives occurring at the same time. But since the timescale of any development of Clapham Junction cannot yet be determined it would have been unwise, perhaps one can even say irresponsible, to have waited on the result of the Metro Fund’s proposals before pushing ahead with the Council’s Exemplar Scheme.
There has been widespread consultation on the Exemplar Scheme and much reporting of it – a Google search will provide a great deal of information on it.
An added issue is the proposed wholescale redevelopment of the Peabody Estate on St John’s Hill, almost opposite Clapham Junction Station.
If all three things were to occur at the same time it could cause chaos – I have raised this in fora where these matters have been discussed. Transport for London is a key player in agreeing and managing the transport challenges that could arise. They and the Council would clearly work very closely to reduce the possibility of unavoidable disruption.
So, there must be some initial planning with regard to the Exemplar Scheme, and there must be some thoughts about the added impact of any proposed development at or around Clapham Junction actually starting, but the Exemplar Scheme is the only show in town that has a confirmed performance with curtains ready to be raised. It would be crazy for us to halt its commencement on the basis of what may or may not happen at Clapham Junction Station – but it would also be unwise of us not to factor that possibility into our future planning, as a ‘what if’ factor.
I am copying this in to Guy Senior so that he may add to, correct or elaborate on what I have said. In the meantime, I trust that this response is of some help towards answering your query.
I think it is important to note that the proposals that you refer to are not related to the planning application and can proceed independently of it.
IF permission is granted for the development, it is the intention to construct it without having any general traffic diversions. However, there would have to be some temporary measures to allow vehicles in and out of the site and relocation of bus stops etc. This is just what happened when the site was last rebuilt in the late 1980s. If any road closures were needed on a temporary basis (e.g. to bring in large loads), then these would need to be agreed with the council. A construction management plan would also have to be agreed relating to such issues as times of work, noise, dust control and the like.
Is Boris Johnson betraying those who voted for him and currently approving all schemes comprising huge towers? That’s what Simon Jenkins is writing in his letter to the Evening Standard, published on 24th February.
“Johnson was apparently against these towers being “pepper-potted” across London. He was supported in this approach by the former leader of Westminster council, Sir Simon Milton, now his planning chief. He even encouraged the Standard to list the developments that would be doomed under his regime.
As we have already commented here, last November, the Mayor’s office issued a planning report to Wandsworth Council giving a barely qualified green light to the Clapham Junction Scheme. The Mayor approved the design of the towers finding them “attractive city elements contributing positively to the London skyline” (since then, the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (Cabe) said that the buildings would appear “ungainly in medium and long range views of the buildings and unsettling when experienced up close” and the station entrance was also “under-played” architecturally). We were astonished by the comments, coming from the man who, before his election, vowed to put a stop to Ken’s ‘phallocratic towers’ and claimed that the previous Mayor was intent on ‘wrecking London’s skyline’.
According to Michael Ball, Waterloo Community Development Group, he specifically promised to stop seven separate towers during his campaign, but has failed in every one and now actively supports three.
No wonder why a lot of people in Battersea feel betrayed (including Simon Jenkins apparently): residents are clearly opposed to tall buildings “pepper-potted” across London (you can see a record of objections for the Wandsworth’s schemes) and it seems we live in extraordinary times when it takes a government minister rather than the Mayor for London to insist that national planning guidelines should be adhered to.
One of the reason (maybe the main one) why local and central government are so accommodating to developers is not specifically a tendency for skyscrapers and high buildings, but the rack-off from development profits they can get. This is called section 106 agreement and means basically that in exchange of building whatever they want, they will pay for some Council’s duty (roadwork, affordable houses, etc). No wonder to see that after the Communities Secretary called for an inquiry into the Ram Brewery redevelopment voted by the Council in December. Edward Lister, leader of Wandsworth Council was so infuriated: all his plan for the one way system in Wandsworth Town to be redesigned and delivered free of cost for the Council by the developers is put in limbo.
According to an article published in the Evening Standard tonight, Hazel Blears, the Communities Secretary, called for an inquiry into the Ram Brewery redevelopment voted by the Council in December. As we presented the consequences in a previous article, the main brewery site will be marked by a pair of 32 and 42-storey residential tower blocks (up to 145m or 475ft). The Planning Application committee voted by 9 votes to 2 in favour of the scheme.
When outlining her latest decision, Ms Blears said “she ought to decide herself because she considers the proposals may conflict with national policies on important matters”.
These include building heights, landscaping, hazardous installations (the site contains gas holders) and affordable housing.
The Wandsworth application submitted by developer Minerva will now have to be considered at a public inquiry, with the final decision resting with her.
The plans, which include 11 towers, including one of 42 and another of 32 storeys, had been nodded through by Wandsworth council in December.
The letter in which Ms Blears spells out her reasons for calling in the development says her intervention was attacked by Wandsworth council leader Edward Lister. He said: “It’s unbelievable that in the depths of a recession we have a Government that would put at risk £1billion of investment in a suburban town centre.
Mr Johnson supported the tower which, he said, met his requirements for the highest-quality design, and the traffic improvements.
But Ms Blears said the application raised issues that went beyond the locality and had to be debated on the basis of national planning policies. Mr Lister said this was a waste of time and put the entire enterprise at risk.
“The council set three main tests for the development, and the answer was yes on all counts”, he said. “The scheme is backed by the Wandsworth Town Centre Partnership, which described it ‘pivotal’ to their vision for the area.
“It was also backed by the Mayor who said the tall buildings met his requirements for the highest quality design and confirmed that were no another means of funding the transport improvements needed.” Deputy mayor for policy and planning, Simon Milton, said: “The Mayor supports the Wandsworth proposal because of the major improvements it would bring. This decision by Ms Blears will delay crucial development in this period of downturn that will be damaging for London’s future prosperity.” However, he did not want to comment on the wider issue.
Other proposals which could also be called in include the Victoria transport interchange and the Heart of Battersea development.
You can also read our article about what the Mayor Office said on the Clapham Junction redevelopment proposal and his claim against tall building during his campaign.
Welcome to our latest bulletin with reports on local issues including the extension of the East London Line, Heathrow expansion, the Clapham Junction planning application, the Bolingbroke Hospital and details of the next Safer Neighbourhood Team meeting. Please forward the bulletin to friends and neighbours in the area.
Boris Johnson and Geoff Hoon came to Clapham Junction last week to announce the go-ahead for the East London Line extension. Really good news for Northcote ward residents that follows a lengthy campaign by the Council and local Conservatives to secure funding for the connection.
Read our article about the East London extension here.
Use it to check out what is happening along Northcote Road .
Read our article about business in CJ here.
Thank you to everyone who has let us know their views about this planning application – it is probably the most important to affect Northcote Ward in a generation. If you have not yet submitted your views to the Council’s Planning department please do so as soon as possible.
All three Northcote councillors spoke at last month’s public meeting organised by the Clapham Junction action group – see reports posted (17th February and 29th January) on the action group’s website www.towerscj.wordpress.com. At the meeting we explained that we continue to ask questions about a number of key aspects of the scheme including the impact of two 42 storey towers on the surrounding area much of which is designated a Conservation area; the real nature of the station and platform improvements and Network Rail’s plans; the need for a proper transport interchange including bus facilities; the implications for air pollution in the area and the mix of the proposed development with its focus on small flats and retail outlets with the loss of other employment opportunities.
Jane Ellison, Battersea’s Conservative Parliamentary candidate, has issued a Residents’ News opposing this application – go to www.janeellison.net and scroll to Latest Campaign – Britain’s Busiest Station Deserves Better.
Details of the proposal are available on the developers, Metro Shopping Fund, website www.theheartofbattersea.co.uk. Go to Latest News to see their current leaflet (the beat 03).
Full details of the applications and comments submitted so far can be seen on the Council’s Planning website search the planning register and enter application number 2008/4488.
The following links will take you to a recent exchange of letters between the Council’s Planning Department and Network Rail, both are posted on the Planning website – they are well worth reading.
The following link will take you to a letter that the Council’s Planning Department sent to the developers last month. We understand they are preparing a comprehensive response.
As we said at the public meeting we will ensure that the views of Northcote residents are properly represented when the application is discussed at the Planning Committee and at any full Council meeting so please do let us know what you think of this application.
Read our report on the meeting here and watch the videos there. See our analysis on the letter sent by Wandsworth Council press officer: Planning Decision Deferred Again! Our comment about Jane Ellison’s statement is here.
The day of our Public Meeting that they refused to attend, Metro Shopping Fund (the joint venture between Delancey and Land Securities) distributed a leaflet on their proposal, answering some questions. You can read the PDF version here.
We welcome the initiative to communicate on the planning, although we found some gross misleading all along the document. We thought it was worth commenting (in brown) some extracts (in green) of the brochure bellow (for full quote and page number, please refer to the PDF document above).
A) With this, the developers are associated the lifts to their improvement efforts. This is a false representation; in reality the lifts are currently put in place on Brighton Yard entrance (opening at the end of the year) and their cost of about £9 millions is paid by the government (as Martin Linton said: “contractors are installing 9 lifts at Clapham Junction station as part of the Government’s £370 million Access fo All scheme. The Brighton Yard entrance at the top of St John’s Hill will be re-opened with a ticket office to provide direct access to the overbridge and the lifts“).
B) Actually the truth is that by the end of the year, we will have 3 entrances to CJ station: a main one in St John’s Hill, Brighton Yard and Grand Road. The developers plan is proposing to close the main one. Therefore I find it difficult to imagine how it can make things easier for passengers. In addition, experience in Redhill shows that closing the entrance to the under-path to use the over-bridge only was a mistake and they are reversing to original now.
C) Misrepresentation again as the straightening and lengthening of the platforms are part of Network Rail Strategic Plan since 2006… nothing to do with Metro Shopping Fund.
A) As a local resident recently emailed me: “Clapham Junction station definitely needs serious improvements, and the reasons for this have been well rehearsed. However, it must surely be the responsibility of Network Rail to carry out these improvements. We have a major London station here, and it is a disgrace that we should rely on a trade-off with private developers to provide what should be expected as a matter of course from the rail network company. It is incumbent on Wandsworth Council to work with the Company to ensure that the upgrade of the station is carried out to a standard befitting one of the most important transport hubs in the country. Spending time, money and energy on considering the building of two tower blocks is not the way to deal with improving our station. ” I could not say it better.
B) As we wrote back in November, the present proposals are nothing more than an opportunity for Network Rail to save money by joining forces with a commercial developer whose sole interest is to maximise the retail and letting potential of the site to the detriment of the local community and rail passengers.
During our Public Meeting in January (which Delancey refused to participate to, saying that “public meeting forums are not the best way to discuss elements of the scheme“), Cllr Philip Beddows talked about the necessity to have “somewhere where you actually love to be and can be proud of, rather than an environment that can be replicated anywhere […] we need to consider the legacy that the decision will leave on the people who will be living here beyond us“. I don’t think he was suggesting that the current proposal was a greater benefit for the community and that all wise taxpayers are NIMBY.
C) Er, what about the the increased walking distance across the over-bridge compared with the shorter distances along the tunnel?
C) “Why must Clapham Junction station be improved? Clapham Junction is Britain’s busiest railway station. […] Metro Shopping Fund’s investment at Clapham Junction is vital, otherwise these improvements will not be delivered for the foreseeable future.
A) Mark Hunter, the Council’s Planning Officer, highlighted in his letter to the developer that there was actually no consideration given to the station’s position as a major rail/bus interchange. Longer walking distances to the bus stops on Falcon Road and insufficient capacity around the bus stops for people waiting. Is it what metro called “working with TfL and the Council“?
C) We cannot disagree on that. CJ needs a redevelopment, definitely. But as we explained here, the best way to get the station improved is to refuse the planning permission.
A) Question here is simple: is Metro Shopping Fund lying, do they hide their head in a hole or do they just ask the relatives of their shareholders their opinions? Truth is that there is actually an overwhelming support against their proposal, as shown here. In addition, do I need to remind you – again – that they refused to participate on the platform to our Public Meeting, on the basis that “public meeting forums are not the best way to discuss elements of the scheme“?
I today received yet another misleading pamphlet through my door trying to garner support for the monstrous twin tower block proposal for Clapham Junction.
I am extremely disturbed at the misleading way the pictures in this pamphlet have been rendered. It is clear to me that they do not show the true nature of the proposed buildings and I’m very fearful that the pamphlets will persuade people to support the application and be horrified when they see how it genuinely turns out.
I fully support the idea of regeneration of Clapham Junction, but we MUST reject this proposal and find an alternative that will not ruin Clapham Junction’s character forever.
Please reject the proposal urgently so we can work towards something more constructive and more aesthetically appropriate!
I have already written to you once before about the proposed redevelopment around Clapham Junction and understand that there are much needed access and accessibility issues around the station which have been over due for years, but this being tied in with the development of two 42 story tower blocks is inappropriate.
I work in the creative industries and have an interest in the build environment, and do not have a problem with modern buildings but they need to be suited to their local and other properties/buildings in the vicinity, plus the surrounding landscape. These are an eyesore in the local area in terms of complimenting the existing building, disregarding their height which again does not fit with the other buildings.
I attended a public meeting on Wednesday 28 January which was interesting and informative and it was great that there were some local councillors in the audience. The following day I received some material through my later box from Delancey/Land Securities promoting the development and requesting residents to agree to it, the material was very misleading, both in terms of the image and content.
I am writing with regard to the planning application for the Metro Shopping Fund development at Clapham Junction.
There seems to me to be three clear, separate issues to this proposal: the up-grading of Clapham Junction station; the two 42 storey skyscraper buildings and the shopping and general improvement of the Clapham Junction area. Somehow, perhaps because of the funding of this development, they have been presented to us, the residents, as interdependent. Certainly, there can be no dispute that Clapham Junction station is in urgent need of improvement but does that mean, therefore, that the developers can ask and draw-up plans for a scheme, that would appear to go against all the guidelines to town centre planning? Furthermore, that the planning officers have allowed, and may even recommend, a development of this scale purely to precipitate the station up-grade. In the current issue of your Brightside magazine, Guy Senior, commenting on the improvements proposed for Earlsfield station says: “We’ve got to keep the pressure on Network Rail to deliver these improvements”. I’m sure Earlsfield, along with many other stations in the Borough – Battersea Park Road, for example – are all deserving of an up-grade but none carry the volume of commuters that Clapham Junction does. What pressure is being applied to Network Rail on behalf of Clapham Junction and shouldn’t it take precedence?
The two skyscrapers will stand so far above the existing buildings in the area and totally dominate the skyline. There is no green space, or open space at the Junction. It is just that. A major traffic junction: 240 buses an hour, I read, pass through, plus cars, taxis and people on the pavements. It is over congested now and the sheer density of this scheme: 1,000 people, 290 car parking spaces in an area already bursting will make it worse. Why? A few hundred yards up St. John’s Hill the old Gala bingo hall is being developed for housing; opposite there is an infill block of flats and opposite that the old pub site is also being developed. Then of course further up the road there is the newly approved Ram Brewery development of 1,000 new homes. Is there really the demand for all these apartments? Families with young children will not want to live 42 stories up overlooking the country’s busiest train station and young single people will not be able to afford them?
What also of the regard for the surrounding buildings? The architect talks of the Grand theatre opposite the station, there is the listed Falcon pub and Debenhams store on the opposite corner. All buildings of period architecture and completely at odds with the proposed shiny huge towers.
Shopping at Clapham Junction has been in decline in recent years, the developers say. As the council has always been keen to promote the Arndale centre to the detriment of Clapham Junction, is that surprising. The Northcote road thrives as does Battersea Rise with all the restaurants. Now with Waitrose and other new shops opening, St John’s Road is slowly improving. Why then, for example, does the Council permit another betting shop to open on Lavender Hill when there are already two others in the immediate area?
It is difficult to understand, given the weight of all these arguments, that this scheme should be given the go-ahead to be developed or even have been considered in the first place. I would welcome your comments. | 2019-04-21T11:06:16Z | https://towerscj.wordpress.com/2009/02/ | Porn | Reference | 0.383709 |
wordpress | I can’t be the only one who falls into strange ruts. I have the urge to create quite often but then nothing happens. Sometimes I gather all my supplies around me and then I end up just sitting. Nothing happens. Some days I put pen to paper and nothing falls out other than just a dot or squiggle. Lately this rut has gotten deeper and more daunting. I feel like Alice falling into a rabbit hole; I’m disoriented and lost.
Sunday I decided that I was going to create SOMETHING. I grabbed my Pentel markers and pencils, Micron pens, Lyra pencils, Derwent tins, etc. I cleared off a space on my art table and sat. I sipped water and stared at my blank sketchbook page. It frustrated me how complicated it all felt. I grabbed a marker… pink. I drew a flower shape and colored it in. That’s a basic standby shape, right? Then I grabbed a blue marker and drew another flower. I added some colored pencil to create some depth. I penned in some other shapes. I added more color. In the end I had this finished piece before me.
Sure it isn’t very big and it isn’t anything really special, but I did it in one sitting. I finished something. It is bright and pleasing to my eye. It is not a failure by any means. I need to force myself to sit and make marks until it comes naturally again. I miss losing myself in a piece… which finally happened again on Sunday. It was divine. I want my creativity to bloom and flourish and I want to share it with you.
It is something special, it’s beautiful!
I love this. Very creative. Lovely colors. Go away damn rut. This Sara has talent!
Just beautiful! Wonderful play of color and light. Thanks for sharing.
Your sketch is beautiful. I’d love my coffee mug to be covered with your flowers and plants! So pretty.
This lifted my day! Please continue.
Lovely drawing! I know sometimes it seems so hard to push past the lackluster and into something you feel good about. This is really a happy & inspired piece of art – you need to put these on notecards – I’d buy them!
Bright, happy and colorful =) I really enjoyed reading about the process toward completion. Your thoughts made me more aware of the joys of finishing something. | 2019-04-24T11:58:43Z | https://diysara.wordpress.com/2012/07/25/struggle-to-bloom/ | Porn | Arts | 0.92152 |
wordpress | My body felt worn by you.
Weak, powerless, exhausted by your weight.
You did not know my desire for success.
I refused to let you win.
Mentality prevailed through your physical strain.
Step out of this fragile shell. | 2019-04-20T03:06:48Z | https://livingthroughlines.wordpress.com/2016/06/01/m-ecfs/ | Porn | Reference | 0.384739 |
typepad | Mike and I have been home for 2 days and the jetlag is real. We have been awake at 3am, then 4 am and up at 5 or 6am. That is early for us. We have been very productive though.
I wanted to share some of our Thailand adventures with you. The first leg of our trip was to Bangkok. Arrived in Bangkok Thursday morning at 6:30 AM, arrived at the hotel around 10, had lunch and got into our room about noon. We vowed to stay up and try to acclimate to the time change and next thing we know we are waking up at 9pm. oops...need to run get something to eat. The restaurant closed at 10pm so we quickly ordered and ate and we were out in time for them to close. I can't remember what we ate but it was delicious. For me, it's all about the food and people.
These city streets make NYC streets look like Disney World. They are very civilized though. With all the zooming in and out of traffic, we did not hear one car horn....not one. The scooters own the road and make lanes between lanes and ride the shoulders. There are no rules but nobody loses their temper. It's the craziest thing. | 2019-04-24T18:37:54Z | https://stampwithruth.typepad.com/my_weblog/2017/07/thailand-vacation-day-1.html | Porn | Recreation | 0.475901 |
wordpress | We called them ugly stickers.
with a name like Bob, George, or Jill.
Photograph by Jose Padua, Self-Portrait as Shadow on an Empty Space at the Grocery Store Parking Lot.
hanging in a line from the porch roof.
next to the all-season Dutch gnome.
as brilliant points of light.
a worn-out pair of tennis shoes. | 2019-04-19T08:55:35Z | https://shenandoahbreakdown.wordpress.com/2017/02/ | Porn | Shopping | 0.470967 |
wordpress | Life isn’t about keeping score. It’s not about how many people call you, and it’s not about who you’ve dated, are dating or haven’t dated at all.
It isn’t about who you’ve kissed, what sport you play, or which guy or girl likes you. It’s not about your shoes or your hair or the color of your skin or where you live or go to school. In fact, it’s not about grades, money, clothes or colleges that accept you or not.
Life isn’t about if you have lots of friends, or if you are alone, and it’s not about how accepted or not accepted you are. Life just isn’t about that.
But life is about who you love and who you hurt. It’s about how you feel about yourself. It’s about trust, happiness and compassion. It’s about sticking up for your friends and replacing inner hate with love.
Life is about avoiding jealousy, overcoming ignorance and building confidence. It’s about what you say and what you mean. It’s about seeing people for who they are and not what they have.
Most of all, life is about choosing to use your life to touch someone else’s in a way that could never have been achieved otherwise. These choices are what life’s about.
Amazing words, and it’s a confirmation about what I have been feeling lately. Thank you.
By this standard, you are one excellent story of success! Thanks for touching my life with your excellent posts.
Thanks for the ‘like’ 🙂 these words really resonated with me, because today I was particularly frustrated with how superficial life can seem. If everyone believed in the word of this post, life would hold a lot more meaning.
This was great! Thank you for the perspective.
I’ve enjoyed roaming around your blog this afternoon. How unique to pair Dilbert with your inspirational stories!
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Absolutely! Life is about choice. | 2019-04-20T10:12:27Z | https://morningstoryanddilbert.wordpress.com/2013/03/12/life-just-isnt/ | Porn | Reference | 0.245476 |
wordpress | I’m sitting here listening to the original score for the classic 1994 SNES J-RPG, Final Fantasy VI (III in North America). It’s one of the finest video-game scores of all time and shall never be topped — even though games today have access to the highest quality of sound production available. Ha, or maybe I’m simply biased because I’m listening to Shadow’s theme and thus blowing my nose in a hanky! Yeah, I’m sniffling at the unbearable misfortune of his story. Gets me every time.
Though I’ve probably said it before, I’ll say it again: there is something so emotionally raw — so melancholy and bittersweet, about a really intense, inspired instrumental that is only 30 seconds to 2 minutes in length. Perhaps like classic console RPGs themselves, what is such a miniscule, electronic, symphonic movement but a microcosm of the human experience? Yea, we come and go in an instant, like a blip on the radar screen. And yet even this mere droplet of water, this tear-drop that is our lives — even that contains all of the strongest aching melancholy and saccharine sweet emotion that colors the whole of the cosmos.
Not that the short tunes are always the best, but I’m just saying: the starkness of it all becomes apparent when a short little ditty can move the heavenly bodies and celestial spheres in all their majesty.
~ by chaosrexmachinae on September 23, 2008. | 2019-04-24T13:04:46Z | https://chaosrexmachinae.wordpress.com/2008/09/23/bring-back-the-4-member-party-system/ | Porn | Games | 0.972278 |
livejournal | My apologies - I must have been confusing it with something else.
Well, a piece that big is enough to give you a nasty burn if you're silly enough to hold onto it long enough, and the Pirate's right - don't put the cup (one of those nice cobalt-glass ones) right up to your nose and take a big inhale.
I risk exposing my deeply geeky childhood by admitting this, but when I was a kid, they sold dry ice at the Baskin Robbins and my brother and I would pool our allowance money and get a lump to put into our homemade cloud chamber. Ours wasn't quite this complicated, and I know that my brother used something he ordered from Edmund Scientifics for the radioactive component.
Yeah, when your mother bursts into the dark bathroom where you and your brother can be heard whispering and giggling and finds you watching vapor trails agaist the black felt of the cloud chamber on the bathroom counter, you know you're living in a deeply geeky household. | 2019-04-19T08:45:59Z | https://junglemonkee.livejournal.com/164807.html?thread=395975 | Porn | Kids | 0.690531 |
rdrop | Previous message: [Local events] Saturday, 4/20: Ear Courage, or the Cosmo-Drama??
been a long-time student -- one of the very few -- of Lakshmi Shankar.
atmosphere will be intimate. I hope to see you there.
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typepad | *e*: last minute gifts needed?
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wordpress | The format of this episode returns to the classic chase cartoon format of the first two, albeit with a newly-introduced character giving chase. The addition of masochistic dog-spirit Momou to the cast creates a variety of new avenues for physical humor; the episode’s first salvo of gags takes great advantage of this. Hiro Shimono, as Momou, gives an energetic performance that pushes the scenes he features in that much further over the top.
But more immediately, his supernatural abilities are key to the structure of this episode’s chase: Momou, disguised as a dog, befriends her and attempts to steal her good luck stealthily. This gives the episode a fresh flavor, as the physical humor is less direct and feels more like a comedy of errors. Moreover, Ichiko’s absurd good luck finally stands out in relief, as her emerging from each attack unscathed is driven entirely by luck rather than by any intentional action.
This episode’s humor is anchored by some fantastic slapstick, including one particular sequence which demonstrates the studio’s skill and confidence in its gag design. In the original work, at one point Momou tries and fails to attack Ichiko in a dirty kitchen, and in the aftermath is almost impaled by a number of kitchen knives. This gag constitutes only a brief panel in the original; the anime expands on the gag, adding layers of complexity and more visceral impact, making the scene much more comically satisfying.
The final scene of the episode, too, escalates in chaos at a steady clip for a full two minutes. Besides serving as an effective defusing of the built-up dramatic tension, the scene ties off all of the episode’s loose ends neatly, and also ends the episode on a lighthearted and fun note. The animation is fantastically lively and expressive, and the soundtrack leverages three different pieces to control the flow of the scene.
In a sense, one can pin this episode as the ending of the season’s “first act”: one third of its length has passed, and the principal characters have been introduced. This final scene suggest that as well, as it quite elegantly reintroduces all of the series’ major recurring elements and gags.
Keita and company play a major role again in the next episode, and there’s a lot of crying and unearned drama. That said, the premise is clever, and supported by some decent gags. It’s a two-part story, so it may be interesting to see how Sunrise structure it, given that their adaptation of the manga’s dramatic moments has been somewhat more liberal.
They definitely got back to what they do best this time around. The first episode still beats it, but it’s in a close second place. The drama was certainly better and it didn’t get in the way of the comedy nearly as much. My hopes are high for the rest of season; I just hope Keita isn’t part of it.
Yeah, I’m feeling pretty good about the groove they’re getting in to. Though they’re skipping two pretty funny chapters to get to next week’s episode so I hope they go back for them. | 2019-04-21T10:17:23Z | https://altairandvega.wordpress.com/2012/07/27/binbou-gami-ga-episode-4/ | Porn | Reference | 0.115174 |
wordpress | SPOILER WARNING. If you have not watched The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies, please proceed with caution as this entry contains spoilers, or do not proceed to read at all until you’ve watched it.
Again, the spoiler warning applies. I do not want to be responsible anyone getting spoiled.
If you have no watched the film, the next line is the start of Too Much Information for you.
The last two sound bites I have (for now) come from Richard Armitage, who managed – with his wonderful demeanor and professionalism – to make a fan out of All Film’s interviewer, Lauren. (And, really, none of the actors have his eloquence and diction. He’s orally, vocally perfect. I love transcribing him.) Listen for yourself.
This sound bite was chosen purely for my own pleasure: to hear him sound exasperatedly amused at the question “Did you ever get fed up with it, playing the same character in the same universe?” Was he ever going to say yes? I doubt it. But I was amused by the tone of his voice when he answered it.
They are available on Soundcloud. Please visit/listen/like/add to playlist. That would be lovely – thank you!
Transcripts to Richard Armitage’s interview will be posted in this blog next week.
This is not ‘the last goodbye’ to these sound bites. Now that I have a Soundcloud account, might as well upload others in the future. The only thing I need to find time for is to edit them… but I hope these sound bites have been enjoyable and illuminating and able to provide some excitement at this final chapter of Peter Jackson’s Middle-earth saga.
When All Film met up with Orlando Bloom and the other cast members of The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies in London a few months ago, we couldn’t help but sneak in one important question to the actor we’ve affectionately referred to as ‘Orly’: tell us more about the Elves and Dwarves.
The question is not without basis. We are quite delighted when we saw that scene The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug where Bloom’s Legolas called his future companion Gimli “a goblin mutant” to Gimli’s father’s face. Not only was it an amusing homage to their amazing friendship in Lord Of The Rings trilogy, but it was also apparently a setup for another blossoming Elf-Dwarf friendship between Legolas’ friend Tauriel (Evangeline Lilly) and the dwarf Kili (Aidan Turner). We wouldn’t go so far as to call it a love triangle but we know there are a few out there who call it exactly that.
