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WILTON, N.H. (WMUR/CNN/Gray News) – A school bus driver resigned hours after a mom posted a home surveillance video showing the driver shutting the door in her daughter's face and driving away.
Bryanna Guitard doesn't normally ride the school bus, but Monday was different. Her mother was on bed rest.
The video shows the 11-year-old approaching the bus from her driveway, right behind another student. As soon as he goes up the stairs, the doors close and the driver takes off.
The seventh grader throws her hands up in the air.
"I was kind of confused and kind of shocked that it happened," Bryanna said. "So, then I ... knocked on the door to see if she would realize I was there, and she didn't, and she just drove off."
Bryanna's mom Kelley Guitard contacted the superintendent for the Wilton-Lyndeborough Cooperative School District and the owner of the bus company immediately.
Guitard said she was told the driver didn't see Bryanna and wanted to apologize in person.
"Which, that's great, but that's not going to help the other kids on the bus and their safety," she said.
But before that apology could happen, Guitard said she posted the video on social media to get advice from other parents.
Hours later, the driver resigned.
"Good, I guess. Like I said, my main concern is the kids," Guitard said.
Bus company owner Steve Brown said he had never received a complaint about this driver in the past and was disappointed the driver felt like she needed to resign before the incident could be reviewed.
Superintendent Bryan Lane said the district wants to hear about any safety concerns.
"Looking at the video, it appeared to me that the student was visibly present, and the bus left without them," he said. "It's not the norm and not acceptable."
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The Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations has issued a Call for Papers for its 2011 Conference, Waging War, Making Peace, Crossing Borders. It will be held June 23-25, 2011 at the Hilton Alexandria Mark Center, Alexandria, Virginia. In order to receive full consideration, proposals should be submitted no later than December 1, 2010.
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Just a note to add that SHAFR is a great meeting. Small-ish (though a bit bigger than ASLH), and friendly, so it is a very good meeting for grad students and junior scholars, and any legal historians working at the intersection of law and global affairs. SHAFR has great support for grad students, including a competitive grant for travel to the meeting for grad students on panels (see conference website for details). I plan to attend the June meeting.
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Obama, Andy Stern, Ron Perelman, SEIU, Obamacare, SIGA, Ebola
Facts you can verify by searching on the internet. Then draw whatever conclusion you want – or not.
During Obama's young days as a community organizer, he was very involved with SEIU, a health industry union founded in Chicago, Obama's home town.
SEIU spent $28 million to get Obama elected, by the efforts of union president, Andy Stern and 2.2 million members.
Obama took the presidency in 2009.
A social worker, Andy Stern, was made head of SEIU from 1996 to 2010.
From 2009 to 2010, Andy Stern's last year at SEIU and Obama's first year in the White House, Stern visited the White House 22 times, much more than anyone else.
As president of SEIU, Stern wanted universal healthcare, insisting that HE (the union members) would never vote for any candidate who didn't have a universal health care plan. Hence, Obamacare's passage. Remember Stern's 22 visits to the WH and topping the visitor's log. SEIU used it's 2.2 million members to raise funds and provide people to hit the streets to promote Obama's candidacy, as well as protestors when needed.
In 2010, Stern left SEIU and was appointed to the Board of SIGA Technologies, a company developing drugs to combat bio warfare pathogens, infectious diseases and EBOLA.
SIGA Tech is owned by the holding company of multi-billionaire Ron Perelman, who donated $50,000 to Obama's inaugural fund (think Greek columns).
Perelman's holding company, MacAndrews & Forbes, Inc., frequently "hires" former politicians, White House administration personnel, MONICA LEWINSKY and ANDY STERN, etc. Perelman's company owned Revlon who took on Lewinsky when she most needed a job. Thought to be at Clinton's request.
Stern and Perelman both attended U. of Pennsylvania.
The passage of Obamacare seems like a payback to SEIU and Andy Stern. The forced unionization of Kaiser pre-Obamacare passage, put them in a position to benefit greatly from the law's passage.