So rather than speculate, why not ask Bloom directly what he thought about the relationship? And the actor responded spectacularly.
Fair enough, but Bloom also explained that Tauriel was Legolas’ kin and so he was protective of her. “You can probably read all sorts of things into all of that,” he acquiesced.
While Bloom didn’t report any sort of off screen shenanigans between Elf actors and Dwarf actors on the set of The Hobbit, we’re pretty sure there was still a bit of mischief that happened during the course of filming. Of course we’d prefer it if all the bitter rivalries and fighting between these two races happened solely on screen on Peter Jackson’s last The Hobbit film.
This interview can be read in full in All Film #60. For more info, read here. | 2019-04-20T00:18:54Z | https://mavieenlair18.wordpress.com/category/actors-others/ | Porn | Reference | 0.444262 |
livejournal | This almost rouses me to cast off my slugitude, but I don't want to rush things. In a comment to one of my posts, Jen sent me a link to an article about a West Virginia legislator (Democratic Delegate Jeff Eldridge) who wants to outlaw Barbies in the state because he says the doll's emphasis on beauty over intellect is bad for girls.
Don't hate Barbie because she's beautiful! She's also smart. She knows how to change with the times. She's had every possible career: model, doctor, astronaut, soldier, veterinarian, nurse, political candidate, princess, secretary, athlete, singer, girlfriend, journalist, dog groomer, cheerleader, mermaid, naturalist.
Why is it always toys perceived as "for girls" that everybody frets about, e.g., Barbies lower their self-esteem, or Easy-Bake Ovens or My First Sewing Machines trap girls in traditional gender roles?
Why does no one say that boys are set up to fail in life by "for boys" toys because they can't live up to GI Joe's physical appearance, or they'll grow up to discover that they're unable to spin webs and leap from building to building and save the world like Spiderman, or even sometimes not have the right stuff to get a job driving a dump truck or racing a car or being a railroad engineer or a fireman?
Why does conventional wisdom assume that boys are just having fun and know the difference between play and reality, whereas poor girls don't get that concept so end up huddled in a corner feeling inadequate and popping Valium because they aren't built to Barbie scale? THAT assumption, to me, is more demeaning than being given a pretty doll who is forever tiptoeing into her next adventure.
And seriously, I doubt I ever knew a single female who asked for this hairstyle or made wearing this dress her life's ambition.
1995 Hallmark Sweet Valentine Barbie, gift of Lynne--one of the scrappiest women I know. | 2019-04-22T16:21:32Z | https://beckycochrane.livejournal.com/504839.html | Porn | Recreation | 0.601154 |
wordpress | Rachel Shotten ( -1696) was the only daughter of Sampson and Alice Shotten of New York and Portsmouth, Rhode Island. She eventually inherited her parents’ lands in Portsmouth and Warwick. Alice Shotten took, as her second husband, Ralph Cowland. Both men were active in the settlement of Portsmouth, Rhode Island.
By 1635 any solution to the tensions he provoked was becoming increasingly unlikely. In July Williams’ application to the magistrates for a grant of unsettled land near Marblehead was denied, apparently in reprisal for his having earlier accepted a position in the Salem church without the magistrates’ approval. Williams and one of his supporters sent an angry letter to the Massachusetts churches, urging that the magistrates be censured as individual church members for their interference in religious affairs.
In 1636 Williams founded Providence, now in Rhode Island, where he was joined the next year by Richard and Catharine (Marbury) Scott and her sister, Anne (Marbury) Hutchinson, daughters of the Rev. Edward Marbury.
In the 1630’s a much larger number of dissidents, many of them of a mercantile orientation, organized themselves around a Boston housewife, Anne Hutchinson, against the original clerical and lay leadership. For a time it seemed that the … Antinomian party led by Anne … would control Massachusetts; but John Winthrop and the orthodox clergy won the struggle for power, and Anne, with most of her mercantile followers, departed to found Portsmouth, Rhode Island. … To Massachusetts authorities the most threatening area was on Aquidneck Island in Rhode Island, settled by the Hutchinsons. Their gathering in that permissive colony meant that when Quaker missionaries appeared there almost two decades later, they found many people ready for Quakerism.
This section comes essentially from extensive research notes provided, with thorough documentation, by Sabron Reynolds Newton, like me, a descendent of the Guilford County Hodgsons. Her sources include Howard Chapin’s Documentary History of Rhode Island (Preston & Rounds, 1919), Early Records of the Town of Portsmouth (Freeman, 1901), C.P.B. Jefferys’ Newport: A Short History (Newport Historical Society, 1992), Oliver Payson Fuller, History of Warwick (Angell, 1875), Samuel Arnold, History of the State of Rhode Island (Appleton, 1859), and History of Newport County, Rhode Island (Preston, 1888).
In 1640 Sampson Shatton was one of eight “received as freemen by the General Court at Newport” on March 12. On August 6, Ralph Cowland was “admitted freeman.” Cowland then served on several juries between then and 1647, was taxed “1 yearlinge” in April 1642 and in court about a charge of trespass against him in December 1642. He was named Junior Sargeant in March 1641/2.
Meanwhile, on January 12, 1641/2, Samuel Gorton and eleven others, including Sampson Shotten, bought 60,000 acres beyond Providence – a strip about four miles wide, extending twenty miles back from shore – from Chief Miantonomi and then set about founding Shawomet, later known as Warwick.
Co-purchasers of Shawomet included Richard Carder and Randall Holden (“Howldon”), who had signed the 1637/8 compact in Boston, where Carder had been a freeman since 1636. Holden had been the sole other signer with Roger Williams of the deed to Rhode Island (Aquidneck), March 1637/8, and of a July 1638 agreement with Indians for grass and timber rights on the mainland. Others were John Greene, Gorton’s 1635 shipmate from England to Boston, an early settler at Salem and a surgeon who helped Gorton collect kindred spirits for Shawomet; John Wickes (Weeks), Gorton’s primary convert at Plymouth; and William Wuddall (Waddall), a Boston resident in 1637 who may be the William Wodell listed as a minor official at Portsmouth from the 1650s. Greene was the signer of the Shawomet deed, not Gorton.
There was, apparently, a fear of armed invasion or insurrection.
Massachusetts, meanwhile, found some pretext to lay claim to the land at Shawomet and, in October 1643, sent an armed force that outnumbered men in the settlement four to one, holding the men together in a house under siege for several days. Upon their surrender, they were taken as prisoners to Boston and tried, except for John Greene and son, who escaped and were never captured. The men were kept prisoner over the winter, and then freed but banished. The settlement had by then been abandoned, their stock all confiscated and driven to Boston. At the beginning of the siege, the women and children had fled into the woods or by boat, and the wives of John Greene and Robert Potter died of exposure. Reports said there were no fatalities during the siege, but there are conflicting reports about Shotten, who had died either of “hardships” before it began or after being taken prisoner. It is uncertain, therefore, whether Alice and young Rachel were among those who fled into the woods. It seems quite likely they were. At any rate, Rachel’s land rights at Warwick derived from this settlement venture.
Meanwhile, William Hutchinson had died at Portsmouth in 1642, and Anne – with eight children and seven neighbors – moved to Pelham Bay, a new settlement in Dutch territory, where she and some of her children were killed by Indians in August 1643; one daughter, Susannah, was kidnapped by the Indians and lived two years among them. A few of the neighbor women and children escaped and returned to Aquidneck Island.
Several subsequent political developments deserve notice. On March 13, 1644, the General Court for Portsmouth and Newport officially changed the name of Aquidneck Island to Rhode Island. That year Roger Williams obtained from the English Parliamentary Commission his charter for the Providence Plantations. In summer or fall of that year, Gorton, Greene, and Holden sailed from New York to England, seeking to have the ban on settlement at Shawomet overruled and to obtain an official charter. On May 15, 1646, the English Commissioners of Foreign Plantations issued an order to Massachusetts to permit the settlers “freely and quietly to live and plant upon Shawomet.” Holden delivered the order September 13 in Boston. On July 22, 1647, in receipt of a response from Massachusetts, the commissioners issued a further order, that inasmuch as people had moved to and settled at Shawomet “at great charge,” they be given “protection and assistance in all fit ways” – artfully sidestepping the question of jurisdiction. Also in 1647, with the Shawomet settlement now renamed in honor of the Earl of Warwick, who headed the foreign plantations commission, Warwick joined Providence, Portsmouth, and Newport as the fourth town included in the Providence Plantations under Roger Williams’ 1644 charter.
Gorton himself returned from England, 1648, armed with a safe-conduct letter from the Earl of Warwick. His opposition to government evaporated as he now found himself under an authority with a legitimate charter. He represented Warwick in the colonial legislature almost continuously from 1649 to 1666, and died about age 85 on December 10, 1677. He apparently conducted weekly religious services as a branch of the First Church of Providence (Baptist), though in 1725 his followers would organize as an independent sect. Though he was like the Quakers in not observing outward sacraments, and was visited by George Fox in 1672, he nevertheless opposed Quaker doctrine and said Friends had come out of the world only a little way.
Back in Portsmouth, Ralph Cowland began to appear in civic activity. He was chosen constable on June 2, 1649; on January 19, 1651, he is included among “the desposers of lande” determining the status of previous land claims and establishing Common lands for the town. On June 9, 1652, “R(ichard) Burdin [Borden] and Ralph Couland” are “chosen overseers … for the pore,” but on April 1, 1653, “Richard Bordin and Mr. Cowland are Chosen to gather up what is behind unpayde of all former rates exsept the last and are authorized to destraine upon the goods of those that refuse.” On June 2, 1656, Cowland is again chose constable at Portsmouth.
On October 1, 1661, Portsmouth “lotters” were asked to “Run the line at the upper End of” Edward Hutchinson’s land “to see if he hath not intrenched or inCroched upon that land that was laid out to Ralph Couland for the use of Sarah Gre(en)man.” The records do not explain Sarah’s situation; John Grinman was admitted an inhabitant at Newport in 1638, and there is a 1643 reference to his five acres.
Know all men … my husband Shottin dyinge, and makinge no will, but left all to me, therefore, I, Alice Couland, with the approbation of my husband, Ralph Couland, do give and dispose as followeth: 1st, I doe take to my sselfe the land where on the Stone howse Standeth with one Rod in bredth, from the uper End of the stone howse, on both sids the howse and land above said, is given and apointed for frinds in the minestrey Cauled Quakers … I say for there use that thay may be Entertained therein, in all times to Come Even for Ever. Also, I do apointe Rachell Shottin and hur husband if shee marey to live in the said howse the time of there life if thay be free so to doe not Elce. Like wise to the said Stone howse I doe give and apointe for frinds use in the minestrey Cauled Quakers that is to say 1 fether bead and 2 pillows, 3 blankets, 1 Coverled, 2 paire of sheits, 2 pillowbers, 2 towels, 1 bason, 1 Candlstik, 1 Chamberpott. More over I doe give unto Rachell the land tht wos hur ffather Samson Shottins, Namly the fearme which is 60 akres more or less and the 2 Akres of meddow, 1 the othere side the pond, all so the ould howse Next the stone howse and the Rest of the 3 Akres lott, from the oulde howse to the Common Northwest, all so all hur ffather Right at Worwicke, who wos a twelfe purcher of the lands there. And if the said Rachell marey and have a Child or Children and hur husband then my will is that the said land and howses Returne to the stone howse after them for the use of frinds above said. Also my will is tht my husband Ralph Couland shall Equaly Share with my daughter Rachell Shottin in the afforesaid lands and Rights for the tearme of his life in Consideration of the paines and Cost and Charge he hath bine at upon the said land and howses. My will allso is, tht John Hordon, Joseph Nicholson, Christopher Howlder, my husband Ralph Couland, Daniell Gould, Edward Perrey shall see this my will performed … This is to aQuainte the overseers of my will that since it was writ I … have upon sume Consideration given freely up all hur fathers Right at Worwick, that is to say Rachell Shotten to do with it whot she will. The Marke of Alice Couland: [a kind of gull wings] Witnesses hereunto: Wm. Baulston; Richard Bulgar; Samwell Wilbor; Philip Sherman; John Albro.
Sabron Reynolds Newton raised the question: Was the property used for this purpose eventually, or did it stay in the family? Subsequent events, we learned, show that Rachel and her husband instead continued to live in the house. The present Friends meetinghouse was erected about the time that Rachel’s son moved from Rhode Island.
Sabron notes, too, that the records almost always refer to William Coddington and Nicholas Easton as “Mr.,” unlike Henry Bull and Robert Hodgson.
In 1666 Ralph Couland’s cattle mark is registered.
Town council recorded this agreement on November 10, reporting that the witnesses “have measured the bredth of ye said land, from the said barrs to ye lane of Adam Mott, and wee finde to be 3 by 30 Rods” – thus, 16½-by-165 yards.
In searching for the New York/New Amsterdam connection for Shotten, one factor should be considered: In Pennsylvania Dutch dialect, “Shotten” is a translation for “Scott” – a meaning that has shifted in modern German. Because of the family’s New Amsterdam connection, however, I find myself wondering if Rachel’s family name was originally Scott: some of that name, after all, became Friends or influenced the turbulent New England affairs. Scotts also have connections with later generations of Hodgsons. And, in the latter half of the seventeenth century, one of the notable Quaker captains plying between Cork and Barbadoes was Robert Scottin.
One source (Todd A. Johnson) has Sampson Shotten being born about 1605 in Leicestershire, England, and dying in September 1643 at Warwick, Rhode Island; with Alice being born about 1610 in England, and their marriage about 1637 in England. The date of the marriage, however, comes after the events in Salem, Massachusetts. Another version estimates his birth in the 1590s in England, and notes a George Shotten born in the 1620s in Massachusetts, a Margery born in the 1620s, and a Nicholas arriving in Virginia, age 40, aboard the Ann, in the 1620s. Johnson lists Sampson as the son of Thomas Shotten (born circa 1575 in Leicestershire-dued February 1632 in Cropson, Leicestershire) and Mary (unknown) (born circa 1578 and died after 1632). He places their marriage around 1600.
Posted in Other Hodgsons.Tagged Americana, Genealogy, History, Quaker, Religion, Rhode Island. | 2019-04-20T12:48:51Z | https://jmunrohodson.wordpress.com/2013/03/15/rachel-shotten-daughter-of-dissent/ | Porn | Reference | 0.449697 |
wordpress | It always concerns me when special interest groups dominate a candidate’s fundraising. When PAC’s, unions, and trial lawyers are bankrolling a candidate, there is a reason. Why? Because all three of these groups come-a-calling after election day with their wish list for the candidate.
2nd largest contributor: PACS providing 52% of Cazayoux’s money.
Only 3 of his top 20 contributors are local individuals and ranking in the top 3 (combined contributions) are unions.
Though Cazayoux’s personal net worth shows between $540,000 to $765,000, he has not loaned his campaign any money.
Cassidy’s top contributors read like an all-star Greater Baton Rouge business list of companies that have always given to the community. Names you will recognize like Valluzzo, Hise, Lipsey, Wampold, Pellar, Turner, Polito, Mockler, et al.
Louisiana Business & Industry, referred to as LABI, supports Cassidy which means he is good for business in Louisiana. They scrutinize candidates and work against special interest groups.
Cassidy has loaned his own campaign around $29,000.
Jackson has an interesting mix in his top 20 contributors including familiar names like Grigsby, Fields, Bailey, and Lamar.
A few faith-based groups also support Jackson in his top 20 contributors. His top contributor appears to be Grigsby who is vehemently against Cazayoux due to his personal views against union support.
Jackson has also loaned his campaign some $20,000+.
Now that we have followed the money, we have proof that special interest groups are bankrolling Cazayoux’s $2 million campaign. Hands down, the trial lawyers, unions and PAC’s are some of the most powerful groups in political special interest circles. All three support Cazayoux. This means I cannot and will not support a man who agreed to allow these special interest groups to give him such large contributions. By the way, there is a reason they did. They know who they can control – a liberal democrat.
Again, my vote is for Cassidy for the 6th Congressional District seat. I respect the group of business leaders that support him and am willing to add my vote to the man they invested their hard earned dollars in – Cassidy. | 2019-04-21T12:18:46Z | https://redstick.wordpress.com/2008/10/19/special-interest-groups-bankroll-cazayoux/ | Porn | Business | 0.907925 |
wordpress | I am currently rendering a new video for our YouTube channel which features my face…kind of. Jason decided to teach me how to air layer and we both thought it would be cool to make a video out of me learning. I don’t really speak much at all in it (especially after edits) but I’m there…listening and learning.
Since filming the video I have done about nine million air layers (only a mild exaggeration) so I think I’m pretty much a pro.
This video should be up by the end of the day or early tomorrow, I will add it to this post once it’s live. Our next video in the pest control series should be filmed sometime soon so look out for that as well! | 2019-04-19T15:19:42Z | https://schleysbonsai.wordpress.com/category/air-layering/ | Porn | Business | 0.630498 |
blogs | But our new blogs are more than running commentary. Look at Carrs. Its full of links to film publications and blogs and web sites. It encourages responses from readers and hopes to start a lively conversation. Nothing is more important to the future of our web ambitions than to engage our sophisticated readers. Blogs are one way to do it.
Its a pretty dopey argument. Indeed, some blogs are lousy. So are some newspapers. Some blogs reject journalism. Some practice it.
The point is, a blog is nothing more than a piece of technology. It allows people to compile thoughts, connect with others and interact quickly with readers. People can use it any way they want to. It has no inherent ethical or moral quality, though it does have its own special power.
Well use the technology our way. Our bloggers will have editors. They will observe our normal standards of fairness and care. They wont float rumors or take journalistic shortcuts. Critics and opinion columnists can have opinion blogs; reporters cant. (To quote Carr: If the Carpetbagger delved into plot or relative quality they didnt turn me loose for my refined cinematic taste ? flying monkeys would come out of the ceiling here at headquarters and behead him.) Well encourage readers to post their thoughts, but well screen them first to make sure the conversation is civil. Some bloggers will accuse us of violating blogospheric standards of openness and spontaneity. Thats life in the big city.
We will use blogs to convey information, sometimes in conventional ways, sometimes not-so. Our notions of journalistic responsibility are perfectly compatible with spirited fun. Do we put David Carr online to be witless? Um, no. Actually, we think hes pretty witty in the newspaper.
Blogging does impose obligations. Blogs have to be updated frequently. They have to be carefully tended. There are costs; David Carr and Damon Darlin will be spending time they could be using to write newspaper articles. Their bosses have decided thats an advantageous tradeoff. I agree.
Most of this is pretty much true for companies embarking on blogging - especially the cost part. But in some ways the NYTimes misses the point in the same way so many companies do - it isn't about the great writer or rock star exec you've got - and whose lucid and clever opinions you are about to unleash on an unwitting public.
Blogs are about building a community and establishing dialogue. As others point out, to them it seems to still be a publishing tool (his memo refers to it as a "technology") - which at its most basic level it is, but at its most important level it isn't. His memo barely gets to this point - instead pointing to the fact that they will "screen" posts to ensure the conversation is civil. Fair enough. But how about a memo to the community you are trying build that stimulates them to participate? Rather than ask your employees for their thoughts - how about asking the NYTimes readers for theirs. They are the community. | 2019-04-20T20:41:00Z | https://andylark.blogs.com/andylark/2005/12/nytimes_gets_bl.html | Porn | Business | 0.287763 |
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wordpress | My friend Rob has very kindly given the fort a copy of Webster. Webster is the authority on the Roman Army and is incredibly readable. Much better than Gibbon whose book is like using a cheese grater on marble. In my very few down moments I am working my way through Webster and am finding it fascinating.
This week I have been reading about camps, forts and fortresses. What I have found is that there is no aspect of the Roman military that they did not think about in incredible detail. The ditches around the fort being no exception.
One of my faviourate books is “The Use of Weapons” by Iian M Banks. In this book the principle character has a gift for turning everything he sees into a weapon, which causes the unfolding of his mind. The point I want to draw out of this is that the Romans also had this ability, they could see an opportunity and develop it powerfully.
The ditches around the Lunt Roman Fort are powerful, deceptive and terrible. On first inspection it appears to be a normal two stage ditch. the idea being to cause an obstacle to siege machines and infantry. But after a short inspection it seems easy enough to get down and then the bank closest to the fort is smaller than the decent. As long as you can evade the caltrops and the ankle breaker you can easily climb out and prepare to attack the ramparts. But this is the deception. The Romans withhold their missile fire, from their spring guns amongst other weapons until the ditch is full of enemy and then open fire.
The spring gun is a torsion catapult firing a bolt at about two hundred miles an hour. The from the ancient records these could kill up to seven men with one shot. A conservative estimate of the rate of fire is maybe three shots per minute meaning twenty one dead in a minute. If these weapons are masses and co-ordinated they can cause chaos in the ditch. The effect would be chaos and very soon the attack would collapse leading to a general rout. At this point the genius of the ditch network becomes horribly clear. The ditch was easy to get into but is in fact at a very steep angle and a serious obstical to escape.
It is almost as if the fort was designed to provoke attack. We have no evidence that it was ever attacked but if it were the ditches would invite the celts to attack and then prevent them from escaping.
Today I would like to repeat my claim that I have the best job in the world. I get to wear Roman armour, have intelligent conversations and shout at children. The weather is still being kind to us and we have lots of schools coming to visit.
In the half term we will be having a drop spinner coming to demonstrate the art of changing a fleese into something wearable.
British Army retake the Gateway from guides dressed as Romans.
It was a bright and sunny morning, the sun was warming the frigid air and a group of British Army Soldiers came on site to do training for their imminent deployment to one of the worlds trouble spots. They spent the morning learning about the Roman Army and how it dealt with the Celtic insurgency of the first century AD and then had coffee.
My event of Good Friday occurred to me in the previous year but by then Easter had passed. I continued to think about it over the year and was able to run the event this year and count it a success. Throughout the year I was able to do research into the event and the most surprising thing for me was the length of the cross itself. I have always been under the impression that it was a very tall cross towering over the landscape, I was very surprised to discover that the whole thing was about seven foot in length with one foot in the ground to support it when it was in situ.
My plan was to give a talk using objects and building at the fort to illustrate what happened. There is a stake in the gyrus that was used to illustrate the scouring. The one thing I did not act out was the scouring because last time I used a whip I hit myself in the face and the the back of the head at the same time.
As I put together my props I found it hard to find suitible pieces of wood for the cross. I found a cross beam but failed to find a shaft. So I had a coffee and watched the rabbits until I suddenly realised that my cross beam was in fact seven foot long. I even now am amazed that seven foot is so short. I measured it and confirmed it and used it.
Throughout the day people were amazed at the shortness of the cross and this provided an excellent sources of conversation. We discussed how prisoners would be able to put their feet on the floor, prolonging the agony, how the victim would be in the face of the watchers, how easy it would be for the soldiers to keep the man alive with drink and food but also how a soldier could drive a spear into the side of the victim hitting the heart and lungs as opposed to the gut.
All in all a good day of experimental archaeology.
We had a really good day on Good Friday, thank you to everyone who came to the fort and especially thankyou to the two Swedes who traveled all that way for my talk. During the day we explored the size of the cross, the process of execution and the kindness shown to Jesus by the soldiers who performed the execution.
Today we had the SCA fighting on site. They were excellent. Very impressive and excellent full on combat.
Lunt Fort Crucifixion Day. Come and learn about Roman Law and punishment this Good Friday at the Lunt Roman Fort. Fort opens at 10am and the talks start at 11am and continue to 3pm with the fort closing at 4pm. This will include a site tour, discussion, talks and “demonstration” Children activities are available during the horrible bits. £5 per person and £10 for a family.
The Lunt Roman Fort is to immortalized in film, again, this coming month as Highfield Films puts the final touches to their film about the fort. The film stars one of the guides at the fort, a self important flouncing toerag and a very successful actress whose portrayal of a guide was one that I found particularly moving.
Highfield Films is a innovative and growing company adds to its collection of awards almost weekly. Last year it won the coverted 2 weeks to make it competition in both categories. | 2019-04-22T16:39:37Z | https://luntfort.wordpress.com/category/uncategorized/ | Porn | Business | 0.134822 |
wikipedia | For other people named Donald Griffin, see Donald Griffin (disambiguation).
Donald Redfield Griffin (August 3, 1915 - November 7, 2003) was an American professor of zoology at various universities who did seminal research in animal behavior, animal navigation, acoustic orientation and sensory biophysics. In 1938, while an undergraduate at Harvard University, he began studying the navigational method of bats, which he identified as animal echolocation in 1944. In The Question of Animal Awareness (1976), he argued that animals are conscious like humans.
Griffin was born on August 3, 1915 in Southampton, New York and attended Harvard University, where he was awarded bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees. After serving on the faculty of Cornell University he became a professor at his alma mater and later worked at Rockefeller University.
While at Harvard in the late 1930s, Griffin worked with Robert Galambos on studies of animal echolocation. Griffin conducted preliminary tests during the summer of 1939 when he was a research fellow at the Edmund Niles Huyck Preserve and Biological Research Station in Rensselaerville, New York. He set up a minimal bat flight facility in a 9-by-7 square-foot room in a barn and then measured the ability of bats to avoid obstacles by having them fly through a barrier of metal wires suspended from a ceiling.
The remaining work was done at Harvard's Physical Laboratories. Using sound capture technology that had been developed by physicist G. W. Pierce, Galambos and Pierce were able to determine that bats generate and hear sounds an octave higher than can be heard by humans and other animals. Experiments they conducted used methods developed by Hallowell Davis to monitor the brains of bats and their hearing responses as they navigated their way past wires suspended from a laboratory ceiling. They showed how bats used echolocation to accurately avoid obstacles, which they were unable to do if their mouths or ears were kept shut. Griffin coined the term "echolocation" in 1944 to describe the phenomenon, which many physiologists of the day could not believe was possible. During World War II, Griffin worked for National Defense Research Committee where he supported the approval of the bat bomb.
At a time when animal thinking was a topic deemed unfit for serious research, Griffin became a pioneer in the field of cognitive ethology, starting research in 1978 that studied how animals think. His observations of the sophisticated abilities of animals to gather food and interact with their environment and each other led him to conclude that animals were conscious, thinking beings, not the mere automatons that had been postulated. In its obituary, The New York Times credited Griffin as "the only reason that animal thinking was given consideration at all". While critics argue that cognitive ethology is anthropomorphic and subjective, those in the field have studied the ways that animals form concepts and mental states based on their interactions with their environment, showing how animals base their actions and anticipate the responses of other sentient beings. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1952. In 1958 he was awarded the Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal from the National Academy of Sciences.
He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
Griffin was the Director of the Institute for Research in Animal Behavior, in the 1960s, which was formed as a collaboration between Rockefeller University and the New York Zoological Society (now Wildlife Conservation Society).
A resident of Lexington, Massachusetts since his 1986 departure from Rockefeller University, Griffin died at his home there at age 88 on November 7, 2003. He was survived by two daughters and a son.
^ a b c d e Yoon, Carol Kaesuk. "Donald R. Griffin, 88, Dies; Argued Animals Can Think", The New York Times, November 14, 2003. Accessed July 16, 2010.
^ Griffin, Donald; Galambos, Robert (April 1941). "The Sensory Basis of Obstacle Avoidance by Flying Bats". The Journal of Experimental Zoology. 86 (3): 481–505.
^ Drumm, Patrick; Christopher Ovre (April 2011). "A batman to the rescue". Monitor on Psychology. 42 (4): 24. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
^ "Book of Members, 1780-2010: Chapter G" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
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google | The Bulge function is a copy of the Bulge inside AfterEffect.
Some operators in production ask me for that tool.
This Gizmo is basicaly creating a drop/buble effect on a picture.
ChromaticAberation is a simple lens correction tool.
Wave is a simple warper that distort your picture with sin, cosine or noise.
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wordpress | As the world yet again joined hands to fight a common scourge the world’s self styled bullies stayed away. With the notable exception of the UK who for a change joined the moral consesnsus, the list of absentees included the main users and the biggest threats to global peace with China, Russia, Israel and of course the U.S.A. There were no surprises as these nations avoided the treaty on land mines and certainly the US and Israel have been actively using the obnoxious bombs in the last few years; killing innocent civilains and often children.
The moral stance of Gordon Brown’s government may be as a result of their interdependence with the US. Both governments were making statements about the difficulty of the two nations doing operations and excerises together with the US refusing to ditch the ‘biggest civilian killing system’. No commitment was made on getting rid of US stocks at their bases in the UK. So the UK can decommision their arms because they will probably never under take millitary action without their ‘special friend’/imperial master anyawy and will therefore always ‘have’ the capability to drop the heinous devices on any nation not playing ball/giving up their resources or soveriegnty to international capital. | 2019-04-21T06:36:21Z | https://hellbroth.wordpress.com/tag/war/ | Porn | Kids | 0.501923 |
wordpress | Latest News | Annapolis Royal House & Garden Tours | Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia – Experience our Community in Bloom!
The Annapolis Royal House & Garden Tour date has been set, so mark it in your calendars now – Saturday, July 6, 2019. In fact, plan to spend the weekend!
The theme of this year’s tour will be Innovation and Transformation, with feature properties in Annapolis Royal and Granville Ferry ranging from heritage restoration, to modern construction, to heritage properties that have been transformed to give them a new life and purpose. We don’t want to give away too much at this point… we will announce more about our feature properties in the spring.
Book a room locally soon so that you can enjoy the House & Garden Tour as well as the iconic “Wine & Roses” event the evening before and some of our Sunday Series of activities on the day after the House & Garden Tour.
July 5-7 is the perfect weekend for an Annapolis Royal getaway weekend.
I had the opportunity to have an advance tour of the 2018 feature properties of the July 7 Annapolis Royal House & Garden Tour. Wow! What a great selection, and such enthusiastic homeowners as well. Add to that a host of welcoming volunteer docents and the day promises to be a wonderful experience.
The properties vary from “urban” (if there can be such a thing in wee Annapolis Royal) to “rural” which of course can include many area gardens. With this diversity, this year’s event has been subtitled “Town & Country”. It will be a City Mouse, Country Mouse type of experience, showcasing the best of both worlds.
The feature properties are open from 10am-4pm. Tickets can be purchased at the Annapolis Royal Historic Gardens, 441 St. George Street, Annapolis Royal or by calling 902-532-7018.
For further information, use the menu navigation at the top of this page.
Join us Friday evening for Wine & Roses, where you can enjoy wine and hors d’oeuvres in the most beautiful of surroundings while chatting with friends and enjoying the music of Noelle Lucas.
The weather forecast is looking a bit dodgy, but we are hoping for the best. If it decides to rain on our parade we will move food and wine service to the Cafe and Interpretive Centre. Bring an umbrella so you can stroll the Gardens comfortably in either case.
Oh yes, and something new this year in addition to great local wine and tasty treats from the Elm Tree Cafe… we will have local hard cider as well by Casanova.
If you did not buy your ticket in advance, don’t fret – we will have tickets available at the door. Or give us a call at 902-532-7018 to pre-purchase.
We are pleased to announce the selection of properties to be featured on the 2018 Annapolis Royal House & Garden Tour. We have a mix of styles and settings, as well as a few surprises along your journey.
Please read more on our Feature Property page.
And here, to tantalize, are some random shots from the 2018 Feature Properties, as submitted by the homeowners.
This is a sequel to my first post, Sneak Preview – Part 1.
As I poked around and chatted with the owners, I came away very excited about the upcoming tour. The various architectural features, and garden features, are just so interesting. Add to that the opportunity for a take-away… a piece of one of these heritage buildings for your very own. And add to ALL that some great “random acts of theatre” compliments of the Annapolis District Drama Group’s cast from The Railway Children, and you can understand why I am so excited.
It’s going to be a great day – hope you can make it. Just hit the “Buy Tickets Online” button on the right hand side of this page to buy online. Or give us a call at 902-532-7018. Order by end of day July 6 and save!
In preparation for our upcoming Annapolis Royal House & Garden Tour (July 8, 2017), I have toured several of the feature properties – a sneak preview. All I can say is… Wow! I learned so much that I had never known about these properties (and since I am FROM Annapolis Royal, I had considered myself reasonably knowledgeable about the local houses… lesson learned.) And I also very much enjoyed the glimpse into the interests and hobbies of the current owners, very evident in what they have done with their properties.
a collection of needlework which graces the walls of one home, stitched by the owner. Gorgeous work!
gardens that demonstrate how to battle the urban deer issue, and win!
I will share some random photos with you, to give you just a glimpse of the offering for Saturday’s event. Then I invite you to make plans to head to Annapolis Royal this weekend. Stayed tuned for “Sneak Preview – Part 2” to be released in another day or so. For more information, visit the main House & Garden Tour Page.
For more information, visit the main House & Garden Tour Page. To buy your tickets now, hit the “Buy Tickets Now” button on the right hand side of this page. Advance sale price is good through Thursday – full price after that.
I had the pleasure of sneaking a peek inside several of the properties being featured on this year’s House & Garden Tour. Wow! There are a lot of really interesting architectural features… special furniture, art, needlework… and lovely gardens as well. I will share more in a future post, but for this post I just want to tell you about My Favourite Room.
This room is small, on an upper floor. Just big enough for a rocker, a small table, a perhaps a cat curled up on the floor. The late afternoon sun was shining through lacy curtains, casting just enough light. I can picture myself spending hour after hour in this wee room, with a book in one hand and a wine glass in the other. Oh, and maybe the kitty cat would be curled up on my lap too.
Volunteers and Staff at the Annapolis Royal Historic Gardens are pleased to announce details for the 2017 Annapolis Royal House & Garden Tour, on Saturday, July 8, 10am-4pm, highlighting a full weekend of activities.
This year’s edition celebrates Canada’s sesquicentennial, featuring properties spanning the past 150 years. Notable highlights include a confederation period Greek Revival, an 1882 brick Queen Anne Revival, two late 1890s homes and an award-winning restoration of the 1913-14 Annapolis Royal Train Station. In addition, visitors will visit two special Riverview Drive gardens, as well as the Historic Gardens where a Victorian Tea will be hosted in the afternoon.
For more information on this year’s lineup, head over to our Feature Property page. | 2019-04-25T17:43:09Z | https://exploreourgardens.wordpress.com/latest-news/ | Porn | News | 0.478252 |
wordpress | It was a beautiful day at camp (with the exception of a little rain this afternoon and evening). We started our day with Stations of the Resurrection for our First Light, learning more about Living in Easter on this day of celebration. At lunchtime, we talked about how we celebrate with a party, creating our own Easter party. Tonight at dinner, we learned about how we need to share our gifts with others, even writing down what gifts we see in the people in our cabin group.
We even had some special visitors at supper and campfire as staff families were invited to join us for an evening at camp. Tomorrow is our last day of camp for the summer. Bishop Robert Driesen of the Upper Susquehanna Synod will be with us for GROW Time and we’ll wrap-up our week and summer. | 2019-04-20T14:38:36Z | https://campmountluther.wordpress.com/2014/08/08/2014-week-8-thursday/ | Porn | Recreation | 0.946216 |
wordpress | When the trailers for Disney/Pixar’s latest project were first released, I was immediately intrigued. A movie about a child’s emotional experiences, from the perspective of the emotions themselves? Sign me up!
Riley’s 5 emotions were all affected by whatever situation she was in. If you eat your favorite meal, you will be happy. If someone sneaks up behind you, you’ll be scared. If you are meeting your best friend at a new place, you’ll be happy but also scared. This is an important concept for children to learn as it explains that our feelings are not random; they are caused by the experiences we have. When you notice an emotion rising up in your child, help them make this connection. For your younger child, you might say,“You are really happy/sad/angry because ___ happened.” For your older child or teen, you could say, “You are really happy/sad/angry right now. Why?” Note that for the older child, by asking them to explore their own understanding of their emotional experiences, you are encouraging them to connect their feelings to their life events on their own.
In the beginning of the movie, Riley had 5 major aspects to her personality (Family, Friends, Hockey, Honesty and Goofball Islands). These personality “islands” were formed by her experiences having assigned emotions (mostly Joy) and then developing into long-term memories. This is very much what happens with us. For instance, I am considered by many who know me personally to be very nurturing. I attribute this to being the eldest in my generation of siblings and cousins. I was the one who took charge and cared for the younger ones. With children, whatever they experience as they grow can significantly impact them, not only in the moment, but can also shape who they become. This may be something for you to think over or discuss with whomever helps you care for your child. Is your child having enough healthy and positive experiences to shape a healthy, positive personality? Teenagers may also be encouraged to consider their own long-term memories and how these have influenced the person they’ve become.
We all know that bottling up our emotions isn’t healthy. We also know that it isn’t always easy to talk about what we’re feeling. However, we must recognize the importance of talking about our thoughts and feelings and encourage our children to do so. It can help children to see this modeled by the adults in their lives, e.g. “You know how I asked you to play quietly earlier? Well it’s because mommy is angry right now because the car isn’t working and mommy has a headache. Hopefully the car will be fixed soon.” In this example, your child hears from you that they are not the source of your anger (as children often assume they have caused others’ distress). Additionally, by discussing your hope for a resolution to the problem, your child knows that your distress is temporary. Encourage your children to talk about how they feel. Also, remember that for children and teenagers who’ve had an emotion take over, counseling or therapy gives them an outlet to talk about how they feel, while working on getting “Headquarters” under control.
ChildSpace rates Inside Out 10/10!
As a parent, you may be struggling with how to talk with your children about a shooting rampage. It is important to remember that children look to their parents to make them feel safe. This is true no matter what age your children are, be they toddlers, adolescents, or even young adults.
Consider the following tips for helping your children manage their distress: Helping your children manage distress in the aftermath of school shootings.
Via the American Psychological Association.
It focuses on Big Bird’s loss — his nest is ruined, and after it’s been repaired, he returns home only to find that the nest still isn’t safe for habitation.
‘Sesame Street’ to air hurricane special | Inside TV | EW.com.
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wordpress | That’s the no holds barred title of a new article by Martin Black in November’s Classic Boat magazine – out now.
“In the autumn of 1895, Scottish yacht designer George Lennox Watson excused himself from taking part in the final race of the 9th America’s Cup series aboard Valkyrie III, which he’d designed for Lord Dunraven, and closed the deal for the design and build supervision of four palatial steam yachts – the mega yachts of their day – to be built on the Clyde for American millionaires.
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wordpress | Garden Home Community Library Association is incorporated as a 501(c)3 non-profit public benefit corporation with the purpose of operating and supporting the mission of the Garden Home Community Library. The Board carries full legal responsibility for the nonprofit corporation and is the legislative body.
While the library is part of the Washington County Cooperative Library System and receives funding from it, it is locally overseen by an all-volunteer non-profit organization – the Garden Home Community Library Association. The Board consists of up to 13 members – volunteers from the community who are elected by the Association to three year terms.
While the day-to-day operation of the library is the responsibility of the Director and staff, the Association Board performs many important functions. The Board hires and supervises the Director, works with the Director to formulate Library policies, approves new projects, plans the annual budget, and develops long term goals and objectives. The Board also organizes and runs special library related community events, such as the semi-annual used book sale.
The Director serves as the chief administrator of the library with full responsibility for personnel selection and management; development and administration of programs and services; and selection of materials. The Director is also the principal channel of communication between the library employees and the Board. Library employees have the obligation to ensure and preserve, through the public library, freedom of access to knowledge. They all share the task of public relations and of upholding the mission of the Garden Home Community Library.
The mission of the Garden Home Community Library is to serve our patrons and our diverse community with professional, friendly service, quality materials, and quick access to the resources of other libraries and the world.
Garden Home Community Library is located in the Garden Home Recreation Center – a facility of the Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District. It is located at 7475 SW Oleson Road, Portland, OR 97223. The building is the site of the former Garden Home Elementary School that was closed by the Beaverton School District in 1982. The library operated as a 100% volunteer library from 1983 through 1994 when a handful of children’s books left over from Garden Home School were set up to be informally checked out. It grew over the years.
In 1994, the Garden Home Community Library Association was incorporated. That same year, the Association petitioned and received some funding from the Park District and Washington County. This enabled the Association to install a computerized circulation system and hire a part time manager. In 1996, the Association requested, and was granted, acceptance into the Washington County Cooperative Library Services system providing all the benefits of the cooperative including a stable source of funding. Since that time, usage has increased five-fold. Recognizing the need for growth, the Association completed, in April 2004, a $245,000 expansion project funded by donations from the Board, the community, and several institutional grants. The expansion doubled the size from 930 to 1886 square feet and transformed what was originally two classrooms into an expanded, dynamic, full-service library facility.
Today, the library has a full time Director, a full time Youth Librarian, several part time staff members, and many volunteers. The library’s collection contains approximately 18,000 items with a yearly circulation of over 175,000 items. The library offers a wide variety of programs for both children and adults and continues to pride itself on being a warm and inviting place for the community. The facility has a close working relationship with Garden Home Recreation Center that provided the space, custodial services, and other building support as GHCL grew to be a thriving library. Today the Recreation Center and the Garden Home Community Library enjoy a mutually advantageous relationship where the programs of each are strengthened by the other.
Following is a 1993 story on the 10th anniversary of the library. This is used with written permission from Linda Myers, July 6, 2010.
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newgrounds | The Trio Tuna wants to wish you a happy winter holiday trying to be as inclusive as possible!
Music from www.songstowearpantsto.co m , check him out! He makes extremely funny music!
Drawings and animation by me.
I liked it. Not the best quality, but the actual quality and meaning made it good.
That is the best cristmas song/critic on politics packed with just the right amount of sarcasm.
p.s. i jizzed in my pants.
Thumbs down for political correctness!
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typepad | I’m attracted to the market opportunity within large, established markets. These markets already have huge spend, they have established dominant players with an inertia resistant to major change, most of the innovative talent and money is off in new market spaces, and innovation within these spaces tends to be evolutionary in nature and follow predictable paths.
The revolutionary innovation that occurs in many of these markets is often serendipitous. That means someone isn’t looking to solve the end problem, but something they did is applicable to it. See, for example, Viagra or Post-Its.
More often than not, however, the real revolutionary innovation is in line with the evolutionary. Therefore, pick a really big market and do something revolutionary within the natural evolution of the space.
So the key question becomes: what is it that successful inventors do to be revolutionarily successful within an evolution?
—Design for how people work.
—Consolidate and reduce core concepts to a ridiculous minimum; a core concept is anything the customer has to learn or understand in order to successfully use your product.
Mobile phones, e-mail on Blackberries and Treos, MP3 music players—all of these existed separately and with ever-expanding feature sets. The race toward consolidation had been going on for some time; but it carried with it the complex, rich feature sets of each independent device.
experience one that requires the customer to learn nothing new. There is no way to mess up, no configurations to understand, no compatibility to sweat. And, let’s get rid of everything but one button. Nothing forces simple concept consolidation like the absence of knobs to turn. That’s why the bottom line for innovation success in a crowded converging market is the reduction and consolidation of core concepts.
There is a close parallel to the iPhone story in this saga. The approaches taken by the companies vying for the prize have fallen into different categories, each of which has its special purpose, and each of which continues to pile on the features to stand out above the noise. There are wikis for data collection and discussions, there are project management tools for structured deliverables tracking, there are online office applications to solve the sharing dilemma among many people, there are simple task management tools for personal to-do’s, and so on.
All of them are overkill in their category, and all of them are applicable to only a minority few with special needs for their deep feature set. Many understand the need to consolidate and bring the disparate functions together. However none is capable of doing the transformational work necessary to reduce and consolidate all the core concepts in their products to something universally simple and consistent across each. It would mean starting over entirely in almost all cases.
—Online is a big enabler.
—Account-based (individually-centered) services are better understood.
—Salesforce.com has made team SaaS tools mainstream.
—Workforces are increasingly more distributed.
—Outsourcing of component deliverables is increasing.
—Pressure to coordinate across multiple people and multiple sources of information is only getting greater.
A consolidation of the core concepts in the five major approaches to work collaboration is inevitable. Designing that consolidation for how people actually work is the other half of the revolution in this evolution, but that’s for another post. | 2019-04-18T23:13:01Z | https://brentfrei.typepad.com/blog/2009/05/beating-the-establishment.html | Porn | Business | 0.878857 |
wordpress | You’re a sales brochure if you’re the flashiest, most flamboyant person at the party. If someone’s looking for depth, however, they’ll have to look elsewhere.
You’re online help if you love to lend a hand at just the right moment. You prize punctuality, but you’re used to being pushed into the background.
You’re a user guide if you like explaining things with words, with body language, even by drawing pictures. In grade school, you were the kid who wouldn’t sit down during show-and-tell.
You’re a white paper if you have a knack for persuasion, carefully and thoroughly building your case and trying (but not always succeeding) to put it into terms your audience will understand.
You’re a video if you start talking before you even know what the conversation’s about. When you walk into a room, you expect all eyes instantly to be on you.
You’re release notes if you breathe gossip the way other people breathe air. You know everybody’s most embarrassing secrets, and you’re happy to share them with all who will listen.
You’re a setup card if you often find yourself at a loss for words. You can’t shake the feeling that you come off as cartoonish. You have inexplicable cravings for Swedish fish.
You’re a landing page if you love making a good first impression. Some people say you’re complex; others say you’re just hard to figure out.
You’re an API manual if you’re happy to connect with everyone, everywhere — but only on your own terms. Most people find you hard to understand. But to the people who get you, you hung the moon.
You’re a reference manual if the only thing you love more than facts, is dropping those facts on others. You find yourself in a lot of short-term relationships as people pick you up and then put you down.
I always tell people (who ask) that my Myers Briggs type is IDFC.
PS: The F stand for “frankly”.
Of course the F is for “frankly.” I knew that. Thanks, Mark. | 2019-04-25T18:13:57Z | https://larrykunz.wordpress.com/2018/11/16/whats-your-type-a-guide-for-the-modern-professional/ | Porn | Reference | 0.972394 |
wordpress | tried to force my hand – or lips – to taste it.
Now, does that seem right?
“Would you like a taste?
to taste at the moment was honey.
I didn’t want a spot of honey on my tongue.
wouldn’t let me leave easily.
No, I said, no, thank you, over and over again.
so I grabbed it and fled down the aisle. | 2019-04-22T13:14:06Z | https://ihavesomuchtotellyou.wordpress.com/tag/honey/ | Porn | Shopping | 0.941915 |
freeshell | "print" prints a newline by default. If you don't want a newline, you can use printf instead it is straightforward, just remember to use a format string and avoid putting data in it.
The "drawback" of this method is that a trailing ORS is always added. | 2019-04-22T20:54:14Z | http://awk.freeshell.org/Newline | Porn | Computers | 0.228192 |
wordpress | This entry was posted on Monday, October 29th, 2012 at 1:08 pm and is filed under History, Natural history, Nature, Politics, Science. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
You do know, don’t you, that Greece and Ireland — the two nations with the worst economic travails of any European nations — have revenue problems don’t you?
Ireland had virtually no taxation and Greece, while it technically has taxes, is home to some of the world’s most stubborn tax scofflaws. Not paying income or other taxes is considered a badge of honor by many Greeks and there is little infrastructure in place to police the matter.
Close behind are Spain, Portugal and Italy…also low revenue nations.
Hey David, how are Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Austria doing these days? Any clue?
They have very progressive tax rates, a wide variety of taxes and populations that do their patriotic duty. Hint: They’re weathering the storm nicely.
The key is higher, broader taxation and more spending on job creation via infrastructure and natural resources.
Well Sandy tells us that we should tell Mittens and his desire to gut FEMA and privatize it and his desire to fire firemen and police and other first responders that he should go to hell and take the rest of those who think like him with him.
But no..the low information Republicans like David will continue to cheer on Mittens and proceed to shoot themselves in the foot in so doing.
At sometime , if the debt is not reigned in , if spending isnt reigned in…..the democracts will runout of other people money to spend and Greece will beckon.
First off..Greece’s problem is more in the fact that they think tax evasion is some sort of birthright. Meaning, child, that Greece’s problem is because it follows the Republican motto..taxes as low as possible and people cheating on them.
But I find it cute that you continue to compare us to Greece when our economy is far stronger. Oh and all the other variables at play that you conveniently ignore in pursuit of your dimwitted supply side economics.
Secondly…where was your concern for the debt and spending when your party was running up the debt and spending like hookers who just stole their last john’s platinum card?
Sorry, David, it is the GOP that has spent far more then the Democrats over the last 40 years and it is the GOP that continously runs up the debt and the deficit…far more then the Democrats over the last 40 years.
Nothing you say changes that fact.
And you want to reign in spending when we’re just getting out of a recession that your party created? Um..what do you think will happen when you cut spending and therefor remove all that money from the economy?
Yeah we need to deal with spending and the debt…once the economy is strong enough to take the blow. Doing so now will just send us right back into recession…just like it’s done to England, Spain and all the other countries that have foolishly followed austerity’s false promise. In fact you can’t point to a single example of austerity ever working.
And the other part of the equation, David, is that we need to get rid of those stupid tax cuts to the rich your party insists on giving. The rich need the tax cuts for what reason? Ah yes…because they’re “job creators” except no they’re not. The ones who create jobs is the workers by creating demand for the products. The rich only reap the benefit…and too much of it as of the last 40 years thanks to your precious GOP.
And you can consider MIttens 20% across board tax cuts and his desire to increase military spending by 2 trillion dollars DOA. They won’t help…they will just run up the debt and deficit that you so love to claim to be worried about.
So if you’re really worried about the debt and spending..then stop supporting the GOP.
You think we should buy Greece? I don’t think it’s for sale.
We cannot — absolutely cannot — make any progress on reining in debt without growing government income. Short of crippling tax rate increases, the best way to grow revenues is by increasing the number of taxpayers, that is, increasing employment in good jobs, and then in growing the incomes for the people in those jobs. To Mitt Romney, paying 15% income tax sounds like a burden. To an unemployed person, paying 33% income tax sounds like easy street, and a very good deal.
We had a balanced budget, with surpluses looming over the horizon (surpluses to pay out in bad times, like war, or recession). George Bush and the GOP cut taxes on the rich to end those surpluses and to redistribute income to the upper classes. Result: Worldwide economic calamity, unbalanced budgets, fewer taxpayers, decreasing incomes for most Americans.
Worry about deficits? Sure. But let’s worry about getting them fixed. That means we must spend money now. Who can borrow in this climate? The U.S. government. Therefore it follows, as the night follows day, that the federal government is the entity that should borrow money to create jobs, which will boost tax revenues, which will also help increase incomes, and which will ultimately result in debts being reined in.
Cutting budgets and spending now is to surrender to debt, and to surrender the good destiny of America to a doomed future instead.
At sometime , if the debt is not reigned in , if spending isnt reigned in…..the democracts will runout of other people money to spend and Greece will beckon. You say we cannot lose funding for important emergency programs…, then how about entitlements for Government employees? Nope …well when the house of cards falls down , because America could not do the hard things necessary , the hard trade offs ensure the viability of the State then you will lose more than that.
Clown, a “straw man” argument is where one sets up a false claim, a “man of straw,” to knock down. I can’t see that this is anything other than Romney’s views. As you noted, they are repugnant views, contrary to common sense and usual American “We Can Do Anything Together” attitudes.
But that only goes to show how far out of the mainstream, how radically out of touch Romney is.
Romney’s talking about not giving aid in emergencies, saying it’s immoral to do that if the federal government is running a deficit. Read his remarks — I don’t think he wavered from his stand. The GOP Platform is quite anti-science, and calls for ending a lot of agencies with disaster responsibilities.
Encouraging contributions to the Red Cross is a good thing, yes — of course, he doesn’t back away from his claim that we don’t need FEMA. Can Red Cross do it on its own? No. Recovery efforts from Katrina and Ike took about three decades’ worth of Red Cross budgets.
Then he picked Ryan as a running mate, the guy who championed no disaster aid after the Virginia earthquake, along with Eric Kantor (go figure on that one).
I think, Clown, you assume these people are “public” figures — they are not, they are anti-public figures — and that they have some stature that would temper their proposals with reason.
Would you do us the favor of finding some place Romney supports FEMA? Don’t let me put words in his mouth beyond his claims already that FEMA should be defunded — show us the statement.
Romney’s words make it the opposite of a straw man. Did you even bother to read what he said?
What nonsense. What a veritable feild of straw men. It is hard to know where to start.
You quote from Romney has absolutely nothing to do with this issue at all. You are in effect lying here. His were general comments, quite common sensensical in nature, and notions that the vast majority of Americans agree with. Most American agreed with this throughout our history, and that includes those in “1936, or 1940, or 1942”. If you actually knew anything about your countrymen you would know this.
That Romney encourages people to donate to the Red Cross is well and good and you inference that this suggest he is against any sort of Federal money is purely a fantasy. All public figure of stature would encourage this. You are again putting words in his mouth and outright lying through your teeth.
As always, you cannot rise above straw men and personal attacks. You cannot come up with any real and substantive argument for your vile ideology.
If you live in the storm’s path, please listen to state and local authorities about where and how to take shelter and stay safe — and encourage your friends and family to do the same. If you are asked to evacuate, please take that seriously. | 2019-04-24T19:01:58Z | https://timpanogos.wordpress.com/2012/10/29/what-does-superstorm-sandy-tell-us-about-how-to-vote/?shared=email&msg=fail | Porn | Kids | 0.282921 |
salon | Feminist and human rights groups in El Salvador are suing the government over its treatment of a critically ill pregnant women and the country's ban on abortion under all circumstances.
The groups filed the suit on behalf of Beatriz, a 22-year-old woman who was 26 weeks pregnant with a nonviable, anencephalic fetus when she filed an emergency request with El Salvador's Supreme Court for a therapeutic abortion. Abortion is illegal without exception in El Salvador, but Beatriz' doctors warned her that -- because of severe health complications related to lupus, cardiovascular disease and kidney disease -- she would likely not survive the pregnancy.
For more than a month, the court ignored Beatriz' urgent health request -- supported by her doctors, El Salvador's health minister and international human rights organizations -- while she languished in a hospital, away from her family and young son.
In June, the court ruled that Beatriz could not have the abortion that would save her life, but granted that doctors could take "necessary steps" to save her life. The procedure, which the government called an "emergency cesarean" but was actually a hysterotomy -- a form of abortion carried out through cesarean -- saved her life.
The lawsuit against the government alleges, quite correctly, it seems, that Beatriz suffered needlessly while being denied emergency medical care. But it also accuses the government of multiple human rights violations against Beatriz and other women who are criminalized due to El Salvador's absolute ban on abortion care.
The lawsuit demands the reparation of the damages suffered by Beatriz and seeks to order the Salvadoran government to modify its laws in order to fully guarantee women the right to health, personal integrity, reproductive rights, and effective judicial protections.
The petitioning organizations assert that the Salvadoran government is responsible for the multiple human rights violations Beatriz suffered, rights that are protected by the American Convention on Human Rights, the Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture, and the Inter-American Convention on Violence Against Women. | 2019-04-21T12:35:14Z | https://www.salon.com/2013/12/04/group_sues_government_of_el_salvador_over_treatment_of_critically_ill_pregnant_women_ban_on_abortion/ | Porn | Health | 0.970895 |
wordpress | Michael Regina is a composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist born in the Bronx, New York City. He was inspired as a child by the classic performance of The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show and he’s been performing musically since his early teens. Starting out on violin and French horn, he got into guitar in his teens and in the 1980’s began writing and playing with bands. This led to becoming the main songwriter and lead vocalist of glam metal band WHITEFOXX.
They garnered attention in rock magazines around the world including the American publication Hit Parader and Britain’s best known rock magazine Kerrang. They were regularly played on radio and were offered several record deals. These were eventually all declined and they disbanded in 1989. Now based in New Jersey, Michael has turned his compositional talents to New Age music, which allows him to apply the skills and knowledge he learnt both in the classical music field and in rock music.
This album, A Far Better World, is his fourth, following on from the albums Ascension, Winter Chill and New Day which were released in 2017, except for the latter which was released this year. It consists of eleven tracks and was produced by himself in his own home studio.
Opening track Genesis 1 is an evocative way to start the album. The title obviously brings to mind the Biblical book describing the beginning of the world and this track perhaps depicts the start of a far better one. There’s a subtle grandeur to the music that reminded me of Vangelis, another New Age composer who had a background in rock music (he was a member of Aphrodite’s Child). There’s a strong influence of classical on this one.