But why was Andy Stern appointed to the Board of SIGA? His talents are never wasted and he always has an agenda. From 2006 to 2013, SIGA was being sued by PharmaAthene. In 2011, the court ruled against SIGA and in 2013, the appeals court upheld the ruling. SIGA would have to pay, threatening SIGA's viability.
For some reference to the rest of this compilation of facts, read this article which explains that biodefense companies depend on government contracts. They spend large sums of money on government lobbyists. So, SIGA would need government contracts and a good lobbyist and would benefit from a member with a close association to Pres. Obama – Andy Stern.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703627704575298504043411376 FIGHT BREAKS OUT BETWEEN BIOFIRMS
There was almost a merger between PharmaAthene and SIGA, but SIGA pulled out when it seemed their new drug might be successful and profitable. PharmaAthene sued and won 50% of the drug's profit. SIGA told the judge this would threaten their company's viability.
The HHS officials have been awarding government contracts to a few companies with no-bid contracts.
SIGA NEEDS a successful drug/vaccine that the government will purchase in vast quantities. Their new drugs need to be tested to earn FDA approval. They test on animals, but can't test on humans in most cases, such as the EBOLA vaccine. This headline should concern us.
As Ebola Outbreak Expands, These Experimental Drugs Could See Action
SIGA owes a huge debt to PharmaAthene, viability is threatened, needs a successful drug, needs testing, acquires Obama's close ally, Andy Stern, on the board of directors, AND EBOLA outbreak occurs at an opportune time for SIGA. Watch the dates of all these things. Coincidences are possible and do happen in life.
****Look at this timeline**** of the number of EBOLA outbreaks in the world and note the huge jump in numbers in 2014.
From 2013 through 2014, SIGA knew it was in dire financial trouble. By September, 2014, they filed for bankruptcy.
The major EBOLA outbreak began in 2014 and Rev. Franklin Graham brought his ministry's Ebola-infected doctor home to the U.S. for treatment in early August, 2014. THEN Obama arranged to bring a number of Ebola patients into the U.S. afterwards. He then sent 3,000 American soldiers to Ebola-infected areas to help. All of these would need to return to the U.S. The fear of Ebola in the U.S. was hyped in America. Citizens and politicians alike, objected to bringing these patients here, for fear of a wide-spread epidemic.
Also –
An Ebola-infected Liberian man showed up at a Texas hospital for treatment where he later died. The U. S. had no stockpile of Ebola vaccines or treatments. There hasn't been a need for one until 2014. Obama refused to ban flights from infected countries, causing a controversy over the danger that posed to Americans.
Now remember the article above, "As Ebola Outbreaks Expands, The Experimental Drugs Could See Action".
I remind you that Senator Obama supported infanticide and late-term abortion. That is very barbaric and cruel, but it doesn't bother him. Pretty hard-hearted and cold. Anyone who can support the brutality on a suffering infant is capable of anything.
But what about HHS officials? Would they be a party to anything unethical? They are Obama appointees, meaning he put the people who agree with him in those positions – thoughtful selections.
An article in November, 2011 says –
Obama's Cronies: The Ex-SEIU Boss, Donor Dollars, No-Bid Contracts & Testing Anthrax Vaccines on Kids
"According to the Los Angeles Times, with the exception of existing in locked freezers in Russia and U.S. labs, the smallpox virus was eradicated in 1978. Yet, in a no-bid contract, the Obama administration has given $443 million of American taxpayers' money for an "experimental smallpox drug" to a bio-defense company, SIGA, controlled by billionaire Democrat-donor Ron Perelman and whose board ex-SEIU boss Andy Stern sits on."
"When SIGA was in danger of losing its grip on the contract a year ago, the officials blocked other firms from competing. "
"While the Times notes that there is no credible evidence that the threat of a smallpox outbreak is imminent and that the U.S. already owns enough vaccine to treat the entire population, the Obama administration's ties to SIGA become even more questionable, considering the recent recommendation to start experimenting with an Anthrax vaccine on America's children.
Read the entire short article. It's enlightening while unnerving.
The Ebola outbreak happened at a time in SIGA's history when it could most help them and SIGA's players were Obama, Stern and Perelman. Is there anything in the thousands of pages of the Affordable Care Act that also benefits SIGA and these men? It is the largest Ebola outbreak in history with 24,247 cases resulting in 9,961 deaths.