The following Tomorrow’s Realm is more a combination of his rock and classical influences. Whereas much New Age music can often be instrumental with no use of percussion, here Regina employs a simple 4/4 rock beat as the bedrock of the music. On top, a haunting synth melody is overlaid, supported by a brooding chord progression. The structure also shows his songwriting influence, with repetition of the various sections similar to what you’d find in a rock song.
Continue M is one of the more cutting edge sounding tracks, and will appeal to a broad range of electronica fans. The core of the track is a restless, syncopated bassline that drives the music forward while otherworldly synths are interweaved into the sonic tapestry. It certainly achieves its aim of transporting the listener and one of my personal favourites on the album.
Peace and Time is another fine piece of composition with a languid, dreamy feel. It is based around a simple, spacious beat which forms the platform for another Vangelis-style epic melody, which Regina clearly has a gift for. The following Lullaby In The Stars is a gem; the melody is immediately memorable and its built up gradually with synths either doubling the melody or harmonizing it. It gives a real sense of transcendence, as if floating through space.
Next comes the title track and it’s a stately, expansive piece with another haunting, enigmatic melody that is varied across the course of the track with various synth sounds. I enjoyed how the music broke down almost to a whisper before blossoming back into full Technicolor. Seventh track Lunar Lounge is very aptly named, being one of the more harmonically adventurous pieces on the album. The modulations help to take the music out into the ether and it’s a very pleasant place to be. Another understated but finely crafted melody, underpinned by subtle but effective pulsating synths.
Cool Space is a nice contrast. Starting with just a simple chordal progression, it builds into a brilliant piece of electronica, with use of rhythmic synths reminiscent of Giorgio Moroder. It’s relatively brief at two and a half minutes but is certainly one of the album’s highlights. Light Years Away is an epic, twice as long as its predecessor and lives up to its title. It’s the musical equivalent of an astral travel and is another showcase for Regina’s talent to create a mystical soundscape.
This ‘space exploration’ vibe continues into the final two tracks, With Honor, and the album’s real epic, Dream Within A Dream, which clocks in at six and a half minutes. The former is striking for its use of exotic percussion towards the end, giving it a magical feel. This segues into the final track nicely, which is a suitable end to what has been a vast musical odyssey. It’s one of the best melodies, which is beautifully harmonized. The last three minutes are truly ethereal, giving a feeling of space and time being displaced.
A signed, limited edition of this album is available from Daniel Biro’s official website, click HERE.
Daniel Biro is a musician, composer and producer based in London. He was originally trained in jazz but his creative output has expanded into an eclectic array of genres including ambient, prog rock, psychedelia and fusion, to name just a few. These diverse sonic explorations have been fuelled by his love of analog synthesizers and other electronic sounds.
He has numerous film and TV credits to his name including work for the BBC, numerous award winning short films and the score for the film Things of the Aimless Wanderer, which was featured in several film festivals. Aside from his solo work, he plays live in two bands, an electric psychedelic jazz band called Mysteries Of The Revolution and an ambient improv band Echo Engine.
His influences are wide ranging as you expect; jazz greats like Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea, progressive rock like King Crimson and Tangerine Dream, ambient and instrumental artists like Brian Eno, Vangelis and Mike Oldfield. The influence of minimalist composers like Steve Reich and Philip Glass should not be underestimated.
An understanding of these various artists is important in fully appreciating Daniel Biro’s nuanced music. This album, 120 Onetwenty, is an hour long musical odyssey that has taken six years to complete. It consists of ten tracks of varying duration, mostly under the category of ‘epic’ and has been produced entirely with Biro’s collection of vintage analog keyboards. This shows in the overall sound which is rich and full, as opposed to the digital sonic thinness of much mainstream electronic music.
Opening track Door is one of the shortest and serves as an introduction to Biro’s sonic universe. It sets a mood instantly, a soundscape that disorientates the listener by somehow standing outside space and time. Once this dislocation has been accepted, the music feels meditative and psychedelic in the most profound sense. Pitch shifting synths that sound like futuristic war sirens create a mesmerizing mood, mingling with delicate splashes of Rhodes piano, one of Biro’s favourite sounds.
Second track Ancient is the one of the ‘epics’. It’s a masterpiece in slow musical development, building in complexity naturally and gradually like Mike Oldfield’s finest work, though more minimalistic in style. The way the music grows and expands organically, almost symphonically, shows the influence of classical composers like Reich and Philip Glass. It also brought to mind the other worldliness of The Orb’s ambient classic double album Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld.
The main melody doesn’t begin for 6 minutes and then really starts cooking, continuing seamlessly into Nimbus. It begins with an arpeggio-based chord sequence on Rhodes before being joined by an airy high-end synth melody that makes the listener feel they are orbiting roughly around Betelgeuse. Flashes of organ act as a nice textural counterpoint to the more spacey synth tones.
The pulsating 6/8 rhythm continues and progresses in fourth track Itinerarium. Musically, it’s the exact halfway point between jazz and electronica, with a complex bass drum pattern gradually emerging as several themes and textures combine in a polyphonic spree (good name for a band?). It then breaks down into a fantastic Rhodes section, with some superb xylophone-esque melodies floating across the sonic spectrum. It slowly dies away like the embers of a fire, bringing this overall section to a close.
Fifth track Embark grips from the outset, with a catchy chugging synth riff combining with an excellent high-end melody that morphs through several sounds. This time the rhythm is an insistent groove in 4/4 that really explodes around the two minute mark. This piece is a good example of Biro’s unique fusion of genres; if pushed I’d classify it as ambient psychedelic jazz/electronica, but really it defies categorization!
Seventh track Levitator starts out hauntingly with a sparse use of sound and space then unfolds with a superbly controlled natural sense of musical development. It eventually reaches an astonishing crescendo and climax that actually makes you feel you’re levitating. The synth sounds at this point are mind blowing, the music having an emphatic grandeur all the more effective for the understated style that precedes it. This one is my personal favourite.
Seventh track Barren is a wonderful piece of musical impressionism that conjures up the image of being marooned on an alien planet that’s, well, barren. Its mysterious atmosphere brought to mind some of the more abstract moments of Holst’s classic suite The Planets. The following Immortal is equally dreamlike and gives the impression of gently floating through space forever. Once again, it slowly develops into a spinning web of intricate themes and melodies.
Ninth track Returning is a continuation once again with the nicely overdriven electric piano having an almost guitar-like edginess to the tone, which adds a little grit to the overall sound. Spatial, reverb-drenched synth strings give this track an almost orchestral feel which certainly adds to the epic vibe. The music catches fire around the six minute mark, some fabulous speaker-panning swirling sounds creating an intoxicating effect.
The closing piece Outside strips things right down to a sparse, enigmatic soundscape….the sound of gentle rolling waves and the most subtle of melodic themes, while a plethora of sounds from outer space float around as if suspended in mid air. It feels like a suitably mysterious finale for what has been an epic musical voyage.
Overall, this is a highly ambitious but perfectly executed electronica/ambient album. It highlights the importance of the album as an art form, as this work takes the listener on a sonic adventure where the sequence and arrangement of the tracks form a symphonic whole. It’s an album that rewards the listeners investment of attention, and gives the magical feeling of being transported to another place. To fans of this kind of music it will be adored, but it deserves to be appreciated on a much wider scale. If you’re looking for a unique musical experience, look no further than Daniel Biro’s 120 Onetwenty. | 2019-04-24T00:00:15Z | https://thefaulknerreview.wordpress.com/tag/vangelis/ | Porn | Arts | 0.172842 |
wordpress | Jennifer and Ryan got married in September 2018 with a awesome rustic, outdoors wedding. Photos are by Cascades Photography you can see more photos here. I did the makeup for Jennifer and all her bridesmaids.
and last but no least: Random Kitty blessing the ceremony! | 2019-04-23T19:54:15Z | https://scotiakauppimua.wordpress.com/portfolio/jennifer-ryan/ | Porn | Arts | 0.859767 |
wordpress | This has been a breakout year for indie folkpop act Canon Blue, and well it should be. One listen to the infectious single “Indian Summer (Des Moines)” from their 2011 release Rumspringa is bound to leave you wanting more of Daniel James’s heavenly melodies and the amazing rhythms contributed by Amiina. Also, Daniel James has lots of cool things to say.
This entry was posted on November 17, 2011 at 12:37 pm and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. | 2019-04-18T18:24:59Z | https://euterpesnotebook.wordpress.com/2011/11/17/canon-blue-runs-free-on-rumspringa-an-interview/ | Porn | Arts | 0.232375 |
xbiz | LOS ANGELES — Trans erotica studio Grooby announced today a new program for trans performers wanting financial assistance to have “hate” tattoos removed or covered up.
“Over the years we've had models come to shoots with tattoos that they tried to hide from us or were ashamed of,” founder Steven Grooby said. “We've usually left it to the producers' discretion and either turned away models or covered the tattoos up.
“Many performers we work with come from estranged backgrounds, and I've never been from the school of thought that people can’t change,” Grooby said. “I believe in the importance of giving people a second chance.
The studio’s spokesperson, Kristel Penn, said that those interested in the initiative should contact admin@grooby.com directly.
Penn also is looking for tattoo artists who want to work together on the program, as well.
She noted that those interested in Grooby’s new initiative shouldn’t give it a second thought.
Founded in 1996, Grooby is one of the leading producers of trans erotica. In addition to operating over 30 membership sites, the company produces nearly 50 DVDs a year and hosts the annual TEAs (Transgender Erotica Awards) held in Hollywood, Calif.
The company also operates Transformation, a popular transgender lifestyle magazine. | 2019-04-24T01:54:04Z | https://www.xbiz.com/news/232704/grooby-announces-initiative-to-remove-unwanted-hate-tattoos | Porn | Business | 0.674879 |
wordpress | In House, Many Spoke With One Voice – Lobbyists’ – NYTimes.com.
Statements by more than a dozen lawmakers were ghostwritten, in whole or in part, by Washington lobbyists working for Genentech, one of the world’s largest biotechnology companies.
E-mail messages obtained by The New York Times show that the lobbyists drafted one statement for Democrats and another for Republicans.
And we wonder why people are fed up with Congress.
Just read an article in The Week which describes the universal healthcare program in Massachusetts which sounds strongly similar to the program the Feds want to pass now. One of the main points of the article is that Massachusetts, when originally drafting and passing the plan, never took into account the rising costs of healthcare. Thus, when the recession hit, more people were out of work, more people applied for the state subsidies for insurance, and tapped out the insurance fund. The rising healthcare costs fueled a $9 Billion gap, which took away money from education, public safety, and other services.
Similarly, the government plan fails to address the rising costs of healthcare. No way are they going to discuss putting caps or limits on payouts if they want the healthcare industry on board with the plan. | 2019-04-25T01:49:26Z | https://rabidliberal.wordpress.com/tag/universal-health-care/ | Porn | Health | 0.910171 |
wordpress | So I pulled out my sewing machine earlier this week. Getting used to it and making some things. Mainly easy things right now.
I’m borrowing it from my paternal grandma. It’s a 1960’s Singer 99-31 sewing machine. It goes forwards and backwards and can change the length of stitches and that’s about it. But that’s all I really need, too. My friend Justin has one of the fancy machine’s – he can have stitches in the shape of a penguin!
I’ve been sewing and making things.
I made a pin cushion first, tonight. I grabbed some scrap fabric, made sure they were the same size, sewed 3 sides together, stuffed the other side with polyfil, then sewed that side shut as well. And BAM there you have a pin cushion! It’s got a LOT more pins on it now, however.
I also made this rice bag in 45 minutes. I need more rice, however. I am kinda out – I had a 10lb bag of rice, I need another 10lb bag, but I don’t really want to drag it home from the grocery store. | 2019-04-23T06:52:39Z | https://wannabe1987.wordpress.com/2014/07/18/sewing/ | Porn | Home | 0.338207 |
wordpress | Hello-Hello, welcome to a Wednesday Thursday.
There are things happening all over the Preppy Planet today, and with apologies, we have a hodge-podge of bits & bytes. We begin with an update on that much-discussed Lilly Pulitzer Furniture collection.
The company marketing the new line, HFI Brands, shared more from the collection at the spring furniture market in High Point.
You can see some of the new Lilly Pulitzer for Lee Jofa fabric line in the photos. Below, the Lauren chair.
Our thanks to the always-generous Sophie Pyle for sharing her wonderful photos.
The images show a broader color palette than what was seen at the fall market, we like the additional color schemes.
To see all of Sophie’s images from spring market, click here. Or, visit the HFI Brands Facebook page and look at their album of photos.
The folks at Real Simple have discovered the line, they are fans of that Lilly shoe storage ottoman we have previously shared.
The magazine’s May issue features a look at the ottoman, it will be priced at $599 once the line launches.
Next, more news from Bridal Week, Women’s Wear Daily reports that Priscilla of Boston is partnering with Marchesa on a lower price-point collection. The new group launches in the 19 Priscilla stores this September, with prices beginning at $1,500.
Additionally, the Vera Wang collection at David’s Bridal is expanding to include bridesmaid dresses.
We promised to share a more styles from Bridal Week, below we have three stunners from Reem Acra.
Oh gosh, look, they all have sleeves. Two more gowns from Reem Acra.
We also have a brief update on that “exclusive report” about Kate Middleton’s wedding gown being designed (we mention it here) by Sophie Cranston of Libélula, WWD shares the label’s response to the rumors.
Careening on to our next topic, a look at some of the new goodies from this spring’s Social Primer for Brooks Brothers reversible bowtie collection. Below, some of the ties as seen in the catalog.
In addition to the fresh crop of ties, now there are key fobs in the line as well.
Those in (or near) Charleston can see the line’s designer, K. Cooper Ray, at the Charleston Billy Reid next Wednesday. Click here for more information on that event.
We have a very quick mention on behalf of a friend, the Fresh Air Fund is looking for host families in the thirteen states the organization serves.
We leave you with today’s “What Were They Thinking?” Below, an image with a piece of fleece that Jo-Ann stores was selling at the top, and an authentic Coach handbag on the bottom.
The two items are together illustrating a story about Coach suing Jo-Ann for trademark infringement, among other things, because of the similarity to the Coach logo in the fleece fabric design. In this instance we concur with Coach, the elongated O in the design is way-too-similar to the company’s distinctive logo. We wouldn’t want the image on fleece either, it makes visions of a Coach Snuggie painfully easy to imagine.
Hello everyone, and welcome to a Friday; we hope everyone’s weekend looks promising, may there be no colossal weather events besetting any of our cherished readers.
That is one of the cutest key chains we have ever seen, the Original Boat Shoe Key Chain is available online for only $10; this one clearly peaks the Cute-o-Meter in the red zone.
Keeping our focus on a kinder, gentler Mother Nature, we bring you a few images shot for Nautica’s spring advertising campaign, we love the madras.
The nautical influences Nautica built its brand upon are evident throughout the collection.
Nautica’s spring collection is now online, below we show the Anchors Aweigh Polo for girls and the Anchors Onesie for infants.
Images from Nautica’s spring campaign may be viewed at the company’s flickr photo stream.
In keeping with the seaside theme we want to show off some of our newest goodies here at The Prepatorium, our line of Sailor Bags. Made out of real sailcloth, the bags are almost indestructible and come with a lifetime guarantee. First, the classic Duffel Bags.
Made from double-layered sailcloth, these have a waterproof liner and are loaded with pockets on the inside, plus a quick access pocket on the outside.
There is also a smaller, personal-size ‘Duffel Purse‘.
The Insulated Cooler Bags are outstanding.
Available in 8-pack to 24-pack size, the Coolers run $37 to $64. We like the outside pockets on these, as well as the velcro handle wrap.
All of our Sailor Bag merchandise may be personalized for an additional $12 charge.
No one will be surprised to hear that yours truly is interested in many items from this collection, including the Tote Bags.
Of particular note for those carrying lunch and other edibles to and from the office or school, the Lunch Bags ($29) offer a wider mouth to handle some of those take-out and plastic containers we all use now and again. The lining also pulls completely out for easier cleaning, and the handy outer pocket is ideal for silverware, condiments, and other necessities.
There is also a Lunch Sack ($20) for those not requiring quite as much room.
There are loads of other goodies on the site now (the poor Consort, he has been madly typing his little fingers to the bone getting these online) with more on the way, we do love this line.
While sailcloth bags are ideal any time of the year, we move back to springtime goods from Coach, promoting new its new pieces, such as the Alexis Tattersall Trench.
Frequent readers are aware of our incessant whining distaste for the heavily logoed merchandise Coach has pushed the last decade, but there are some solid possibilities for the younger set in the spring group. The Poppy Spring Blazer is rather interesting.
Also appealing, the Emma Blazer in black and fuchsia, if one can overlook the insignia on the pocket.
The classic lines accented by the lapel, pocket & cuff trim evokes a prep-school style. The Tyler Flat is promising in two new colorways.
We remain fond of the Poppy Enamel Bow Bangle, here is the newest version.
On that fun and whimsical image, we say g’bye until next time!
Hello-Hello, is everyone recovered from the weekend’s festivities?
We begin with an interesting story from AOL’s Daily Finance, “Trucker Hat Meet Boat Shoe: Here Comes the Prepster“.
The author makes a strong argument for the blending of the two styles.
“While popular retailers like the aforementioned Zara, H&M and Uniqlo have latched on to a stylish office look that borders on preppy, some of the classic preppy brands have also sought to capture the hipster market. LL Bean, for example, launched LL Bean Signature, a more slim-cut, tailored version of the company’s classic garments. Priced a little bit higher than most of the brand’s offerings, Signature’s clothes were designed by popular designer Alex Carleton, and are skewed to a younger audience. Similarly, Brooks Brothers’ Black Fleece and Paul Stuart’s Phineas Cole lines also pander to a more body-conscious audience.
Next on the hit parade (and perhaps evidence of the validity of Mr. Watson’s theory), a story from men’s fashion site District Cut, “Coach Gets Preppy“.
The photos used in the post are from über-hip Japanese style magazine Popeye.
… or a basic hat.
We shall effort optimism on this front. Regardless, we are clearly in the minority with logophobia issues, the company just reported another extraordinarily profitable quarter.
For something irresistible and logo-free, look at these darling Coach Enamel Bow Bangles.
We have a different sort of Pretty in Pink (and green) to share today, related to our obsession fondness for textiles, we enjoy hoarding a staggering amount the little collection we have acquired over the years. So when visiting the always delightful Diary of a Southern Belle and seeing her post about fabric, we realized we had to share one of the treasures she posted. Knowing our fondness for all things nautical, here are two swatches from the “Urban Zoologie” collection by Ann Kelle.
Not included in the Belle’s post but meriting a peek, two wonderful Adventures in Argyle and sweet hearts from the ‘Remix’ Collection by the same designer.
Our other Pretty in Pink comes via Erin at the Pink and Green Scene.
The letters are from Bliss Living, and available in a variety of colors and patterns.
With those fun photos we say goodbye until next time!
Hello and happy top-o-the-week. We hope everyone enjoyed some relaxation and recuperation this weekend.
Here at the Prepatorium things seem to be spinning completely out of control are a tad busy, the photo below probably better illustrates the situation.
We begin with news about Talbots, via this story in Women’s Wear Daily.
We were intrigued by the statement; it comes from Trudy F. Sullivan, the company’s president and CEO. Her reasoning?
Below, this month’s catalog showing two new styles for fall.
Frequent readers may recall previous blather discussion about changes in direction for Talbots, we liked many of the new styles and fabrics and applauded the move to use Linda Evangelista for this fall’s advertising campaign. This look? A bit intense for our taste, likely to draw attention to the model, not the apparel.
Here are two more images featuring Ms. Evangelista, better showcasing the clothes.
Below, a look at pieces from Talbots’ Holiday line.
While we presume the marketing department had loads of research done to determine how people feel about those red doors, and the data may well show they are a challenge for the retailer’s desired demographic, we wonder if the baby needs to go out with the bathwater….?
Next, we share a look at pieces from the soon-to-debut “Ivy League” collection by Kitsuné.
Some may recall our brief feature on the company’s “Golf Club” collection; we also shared a few looks from this line.
For those wondering about the company’s name, it is actually the Japanese word for fox.
Many of the men’s styles are also appealing.
Lots to like with this collection, IOHO.
Brooks Brothers is launching its Campus Collection.
J. Crew is doing their Final Sale, with an additional 30% off sale prices. Use promo code SHOPNOW to receive the discount; the promotion is online only and runs through the 19th.
Garnet Hill is taking 20% off all of their Lilly Pulitzer Home collection; Pretty in Pink items at a special price are always nice.
The Juicie Fruit Pet Bed is awfully cute, and it is also on sale!
The line is being produced by the UK’s Miss Selfridge, a delightful chain of stores on the far side of the pond. Below we show the Black Stripe Bow dress from Miss Selfridge, and the store’s Cropped Tux Jacket.
There’s no disagreeing with that statement.
The clothing line will be available in April. We do not know if it will be distributed in US stores; if not, Miss Selfridge does ship to the US.
BTW, that is Willis the French Bulldog you see on the left; his resumé lists “chewing headphones…general destruction” as some of his favorite things.
While not for someone practically in her dotage (heh-heh), these are going to be darling on the appropriate young ladies.
As mentioned in an earlier post, this is the first time Mr. Tahari has shown at Fashion Week.
The Tory Burch show was Thursday morning.
We can’t figure out if this was meant to be snarky or a compliment.
An interesting side note; Ms. Burch supported other designers this week: she attended the Narciso Rodriguez show, and following her own event Ms. Burch joined Tommy Hilfiger and other fashion notables at the first-ever runway show by Reed Krakoff. Mr. Krakoff is the Coach CEO, regarded as the person responsible for bringing that brand back to life and making it a power player; he is now launching his own line of apparel and accessories.
1) Marie Claire has a story on “15 Preppy Chic Bargains” that we haven’t yet read; we cannot say if we think the looks are preppy or chic. Or bargains.
2) Finally, because of our utterly irrational and inexplicable propensity passing interest in all things Snuggie/Slanket, we bring you the very latest: the Siamese Slanket.
Not only do we have the Siamese Slanket, available in two snappy colors (ahem), we are happy to introduce readers to the Travel Slanket.
Because air travel isn’t miserable enough.
With that we say g’bye until next time!
Badgley Mischka for HSN Now Available, Chanel & Vuitton at CostCo?
We begin today with a question: does it seem a tad early for the Black Friday frenzy to be underway?
Le Boutique even has a Black Friday ad sign-up page on its website; we’re not clear what one receives when signing up on that page, and much as we adore our readers we just couldn’t bring ourselves to sign up in order to learn more.
Last year we shared as much information as seemed reasonable about fiscally-friendly opportunities at retail establishments with a preppish slant, Brooks Brothers, Talbots, Neiman Marcus, J.Crew, and the like. We planned to do the same this year. We just feel there is an ever-earlier encroachment, but perhaps it is selective recall on our part.
Speaking of Target, we have more photos of the Rodarte for collection, due to debut December. Below, this dress is featured on Teen Vogue’s December cover with Dakota Fanning.
The issue also showcases this Lace Dress, it will run $45.
Another major collaborative group launches much earlier than the Rodarte line seen above; the Jimmy Choo for H&M collection will be unveiled this Saturday.
Below, actress Demi Moore sported a dress from the line in October.
We aren’t going to devote too much space to this however, as the collection isn’t available online in the US and not everyone is near an H&M.
There are a number of interesting stories on this line and the growing trend for fashion collaborations and defusion lines, including this piece from ABC.
One final joint effort to share today: the Badgley Mischka line for HSN, American Glamour.
The collection is scheduled to launch November 17th with a special program on the shopping channel, but from the looks of things, many pieces (if not the entire line) are already available online.
The Animal Print Bag is showcased in either a Cheetah or Zebra pattern, selling at $349.90.
The Hinged Cuff Bracelet runs $99.
We find this all more-than-interesting to watch from the sidelines, the marketing and merchandising techniques are fascinating.
WWD’s story on the line says the launch online at HSN is November 15, but everything seems to be available now.
According to this story in today’s Times, Blake Lively hair is all the rage.
And the popular Gossip Girl star’s reaction?
Finally, news that may put smiles on the faces of some fashionistas, while creating scowls for others: one may now purchase both Chanel and Louis Vuitton handbags at CostCo.
“The Post found plenty of small-living-space-appropriate surprises in-store.
Of course this is in addition to the Burberry, Tod’s, Ferragamo and Coach merchandise at Costco, at least from what we read.
This creation from Vuitton honors the Red Cross.
The upscale leather goods firm is also donating a percentage of proceeds from certain handbag sales to the Red Cross.
For more on these efforts and loads of fab photos, click here.
With that we say good bye until next time! | 2019-04-24T00:48:07Z | https://thepreppyprincess.wordpress.com/tag/coach/ | Porn | Shopping | 0.480048 |
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Last night was the first meeting of our new group, Smash IPP, campaigning for the release of prisoners who are still in jail under the IPP laws. IPP is a law that means that prisoners can be kept in jail after their sentence is over for the ‘protection of the public’ and even though this law has now been abolished, thousands of people are still locked up because of it. These people have no idea when they will be released, and some could potentially be in jail the rest of their lives.
We are planning on holding regular stalls outside Cardiff prison to reach out to more people in the city, as well as leafletting door to door to try and connect with more people who have friends or family in jail under IPP, or people who just want to help, so at first the main costs we will be raising money for at the benefit gigs (which will hopefully become regular events) will be printing costs to get our message out there as far as possible. | 2019-04-19T07:26:32Z | https://smashipp.wordpress.com/2015/02/11/smash-ipp-set-them-free/ | Porn | Business | 0.362437 |
wordpress | Croatia or known as Hrvatska is located in the Balkan Peninsula of Southeastern Europe and geographically bordering countries of Bosnia, Montenegro, Slovenia and Hungary. It is known as the Pearl of the Adriatic and according to some sources, it is the only city-state to rival Venice during Middle Ages.
Dubrovnik is one of the Southern cities of Croatia which is very accessible by bus from Montenegro. It is one of the locations of HBO’s famous television series “ Game of Thrones as the King’s Landing“. I am a fan of GOT and looking forward for its seventh season to be released this coming July 2017. It is based on the book of George R.R Martin’s- A Song of Fire and Ice which is an epic fantasy. The shows theme/setting is medieval. The location scouts are really good in finding countries with old towns, villages, with historical architectures and Dubrovnik fits the spot for its distinctive walls.
Dubrovnik is very compact and cluster of houses you can see from the hillside with scattered Mediterranean Cypress trees around. If you are travelling from Kotor Montenegro to Dubrovnik, buses starts at 7am (but not all the time) the last would be 7pm. No need to book in advance, there are many buses departing every day. Travel time is almost two hours and forty five minutes including the border checking. Currency in Montenegro is Euro and for Croatia, it is Croatian Kuna or HRK. The prices of the buses ranges from 114HRK (17$) up to 22USD. You can check more about bus schedules here.
There are two city gates, the Pile Gate and the Ploce Gate. Pile Gate is the main gate to access the old town and this is where the bus will drop you. Once you enter this gate, you need to go down few stairs to the inner gate which leads you to the main street, the Stradun. The bus from Montenegro will stop at the main bus station in Gruz which is 2-4 kilometres away. There is a luggage storage ,money changer and grocery shops at the bus station. You can buy the bus ticket going to the old town from a magazine kiosk just outside the bus station or from the bus driver and you can take 1A or 1B. I took the 1B bus ticket cost from 1.50-2€.
Stradun or Placa is the main street in Old town Dubrovnik. The limestone pavement were polished like glass. This street is just few meters to the other end, on the way to the fort. Stradun is the busiest and widest street in old town, prices of souvenirs and foods are more expensive here than the inner cafes and shops. You can find also bank and an ATM shops on this street.
As soon as you will enter the Pile and Inner Gate, on your way to Stradun, you will find on your right the large fountain of Onofrio and on your left, the Saint Saviour Church. Onofrio fountain named after Onofrio Della Cava, he is responsible for providing Dubrovnik a potable water during 14th century. The Holy Saviour Church is a exmaple of renaissance architecture its original form from 15th century. Behind the church, you can find the Franciscan Monastery and Pharmacy.
Franciscan Monastery is a large 13th century complex from Stradun to the walls. from the top of the wall, you will be able to see the square the compound. The monastery is so large that it has an upper and lower cloisters. The cloisters in the lower part represents, animals, plants and humans of Romanesque-Gothic Style. The paintings represents the life of Franciscan orders. Entrance fee is 30HRK. One should spare some time to visit this simple yet knowledgeable place. To know more about the Franciscan Monasteries , please click here.
The Square of Loggia is formerly a market place and where you can find buildings and statues built in 14th century. The Saint Blaise Church, Orlando’s Column, Sponza Palace and the City Bell Tower. The column on the center has a knight carved on it known as Orlando or Roland which according to a legend, saved Dubrovnik during the Arabs invasion. This column served many purposes during the middle ages, from celebration announcements, proclamations, trials and punishments.
The present bell tower was constructed during the 19th century to replaced the leaning tower after an earthquake that happened on the 16th century. The original tower was built on the 14th century with wooden and bronze hitting the bell.
Saint Blasius is the Patront Saint of Dubrovnik. The church was built on the 17th century in the Honour of the Patron Saint Blasius by Venetian architect Marino Gropelli. This is one of the favorite wedding venues in Dubrovnik.
Sponza Palace serves as a bank, treasury, armory throughout the years. Built on the 15th century with Gothic Renaissance style.
Located behind the Saint Blaise Church, near the Dubrovnik Cathedral. Building was of renaissance and baroque style and was built during the 12th century. It is a secular building and at present the home of Dubrovnik’s Museum and History Department.
The Dominican Monastery is located near the inner Ploce Gate and the tower can be seen from the fort. According to the history, the Dominicans established their monastery during the 12th century but building the present monastery completed on the 14th century. The monastery become a part of the wall for defence purposes as it is located on the sensitive area of the Dubrovnik.
According to Dubrovnik City information, a legend on how this church was built. “Richard the Lionheart was returning from the Crusades in 1192 when he was shipwrecked in a storm, and cast aground on Lokrum Island in front of Dubrovnik. In order to thank God for his life, he vowed to build a great church on the spot where his life was saved. When he had layed-up his intentions to the shrewd Dubrovnik leaders, they convinced him it would be much better to build the church in Dubrovnik instead.
I find this church more beautiful due to its ceiling, wall paintings and it’s location with a grand Baroque or medieval staircase. Its is very near to Dubrovnik Cathedral, less than 5 minutes walk. It is a complex of Baroque style – a church and a Jesuit College built between 15th and 16th century.
Also known as the Serbian Orthodox built during the 18th century and was renovated year 2009.
If you are a fan of paintings and crafts made by Pablo Picasso, then you have come to the right place.
Named after Dubrovnik poet Ivan Gundulic. The statue was built on the 16th century. This square serves as a market in the morning and cafe/ restaurants the rest of the day.
located in-front of Dominican Monastery, on your way to Ploce gate.
Located in Gundulic Square. You can buy incese, jams, fruits, vegetable, handmade soaps, arts and crafts.
If you are tired of walking, then its time for you to sit and just relax around the fort and let your thoughts wander. This is a good place to view the sunset.There are restaurants around the fort famous for seafood delicacies.
This is a must, the best view of the old town from the Fortress with Cable Car. Ticket cost 12USD/one way or 20USD/return. There are facilities on the fortress such as souvenirs shops, cafes and a viewing area.
Dubrovnik City Walls are the most important symbol or feature of Dubrovnik. This white stone walls are very distinctive and the main reason why Dubrovnik is the Pearl of the the Adriatic. This is the only walls that remained its medieval features, fortresses, monasteries and the only one in the world with this type of walled Old town, this is why it is included in the UNESCO World Heritage. Within the Old Town or Old City walls, you can find The Bokar Tower, Connected to the Lovrjenac Fort, Revelin Fort and the Gates.
Get lost around the maze-cobblestone, narrow streets of Dubrovnik.
Dubrovnik is not cheap in terms of dining in especially within the main streets of Stradun. There are many restaurants on the inner streets of Old town that offers affordable prices compared to a very touristy streets. A pasta and a beer would cost from 25$ to 45$ in a middle class restaurants along Stradun.
This is my weakness, buying souvenirs. Bargain at the market place for some souvenirs or buy on the inner streets. Sometimes it is cheaper of 5-10$, than the shops on the main streets.
According to one local that I have met, there is a tradition in Croatia that when they get married they need to plant one cypress tree. Sources online refers Cypress as the the drama tree or the tree of mourning. Whatever it symbolizes, it adds to the beauty of the Dubrovnik.
If you want to read more about Dubrovnik, you can check here.
The weather during month of October is very pleasant. Summer is gone and the weather tends to be cool. Sunny with the cool breeze from the sea.
I loved sitting on those benches outside the fort. The cable car was a bit of a let down though. Not worth the price.
Hi wanderlist, happy for you, you have visited Plitvice Lakes, want to see that place.
Great post there is so much detail and your pictures are such good quality!!
Hi Rachel, thank you so much for dropping by.
Hi Sharon, thank you for visiting my site. If you love old towns and architectural buildings, you would love Dubrovnik- Croatia. | 2019-04-19T06:29:55Z | https://fareasttravelogue.wordpress.com/2017/06/04/pearl-of-the-adriatic-dubrovnik/ | Porn | Shopping | 0.182936 |
wordpress | One of the most persistent problems related to information is that there’s so much of it. In dealing with the ever-increasing stream of news, video clips, e-mails and other media, one can easily feel forced to react quickly. Deliberation and careful consideration are difficult and take conscious effort – skimming an article or passively watching a video takes almost none. It is then all too easy to start accepting things uncritically, to simply believe in what one is told. Not only should this bother us as thinking creatures, but it is also the quickest path to being fooled. Critical thinking skills are crucial, and yet so easy to throw aside – it is too easy to feel too sure, which is why it’s so important to be able to doubt.
The origins of this problem are many – from the mentioned flurry of information, through education which favours rote memorization over independent thought, all the way to culture which stresses the need to “keep up”. And it doesn’t really matter if a person, when asked, says that they think clearly, or they carefully consider what they are told. The marketers know better – even if the message is not logically sound, it will stick if repeated often enough or at opportune enough times, which is why you will see the same advertisement multiple times, or why a child will see advertisements in video games. But the point here isn’t just about commercial messages – all messages can distort the facts. Without critically assessing information, there is no reason to think that we have actually understood anything. At best, we might have memorized the message.
This is an invitation to anyone reading to evaluate his or her stance on doubt. Doubt is uncomfortable, and actively engaging in doubting even more so. We have a whole host of emotions associated with doubt that can make us uneasy it its presence. Yet beyond the emotions, like the simple feeling of confusion, lies the essence of inquiry, so taking the effort to doubt is necessary to keep a sound mind, just like some physical activity is necessary to keep a sound body. More than this, it is precisely because we doubt that we check things out. Therefore, it is worth taking the time to carefully read an article or carefully listen to a show and ask oneself: does this really make sense? Has that person really provided a convincing argument for what he or she said? Is this a fact or an opinion? This is harder than it seems, and it requires getting used to before one can spot faulty reasoning – but this is not a reason to avoid the practice. If you have never tried it, do so now. Pick any article from your favourite source and take the time to read it carefully.
There’s of course one more thing: as if all this critical thinking wasn’t enough, the decision to just be critical will not suffice – even in the case of an apparent success. As I said, it is easy to think that one has figured something out, to become mechanical in one’s thinking, and thus too certain – fake certainty is a common folly. It doesn’t stop being a problem just because we know of our previous blunders. Therefore, in the interest of not keeping the reader (you) too sure, I would like to remind you to not take anything at face value “just because” – this involves this very blog and this very article. Think of these articles as the starting, not the ending point of your considerations. And then continue the previous exercise: ask yourself why you thought critically when you did. This should get you accommodated with doubt enough that it doesn’t feel so strange anymore.
Can we know when we should doubt, or is it itself doubtful? | 2019-04-23T10:26:35Z | https://courseofmatters.wordpress.com/2016/01/08/the-value-of-doubt/ | Porn | News | 0.303558 |
wordpress | As Davina said, Saturday was Fall Lace Day for the Shuttlebirds Guild. I was very grateful that I was able to make the second half of the day. I missed Patty’s hairpin lace snowflake, but she saved me a copy of the pattern – so I will be trying my hand at it later this month.
I was able to enjoy the basics of pearl tatting with Jan. I ended up with a bead pattern that I really like. Next time I will just make sure I pre-string some extra beads on my shuttles. Right now it is the perfect length for a necklace for my little sister.
Playing around with the basics of pearl encapsulation during Shuttlebirds 2013 Fall Lace Day. | 2019-04-18T19:27:32Z | https://sbspokane.wordpress.com/tag/pearl-tatting/ | Porn | Kids | 0.147496 |
wordpress | This entry was posted in Book Club, books, Food, Movie Casting, Music, Uncategorized and tagged Carter & Lovecraft movie casting, Carter & Lovecraft novel, Carter & Lovecraft novel menu, Carter & Lovecraft playlist, H.P. Lovecraft, homicide detective novels, Larceny Bourbon recipes, Monster Playlist, New Jersey ribs recipe, novels set in Rhode Island, Rhode Island clam dip recipe, sci-fi novels, Witch playlist. Bookmark the permalink.
I have been immersed in the Lovecraft Mythos for about 40 years and have a fairly nice collection of his books (posthumously published, as you point out).
This will be a delight. | 2019-04-23T22:16:51Z | https://daeandwrite.wordpress.com/2017/10/15/carter-lovecraft-by-jonathan-l-howard/ | Porn | Arts | 0.989076 |
wordpress | You are currently browsing the tag archive for the ‘Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins’ tag.
Breakfast is done, the kitchen is clean and our guests are off on their adventures. I am sitting at the computer watching the boats scattered from Crofton to Chemanus as they wend their way along on the calm sea. Four of the eighteen boats are sailboats but none have their sails up. It is a beautiful summer day with a slight breeze, bright sunshine and robin egg blue skies with whisps of white clouds. It doesn’t get any better than this for a summer morning on Salt Spring Island.
Today we have a guest who requires a Gluten Free breakfast. The easiest way to avoid any cross-contamination with wheat, oats, rye or barley is to prepare her meal first before starting on the others. In many instances we find it safer to purchase some premade products for some diet restrictions. This has been made relatively easy now as the local supermarkets carry many products that suit a variety of special diet needs. Still there are many others that we still prefer to prepare ourselves.
At the market we found Rice Cereal, Raisin Bread, Rice Tortillas and Rice Bagels so we will be using these over the next couple of breakfasts.
View from the front deck now.
This morning we served Orange Juice, Breakfast Pear Melba for the cereal course, Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins and Peanut Butter Tea Biscuits in the bread basket, Salmons Scrambled Wrap for the main entree, and a fruit plate of quartered Apricots, Red Seedless Grapes and sliced green Kiwi along with copious amounts of coffee.
Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins fresh from the oven!
We were told by our guests that we were being given a ’standing ovation’ while they remained seated!
TIP: When cooking for a special diet where cross contamination could be an issue consider preparing the special diet first and cooking their meal on parchment paper. This avoids contamination from a pan, grill or griddle. | 2019-04-25T10:27:59Z | https://annesoceanfront.wordpress.com/tag/banana-chocolate-chip-muffins/ | Porn | Recreation | 0.652963 |
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wordpress | Our paths are all different. There are crossroads – meetings and departures. Thoughts: Treasure those you are currently journeying with. We need to do something for ourselves because ultimately, it’s only us in the end. | 2019-04-24T10:51:22Z | https://xiangqiande.wordpress.com/tag/postaday/ | Porn | Reference | 0.555382 |
wordpress | Did James Mattis try to gag a report to hide his failures against The Taliban in Afghanistan?
A gag order on an report which suggests that James Mattis is losing the war against insurgents in Afghanistan underscores the dangers of allowing him to classify US preparations for war in North Korea and, by this means, hide potential deficits.
The report, which was eventually released, says insurgents now have control of 14% of Afghanistan’s districts. Last year, they had control of 10% of the population.
It is not clear what the relationship between districts and population is or if these terms are being used in a way that is interchangeable. But it could be that the Taliban now has more people under its control one year into Mattis reign as the Pentagon chief despite a troop surge.
Mattis sent 3,000 more troops to Afghanistan in the summer, according to media.
WASHINGTON (AP) — In an abrupt reversal, the U.S. military on Tuesday said it made a mistake when it ordered an independent federal auditor to stop providing the public with information about U.S. war efforts in Afghanistan that help to measure how the 16-year-old stalemated war is going.
Kim Jong Un should take time out from planning more crimes to consider if he really wants to become radioative dust.
That is on the cards unless he immediately denuclearizes and allows US and international officials to supervise the entire process.
Kim could make a deal with Donald Trump. In return for denuclearization, the US could give North Korea some great trade deals. Prosperity would buoy Kim’s popularity and increase his chances of survival. As a last resort, the US could guarantee him safe passage to a country like Switzerland.
Time is running very short for Kim. He is risking an abrupt and very hot encounter with death, hell and Satan and characters as unpleasant as George Soros and Theodekti. Surely hell is where he is heading in view of all his crimes, the latest being his plan to give North Koreans the swine flu vaccine known to cause narcolepsy.
How much better to have a quiet little chalet in the mountains of Switzerland, Kim! Use your common sense.
The bird flu scare has prompted officials to quarantine all poultry farm workers and ban its sale in markets across the city, ahead of the Olympics Games.
An outbreak of cases of flu is ravaging the Korean Peninsula less than two weeks before the opening ceremony for the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.
North Korea is faced with treating over 81,000 people, who have contracted the Swine flu/ H1N1, while their neighbors, South Korea, is grappling with avian influenza/H5N1 outbreak forcing authorities to order the mass killing of one million infected chickens.
The bird flu was discovered, on Saturday, in chickens at two farms in Gyeonggi, south of Seoul, South Korea.
The bird flu scare prompted officials to quarantine all poultry farm workers and ban its sale in markets across the city.
North Korea, on the other hand, have made requests for Swine flu vaccines for high-risk individuals, according to Yonhap News Agency. The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that about 127,000 North Koreans had experienced flu-like illness between Dec. 1 and Jan. 16.
WHO has supplied the Hermit Kingdom in the North with 5,000 tablets to stem the outbreak.
Branding North Korea’s leadership “depraved,” President Donald Trump told Americans on Tuesday that Pyongyang’s pursuit of nuclear missiles could “very soon threaten our homeland” and vowed a continued campaign of maximum pressure to keep that from happening.
In his first State of the Union speech to the US Congress, Trump’s tough rhetoric underscored persistent tensions despite recent talks between North and South Korea that led to Pyongyang’s agreement to participate in next month’s Winter Olympic games in South Korea.
Attending the State of the Union address as Trump’s guests, were the parents of Otto Warmbier, the American college student who died in June shortly after he was released by North Korea in a coma. “Tonight, we pledge to honour Otto’s memory with total American resolve,” Trump said.
Earlier on Tuesday, the vice chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff said North Korea’s nuclear program had made strides in recent months but the country has not yet demonstrated all the components of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), including a survivable re-entry vehicle that can deliver a nuclear weapon.
Joe Kennedy and Alexis Tsipras seem to have attended the same actor’s training workshop. Joe Kennedy employed the same kind of studied speech techniques and dramatics gestures during his State of the Union Response speech as Tsipras does.
Maybe the similarity is due to the fact they are both supported by the same organizations promoted by the likes of George Soros, who place so much value on grooming politicians for power. Soros is a a major funder of the Democrat Party and Joe Kennedy is a scion. Let’s hope the Americans don’t take the ambitious Harvard Law school grad Joe Kennedy at face value.
Tsipras is an accomplished actor, a wolf in sheep’s clothing, with a cold blooded killer instinct, willing to help Soros depopulate all of Greece, as my own case proves.
Kennedy’s speech has prompted speculation he may run against Trump in 2020.
FBI Globalist cronies cover up murder of RT founder. Committed by George Soros and Clinton?
Readers of my blog will know that I was physically assaulted as part of a murder attempt against me in Greece in April 2015 orchestrated by George Soros and my bruises were documented by the local police doctor.
But the original police reports were brazenly removed from the file and the original culprits have been allowed to accuse me of beating myself up while drunk on 10 litres of 40 per cent alcohol a day for 18 months to effect my forcible confinement under emergency laws.
It looks like exactly the same tired lies are being used to cover up the murder of the founder of RT. He too was supposed to have beaten himself to death while suffering from acute alcohol intoxication. How likely is that? How much more likely is it that the blunt injuries to his head which he suffered were administered to him by a crony of Soros who does not like negative media coverage ahead of the elections?
I have actually been able to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that I have been set up and prove beyond a doubt that George Soros and his minion in Alexis Tsipras, as verifiable readers of my blog, have the motive, means and opportunity.
That points to the same perpetrators, namely George Soros and his minions.
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wordpress | Deutsche Sektion der IVR is the German national section of the IVR. The section was host of the IVR World Congress 2011 held at Frankfurt am Main. Stephan Kirste at Salzburg University is the current president of German national section of the IVR.
Further announcement of the 2018 Conference in Freiburg i.B.
Call for Paper for the 2018 Conference in Freiburg i.B. | 2019-04-21T12:37:10Z | https://ivronlineblog.wordpress.com/sections/ger/ | Porn | News | 0.784158 |
wikipedia | A song must contain at least 51% of the lyrics in Portuguese and must be a new song.
The Latin Grammy Award for Best Portuguese Language Song is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence and creates a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists in the United States and internationally. According to the category description guide for the 13th Latin Grammy Awards, the award is for "a song must contain at least 51% of the lyrics in Portuguese and must be a new song. Award to the Songwriter(s). Not Eligible: Instrumental recordings and cover songs."
The award was first presented to Djavan for "Acelerou" in 2000. The only songwriter who has won this award more than once is Milton Nascimento, who won twice consecutively in 2003 and 2004. In 2013, "Esse Cara Sou Eu" by Roberto Carlos and "Um Abraçaço" by Caetano Veloso became the first songs in the category to be nominated for Song of the Year. In 2014, "A Bossa Nova É Foda" by Caetano Veloso was nominated for Song of the Year. From 2000 to 2015, the award category was presented as Best Brazilian Song and was changed to its current name in 2016.
Adriana Calcanhotto for "Mais Perfumado"
Eliane Elias for "What About The Heart (Bate Bate)"
Jorge Vercillo for "Há de Ser"
Sérgio Santos for "Litoral e Interior"
2009 Lenine for "Martelo Bigorna"
Caetano Veloso for "A Cor Amarela"
Nando Reis for "Ainda Não Passou"
Vanessa da Mata and Sérgio Mendes for "Acode"
Djavan for "Delírio Dos Mortais"
2007 Caetano Veloso for "Não Me Arrependo"
Gilberto Gil for "Balé De Berlim"
Chico Buarque for "Ela Faz Cinema"
Totonho Villeroy for "São Sebastião"
Roberto Carlos for "Pra Sempre"
Celso Fonseca and Ronaldo Bastos for "A Voz Do Coracao"
Caetano Veloso for "Sou Seu Sabiá"
Caetano Veloso for "Zera A Reza"
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wordpress | How do you manage ungraded student assignments?
Update: I’ve put the video “below the fold” because there is apparently no way to prevent Ustream embedded videos in WordPress.com blogs from autoplaying when you load the main page. Just click “Keep reading” and you’ll see it. | 2019-04-25T12:59:26Z | https://castingoutnines.wordpress.com/tag/homework/ | Porn | Reference | 0.247694 |
indiana | Abstract: "Despite their relevance for biodiversity conservation, marine protected areas (MPAs) cause social impacts, such as loss of livelihood diversity. We evaluated how institutional changes related to fisheries and MPA management affected the livelihoods and food security of isolated and traditional fishing communities (the Caiçaras) in Parana, Southern Brazil. This study was conducted in collaboration with a fishing community (Almeida Island Village, Paranagua Bay) and the Brazilian Protected Area management agency (ICMBio), in order to support the development of strategies to alleviate the conflicts between the two. Data were collected between March and October 2014 through semi-structured surveys with 80 households (95% of total households), and three participatory workshops. Fishing is the main source of income and protein for all households. The swamp ghost crab (Ucides cordatus), captured with handcrafted traps, is the main target species. The harvest season lasts only for four months (austral summer) but represents the major source of revenue for the community. Almost all of the household members work in the fishery. Fishing grounds have been reduced since the creation of three MPAs in the 1980s and the expansion of port industries. All mangrove areas, where most of the fishing occurs, have become no-take zones. Fishers also consider the crab closed season and the fishing gear restrictions as a misfit with the local ecosystem dynamics. Compliance of these rules is low; fishers take the risk of being caught by surveillance agencies. Centralized institutional changes restricting fishing activities have caused the abandonment of traditional practices and a high dependency on social programs and government subsides. The loss of livelihood diversity in isolated and fishery-dependent communities can accelerate food insecurity and poverty traps, while also creating a long-term loss of ecological knowledge about mangroves. Our partnership with fishing communities and ICMBio provides some lessons to strengthen the science-practice-policy interface of fisheries and MPA management, taking into consideration the livelihoods of traditional peoples and their interconnection with the ecosystem dynamics." | 2019-04-23T13:50:37Z | http://dlc.dlib.indiana.edu/dlc/handle/10535/9853 | Porn | Science | 0.891582 |
wired | Brain activity in rats while they're fully conscious, sedated, and after their hearts have stopped (point 0). The top figures span 30 minutes in time; in the bottom figures, activity in the 30 seconds immediately following cardiac arrest is magnified.
For a brief time after their hearts stop beating, electrical activity that some scientists have linked to consciousness in humans continues in the brains of rats — a finding that could shed light on reports of near-death experiences in humans, and opens new possibilities for studying consciousness.
"People have just assumed that, after the heart stops, when the brain has very little oxygen or glucose, then the brain should not function," said neurophysiologist Jimo Borjigin of the University of Michigan, leader of an experiment described August 12 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Higher brain function may require less oxygen and energy than many scientists had thought, Borjigin said.
Borjigin's team implanted electrodes on the surface of the brains of nine rats, then injected the animals with potassium chloride, causing their hearts to stop beating and blood to stop flowing. This is the clinical definition of death.
At this point, or shortly after, neurological activity is supposed to cease. Yet for up to 30 seconds, the researchers' electrodes detected patterns of synchronized, high-frequency activity known as gamma waves. In humans, some scientists have suggested that gamma waves could play a role in the interplay of perception, awareness, and intent known as consciousness.
In earlier rat research, Borjigin observed a sudden release of neurotransmitters at the moment of death. If what they've seen in rats has human analogues, said Borjigin, the combination of neurochemical surge and continued electrical activity could be involved in near-death experiences, in which people report continuing perceptions for minutes after their hearts have stopped.
"By presenting evidence of highly organized brain activity and neurophysiologic features consistent with conscious processing at near-death, we now provide a scientific framework to begin to explain the highly lucid and realer-than-real mental experiences reported by near-death survivors," wrote Borjigin's team.
Of course, it's impossible to know what their nine rats experienced. Whether they saw a rodent version of the light, so to speak, and whether similar neurological mechanisms exist in humans, remains unknown.
Critical care physician Sam Parnia of Stony Brook University, who leads the Human Consciousness Project’s AWARE study, which documents after-death experiences in hospitals across North America and Europe, stressed the uncertainties.
Parnia said the study is "very interesting and raises many questions," but said the assumption that these patterns exist in humans and might explain near-death experiences "is extremely presumptive and unsupported by evidence."
Some people who've been resuscitated after dying have described seeing and hearing events that occurred tens of minutes after their heart stopped, said Parnia. Electrical activity in Borjigin's rats didn't last longer than 30 seconds. The types of signals her group recorded also haven't been detected in human patients monitored as they died.
According to Borgijin, that's likely because the signals are relatively weak, and the electroencephalograph machines used to detect brain activity in patients aren't as sensitive because they take readings from their scalps, not directly from brain tissue.
In future studies, it might be possible to revive cardiac-arrested rats and see whether they recall some stimulus presented after they died, but while brain activity continued, said Borjigin. It may also be possible to obtain more sensitive recordings of human patients going into cardiac arrest, then ask what they've seen if they recover.
Yet to Borjigin, questions the study raises about near-death experiences are less interesting than questions about the nature of consciousness itself, and whether it actually requires far less oxygen and energy than previously thought.
If the rats are truly aware after death, the experiment could offer a methodology for testing questions about consciousness. Researchers could, for example, give rats a drug that blocks a particular protein's activity, then see whether after-death neurological activity is affected.
That might ultimately provide insights into the biological mechanisms of consciousness, which remains difficult to explain in neurological terms. "Techniques like the ones we used in this study point us in directions to study," said Borjigin. "There's still so much we don't know."
Citation: "Surge of neurophysiological coherence and connectivity in the dying brain." By Jimo Borjigin, UnCheol Leed, Tiecheng Liu, Dinesh Pal, Sean Huff, Daniel Klarr, Jennifer Sloboda, Jason Hernandez, Michael M. Wang, and George A. Mashour. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 12 August 2013. | 2019-04-23T12:50:54Z | https://www.wired.com/2013/08/after-death-consciousness-rats/ | Porn | Science | 0.467351 |
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wordpress | New Beginning, Same Old Story?
Joe, thanks for making your study “Observation: Read …” available. It will be very useful. But one question, you ask concerning the diagram at the end “How many boxes do you see?” Do you mean squares or rectangles? The answer would be different. | 2019-04-21T00:33:56Z | https://joefl.wordpress.com/preachingteaching-materials/ | Porn | Reference | 0.554512 |
wordpress | Brand lessons from Starbucks, Amazon, Google et al.
Do you really own your brand?
What will do the Google brand most damage – profit slump or communications bungling?
Five key characteristics of great brand leaders.
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wordpress | Over the long weekend, my fiance and I drove up to Napa, where his mom lives, and hung out there and in San Francisco for a couple of days. It was fun and relaxing and gave me a chance to get a few pictures of my latest dress, the Moneta by Colette Patterns!
I absolutely love this dress. It is exactly the kind of silhouette I love with the ease of a knit. Plus it is fast to sew! We took these pictures by the dock in Vallejo while we were waiting for a couple of friends to meet us for lunch in Napa! It was really windy and really bright, so my face looks kind of weird, but at least you can see the dress moving!
This is actually my second Moneta. My first is so adorable you guys. It is a two sided almost sweater knit type fabric, and one side has stripes and one had polka dots, so I did the top in stripes and the bottom in polka dots. It is the best! Except when I washed it, it frayed like crazy on the hem, so I had to cut it off and re-hem it, and now it is super short. 😦 I might try to make one like it with some type of jersey some day. Sigh.
Size-wise, I am on the high end of the XL and the low end of the 2x, but when I compared the bodice to my lady skater pattern, which I knew fit, the XL was closer, so I went with that! I’m glad I did – it fits really well up top and I like the length of the bodice a lot. The fabric is from Jo-Ann’s – I went in for a couple of notions and I found this stripey fabric and it was on sale for only $5/yard and I really loved the colors. It is really soft and nice, and the dress is so comfortable!
For the first one I struck out on my own, but for this one I followed the sewalong which was super helpful, especially when it came to the elastic attaching. I am still going to need some work on it, but this version was way better than my first. Also, Devon helped me a few times at Sew L.A. and she was super helpful and nice so I liked learning from her! I also made a third version during the sew along which I hope to share shortly!
So that’s it! I really love this dress and plan on making a zillion, hence the title of this post.
I’ve actually been doing a fair amount of sewing, but haven’t taken any pictures. My fiancé and I are in San Francisco and Napa this weekend, and I brought one of my new favorite dresses, so hopefully we can snap some pictures while we’re here! In the meantime, I have about 3 weeks left of summer before we take a trip for a friend’s wedding, after which I’m going straight to a conference for work, then my parents are coming in town for a week, and then my summer break is over. So I thought I should make a plan to get as much summery sewing as possible done before that.
I’ve been using a sketching program on my iPad to make a croquis and draw out what I’m planning to make. Please do not laugh at my art skills.
I want to make a couple of summery dresses, and I think the staple dress will be perfect because it is quick and the resulting dress will be nice and light for how hot it’s been. To be super efficient I thought I could cut two at once! I have a navy and white polka dot voile from Michael Levine and a blue and white striped linen from The Fabric Store, which will both make perfect summer dresses.
I’ve been wanting to make a kimono tee pattern, and was thinking of drafting my own, but then realized I could just shorten the staple dress! I’m planning to do that and make it up in a jade Swiss dot from Mood Fabrics (that I got with a gift card from my friend Lacey for my birthday! Thanks, Lacey!).