Another coincidence? Look at this stock information for SIGA.
In the last twelve months, which takes us back to March, 2014, the time of the Ebola outbreak (see the CDC time chart), Perelman's Holding Company, MacAndrews and Forbes, Inc, started buying SIGA stock. They made four buys in September and November, 2014. Ron Perelman personally purchased more than 403,000 shares. GRUBER & MCBAINE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC (Jon Deroy Gruber – Founder) was selling. I found no connection to the Jonathan Gruber who crafted Romneycare and Obamacare in such a way that stupid voters wouldn't know what hit them.
Insider trading is illegal and landed Martha Stewart in prison. So, Perelman couldn't buy in March or earlier without being suspect. However, September and November would not likely arouse any suspicion.
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The Pager, also known as the Beeper, is a one-way communication device used to receive text messages that debuted in the first Grand Theft Auto.
Used during and after missions in GTA 1, the delivery of message to the player's pager is one of several methods players may be provided with further instructions upon completion of a certain task. For much of its appearances in the series, pager messages are delivered via a scrolling line of text on the device. In addition to messages, pagers are also used as stopwatches to inform the player of the time remaining before a deadline expires.
The pager is also featured in the Grand Theft Auto: London mission packs with a 1950s/1960s design, seemingly appearing to be an anachronism as the first successful consumer pager was only released in 1974, however, the game explains the "pager" is merely a portable device that receives telegrams, an even older communication system, printing out a scrolling tape of text based on incoming Morse code-based messages; the telegraph is even touted in the game to be the "communication of the future", far from the reality of modern times.
For Grand Theft Auto 2, a pager-like device is similarly used to measure the time remaining before a Kill Frenzy ends and the kill count is featured, but does not possess the functionality of a pager.
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The pager as a communication device was reintroduced in Grand Theft Auto III for largely the same purpose as GTA 1, but to a more limited extent, such as updates on newly available weapons at Ammunation, messages to meet new contacts, or information during a mission. The pager in GTA III is also notable for playing a ring tone based on the song Grand Theft Auto by Da Shootaz, one of several GTA games that adopted the song in a certain form. Grand Theft Auto Advance is also known to depict a pager when characters relay information to the protagonist, justifiable given the use of the pager in GTA III, set just a year after events in GTA Advance.
The introduction of the mobile phone and a verbal protagonist in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City rendered the pager obsolete as a slower form of communication. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, however, saw the use of the Beeper 220 pager as a matter of historical accuracy, assuming practical mobile phone technology in 1984 had yet to mature.
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We learned that Franti was encouraging folks to come down here at every show. "I come from California, which is known for its beaches, but I never knew Alabama has such beautiful beaches. I was so impressed with the beach, but more than that, the people that are so kind and thoughtful and after the last year so resiliant."
Franti used a pic from last year's festival for the centerfold of new record. "When something is wiped away, at first it's a bad thing, but later something beautiful grows and grows from it and that's what's happening with this festival. To see this kind of recovery after a year and to see this festival sort of be the hub of that, it's like a rally point for people."
"It's an amazing thing to put on a festival of this size in any community. It takes the efforts of everybody, cooperation of city officials, resources of local businesses, people willing to take a risk. It's not a festival making a mess, fighting and getting drunk. It's people coming together to celebrate music."
Ben Ellmen kind of regretted wearing jeans, but still enjoying the time at Hangout Fest. New record Ya-Ka-May recently released, Ben says Liquor Payne is favorite track, features Morning 40 Federation. Next album might have tibetan bowls collaboration. Producing Trombone Shorty's 'Backawater' where they basically kicked things around experimenting late night in the studio. Some of the songs have Shorty on drums, bass and are basically just Shorty.
Ben says they're excited to play with their new singer Corey Glover (Living Color).
BP Oilspill talk too.
Louisiana has a lot of entertainment tax credits. A lot of records and movies are being produced in Louisiana right now because of the Louisiana's Entertainment tax credits.
Grace Potter
Surprised to learn that her duet partner, Kenny Chesney, was playing at the Wharf the same weekend, discusses their recent release. "It's all about the song and whether or not it's a good song, whether it's country or folk, it's the song."