I also have a really nice purple jersey from The Fabric Store, and I think it will make a great tank dress. It’ll be nice to make a few knit dresses with looser tops, after the Moneta rampage I’ve been on (pictures soon!).
If I can get all of this done by August I will be really happy and amazed. Then it will be time to think about what I’d like to sew for Fall!
Me Made May Reflections, plus some other things!
This dress is a Staple Dress which I never blogged because I made one previously! It is made with a gorgeous voile that I got from Sew L.A. I wore this dress on my birthday! I guess I’d had in my mind that this was a special occasion kind of dress, and while it is super awesome, it is also really comfortable and is casual. I really loved wearing it and will try to more often!
On my birthday I decided to take the day off an treat myself to something nice. So, I made my first visit to The Fabric Store and picked up these beauties! I seriously wanted to buy every single thing in that store, and spent ~2 months of my sewing budget in there. The top two are jerseys – the teal is just the most perfect color, and is actually a wool blend. I think that will become a Moneta (I’ve actually already made one and I love it so much and will post pictures soon)! The wavy purple will likely be a dress as well – probably a tank dress because it is very lightweight! The light blue stripes are linen – I am thinking a fit and flare dress that will be perfect on the hot weekends coming up! And the front is actually silk! My first silk! It is just the most beautiful fabric ever. I think I will make a kimono sleeve blouse with it – super simple since the pattern is a lot. I am scared but also excited to sew with silk for the first time!
One thing I got a lot of wear out of during the month was my polka dot lady skater! This day I wore it with polka dot socks, because you just can’t ever get enough polka dots. It is just so easy to throw on and fun and comfortable. I think that was the main take away from MMM for me – I just like being comfortable, and for me that means mostly knit dresses and t-shirts! So before next time I want to have a lot of those made! And maybe eventually trying my hand at pants/jeans since I will need something to wear with the t-shirts 🙂 I did notice that I only wore a skirt once. I am not sure if this is because I am just not a skirt person or because I never feel like I have anything to wear with them. I will have to think about that!
I also made a convertible dress! I’ve had this ITY knit sitting around for a long time (I think it’s from Fabric.com?) and I wanted to see how easy it would be to make one up. There’s a bunch of tutorials online but I ended up mostly using this one, which was very clear. The only think I did differently was attach the tube top part directly to the skirt, and omit the waistband. I didn’t have quite enough fabric to make the scarves as long as would be best, but overall I think it worked! I’ll probably never wear it because the wrong side of the fabric shows, but it really was just to see if I could do it in a reasonable amount of time. Why, you ask? Well, I am strongly considering making these for my bridesmaids for my wedding in February. I think they would be fun because they could switch up how they wear them. It took maybe 3 hours to make from pattern drafting to sewing (I did most of it on my serger), and I think it would be pretty awesome if my bridesmaids could wear something I made! Either way this would be a fun dress to have around so I might make one for myself in a different fabric eventually!
Lastly, I will be going to the LA Blogger Meet Up on June 14th! I’m super excited to meet some fellow LA sewists and go fabric shopping with you all!
Ok, that’s it for now! This summer I am hoping I will be sewing up a storm!
Coco Top (And MMM’14 Week 1 Round Up)!
A few weeks ago I made Tilly and the Buttons great pattern, the Coco top! This is a super versatile pattern with a classic, Breton top shape, that I really like. I was pretty much treating this as a wearable muslin, as this fabric is much stretchier than what is recommended. However, I still ended up with a very wearable top.
I cut a straight size 8, and I actually think I could possibly go down a size, especially if I want something a little more close-fitting, more like a Breton top. But this top is super comfortable as is. I thought about adding a patch pocket (and even cut one out), but decided the placement would be awkward. Where do people with large busts put pockets? Or should I just avoid them altogether? I think a contrasting pocket would be so cute!
I think one advantage to using a ponte as suggested would be slight smoother lines in the back! I think I might also want to narrow the sleeves a bit. I love the neckline, though!
Side split! Such a cute detail. It would probably look nicer in a stable knit. 🙂 Overall, I think I will making plenty of these in the future!
I also wanted to give you a Me Made May Round-up. You’ve seen my outfits if you follow me on instagram! I had pledged to wear three me made items a week, so here are the two outfits other than the outfit above!
Both of these are knit scout tees and you will notice that all three of my me made items this week are knit tops. Definitely a staple of my wardrobe and something that I will be making a lot more of!
I am one day late, but I’ve decided to join in Me Made May! I remember reading all of the blogs last year that participated and thinking how fun it would be to participate next time! I don’t have a ton of me mades so I’ve decided to pledge to wear me made clothing 3 times a week. Hopefully by this time next year I can wear me mades every day!
I, Karin of Dots, Stripes, and Florals, sign up as a participant of Me-Made-May ’14. I endeavour to wear one me made item three days a week for the duration of May 2014.
I will be posting my outfits on instagram, and then doing round-ups here. Thanks for following along!
As mentioned in my previous post, one of the main things I want to make this season are knit dresses that I can just throw on whenever. This was actually one of the main reasons I wanted to get serger! I decided to try the Lady Skater by Kitschy Coo because there were so many great versions on the interwebz and it’s a shape I really like to wear and it goes up to my size!
For my first version, I cut a straight size 8 from this adorable bright pink and white polka dot jersey from Girl Charlee. Over all I love it, and I’ve already worn it a bunch! There are a few things I wanted to alter though.
1) I think the waistline is too low – it’s actually hitting me where I am the largest, so on the next version I raised it 3.5″. 2) Like pretty much everything I’ve ever made (I should probably have learned my lesson by now) I need a narrow shoulder adjustment. In the next version I did a 0.5″ narrow shoulder adjustment.
I also have a lot of bunching in the back, but I hoped that will be taken care of by raising the waistline.
For my second version, I used a jersey from Joann’s Fabrics. Along with the alterations mentioned above, I decided to try a drindl skirt. I really like that style and figured it would also use less fabric! It turned out a little weird though – I don’t think I gathered the skirt very well.
I also didn’t think about the fact that raising the waistline to a narrower part of my body meant that I should also take it in a little bit. I’ll have to fix that next time! So this dress isn’t as fitted as planned, but it is still super comfy! I think I’ll get a lot of wear out of it this summer.
I’m still getting a lot of extra fabric in the back, so maybe I need a sway back adjustment?
I will definitely be making more of these, although I think I will switch back to the circle skirt the patter comes with. The new Moneta from Colette Patterns has a gathered skirt so I think I’ll be trying that for my next one!
Overall, these are two simple and nice dresses that will continue to get a lot of wear, and they sewed up really quickly! Definitely a nice way to get back into sewing after a long break!
Hi all! I’m back! Kind of. The year so far has been officially insane. I am just really busy with multiple jobs, job searching, volunteering, and wedding planning. Plus trying to have a social life. Things have slowed down just a bit recently, and I’ve actually had time to do some sewing and picture taking! Before I show you what I’ve been working on lately, I thought I’d show you what kinds of things I’m hoping to make in the next few months.
One thing I’ve noticed as the warm weather approaches is that I don’t have a lot of T-shirts I actually like. I have a lot that I wear under sweaters or to bed, but not a lot I feel comfortable in without something over it. So, I’m planning to make a few! I think I will mostly use the Scout tee, which I have used previously. I also recently made a Coco (to be blogged soon!) and have the Renfrew pattern as well (although I think I will have to grade up in order to use that one) which I am planning to use. I’d also love a raglan t-shirt pattern if anyone has any ideas!
I’ve been teaching this semester, which means I’ve had to dress a little nicer than I normally do, and it turns out that 6 years in graduate school and 3 years as a postdoc leave you with very few nice blouses. So I’d like to make a few! Honestly, I don’t have to get too fancy, so I was thinking of using the Scout tee again, but with some nice fabric – maybe challis or some nice voiles. I’d also like to make a few tunic-type tops. If anyone has a good idea for a pattern there, I’d be happy to hear about those as well!
I recently bought this super pretty floral stretch cotton sateen on a whim, and am planning to use it to make a nice fit and flare dress. I am going to have a lot of fancy-ish events in the next few months for my wedding and other people’s weddings so hopefully I will get a lot of use out of it! I don’t have a pattern yet, but I am thinking possibly the Emery Dress? I also have a peplum top pattern, and maybe I could use that and just extend the peplum into a skirt? More research needed!
As it turns out, knit dresses are pretty much my go to “I just want to be comfortable and cool but still look nice” clothing item. I have a fair number in my wardrobe already, but I’d really love a few more! I am planning to use the Lady Skater (I’ve made two already and will be blogging them soon!) pattern and the new and beautiful Moneta pattern to make the knit dress wardrobe of my dreams.
I’ll hopefully be back over the weekend to show you what I’ve been sewing up lately! | 2019-04-26T12:50:05Z | https://dotsstripesandflorals.wordpress.com/ | Porn | Shopping | 0.398621 |
wordpress | That’s right! Check out the review of both Professors of Print and Rilievi here. Bonus: WPG member Ed McCluney’s print OSSACIP, (which you can at the link) is mentioned in his review of the Old Print Gallery winter show.
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It’s about time that the POST has finally reviewed a WPG show, of which there have been many. It’s also excellent that it was a highly favorable review. Nevertheless, its coverage of this important show is both as incomplete and cursory as is its coverage of the visual arts in DC, and in that sense, it is to me a huge disappointment. | 2019-04-24T04:14:51Z | https://dcimprint.wordpress.com/2013/01/11/professors-of-print-in-the-washington-post/?shared=email&msg=fail | Porn | News | 0.545881 |
typepad | I'd like to wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy and safe 2013.
Thanks for dropping by my blog in 2012. In 2013 I hope to share more ideas and crafty-ness with you.
Thank you to my customers for visiting and shopping at Ribbons Galore throughout 2012.
Ribbons Galore is now closed for a Christmas/summer break. The online store will remain open during our break and you can still place orders. Orders placed during this time will be packed and posted from Monday 21 January 2013.
2013 will see Ribbons Galore open with a brand new website. I've had the website and online store completely rebuilt with many new features and I look forward to sharing it with you when Ribbons Galore reopens later in January. | 2019-04-19T08:37:13Z | https://fionacarter.typepad.com/my_ramblings/2012/12/index.html | Porn | Shopping | 0.730977 |
wordpress | It’s 5 a.m. and three ladies, as they do every morning, are walking a small asphalt trail next to creek. Each of them wear headlamps that light the trail, yet silhouette their faces.
This is how it’s been for the past two years running this specific route in the morning. It’s a route I make a point to run once a week. There was a period where I stayed away from this route, however when I returned after a couple months, the ladies said they had been worried something happened since they hadn’t seen me. We don’t know each other’s names, nor would we be able to recognized each other in the supermarket, but during those 15 seconds once a week there is a connection to share pleasantries and worry when one person is not seen.
Last week, I was struggling at the end of my long run. With about three miles left, I went to a run/walk. Knowing the route well, I negotiated with myself to hit landmarks. During a walk break, a guy passed me. I waited about 15 seconds before i resumed running. I caught up to the guy, and as I went to pass him, he sped up. Two people were running towards us so I fell in line behind the guy to give the others a lane. I popped back out and tried to pass the guy again, but he sped up again matching my stride.
He knew I was struggling and I realized this as I passed my landmark. Not wanting to be outdone, my competitive side stayed with him. For the next 2.5 miles we ran stride-for-stride. The only two things that could be heard were the sound of our feet hitting the pavement and our breathes. It wasn’t until we reached the end of the route that we exchanged words – me thanking him for pulling me in and him saying the same. It wasn’t for another 10 minutes that we finally told each other our name.
It’s amazing how the running community works. We’re a tight-knit group of thousands, who don’t always know each other’s name, and sometimes don’t even know what each other look like. Yet, we help each other power to the finish, worry when we don’t see someone for a while, or help each other start the day with a bright message. We encourage and find inspiration in each other, and learn from one another.
Where else can you find a bond this strong among perfect strangers, who are each other’s biggest supporters?
This is so true! I have met so many people through running that I would have never met before. Keep up the good work, Mike!
Thanks Lisa for your support. Glad running brought us together. | 2019-04-26T16:43:08Z | https://mdrunning1.wordpress.com/2019/01/03/perfect-strangers/comment-page-1/ | Porn | Recreation | 0.687324 |
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I feel like the more take photos the more you see and really the best way to do this is to carry a camera around with you and use it! It’s fun to see what I do with an iPhone or compact camera vs the DSLR on a tripod and how the two approaches inform one another. | 2019-04-22T22:28:45Z | https://nixonphoto.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/there-are-images-everywhere-the-art-of-seeing/ | Porn | Arts | 0.52963 |
imdb | Oh man, where do I start to express my disappointment with this horrid movie ? It's incredible to believe that Brendan Fraser can sink lower in his career, but this film proves that anything is possible. This is probably the worst acting in his filmography. Also the script is boring, lame, stupid and predictable. Directing is one of the worst I have seen... ever. The kid is annoying beyond believe. They make a desperate attempt to make him be cute and tender, but the results are lame. Large parts of the movie try to be funny, but they are filled with clichés and absurd, non funny scenes... The perfect cure for insomnia. | 2019-04-21T20:57:33Z | https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1426363/?ref_=ext_shr_eml_vi_tt_ov_vi | Porn | Arts | 0.864293 |
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wordpress | I was sitting on the train on my way to work this morning and I usually doze off and take my mini nap. Waking up everyday at 4:30 AM is not easy and with the soothing sound of the train I tend to lean my head to the side and just close my eyes to take a little breather from the morning chaos, but this morning for some reason I stood up didn’t feel sleepy at all. I’ve been feeling kind of down. Well it’s because I recently put a little notice out on the social media about if anyone is looking to place any orders for baked goods (cupcakes, cookies, etc…) and I haven’t gotten any feedback at all yet and I vented to my husband that maybe I’m just not cut out to do this or maybe no one really likes my baking. Thank you God that he is being so supportive..poor guy even tries to soothe my woes and just tells me to be patient give it time it’ll come around….Love Him for being so understanding with me at times like these.
Any way, as I was sitting in that stuffy train car I was looking around me looking at each person coming in and out of the train at each stop and I noticed one thing that 90% of what everyone was doing and it was RUSHING. Everyone has this look of rush (stress, worry…) pacing looking at their watches and phones to check the time. No sense of peace at all in the atmosphere it was just not a joyous feeling coming from anyone.
While I was thinking of writing this post I realize yeah I want to have my little baking side business up and popping already cause it’s one of my heart desires, but I can not rush it. It has to be up to God’s timing. See I don’t want to do this whole baking deal for just financial gain, yes money helps but money comes and goes and what I want is to use this gift God gave me for his purpose not for my own selfish need or want. I don’t want to do anything that doesn’t align up with what he wants and I just know in my heart that with time and his favor it will come to bloom. Just be patient and trust God because there is always a bigger picture that our minds just can’t grasp.
So seriously lets all just take a moment to stop and ask God to just put his heart desires in our hearts instead and it’s guaranteed all else will fall into place and all worries, frustrations, etc…will melt away like sugar in the rain. We will eventually get to work, school, home without having to rush. | 2019-04-25T02:44:14Z | https://edenflourpatch.wordpress.com/tag/food/ | Porn | Business | 0.846254 |
msn | In Mississippi, more than 37 percent of adults are obese, making it the second-most obese state in the nation. But Mississippi is also one of two states, along with Montana, that doesn’t cover bariatric surgery in its Medicaid program, which serves 760,000 people.
People who get bariatric surgery have to change their eating habits dramatically, and it comes with the risk of complications like bleeding or digestive issues. Still, studies show bariatric surgery is more effectivelong-term than diet and exercise for people who are more than 100 pounds overweight, especially if they have other medical problems like diabetes. To put it most starkly, the surgery cuts obese peoples’ risk of death in half.
Blue Cross Blue Shield, the only Obamacare insurer in South Carolina, does not cover bariatric surgery for the more than 200,000 enrollees in that state. The state also doesn’t cover the procedure for state employees and their spouses and children, another half a million people. “Keeping the plan affordable for everyone is one of our biggest challenges and, unfortunately, it results in certain services not being a covered benefit of the plan,” a spokesperson for PEBA, South Carolina’s state employee health plan, told me via email.
Obamacare enrollees in Arkansas, the third most obese state, also can’t get bariatric surgery. In Wisconsin, where, according to ASMBS, bariatric surgery isn’t covered for state employees or Obamacare enrollees, Jon Gould, a surgeon at the Medical College of Wisconsin, tells his obese patients there’s not a lot he can do for them. Some, he said, will temporarily take a job with an insurance plan that covers the procedure. It would be cost-effective to cover the benefit, since bariatric surgery often makes diabetes and other pricey health problems quickly disappear, Gould said. But state budgets, which help fund Medicaid, are often pinched and need immediate returns on investment, not savings on insulin and doctors’ visits that may not add up until five or 10 years later.
In 2015, a company called BARInet, which helps companies figure out how to pay for weight-loss surgery, devised a bundled payment system for bariatric surgery designed for Mississippi’s Medicaid program. The plan was to contract with specific hospitals and surgeons to pay a lump sum of about $25,000, total, for each person’s surgery, including any additional costs from complications. That, the thinking was, would be cheaper than paying separately for each stage of the surgery, like the psychological testing and nutritional guidance. A 2015 story in Modern Healthcare made it seem like a done deal for Mississippi’s Medicaid program.
But then, something went wrong, and accounts differ of what exactly that something was.
Don Davenport, the president of BARInet, speculated that the deal soured because Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant began to see it as an expansion of Medicaid, which was too closely associated with Obamacare in the deep-red state.
David Dzielak, Mississippi’s former Medicaid director, remembers the proposal becoming known locally, and pejoratively, as the “belly-band bill.” That’s what caused the governor to get cold feet, he said.
What’s more, “even in a state where there’s technically coverage, there are so many barriers to getting surgery, it’s like not having coverage at all,” said Scott Kahan, the director of the National Center for Weight and Wellness in Washington, D.C.
Meanwhile, some people who have United Healthcare must do the opposite—fail at weight loss. They have to have unsuccessfully followed “one structured diet program for six consecutive months,” such as Weight Watchers. These hurdles are portrayed as medically necessary, until they aren’t: Roxane Gay, a writer who recently described her own bariatric surgery experience on Medium, wrote that she was able to easily overcome all of this red tape by simply paying for her surgery out of pocket.
In part because of these hurdles, only a small number—about 1 or 2 percent—of people who qualify for bariatric surgery actually get the operation.
Of course, bariatric surgeons benefit from having bariatric surgery covered. But in this case, the interests of surgeons and patients align, from a medical perspective. To Scott, the lack of bariatric surgery coverage suggests that outdated ideas about obesity—like the notion that people bring it on themselves—die hard. | 2019-04-23T20:41:52Z | https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-obesity-cure-is-out-of-reach-in-the-heaviest-states/ar-AAwSLwD | Porn | Business | 0.596001 |
wordpress | If Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John wanted to tell stories whose import was ‘Jesus is risen, therefore you will be too’, they have done a remarkably bad job of it. Instead, we find a sense of open-ended commission within the present world: ‘Jesus is risen, therefore you have work ahead of you.’ This is very clear in Matthew, Luke, and John; even in Mark the women have an immediate task (though whether they do it or not we must discuss later), and the angel’s message through them to the disciples, especially Peter, implies that they are going to be given things to do as well. This mission coheres closely with the missionary imperative displayed in Paul and Acts.
The Observation that I look forward to passing on to others in my sphere of influence is this… The Response to the Resurrection then & now is not just a “sigh of relief, Thanks! What Jesus came to do is now finished. Let’s pause and bask in it.’ It is not the end of the story, in many ways it is the beginning of a narrative that we “get” the privilege to be involved in. Yes, I am so thankful for Jesus death, burial and Resurrection. The Gospel has transformed from old to new creation. I am very thankful for this reality. I need to pause in this reality often. But not for too long, because ‘Jesus is risen, therefore you have work ahead of you.’ Yes, we do! What a cool Discipleship reminder. Appropriately remind ourselves of the Gospel often, be thankful, but the Resurrection should motivate us to “open our eyes” to the world around us and be continuing this Jesus mission that was passed on to those that saw Jesus alive again. What a privilege we have!
In NT Wright’s words “The stories are about something else altogether: the vindication of Jesus, the validation of his messianic claim, and the commissioning of his followers to act as his heralds, announcing to the world its new, surprising, but rightful Lord.” Good stuff right there!
How selfish would I be to have my confidence built up around such an important theme like the Resurrection and not want to talk about it with others who lack this confidence? I give some reasons why we can have the confidence of the truth of the Resurrection here. Like the example of a friend who has been poisoned but I have been given the serum. Of course, I will do whatever it takes to find my friend and give him the cure! If we call ourselves followers of Christ, we have this calling on our lives. It’s called Discipleship. We then join in a long line of rag tag, not qualified men, women, boys and girls who believe in the life, death, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
This reality has transformed our perspective and worldview. We hear the stories of the not so confident Apostles turned confident by this reality of encountering Jesus alive again. Sean McDowell in his book The Fate of the Apostles does a great job sharing these stories. He examines each account of Jesus closest followers to validate the authenticity. As we see these stories of disciple after disciple passionately following the mandate of Jesus to continue his ministry, all the way to death. We should be thankful to them and more motivated to move forward passionately continuing this mission.
Jesus last words to his closest followers were “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” (Matthew 28:18-20).
They obviously took these words seriously. The Resurrection, seeing Jesus alive again, had the power to change them because 2,000 years later we are still talking about it right here in this blog, crazy.
In the end, What helps me to keep my sanity and turn off my brain so that I can sleep at peace with this crazy world we live in is this simple truth spoken by Paul in 1 Corinthians 3:6 “I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, But God has been making it grow”. There is no perfect formula for conversation around the Resurrection and the Gospel. We all have our different obstacles. I know this, ” I once was blind, but now I see” is true for me. I am very thankful for the seeds that were planted by people that cared for me, others watered those seeds, but in the end, God had to do a work in my heart and I am forever changed and forever thankful. I am thankful to all parties involved, the seed planter, the one who waters and to this God that loves me unconditionally. This confidence in the Resurrection can give us hope in whatever circumstance we might be facing. if you are in need of Hope, stop and Pray. Ask this God to reveal himself to you. He might do it right then, or he might just put a few seed planters and waterers in your path to help open your eyes to this Hope. The work of Jesus Life, Death and Resurrections is finished! Now we need to accept this finished work and be changed by it. Once we are changed by it, confidence begins and we now “get to” pass it on to others. What a fun cycle, this is called discipleship; we now get to be in the action of being Hope givers, no better job! | 2019-04-26T04:49:44Z | https://pluggedintoleadership.wordpress.com/2016/12/15/jesus-is-risen-therefore-you-have-work-ahead-of-you/ | Porn | Recreation | 0.215284 |
wikipedia | RNLB Cecil Paine (ON 850) is a retired Liverpool-class non-self-righting lifeboat of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. It was the second motor lifeboat to be stationed in the English coastal town of Wells-next-the-Sea in the county of Norfolk in the United Kingdom, and was on station at Wells from 25 July 1945 until she was sold in June 1965.
It had been decided in November 1941 by the district inspector that Wells station should be sent a new Liverpool class motor lifeboat but world events in the shape of the Second World War delayed the new lifeboat's arrival on station. The RNLI wanted to place one of their new twin engine Liverpool class lifeboat at Wells. The prototype of the twin-engined design had been laid down in 1940 but the boatyard was bombed by the Germans destroying this lifeboat which delayed further development work by some time. Wells finally received their new lifeboat in 1945 and the station was one of the first to receive the new design of lifeboat.
Cecil Paine was built by Groves and Guttridge at their boatyard in Cowes on the Isle of Wight for the cost of £7,462. She was powered by twin 18 bhp Weyburn AE.4 petrol engines; although she also had been fitted with single mast for sailing and she carried two oars. The engines were housed amidships beneath a large whaleback in the open cockpit of the lifeboat. This canopy also served the dual purpose of providing some weather protection and shelter for the crew and the rescued. The hull was divided into six watertight compartments with 129 separate air cases. The lifeboat's self bailing capabilities consisted of 18 relieving scuppers, which could free the hull of water entirely in an estimated 20 seconds. The Cecil Paine had a top speed of 7.42 kn (13.74 km/h) and a cruising speed of 7.0 kn (13.0 km/h). The lifeboat weighed in at nearly 8 tons and she was launched with a specially supplied tractor. The lifeboat had been paid for by a donation from the Legacy of a Mr A. C. Paine. After completing all her sea trials she officially took her place on station on 25 July 1945.
Six months after the Cecil Paine arrived in Wells there was an attempt to steal her from her station. Situated at nearby RAF Matlaske there was a small German prisoner of War camp. Seven German POW's impatient to get home to Germany, stole a lorry in the village and had driven it to Wells. Their plan was to steal the Cecil Paine and sail home across the North Sea back to the Continent. As they travelled along Beach Road in Wells, a local garage man by the name of Mr S Abel was suspicious of the erratically driven lorry with no lights on. He promptly reported this to the local police. When the POW's got to the lifeboat station they broke open a window and tried to start the engine of the lifeboat but gave up the attempt. The men were arrested by the Police when they returned to the stolen lorry to make their getaway.
Cecil Paine’s first service took place on 9 February 1947. The lifeboat was called out to aid the MV Spirality of London. The ship was anchored two and half miles north-east of Wells Harbour in a strong easterly breeze and very rough sea. The Spirality was dragging the three anchors she had down. The lifeboat stood by until a tug arrived at 6 a.m. which took the Spirality in tow and set course for King's Lynn. The lifeboat then returned to her station.
One of Cecil Paine’s significant service took place on 18 May 1955 which involved the rescue of the crew members of the Turkish steam ship Zor of Istanbul. The ship carrying a cargo of timber started listing after her cargo shifted in the bad weather. The vessel was four miles north-west of the Dudgeon lightvessel. The first of two lifeboats to respond to the stricken ship was the Cecil Paine. By this time there was a northerly gale blowing with squalls of sleet. The Zor was listing about forty degrees to starboard. The ship's cargo of timber had shifted some more and began to spill into the sea. The captain's wife and some of the crew had already left the ship and had gone aboard the steamship Richmond Queen which had been standing by. After her arrival, Cecil Paine managed to rescue several more of the crew, but four men decided to stay aboard to try to save the vessel. Cecil Paine, which was now running low on fuel, had to return to her station. RNLB Forester’s Centenary (ON 786) arrived at the scene to relive her. By the time the lifeboat arrived it was clear to Coxswain West of the Sheringham boat, that the Zor was sinking. Coxswain West asked the captain to abandon ship but he refused. The Tug Serviceman arrived on the scene with the intention of taking the Zor in tow. Almost immediately after the tow began the ship began to list violently. With this turn of events the Captain asked the lifeboat to help them abandon ship. To extract the remaining four men Coxswain West maneuvered the lifeboat to the exposed port side of the ship were a rope was hanging over the side. West steered the lifeboat in to the ship's side and held position whilst the crew slid down the rope to safety on the lifeboat. Within ten minutes of the extraction the ship sank below the waves. For their parts in this rescue, both Coxswain's William Cox of Wells and West of Sheringham were accorded Thanks of the Institution on Vellum.
In the following years the lifeboat was involved in several more services and rescues including another joint rescue with Sheringham lifeboat on 31 October 1956 to the SS Wimbledon. Coxswain West of Sheringham had radioed that his Lifeboat's fuel supply was running low and Cecil Paine was launched to the SS Eleanor Brook to collect the seriously ill mate of the Wimbledon who had been taken aboard the Eleanor Brook and to deliver fuel to the Foresters' Centenary. In the meantime a Helicopter from RAF Horsham St Faith had landed a doctor aboard the Eleanor Brook to attend to the mate. the doctor made attempts to resuscitate the mate but this proved unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead. The Cecil Paine arrived and collected the doctor and the dead mate and re-fueled the Foresters' Centenary and then returned to the Wells station.
In June 1962 Cecil Paine was sent to Fletchers Boatyard in Lowestoft where she underwent an overhaul. A reserve lifeboat called RNLB Lucy Lavers (ON 832) was sent to Wells as cover. The reserve lifeboat was a single-engined Liverpool class lifeboat which had been built in 1939 and had served at Aldeburgh No.2 station. Cecil Paine returned to Wells in October 1962.