Potter revealed at the first Hangout Festival she and the Nocturnals watched fireworks from top of their bus and took cameras around pretending to be from MTV.
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The US administration agreed in principle almost two months ago for the transfer of information over software source codes of US Lockheed Martin-made F-16 fighters to Turkey.
Once the agreement is completed, and if approved by the US Congress, Turkey will have the capability to automatically modify the software source codes of the fighters' weapons systems with national software source codes, said US sources who asked not to be named.Turkey will become the first nation among 26 to have the F-16s in their inventories and have the ability to receive information on the F-16 fighters' software source codes — primarily their weapons systems — thereby enabling it to replace them with national software source codes whenever necessary.
Once Turkey and the US complete around 50 pages of technical details over the nature of the US transfer of technology, an agreement should be signed, pending US congressional approval.
The US Congress has long prevented arms transfers to NATO member Turkey, mainly in reaction to its strained ties with Israel.
However, the US administration has as of late sought US congressional authorization for the sale of three AH-1W Super Cobra attack helicopters to Turkey. This indicates a softening on the part of the congress toward Turkey.
Turkey has a long-standing request for Super Cobras. It has a shortage of these helicopters, required in its ongoing fight against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorists, who have increased their violent attacks as of late.
Meanwhile, it is not clear whether the US administration will seek US congressional authorization for another long-standing Turkish request for the sale of four Predator unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and two armed Reaper UAVs.
However, some of the weapons, including Predators that the US reportedly pledged to transfer to Turkey as it withdraws from Iraq in December of this year, are said to not be subject to the approval of the US Congress. These are weapons the US used during its war in Iraq.
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US sources stated that Washington has agreed in principle to transfer the information mainly concerning the weapon systems of the F-16s so that Turkey can integrate by itself the national software source codes because Turkey has pursued a very persistent policy on the matter.
However, Turkey's approval to deploy a radar system of the US-supported NATO Missile Defense System on its soil is understood to have played an important role in Washington's agreement to in principle transfer the software source codes of mainly the weapons systems of the F-16s to Turkey. Turkey agreed last month to host a powerful US-supplied radar system to act as advanced eyes for a layered shield against ballistic missiles coming from outside Europe.
The AN/TPY-2 surveillance radar in Turkey will boost the shield's capability against Iran, which Washington alleges is seeking to build nuclear weapons, a charge Tehran denies.
"By agreeing to transfer information on F-16 weapon systems so that Turkey could automatically integrate them with national software source codes, the US sought to ease tensions with its NATO ally, which is important in safeguarding US interests in the Middle East. The US also puts strong emphasis on seeing Turkish-Israeli relations normalize," said the US source.
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Lockheed Martin this year began supplying Turkey with 14 F-16C variants and 16 F-16Ds under a deal signed in May 2007. The total cost of 30 additional F-16s to Turkey is $1.78 billion.
Under a separate agreement signed in April 2005 between Turkey and the US, 213 Turkish F-16s are being upgraded at a cost of $1.1 billion at the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) in Ankara. Turkey will be able to change the software source codes of the weapons systems on a total of 204 F-16s with national software source codes if a final agreement is reached with the US.
There are 50 different types of weapons systems on each F-16 that are classified.
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You know your crazy beauty blogger had to get her grubby hands on the newest collection from MAC, so I headed over once again to the Glendale Galleria and scooped me up the COOL Pigment Set, Beauty Powder in "Drizzlegold", Pigments: Vanilla (had to re-stock! so it's AVAILABLE ladies for sampling, although I have not received the jars I ordered yet), and Gold Stroke Pigment.
Here's my brief review on the collection:
Cool pigment set: Thank God this is the only thing I wanted from the Curiositease collection! I absolutely love the packaging and the colors are gorgeous. I was going to get the sparkle eye pencils but the glitter in eye pencils irritates me, no matter what brand it is, so I passed on it sadly enough. :(
- Helium: Pretty pale shimmery pink, perfect all over lid color.
- Naval Blue: My favorite pigment out of the bunch, it's really pretty in person and its a subtle, deep navy blue.
- Forest Green: I love this color too, it's a nice dark green, pairs great with Night Light Pigment.
- Softwash Grey: I have always loved this color, it's a pigment form of MAC eyeshadow "Cumulus" to me from the "Blue Storm" collection. It's one of my favorites too, but it's a re-promote.
- Blue reflects glitter: Pretty bluish-white glitter, but can't think of anywhere to wear it to...
Beauty Powder (Drizzlegold): I am in love! I actually had no intention of purchasing any of the beauty powders, I knew that they were pre-released awhile ago for the PRO stores and actually played with it a bit when I was in New York and always thought that they would be too sparkly, can't wear it everyday/everywhere sorta thing, boy was I wrong! I walked in the MAC store and thought id play with it while all the other MA's were hustling around the store, I swatched drizzlegold and fell in love! Gorgeous peachy-gold powder with FINELY-MILLED shimmer, and I mean super finely milled. It's seriously perfect for highlighting the cheek bones, eyes, etc. and I plan on using it UNDER my mineral foundation to give me a more glowy-awakened look. I will test it out tomorrow and see how I like it. Tenderdusk is pretty too, but too pink to be on the face, so I chose drizzlegold, I even love the name of it haha.
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Discrepancies are in the hundreds of millions after review of special accounts
The California Public Utilities Commission, entrusted to oversee industries that charge more than $50 billion per year to utility customers, has failed to ensure that ratepayer dollars paid into certain special funds were accurately accounted for, state officials say.
Finance officials found some funds had revenue calculations that were off by as much as 73 percent, or $189 million, and program spending off by as much as 99 percent, or $212 million. Although no correlation has been proven, lawmakers worry that the faulty budget projections have contributed to recent rate increases.
The review covered 14 commission funds that collect surcharges on gas, electric and telephone bills. The money goes to subsidize low-income customers and for telephone services for the elderly, deaf and disabled.
After state parks officials were found to be hiding millions of dollars in special funds, Gov.
Auditors said they found "significant weaknesses within CPUC's budget operations which compromise its ability to prepare and present reliable and accurate budget information."
The audit described ineffective management over budget functions, weak forecasting methodologies and poor budget management practices.
Assemblyman Richard Bloom said the funds may have enormous deficits or significant surpluses where ratepayers have needlessly surrendered hundreds of millions of dollars.
"But because of poor accounting practices, we're faced with a remarkable circumstance: We simply don't know," said Bloom, who chaired a recent Assembly budget subcommittee meeting on the matter.
The Santa Monica Democrat said the findings call into question the commission's ability to account for the billions of dollars in accounts funded by ratepayers for electricity procurement, energy efficiency and a new program designed by the commission to begin funding clean energy technologies.
"It's deeply troubling that an agency would have such dismal accounting and large amounts of public funds in apparent disregard of basic principles of good management," Bloom said. "Best practices in management and accounting are widely known and understood, and there can be no excuse for not employing these practices."
Given the limited scope of the finance audit, Bloom said he fears the issues uncovered have left deeper problems undiscovered.
"I hope that I am wrong," he said. "But these concerns are all the more reason why the PUC must in my view act with urgency to restore confidence in this critical agency."
PUC Executive Director Paul Clanon told lawmakers he agrees with nearly all of the findings in the audit, which he described as "painful for me to read."
Clanon said the commission's staffing levels may have been adequate a decade ago before the growth in special funds and the amount of money flowing through them. Today, that's not the case, he said.
"The few people that we've had doing the processes, which were not fully documented, have been inadequately supervised and inadequately managed, including by me," Clanon said. "Ultimately, I am the one who is responsible for the management of the commission, and for these problems, and for fixing them."
Clanon said the commission is not waiting for next month's deadline to begin correcting the problems. He said the commission has streamlined and clarified the management structure over its budget.
"I am responsible for all of it and there is a clear line between me and the people doing the budget work now so that we no longer have any concern about people not knowing who is doing what," he said.
The commission's administration of special funds has grown to 14 from four in 2001-02. Management did not adequately respond to the challenges posed by the increased workload, according to the audit. The commission's budget office consists of one employee responsible for all 14 funds. That led to tasks being farmed out to part-time workers who received limited to no guidance or oversight.