Back on station Cecil Paine saw one of her more notable services on 18 May 1963. In the late evening and in increasingly difficult weather conditions, the cabin cruiser Seamu of Frinton-on-Sea had run aground just of the entrance to Blakeney harbour. Aboard the cruiser there was a crew of two. The boat was facing with her stern to the rough sea after the anchor had fouled and the seas were breaking over her and fast filling the little boat. The Cecil Paine was launched with difficulty at 10:05 p.m. requiring her tractor and carriage to wade into deep water to reach a suitable launching depth. The lifeboat arrived on the scene at 10:55pm but could not get to the Seamu immediately as it touched bottom on the sandbank. By 11:00pm, and following some manoeuvring by Second Coxswain Frank Taylor, the lifeboat was able to cross the sandbank. Using his anchor the Coxswain was able to veer down on the cruiser and after four attempts he was able to release the lifeboat's anchor to get alongside the cruiser. In the increasing west-north-west gale-force winds and for a brief time Cecil Paine was able two pull the crew of two off the vessel but she sustained some damage whilst she was alongside. The lifeboat pulled clear from the cruiser, which then was driven onto the shore with no hope of saving her. The Lifeboat returned to her station at 3:15 a.m. on 19 May. As a result of this outstanding service, Second Coxswain Frank Taylor was awarded a bronze medal. E. W. Hicks, Bowman John Cox, Mechanic James Cox, Assistant Mechanic Alan Cox, Ronnie Taylor, Barry Leggatt and Alan Cooper all received medal service certificates.
On 14 June 1963 Wells lifeboat station was allocated an inshore lifeboat which would work alongside the Cecil Paine. The ILB was a small inflatable rubber craft powered by a 40 bhp outboard motor and was only the third of this type to enter service with RNLI. She cost £280 and was sent to the station in response to the increasing incidents which were happing along this coast in sight of the coastline and in moderate weather conditions.
With the arrival of the ILB and the Lucy Lavers, once more in reserve on the station, Cecil Paine was sent off to Lowestoft on 14 July 1963. This time she was to be re-engined with new 32 bhp Parsons Penguin diesel engines. following this re-fit Cecil Paine returned to Wells on 27 April 1964.
The last service attended by Cecil Paine took place on 29 August 1964. The lifeboat was launched in response to a burning red flare which had been fired from a yacht half a mile west of Blakeney Harbour. When Cecil Paine arrived on the scene it was to find that the flare was raised by the crew of a small auxiliary yacht sloop called Kiskadee. The Kiskadee had now run aground on a sandbank and was described as lying beam to in confusing currents. Using the same tactics that had been used in the rescue of Seamu, the lifeboat used its anchor to veer down on the yacht. The lifeboat was unable to reach the yacht even with its anchor cable fully paid out. The anchor was raised and two more attempts were made to reach the yacht. On the last attempt the Cecil Paine hit bottom.
By now the yacht had been washed over the sand bar and was in smoother waters and out of danger. Shortly after, the rise in the tide saw the lifeboat break clear of the sandbank and once again she tried to assist the yacht. Once again the rough breaking seas proved to thwart this rescue attempt. By now the inshore lifeboat had arrived and had taken the Kiskadee under tow. The Cecil Paine stood by and then she returned to her station.
In June 1965 a new lifeboat arrived at Wells and in July Cecil Paine left Wells and was taken to Tyrell's Yard in Arklow, County Wicklow on the east coast of Ireland. There she was once again given a complete overhaul and a survey was done of her. Once this work was completed the lifeboat was sent to the Irish lifeboat station of Kilmore Quay in County Wexford, Ireland. The Cecil Paine went on station there until 1972 and whilst there she performed 22 rescues. In July she was finally sold out of the service and was acquired by the Portuguese Lifeboat Society for the sum of £4,300. The Portuguese renamed her Patreo-Joao-Rangel and she continued her role as a lifeboat in the town of Sesimbra until she was finally retired in the late 1990s.
31 October Steamship Eleoner Brooke of London, Landed a Doctor and the Body of the mate of steamship Wimbledon, of London.
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wordpress | That leads, live as a nerve, to memory.
He had forgotten something in the house.
In pure achievement of its lovely want!
And is again a hand, small as a child’s.
The sweetness of the fruit, his hand eats hers.
Content, though blind, had I no better guide.
लौ हजुर त झन्–झन् अकासिँदै…?
ए हिँड्दाहिँड्दै निख्रिजाने उकाली–ओराली !
ए बस्दाबस्दै थकाइ मेटिजाने चप्लेटी !
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wikipedia | "Van der Weyden" redirects here. For the surname and list of people with the name, see Van der Weijden.
Van der Weyden worked from life models, and his observations were acute, yet he often idealised certain elements of his models' facial features, and they are typically statuesque, especially in his triptychs. All of his forms are rendered with rich, warm colourisation and a sympathetic expression, while he is known for his expressive pathos and naturalism. His portraits tend to be half length and half profile, and he is as sympathetic here as in his religious triptychs. Van der Weyden used an unusually broad range of colours and varied tones; in his finest work the same tone is not repeated in any other area of the canvas, so even the whites are varied.
Due to the loss of archives in 1695 and again in 1940, there are few certain facts of van der Weyden's life. Rogelet de le Pasture (Roger of the Pasture) was born in Tournai (in present-day Belgium) in 1399 or 1400. His parents were Henri de le Pasture and Agnes de Watrélos. The Pasture family had earlier settled in the city of Tournai where Rogier's father worked as a maître-coutelier (knife manufacturer).
From the second of March 1436 onward, he held the title of 'painter to the town of Brussels' (stadsschilder), a very prestigious post because Brussels was at that time the most important residence of the splendid court of the Dukes of Burgundy. On his move to Brussels, Rogier began using the Flemish version of his name: "Rogier van der Weyden".
Portrait of a Woman with a Winged Bonnet, c. 1440.
Little is known about Rogier's training as a painter. The archival sources from Tournai were completely destroyed during World War II, but had been partly transcribed in the 19th and early 20th century. The sources on his early life are confusing and have led to different interpretations by scholars. It is known that the city council of Tournai offered eight pitchers of wine in honour of a certain 'Maistre Rogier de le Pasture' on 17 November 1426.
However, on 5 March of the following year, the records of the painters' guild show a "Rogelet de le Pasture" entered the workshop of Robert Campin together with Jacques Daret. Records show that de le Pasture was already established as a painter. Only five years later, on the first of August 1432, de le Pasture obtained the title of a "Master" (Maistre) painter.
His later entry into apprenticeship might be explained by the fact that during the 1420s the city of Tournai was in crisis and as a result the guilds were not functioning normally. The late apprenticeship may have been a legal formality. Also Jacques Daret was then in his twenties and had been living and working in Campin's household for at least a decade. It is possible that Rogier obtained an academic title (Master) before he became a painter and that he was awarded the wine of honour on the occasion of his graduation. The sophisticated and learned iconographical and compositional qualities of the paintings attributed to him are sometimes used as an argument in favour of this supposition.
The social and intellectual status of Rogier in his later life surpassed that of a mere craftsman at that time. In general, the close stylistic link between the documented works of Jacques Daret and the paintings attributed to Robert Campin and van der Weyden are the main arguments to consider Rogier van der Weyden as a pupil of Campin.
The final mention of Rogier de la Pasture in the financial records of Tournai, on 21 October 1435, lists him as demeurrant à Brouxielles ("living in Brussels"). At the same time, the first mention of Rogier de Weyden places him as the official painter of Brussels. It is this fact that puts de la Pasture and van der Weyden as one and the same painter. The post of city painter was created especially for Van der Weyden and was meant to lapse on his death. It was linked to a huge commission to paint four justice scenes for the "Golden Chamber" of Brussels City Hall. Different properties and investments are documented and witness his material prosperity. The portraits he painted of the Burgundian Dukes, their relatives and courtiers, demonstrate a close relationship with the elite of the Netherlands. Whilst Rogier van der Weyden became increasingly wealthy, he also gave generously in alms to the poor. Further testimony of his philanthropy is van der Weyden's position as administrator of the hospital and charitable foundation Ter Kisten of the Beguine convent in Brussels between 1455 and 1457. The Miraflores Altarpiece was probably commissioned by King Juan II of Castile, since Juan II donated it to the monastery of Miraflores in 1445.
According to some sources, in 1449 Rogier went to Italy, and in the holy year 1450 quite possibly made a pilgrimage to Rome, which brought him in contact with Italian artists and patrons. However, his Italian experiences had no influence on his style. The House of Este and the Medici family commissioned paintings from him. However, his After interventions from both the Duke of Burgundy and the Dauphin of France, the future Louis XI, Rogier van der Weyden was persuaded to accept the request of Bianca Maria Visconti, Duchess of Milan, that her court painter Zanetto Bugatto go to Brussels to become an apprentice in his workshop. Rogier's international reputation had increased progressively. In the 1450s and 1460s humanist scholars such as Nicolas Cusanus, Filarete and Bartolomeo Facio referred to him in superlatives: 'the greatest', 'the most noble' of painters.
Portrait of a Lady, c. 1460. National Gallery of Art, Washington DC.
No single work can be attributed with certainty to van der Weyden on 15th-century documentary evidence alone. However, Lorne Campbell has stated that three well-authenticated paintings are known, but each has been doubted or underestimated. The best documented is The Descent from the Cross in the Museo del Prado, Madrid. Campbell points out that this painting's provenance can be traced in some detail from the 16th century. Originally hung in the church Notre-Dame-hors-des-Murs in Leuven, The Descent from the Cross was sent to the King of Spain. While the ship on which it was travelling sank, the painting fortunately floated, and careful packaging meant that it was scarcely damaged. A copy of the masterpiece by Michel Coxcie was donated to the people of Leuven to replace the original sent to Spain. The Triptych of the Virgin or Miraflores Altarpiece, since 1850 in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, was given in 1445 to the Charterhouse of Miraflores near Burgos by John II of Castile; it was described in the deed of gift as the work of great and famous Flandresco Rogel. The Crucifixion, now in the Escorial Palace, was donated by Rogier to the Charterhouse of Scheut outside Brussels. In his catalogue raisonné of Van der Weyden's, the Belgian art historian Dirk de Vos agrees with Campbell about the authenticity of these three paintings.
Rogier's apprenticeship under Campin instilled a number of preoccupations, most noticeably his approach to feminine beauty, which was often expressed both through the elegant form of the model herself as well as her dress. Both painters positioned their models within strong diagonal lines, rendered either through headdress or folds of surrounding draperies or cloth. Both emphasised the vivacity of their model's character by contrasting them against dark flat backgrounds and throwing strong light from the near left hand side. Campbell compares Campin's Thief with Rogier's Prado The Descent from the Cross in their emotional depictions of anguish. The resemblance was to such an extent – compare Campin's Portrait of a Woman's similarity to Rogier's Berlin portrait – that Campin's works were for a period attributed to Rogier's early career.
Châtelet illustrates how subsequent generations of art historians have conflated and confused Rogier van der Weyden's identity, thereby mis-attributing works of art. It can be traced back to a geographical error in Vasari's Vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori e architettori where he states that the artist 'Rugiero da Brugia' lived in Bruges. Van Mander, who knew that Rogier van der Weyden resided in Brussels, read Vasari's text and believed that there were two different artists with the same name, who both appear separately in his Schilder-boeck of 1604. Châtelet explains how the Brussels archivist Alphonse Walters discovered in 1846 that there was a Rogier van der Weyden who lived in Brussels but that he had died earlier than stated in the Schilder-Boeck; this led Alfred Michiels to claim that there were two Rogier van der Weyden painters, a father and son. A further complication arose at the end of the 19th century when William Bode and Hugo von Tschudi attributed a group of works of art to the "Maître de Flémalle"; despite discrepancies, these works are similar to those of Van der Weyden and so it was believed that these works were in fact by Rogier and that he was the "Maître de Flémalle". It was only in 1913 that Hulin de Loo indicated that these works were actually painted by Rogier's teacher Robert Campin. There was still a divide in critical opinion over whether there was one Rogier van der Weyden or two artists, the other being Rogier de la Pasture of Tournai, until Erwin Panofsky wrote his definitive work in 1953 Early Netherlandish Painting and established that there was only one painter with two names.
Seven Sacraments Altarpiece, a triptych c. 1445-50. Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp.
Crucifixion Diptych (c. 1460). Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Relatively few works are attributed to van der Weyden's relatively long career, but this does not mean he was un-prolific, more that it is likely that many have been lost. Nonetheless, he had a very well defined style, and the majority of the attributions are generally accepted. Van der Weyden left no self-portraits. However it has been suggested that he painted a self-portrait into one of the Justice panels, which was subsequently copied into the Bern tapestry. A drawing with the inscription "Recueil d'Arras" is also said to depict Van der Weyden.
Many of his most important works were destroyed during the late 17th century. He is first mentioned in historical records in 1427 when, relatively late in life, he studied painting under Campin during 1427–32, and soon outshone his master and, later, even influenced him. After his apprenticeship, he was made master of the Tournai Guild of St Luke. He moved to Brussels in 1435, where he quickly established his reputation for his technical skill and emotional use of line and colour. He completed his Deposition in 1435, which as he had deliberately intended, made him one of the most sought after and influential artists in northern Europe and is still considered his masterpiece.
The Crucifixion Triptych. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
The fragment of the London National Gallery's The Magdalen Reading has been described by Campbell as "one of the great masterpieces of fifteenth-century art and among Rogier's most important early works". Since the 1970s, this painting has been linked to two small heads in the collection of the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum (Lisbon), of Saint Catherine and of St Joseph. It is now widely believed that these three fragments came from the same large altarpiece depicting the "Virgin and Child with Saints", partly recorded in a later drawing now in Stockholm. At some unknown date before 1811, this altarpiece was carved up into these three fragments.
The lost The Justice of Trajan and Herkinbald, which survived until the end of the 17th century, consisted of four large panels representing the Justice of Trajan and Justice of Herkenbald. These were commissioned by the City of Brussels for the Gulden Camere (Golden Chamber) of the Brussels Town Hall. The first and third panels were signed, and the first dated 1439. All four were finished before 1450. They were destroyed in the French Bombardment of Brussels in 1695, but are known from many surviving descriptions, from a free partial copy in tapestry (Bern, Historisches Museum) and from other free and partial copies in drawing and painting. The paintings probably measured about 4.5 m each, which was an enormous scale for a painting on panel at that time. They served as 'examples of justice' for the aldermen of the city who had to speak justice in this room. The paintings were praised or described by a series of commentators until their destruction, including Dürer (1520), Vasari (1568), Molanus (c. 1570–1580), and Baldinucci (1688).
In his commissioned portraits, van der Weyden typically flattered his sitters. He often idealised or softened their facial features, allowing them a handsomeness or beauty, or interest or intelligence they might not have been blessed with in life. He often enlargened the eyes, better defined the contours of the face, and gave a much stronger jaw than the subject may have possessed in life. Among his most celebrated portraits are those of Philip the Good, his third wife Isabella of Portugal and their son Charles the Bold.
His vigorous, subtle, expressive painting and popular religious conceptions had considerable influence on European painting, not only in France and Germany but also in Italy and in Spain. Panofsky writes how Rogier van der Weyden introduced new religious iconography in his painting; he depicted patrons participating in sacred events and combined half-portraits of the Madonna with portraits of people in prayer to form diptychs. He also reformulated and popularised the subject of Saint Jerome removing the thorn from the lion's paw.
Hans Memling was his greatest follower, although it is not proven that he studied under Rogier. Van der Weyden had also a large influence on the German painter and engraver Martin Schongauer whose prints were distributed all over Europe from the last decades of the 15th century. Indirectly Schongauer's prints helped to disseminate van der Weyden's style. Delenda writes that, with the exception of Petrus Christus who was a disciple of Jan van Eyck, traces of Rogier van der Weyden's art can be found in all fifteenth-century artists, to varying degrees.
^ Mander, Karel van (2012). Vidas de los pintores flamencos [The Lives of Flemish Painters] (in Spanish). Madrid: Casimiro; translation by Agustín Temes; original edition Schilder-Boeck, 1604. p. 26. ISBN 978-84-15715-02-3.
^ a b Kemperdick, Stephan, Jochen Sander, Bastian Eclercy, Maître de Flémalle, and Rogier van der Weyden. 2008. The Master of Flémalle and Rogier van der Weyden. Frankfurt am Main: Städel Museum. p. 67. ISBN 978-3-7757-2259-9.
^ Delenda, Odile (1987). Rogier van der Weyden (in French). Cerf/Tricorne. p. 21. ISBN 2-204-02537-2.
^ Delenda, Odile. Rogier van der Weyden. p. 21.
^ Mander, Karel van. Vidas de los pintores flamencos. p. 28.
^ Delenda, Odile (1987). Rogier van der Weyden. p. 22.
Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Weyden, Rogier van der" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 567. Note: the 1911 edition of Encyclopædia Britannica has two different entries for the same person; see below.
^ a b Delenda, Odile (1987). Rogier van der Weyden. p. 24.
^ Mander, Karel van. Vidas de los pintores flamencos. p. 27.
^ Châtelet, Albert (1999). Van der Weyden (in French). Paris: Gallimard. pp. 9–10. ISBN 2-07-011613-1.
^ Châtelet, Albert (1999). Van der Weyden. pp. 9–10.
^ Panofsky, Erwin (2007). Los primitivos flamencos [Early Netherlandish Painting] (in Spanish). Madrid: Cátedra. p. 246. ISBN 84-376-1617-4.
^ "Bust of 'St Catherine'?; Bust of 'St Joseph'". Museu Gulbenkian. 19 April 2009. Archived from the original on 1 October 2009. Retrieved 28 July 2009.
^ Delenda, Odile (1987). Rogier van der Weyden. p. 5.
One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Van der Weyden, Roger" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 27 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 887.
^ Panofsky, Erwin (2007). Los primitivos flamencos. p. 247.
^ Delenda, Odile (1987). Rogier van der Weyden. p. 18.
Liess, Reinhard. Zum Logos der Kunst Rogier van der Weydens. Die "Beweinungen Christi" in den Königlichen Museen in Brüssel und in der Nationalgalerie in London, 2 tomes. Munster-Hamburg-London: Lit, 2000. ISBN 3-8258-4158-8.
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wordpress | With all of the attention surrounding the circus that is our presidential campaign season, it is possible to overlook other developments of significance. To my mind, one of those significant others is our increasingly deteriorating relationship with Russia.
As I wrote back in July when I focused on the role of NATO and the increasing belligerence Russia is exhibiting towards the Baltic States, Russian President Vladimir Putin sees his role as the one individual that can, and will, restore Russia to its previous glory. Since then he has continued to create discord around the world. In particular, he has helped to further inflame conflict in Syria and Ukraine. Just yesterday Secretary of State John Kerry pulled all of the United States’ negotiators from Geneva where they had been trying to work with the Russians to come up with a political solution to the civil war in Syria and thereby try to save some of the many civilians at risk in Aleppo and other areas of Syria. A cease-fire attempted last month failed when Syrian and Russian, or at least Syrian assisted by Russian, aircraft bombed an aid convoy trying to provide humanitarian relief to those trapped in the city. Since then negotiations aimed at restoring the cease-fire and creating more confidence building measures that might give a chance for a political settlement of the strife had been ongoing. Additionally, the United States had been working on an agreement to work with the Russians in a coordinated military effort against terrorism in the region, especially against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, or as most people in the U.S. call it, ISIS). All of it went out the window when the Russians turned their full military might from the air on Aleppo in a brutal assault, even as negotiations were underway. What future course may be taken to alleviate the situation is up in the air, but it does lead to an increased probability that Russia and the U.S. will be working at cross purposes to fight terrorists in the area and increases the probability of Russian and U.S. military forces coming into contact with each other.
In retaliation for the United States withdrawing from the Syrian negotiations, the Soviets, oops, I mean the Russians, suspended a nuclear agreement signed in 2000 between the two nations that called for the disposal of each nation’s stocks of weapons-grade plutonium. While the Russian suspension of the treaty is mostly symbolic (both countries intend to continue to reduce their stockpiles) it does serve to show how the relationship has deteriorated and it also provided the Russian government an opportunity to complain about actions it believes the United States is taking to undermine Russia.
And what are those actions that so enrage Vladimir Putin you may ask? Foremost among them is the continuing deployment of NATO forces to the Baltic states and the enforcement of the sanctions against Russia for its actions in Ukraine. In Ukraine last August, President Putin raised tensions as he claimed that the Ukrainian government was moving to attack Crimea, the area Russia illegally annexed in 2014. The tension persists and even though it is currently relatively quiet, nothing is totally quiet along the front as periodic fighting continues and lives continue to be lost. Further exacerbating the toxic atmosphere in Ukraine, Dutch investigators clearly linked the shooting down of Malaysian Airlines flight MH-17 over Ukraine in July 2014 to the Russian supplied separatists. All 298 people onboard were killed. Despite continued Russian denials, the investigation showed a missile battery moved from Russian territory into rebel held territory and then returned to Russia after the incident. Russian actions in the area continue to be a threat to the rest of Ukraine and Europe, and President Putin seems to be relishing his ability to turn conflict off and on. Keep an eye on developments there as the rest of the world becomes increasingly distracted by the U.S. presidential campaign, events in Syria, and the fight against terrorism.
What is troubling to me about President Putin is his world view. While we have competitors and adversaries in China, Iran, and other spots around the world (President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines seems to be gong off the reservation for example), they have a different world view than does President Putin. Most nations of the world know that they are economically tied to the global economy which is powered by the United States. This does not stop actions antithetical to our interests, but it does serve to temper them. President Putin on the other hand, sees the world and especially Russia’s relationship to the United States, indeed politics in general, as a zero sum game. Whatever hurts the U.S. helps Russia and vice versa. Add to this that his country is not doing well economically and like most dictators, he is creating international foes in order to distract the citizenry from their troubles at home. This makes him ever more dangerous.
In this context, I am amazed that more reporting is not being done on the breaches of cyber security that occur almost daily in the United States, and most especially, the hacks that impact our free and independent elections. Of particular note are the attacks on the Democratic National Committee and the release of scores of emails concerning the primary race between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders and the attempts to get into the election processes of individual states, most notably Arizona and Illinois. Experts point their collective finger at the Russians as being responsible for these and other equally egregious cyber attacks.
I am not a conspiracy theorist and do not want to be misquoted so I will say up front, I do not think that the Republican nominee is in any way aiding or abetting or otherwise involved in the Russian hacking efforts, even though last July he famously invited the Russians to hack his Democratic opponent’s emails. However, I find it disconcerting that thus far, only Democrats have suffered the embarrassing revelations of the Russian hackers. I would be willing to bet that a number of Republican accounts have been similarly hacked, but clearly the Russian hackers are trying to influence the election in one direction. One could speculate as to why that is, or even if there is some kind of reverse bizarro world logic that it could backfire on the other candidate. I don’t know, but clearly there is an effort to influence the outcome. It is bad news for our nation when a foreign power attempts to influence our elections and we do not stop it.
Ultimately, whether or not the attacks are successful at actually changing ballots, the real effort on the part of the Russians is to delegitimize our election process, call into question the results and spread further hate and discontent in an already fractured election process. Besides being cyber warfare, it is most especially also classic psychological warfare aimed at undermining the United States, our policies, and our stature in the world. Vladimir Putin and his cronies are ready and willing to fill the void left by the United States should their efforts be successful.
Unclear to me is whether or not our own cyber warfare forces deployed to counter the Russians and/or to similarly attack them in a way that sends a signal to knock it off or suffer the consequences. It is a tricky situation for the U.S. It is generally accepted that the United States has superior cyber warfare capabilities, but to deploy them now, in the month leading up to an election, and risk a wide-spread cyber war that could impact the election results dramatically (not in vote manipulation necessarily but rather in a wide-spread crisis that impacts infrastructure, banking or some other target that causes far-ranging panic) is a tough decision. On the other hand, we do not know where or when the Russians (and possibly others) might strike anyway if not deterred from doing so. A difficult choice. Unknown, of course, is whether such a counter sign of our capabilities and willingness to punish the Russians in our own attack has already been demonstrated to the Russians by our cyber forces under a stringent top secret operation.
Regardless, our next president must be prepared to deal with the Russians and do so with eyes wide open. Vladimir Putin is no friend of the United States and he never will be. He has one goal and one goal only — to turn his economically depressed country into a super power at the expense of the United States of America. | 2019-04-25T13:49:56Z | https://intothefrayblog.wordpress.com/2016/10/ | Porn | News | 0.674456 |
wordpress | May the emanations of the Angel of Awakening fill your month ahead. May you remember your origin and welcome the new dawn.
its forms, and its destiny rests within you?
what is the new pattern that is seeking emergence through me now?
far and deep and wide . . . . . . .
Move from a place of knowing within you rather than as a result of adaptation to outer experience. Let go of you assumptions and need to control life’s creative process.
It does not matter what spiritual path you’re on, an ultimate sense of peace comes down to one question: Can you let go of the need to control your life, and trust there is a benevolent force guiding all that ever has, is, and will happen?
Trust is the soul’s way of attuning to a fundamental law of reality. There is a deep rhythm that moves through all life that cannot be controlled by our will. When trust informs our experience, it allows our psyche to relax and our soul to be at peace with our situation. We can rest in unquestioned confidence that the universe provides, that we have and will receive what we really need. In fact, often beyond what we alone are even capable of imagining.
When we have a lot of basic trust, we are courageous and take risks. We don’t suppress our competencies. We engage in life wholeheartedly, doing what feels appropriate with the confidence that it will work out. Life becomes a story of creation not an obstacle course.
Here is a suggestion for changing the automatic internal response to external signals. When a traffic light turns yellow and there is a safe distance to stop before it turns red, what do you tend to do? Do you accelerate to ‘make it through’? If so, this is a metaphor for what happens inside when our yellow worry light goes off — we accelerate; try harder, move faster, do more, all stress responses to our conditioning. Trust is the ability to stop and wait for the green light to signal the time to move forward again.
Why not, for the month of March, practice putting on the brakes when the light is yellow and taking that moment to pause and breathe in trust and the deeper rhythm of life while waiting for the green light to again signal you to go.
May Trust increase your capacity for loving thoughts and kind actions.
We hope the ‘Angels’ – trust for this month, continue to inspire your life.
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wikipedia | Thovalai is a small village located in Thovalai taluk, Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, India. The area is well known in India for its production of flowers, especially jasmine. The taluk was among several in Thiruvananthapuram district that with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act of 1956 were transferred from Thiruvananthapuram district, Travancore-Cochin State to the newly created Kanyakumari district of Madras State (the latter later renamed as Tamil Nadu State).
Thovalai Taluk was part of the Princely state Travancore Kingdom, the latter which subsequently became part of the then Travancore-Cochin State. Part of The States Reorganisation Act of 1956 aligned state boundaries on linguistic affiliations. Thovalai, Kalkulam, Vilavancode, and Agastheeswaram Taluks were transferred from Thiruvananthapuram District of the Travancore-Cochin State to Kanyakumari district, Madras State. Madras was later renamed as Tamil Nadu).
This temple has as its main God Lord Ganesha. It was built by Azhagiya Nambia Pillai.
One of the most olden temple in Thovalai. This Temple has its main god lord Murugan. The Main function of this temple was Soorasamgaram.It was the main and grand temple function in Thovalai.The Function held on October or November month Every year.
The next Main function was Kavadikattuthal for lord Thiruchedur Murugan. This function was conducted by Chekergiri Subramaniyaswamy Bakthas, Thevar Nager, Thovalai (செக்கர்கிரி சுப்பிரமணிய சுவாமி பக்தர்கள், தேவர் நகர்,தோவாளை) and Thevar Ilaigar Ani (தேவர் இளைஞர் அணி).
Thovalai and the surrounding area is involved in the fresh flower industry for sale to domestic and foreign markets.
The variety of white Jasmine flower (locally called 'Pichchi Vellai' or 'Pichchip poo') is a rarity with a unique scent. It is somewhat similar to 'Jaathi Malligai' which is grown elsewhere.
The village people are quite active throughout the day with the flower business. Especially, the ladies at home are employed in this work and earn a substantial income. This increases the economy of the whole family and also the confidence level of the women.
The Government of India is planning to set up a floriculture research station with a cold storage facility at Thovalai for the benefit of farmers raising flower crops in and around the Kanyakumari district. exporting flowers to foreign markets through Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala state.
The Lord Murugan Subramania Temple is in the village. There is a secondary government school situated in center place with more than 5 acres (20,000 m2) of ground.
In Thovalai is the CSI Institute of Technology which was established in 1995 and is one of the oldest engineering colleges in Kanyakumari district.
The train makes a stop in the village. The village is on the highway running between Nagercoil and Tirunelveli.
In Thovalai on a small hill in the middle of the village is where the welknown Subramanaian Temple can be found. At this temple, the Pushbabishekam festival is commonly celebrated at the middle of August. The temple at festival time is filled with all varieties of flowers. After one week of Diwali, Surasamharam festival is celebrated throughout Tamil Nadu including at this temple.
^ a b "Floriculture Research Station for Thovalai". The Hindu. Tamil Nadu, India. 5 August 2006. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
^ "C.S.I. IT - Kanyakumari District". www.csiit.ac.in.
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wordpress | “I have served as a Lutheran pastor since 1993 and have been Peninsula Lutheran’s pastor since 2016. Although it was never my intention to be a parish pastor, I have been blessed and surprised by how much joy I find in pastoral ministry. To be present with God’s people in times of celebration, crisis, and the stuff of daily life is good. Elizabeth, my wife, and I have two children, Caroline (16) and Mark (14). When I am not wrestling with Scripture or transporting my children, I enjoy staying active at the YMCA or planning my next pilgrimage. In May, 2019 I am traveling to Lebanon to work with an Egyptian pastor serving at a refugee camp. In summer of 2020, our church is taking a group to the Mediterranean to experience the “Cities of Paul”. My other passions include reading Sports Illustrated, seeking out a new micro-brewery, and making sure I have a life outside of church. My favorite biblical character is Jonah. In my experience, we all have ways and means of trying to evade the Almighty. Yet, the grit and greatness of grace is that God pursues us through the years and through the wilderness, ultimately so we can be swept up in his mercy for a Final Homecoming. | 2019-04-26T01:41:35Z | https://pastorchuckstakeaway.wordpress.com/about/ | Porn | Recreation | 0.949655 |
wordpress | From March 26-31, 10 guys and I headed out for an amazing Cultural Exegesis Youth Ministry Road Trip (what a mouth-full!). We went to 8 different churches and met with different staff members within their ministries. We talked philosophy, discipleship, strategy, scope-n-sequence, and programming. What I did not expect, was that this trip would aid my research for this IDS 302 project: “The Fatherless Generation.” At almost every church that we went to, one of the pastors mentioned the importance of father figures in a person’s life and how that affects youth ministry today.
Matt Reagan’s response, from Southeast Christian Church, especially touched my heart and moved me to tears. He said that he grew up with an abusive father and now as he ministers to teens he sees the deep impact that fathers have across the board. He mentioned a staggering statistic. Something like 15% of the time, when a mother comes to faith–the rest of the family will. 35% of the time, when a child comes to faith–the rest of the family will. But, 90% of the time, when the father comes to faith–the rest of the family will.
What a difference fathers make in the lives of their children. Matt said that when a mother comes in with concerns about her teen, he kindly tells her that he would love to and needs to speak with the father as well. He went on to explain that the spiritual depth and direction of the family lays in the hands of the father. Therefore, he works closely alongside the men’s minister at Southeast in a partnership, realizing that the hope for this generation is tied to influence of fathers.
At almost every place we visited, the subject of fathers was mentioned without my probing.
What a surprise it was that I would be scribbling down notes for homework on Week of “E.” It was truly a blessing to meet with these gifted pastors, and traveling with 10 incredible men on this roadtrip that I will not soon forget.
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typepad | Thanks to everyone who showed up this past Saturday who either bought a painting or just offered support at the Saltaire Art and Music Festival in Fire Island. I was blown away by the response and delighted to see most of the paintings find new homes. Here are most of the works from the fair, and a few that will be available soon for sale through my Etsy shop. There are also a couple that are still in the works and I will post those soon. If you'd like to contact me about a specific piece, or to discuss a commission, please email me at: amanda@arkdesignstudio.com. THANK YOU! | 2019-04-26T12:12:59Z | https://craftmonkeys.typepad.com/craftmonkeys/2012/08/thank-you-saltaire.html | Porn | Shopping | 0.52246 |
wordpress | What a week it was as we hosted an annual seminar for over 1,600 attendees in Mississauga at the International Centre. On top of the venue coordination, creative development & show production, Communique knocked it out of the park this year with a new agenda format that included an exciting interactive hub. Clients and attendees were thrilled with the Learning Centre gatherings, model runway sessions, fashion designer shopping and the many other exciting vendors and product displays. We were pleased to share that “It was the best event ever”! Here we come 2019!!! | 2019-04-22T18:26:31Z | https://blogcommunique.wordpress.com/2018/09/07/hot-hot-hot/ | Porn | Shopping | 0.678927 |
wordpress | #Americana by Sharon Cummings, artist.
Nice! and so appropriate with the Olympics going on.
and why not, this is really rather funky, it seems all the colours, stripes and stars are there, I might not have seen it as a US flat though, I might have enjoyed it as the strata of then universe, that coulours and protects us, with all its swivels, upliftments and stars. Perhaps it is also our geology. Best wishes and blessings, Charles.
Hi Charles….I like your interpretation too! That is the beauty of abstract art….
Yes, abstraction is a wonderful thing, and to be able to do it as interestingly as you do is wonderful; it opens up a whole vista of stories and feelings, it is only a lack of imagination, and the strange will to see things only as they are that holds people back. One can live in your paintings. Best wishes and blessings, Charles. | 2019-04-23T15:56:25Z | https://sharoncummings.wordpress.com/2016/08/12/america-the-beautiful-with-a-t-w-i-s-t/?shared=email&msg=fail | Porn | Arts | 0.995828 |
wordpress | Some of you who have been subscribed to Sarah Withers Blogs for a while may remember last year I started what I hoped you be a semi regular post called Spotlight On… There were so many authors, books and series I loved but had read before I started my blog, I didn’t want to go back and review everything, I wouldn’t have time! But at the same time I wanted to let people know about them, after all I loved them! However last year I only managed one post which I’m pretty sure doesn’t qualify for semi-regular status!
So time for another, and this time I’m going to be shining the spotlight on James Oswald’s Inspector McLean series.
I was writing a post that got me thinking about books I’ve read and loved PB (pre blog) and so Spotlight On.. was born. | 2019-04-22T13:23:53Z | https://sarahwithersblog.wordpress.com/tag/regular-post-spotlight-on/ | Porn | Reference | 0.299783 |
wordpress | Daily Prompt: Stylish – Thoughts That Pop!
When we speak of Indian women, a montage of vibrant fabric and intricately decorated and ornamented pictures flash by. And when we speak of any kind of Indian clothing, Sari is the first thing that pops in your mind. Incredible India with its incredible cultures has given birth to so many different styles of clothing, and Sari is the best creation of them all.
The word Sari, derived from the Sanskrit scriptures, means a strip of cloth that covers the female bodice. Whether it’s the famous drape of 5 yards or the typical Maharashtrian 9 yards navvari, every single design has a beauty of its own. Style, elegance, and grace are what quite perfectly describe the gorgeous Indian Sari.
The word style is more often than not, synonymous with the western culture and the kind of attire worn by the women in Hollywood. Long flowy gowns, furry jackets, strapless tops, hot pants, and the list goes on. These are trends to be followed and styles to be worn from time to time. And yes, I can proudly say, Indian women can carry these styles with panache. Our Bollywood actresses are living proof of it. Not to forget, our badass Priyanka Chopra, who’s rocking it in Hollywood.
But, nothing amplifies the beauty of the Indian woman more than a Sari. Styles spanning thousands of designs, ranging from the typical crimson red Benarasi wedding sari adorned by every bride on her special day to the simple yet elegant handloom sari from Bengal, to the heavy Kanjeevaram Silk Sari from South India, each sari is handcrafted with love to adorn the beautiful Indian woman. Award winning designer from Bengal, Sabyasachi Mukherjee, with his label “Sabyasachi” is getting saris in vogue. Famous for his intricate beaded and sequential work on the quintessential sari, his designer saris are the perfect fit for modern Indian women who wish to look stylish yet traditional.
And the best part, it’s the most body flattering piece of clothing, showing just the right amount of skin. According to me, a Sari is the most seductive yet elegant attire for any woman, anywhere in the world. And when paired with some mirrored jhumkas and a red Bindi, the woman is just a goddess to look at. Sari, the beautiful flowing drape, is the most unforgettable, stylish and a must-have in every Indian woman’s wardrobe. In a Sari, you just can’t go wrong! | 2019-04-26T15:06:32Z | https://thoughtsthatpopblog.wordpress.com/2016/09/21/daily-prompt-stylish/ | Porn | Arts | 0.493542 |
wordpress | New Hampshire abolished slavery in its 1785 constitution, 51 years before the U.K. followed suit.
Classical liberals the world over cheered on American independence. Perhaps they knew something today’s gnat-biters do not.
The independent U.S. managed to avoid fighting Napoleon, which it would not have been able to do under the British yoke. That made the Louisiana Purchase possible and avoided most of the devastating economic and social impacts of those lengthy wars.
The U.S. example of successful liberalism continued to inspire European reformers and made 19th-century reforms possible there.
The British Empire did this sort of thing to the Irish shortly after the American War of Independence. Such a nice, sweet, genteel, and cute little monarchy, nay? | 2019-04-20T14:10:43Z | https://pileusblog.wordpress.com/2016/07/ | Porn | Reference | 0.175555 |
tripod | Ron Cole has recently posted his account of this late 1994 incident to the Internet, so I thought it would only be fair to allow websurfers to see Amo Roden's side of the story. This is not intended to be an endorsement of her version, nor is my link to Ron Cole's version an endorsement of his.
On November 20, Andrew Hood came out to tell me that he had changed his mind about letting me use his building. He was going to allow Ron Cole to live there. Ron Cole was a Koresh clone from his long black hair to his black Camaro with its KORESH license plates to his black leather jacket with its painting of a fiery flying serpent on the back. He also was the author of several deceitful books that misrepresented the history and religion of the church, more or less presenting them the way Koresh had revised them with added assurances to the public that the religious message was incomprehensible. I suspected he was a Fed. also. He had the key to the quarantine fence gate and an obvious intent to keep people out. I told Hood to get a court order. I had run enough liars off, I wouldn't move the museum so Hood could house one on the property. That evening Hood brought out most of Koresh's survivors. He threatened to rip up the display if I didn't remove it from his building. I called up Joe Robert and told him I had $100 and begged him to sell me a gun. His wife Lora delivered it hidden in a box of beans in a yard full of Koresh's Branch Davidians. Hood said he would come back in the morning.
When Hood arrived I shooed two visitors out with a warning that there was going to be trouble. Then I stood against the back wall of the museum with the gun pointed at the doorway. First Hood looked in and retreated, then Cole. They called the sheriff. It was Sunday. The weekend sheriff's deputy was pretty laid back. "This little girl has been here on this property for months," he drawled, "she's got some rights here. Now I don't know what this is all about, but you need to get a court order. I don't want you to come back here and bother this little girl unless you got a court order."
The next day, Monday, Andrew Hood, Ron Cole, Wally Kennett, Catherine Matteson and a blonde girl I think was Greta Stephens came on the property and tore up the memorial. Perhaps someone had told them I wasn't trespassing so they couldn't have me arrested. They left the crosses on the fence but tore down the signs and flowers, and knocked the plates off the alter.
The day after was quiet, Koresh's followers came out with the press to talk about their plans to rebuild in the quarantine area.
Wednesday morning at 9 A.M. I opened my front door after I heard a noise in the yard. Andrew Hood was standing in the doorway of the museum. "We've come to change the lock," he yelled.
I didn't answer. It seemed later that a hand in the middle of my back shoved me. Without pause, I reached across the doorway to the shelf under the phone on my left and picked up the gun in my right hand, stepped out the door turning right onto the pallet walk that led to the yard. As I did, my arm came up and I fired one shot in the air in the direction of the ponds. By the time they had blinked I was in the yard at the end of the stage, about thirty feet from cover. I had one bad moment. "Do they have the guts to shoot a woman down in a pool of blood in her own yard?" I considered it for a moment just like they did. We came to the same answer, "No, they don't."
Andrew Hood spoke toward a van parked at the front stage steps. "Call the sheriff!" The van drove up the driveway and parked. Then Hood started calling me names apparently trying to draw my fire. Ron Cole stood in the yard with his hand resting on a holstered gun and after a while I discovered Wally Kennett standing flattened on the wall of the museum (just out of my view from the door of my house) with his gun in his hand pointed at the ground a few feet in front of me. I was the only one in the yard without a bullet proof vest and didn't know it. Despite Hood's insults I was quite content to wait for the sheriff. I knew they wouldn't shoot me and I wouldn't shoot them. After a while I got impatient and went back to my house to call the sheriff myself. Cole and Kennett got cold and went back to their car after Cole took some videotape of me standing in the yard with the gun in my hand.
The sheriff's deputies came into the yard shouting through a megaphone for everyone to lay their weapons down. I stood on mine and put my hands in the air. A deputy rapidly pushed me into the backseat of his car and locked me in. As he was pushing I told him that the men in the red car (Cole and Kennett) were armed. The box for collection of weapons was in the front seat of the car I was in, so I watched as several guns were confiscated from them. Stroup came over and I asked crossly, "When are you going to let me out?"
"We're taking you in," he answered.
"How about armed assault?" he replied.
I was furious. "I didn't do it!"
"They say that they have you on videotape firing at them."
"I didn't do it!" I shouted as he turned away. Moments later, as they drove me through the gate, my driver rolled the windows up so that the media gathered at the front gate couldn't hear me yelling that I was framed.
Stroup came to watch me being booked. He looked sorry for me, maybe he'd seen the tape and knew I was innocent. I told something I'd discovered since I became a Branch Davidian. "A righteous man is a rebuke to the wicked, Stroup."
It was Thanksgiving the next day, so it took 72 hours for me to get bailed out. My parents in Florida paid. I went out of town for three days to rest, then returned to the compound. In my absence, the museum had been locked and the bottom part had been painted baby blue. The mural was only 60% covered. My office had been broken into and robbed of $40 from under the mattress; and my collection of fire tapes, $120.00 worth of pictures and my typewriter were missing. I borrowed $200 from my parents and started again. I put a small display about my current legal troubles outside my house.
God helped me almost at once. A man came to my door and asked if I was a Branch Davidian.
"Yes," I told him, "but I'm not part of Koresh's flock. I represent the Roden family that founded the church."
"But you are a Branch Davidian?"
He put a bunch of bills in my hand and walked off. When I looked there were 13 bills in all, 3 ones and 10 hundreds. I sat on the bed and prayed. "Oh God, please don't let him ask for the money back." A stray dog was left on the property that day. I kept her and named her Lucky. She never missed a meal.
That winter God told me to stop smoking pot and I did. I hadn't bought it for years, just accepted it when offered. Its not that its wrong, there is no law in the Bible about it. Its just that its unseemly for someone to works for God to either smoke or drink. Its more or less a Nazarite vow. If you would rather stay home and smoke pot than go to a mall and spend money, the New World Order might mind. I see nothing in the Bible that says God does. The Bible has no victimless crimes.
On the afternoon of Dec. 5th, 1994, Hood struck again. He came on the property and met Catherine Matteson as she stepped out of Clive Doyle's car. Hood unlocked my museum and they went in together. I was standing in the yard with Mr. and Mrs. Plumb who lived across the street from T-shirt Hill. They had just brought me some used clothes and a bunch of bananas. I heard the sound of something breaking in the museum, so I asked Mr. Plumb if he would go over and see what happened. What he saw was Catherine Matteson leaving the museum with her hands full of papers. Hood followed her and relocked the door. I went over to look myself and through the door I could see that the plexiglass of the display case that faced the door was broken and most of the religious literature was gone as was the needlepoint picture of the Ensign. The display of religious literature on the bench was also missing all the out of print tracts written by Ben and Lois Roden. I called 911 but as Stroup and the other officer who answered warned me was possible, the District Attorney declined to issue a warrant.
On Jan 6, 1995 I was arraigned on charges of felony deadly conduct. I spoke very loudly. I wanted the whole courtroom to hear me. I refused a free attorney, I knew he would double cross me and gag me just as the other attorneys double crossed and gagged Koresh's survivors. I told them that the constitution guaranteed me the counsel of my choice and I was the counsel of my choice. The prosecuting attorney, Juanita Felden, told the judge that I should have a psychiatric evaluation to prove that I was mentally competent to refuse an attorney. I replied that the State of Texas had already looked into my competence and the case had been dismissed. The judge lectured me about appearing in his court without an attorney. I said I would consider the matter. The bail bondsman offered to find me an attorney. My volunteer driver Pam Hawkins yelled at me for refusing. Nothing swayed me. I would represent myself.
As it happened I would have help. A Houston specialist in criminal law, Charles Freeman, prepared some motions for me and advised me without requiring that he represent me. God bless him.
Later in January, two young men from Dallas stopped at my house to chat with me. As they left they joked about cutting the fence. I didn't pay much attention to them, but the next morning my friend, Andrew Ramirez found a hole from the top to the bottom of the fence by the back gate of the quarantine area. The best efforts of Ron Cole were to be insufficient to keep that hole patched.
I put a sign in my yard telling people how to find the hole. One morning God told me to bring the sign inside, so I did. A few minutes later two sheriff's cars roared into my yard and squealed to a stop. I walked up to the driver's door of the car Stroup was in. He said he had come to ask me some questions. It was cold, so I ignored the Texas Water Commission attorney, Larry Ferguson and the other deputies. I walked around and sat in the passenger seat of Stroup's car. He read me my rights and told me that I was a suspect in an investigation. Then he came to the key questions. "Do you know anything about the hole in the fence?"
I told him about the young men from Dallas and Andrew Ramirez finding the hole. I kept my eyes on the dashboard, waiting for the next question.
"Did you ever cut the fence?"
Well, I thought, he didn't ask me about the patch, he asked me about the fence. "No," I told him, "I never cut the fence." I held my breath but he was done. I had held a few things against Stroup, but in that moment I forgave him. Our relationship was eventually to relax enough for us to occasionally spend a few minutes quietly chatting.
Juanita Fielden's "Motion in Limine" is one of the documents reproduced in Amo's Scrapbook of a Protest.
The pre-trial hearing in my criminal case was Feb. 10, 1995. This time I took a seat at the council table. Looking around, I noticed that the press was well represented. Juanita Felden began another attempt to force me to take an attorney. When I refused they brought up my mental health record, just to make sure the press knew I had one. I called the courts attention to a motion for continuance I had filed. Judge Allen compared it to his criminal court rule book. He looked a little chagrined to find it error free. I had used the checklist in the same thick green paperback law book he had to prepare the motion. Failing to find an error to buttress his case that I was incompetent to represent myself, he simply denied the motion. I presented and argued the motions Charles Freeman prepared for me and one after another he denied them. Juanita Felden had a few tricks up her sleeve. She handed me and Judge Allen a request for a 10 point gag order. I pointed out that I had not seen the motion before and that I needed time to read it before I could answer it. Judge Allen recessed the court. The press was still well represented when court resumed. The gag order ie "The State's First Motion in Limine" forbid me to tell people that I was a Branch Davidian or that I lived at the compound. Judge Allen decided that I could tell the jury that after I pointed out that the alleged crime took place at the compound. He dismissed another request as too general and he granted the rest. I would have to clear any testimony or question about anything that happened at the compound after the start of the standoff on Feb. 28, 1993 with Judge Allen. I could not inquire into the criminal history of my accusers. If I obeyed this Judge Allen could gut my case. Juanita Felden was not done. She presented another motion to raise my bail and rearrest me. I pointed out to the court that I had never missed an arraignment. I pointed out that I needed my liberty to prepare my defense. The trial was scheduled to begin in 10 days. Then I offered to put up my farm. I had begun a filibuster when Judge Allen interrupted me with the news that he would deny Felden's motion. I walked out of the courtroom and gave interviews. I went home that night and discovered that I had good press. On Monday, Feb. 13, 1995, the case against me was dismissed. I was relieved, I planned to argue the case from the Bible but this was a sure thing. I would have presented I Kings 21:1-16 and Is. 5:7 on the attempts to steal the church which I had foiled and Micah 6:16 on the state of our courts. | 2019-04-22T20:23:15Z | http://wacocult.tripod.com/amo/amocole.html | Porn | News | 0.126379 |
columbia | When Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated 50 years ago, Columbia University responded as most other institutions did – with shock and grieving. Flags were set to fly at half-mast until after Dr. King’s funeral and President Kirk sent a telegram on April 5, 1968 to Dr. King’s widow expressing condolences on behalf of the university community.
A decision was also made to hold a campus memorial service in St. Paul’s Chapel at 3pm on April 9 – the day of the King funeral. Initially it was stated that the University would close starting at 3pm so all could attend the service. Then the administration received a letter dated April 6, 1968 from a group calling themselves “Concerned Black Students”. They argued that the University should close for the entire day on April 9 out of respect to Dr. King and what he stood for.
The letter was hand-delivered to Columbia Security Desk in Low Library at 9:30pm on Saturday April 6 after they tried to give it to President Grayson Kirk at his residence. Their message was clearly received by administration the next morning.
To see how this and the campus memorial service all played out, follow @1968CU on Twitter.
This entry was posted in Columbia University Archives and tagged Concerned Black Students, Kirk, Martin Luther King Jr, MLK, President Kirk on April 9, 2018 by Kimberly Springer.
This week, Earl Hall at Columbia University was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, following its nomination by the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project and in recognition of Earl Hall as a venue for meetings and dances of the Student Homophile League, the first gay student organization in the country. Professor Andrew Dolkart conducted some of his research here in the University Archives in support of the application.
A sportising and betting tradition started on Staten Island by a barkeep, March Madness bracketology is upon us! RBML Records Manager Joanna Rios shares key moments in a timely University Archives exhibition.
The Columbia University Archives has on view a small exhibition marking the 50th anniversary of Columbia’s best men’s basketball team. In 1967-1968, Columbia won 23 of 28 games, the most victories in school history, and finished the season ranked sixth in the nation.
At the 1967 Holiday Festival, the most prestigious in-season tournament held at the World’s Most Famous Arena Madison Square Garden, the Columbia Varsity Basketball team defeated St. John’s to win their first and only Holiday Festival championship. This winter tournament victory was just the beginning. The Lions went on a 16-game winning streak (12 against Ivy League teams). They came into the last game of the season with the best record in Columbia’s history.
This entry was posted in Columbia University Archives and tagged basketball, Columbia Varsity Basketball, Dave Newark, Jim MacMillan, Lions, March Madness, NCAA, Princeton, sports, University Archives on March 15, 2018 by Kimberly Springer.
Our deep dive into the Columbia University Archives and the student unrest that lead to campus protest, building takeovers and critical questions about The Establishment continues on Twitter.
This entry was posted in American History Collections, Columbia University Archives on March 14, 2018 by Kimberly Springer.
Join the Rare Book & Manuscript Library on this intro to the people, places and event that lead to the Columbia Crisis of 1968 and its aftermath. Start tour.
This entry was posted in American History Collections, Columbia University Archives, Uncategorized on March 7, 2018 by Kimberly Springer.
What were the main ingredients in recipes from 1902-1904?
Among the recent additions to the University Archives is a fascinating recipe book put together by Clara Schauffler (1879-1972) from her time as a student in domestic science at Teachers College from September 1902 to June 1904.
Clara Elizabeth Schauffler created a recipe book from the domestic science courses she took at Teachers College from September 1902 to June 1904.
As a student pursuing the then-new two-year curriculum in domestic science, Schauffler took DS 10, Foods and DS 11, Foods, Advanced Course with Professor Helen Kinne and Mrs. Mary Forrest. Schauffler organized the class materials, the typed handouts with her corrections in pencil, and created this recipe book by pasting the recipes onto paper and placing them in a small, three-ring binder.
She was very organized. The recipe book is arranged by topic and then alphabetically: Beverages; Bread; Cake; Desserts; Candy; Fruit; Jellies and Pickles; Cheese; Eggs; Fish (including shell fish); Meat (including Variety Meats and Chicken); Vegetables; Rice, Macaroni, Cereals; Soup; Sauces (including sweet sauces); Salad Dressings, and Invalid Dishes. After the table of contents, there is an alphabetical recipe title index, from Almond Hardbake to Yeast Breads.
This entry was posted in Columbia University Archives and tagged Clara Schauffler, cookbook, cooking, recipes, University Archives on January 30, 2018 by Kimberly Springer.
It’s been nearly 100 years since the infamous 1918 influenza epidemic swept the globe. As we’re in the middle of our own flu season you might be wondering how Columbia fared during that time.
While millions of people were dying around the world from this relentless scourge, the students at Columbia University (most of whom were involved in the Student Army Training Corps which essentially took over the campus in the autumn of 1918) were kept remarkably healthy.
Dr. William H. McCastline was Columbia’s Medical Director. He was faced with a reported 200 cases of flu and 48 cases of pneumonia.
This entry was posted in Columbia University Archives and tagged 1918 influenza epidemic, Columbia University, Dr. William McCastline, influenza on January 29, 2018 by Kimberly Springer.
We were correct to assume that Columbia’s location in Manhattan allowed narrators potential access to public queer worlds, but the ways that the narrators choose to access these worlds were different than we guessed in our blueprint..What was most significant in terms of linking the interviews, however, were themes of community and its inverse, isolation. Narrators spoke with such great care and love about their mentors, their peers, and their friends. They were often in awe and pride of the people that they met during their Columbia years who led them into careers, relationships, and full and fulfilling lives.
This entry was posted in Columbia University Archives, Uncategorized and tagged Columbia University, gay, lesbian, LGBT, LGBTQ, queer on January 3, 2018 by Kimberly Springer.
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wordpress | ImageSource offers Oracle’s AutoVue Enterprise Visualization!
Given today’s economy, pressures have never been greater for global organizations to increase efficiencies, improve quality, and lower operating costs. This requires enterprises to leverage globally distributed teams to get more done, more quickly, and in an efficient manner. | 2019-04-24T05:53:14Z | https://projectmanagementforecm.wordpress.com/tag/sharepoint/ | Porn | Business | 0.982514 |
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wordpress | Flash Back to Lassen Volcanic National Park 🌋 06292016 – I'm sozoed!
After our California Redwood 🌲 adventure we headed East to Lassen Volcanic National Park where we arrived late and tired . . . but we didn’t waste any time. We kayaked Manzanita Lake and explored around Sulphur Works as we ventured deeper into the park. | 2019-04-20T10:32:06Z | https://imsozoed.wordpress.com/2018/06/26/flash-back-to-lassen-volcanic-national-park-%F0%9F%8C%8B-06292016/ | Porn | Recreation | 0.815749 |
wordpress | On November 1st I was not considering any serious lifestyle changes. On the way home from practice on November 2nd, I most definitely was.
It was on the drive home that I came to the realization that facebook has been taking up most of my life. The time I would be spending doing other more important things has been spent scrolling through my newsfeed on facebook. It is despicable really. It has made me an unhappy person most of all.
So, throughout the next few weeks I will be making some lifestyle changes. I will be limiting my time on Facebook. I will be reading more, crafting more, writing, and working myself hard on my fighting. That being another reason for my Facebook “break”. I have hit a plateau in my fighting, but with some awesome resources, I think that I can start building myself up again.
I am thankful that I was able to catch myself and plan to make these changes. I am posting about this here in order to make myself more accountable. My goal is to start posting here twice a week again and hopefully I can live up to that goal.
Prepare for lots of crafting pictures in the next few weeks, as well as book reviews. I have a book review slotted for either this Saturday or next; next Saturday being more likely. The review will be of the book A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness. | 2019-04-23T12:17:28Z | https://thedaughterofbookworms.wordpress.com/2015/11/04/thankfulness-and-lifestyle-changes/ | Porn | Arts | 0.972112 |
livejournal | Yeah, so I watch Romeo + Juliet again in after about .... ummm since I saw it when it came out. I enjoyed it much more this time around. I guess it is because I took a liking to Baz's work a little more. Still things I hate about the movie... but I enjoyed it much more this time. | 2019-04-23T09:07:22Z | https://joe-black.livejournal.com/266214.html | Porn | Arts | 0.458012 |
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