State finance officials found that over the past seven budget cycles, the commission's forecasting models produced results that differed significantly from actual revenues, reimbursements and expenses. Finance officials observed that supervisory reviews were not always performed, increasing the risk of errors. They found an $81 million typographical error in one fund's forecast. It was corrected.
The audit also found that a lack of proper records-keeping caused the commission to misrepresent the financial condition of its funds. Unrecorded transactions ranged from about $40,000 to $275 million.
Tiffany Roberts, senior analyst for energy and climate change at the Legislative Analyst's Office, said the problems with the commission's own budgeting and accounting practices raise concerns about its ability to effectively audit the books and records of the utilities it regulates. The PUC must every three years conduct audits of accounts that hold billions of dollars and were established by major power companies such as
At the hearing, Assemblyman
"No," Clanon said.
State records dating back to 1977 show that the Board of Equalization has not received an audit from the commission.
"We've been in contact with the Board of Equalization," Clanon said. "They don't find the kinds of audits we do useful for their work. They do their own audits for their own work."
Clanon maintained that no ratepayers were harmed and no program services were affected by the incorrect forecasts. He said he regretted that Brown and the Legislature were given an inaccurate picture of what the expenditures were likely to be.
Bloom and some colleagues disagree. They argue ratepayers may have been harmed if past rate increases were the result of mismanagement. Clanon has given some ground on that.
"The problems the budget audit discovered in the PUC's processes had to do with the way that we forecast the expenditures in these programs," he said. "And I do take your point that mistakes there can mean that increases that could have been rolled out over multiple years might have to be rolled out more quickly.
"So I do take that point, and to the extent that that's a ratepayer harm, I think you're right."
The budget subcommittee has called for a full fiscal audit of the commission. A copy of its corrective plan is due to the subcommittee April 10 with another hearing planned for April 24.
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Prophecy 2013 – The Year Winners Become Losers by Rev Michael Bresciani, November 21, 2012
Be Careful What You Ask For
An old adage among Christians is 'Be careful what you ask God for because you just might get it,' but this year, more than any other in our history, that adage has become a reality in politics with the re-election of Barack Obama.
Journalists have well covered the dire predictions a second term with Obama is almost sure to produce, but few speculations include prophecy. In this piece we will separate the obvious from the prophetic, for obvious reasons.
Romney pulled in 59 million votes against Obama's 62 million and since 74 million Americans are under voting age that means about 155 million people did not vote at all. Who are these people who could care less about who is chosen to lead this country? It does not require a prophecy to predict that they will soon wake up to the hard fact that their disinterest will be the most costly dithering in U.S. history.
Barack Obama's record on the economy, foreign policy, energy and the moral issues should be warning enough that the future will not get much better, but the pop culture voters who think a big smile and a bag of promises are all it takes to make a leader will be the most surprised. Even the poorest powers of deduction will be able to conclude that the winners in this election will soon be seen as the biggest losers in our entire history as a nation.
We wobbled through the primaries choosing a different candidate almost every few weeks to bolster with support and campaign cash and finally chose a one issue (jobs and the economy) candidate who left most of the other issues in limbo. We waited for Romney to call out the President on abortion, same sex marriage, religious freedom, the Fast and Furious gun running scheme, Benghazi, bailouts, handouts, big government, green giveaways that failed and all the secreted and hidden school, passport and other records Mr. Obama has kept from public view, but all we got was silence. For this Romney lost. Neither God nor man are going to favor someone who will not tackle the real problems; all of them.
Now we look to alternate remedies such as noting the vote fraud so apparent in Ohio, Maine Florida, Maryland and Virginia. We talk of a Continental Congress and the fact that if enough states do not cast their electoral votes in December the election would be decided by the republican led house. We talk of impeachment for both malfeasances of office and treason in the Benghazi affair that cost four Americans their lives. Most, if any, of these stop gaps are not likely to happen. What is likely to happen is that one man with very bad judgment will bring this once grand nation to its knees in every area of its national life from the economy to the morality. Superpower no more!
The Israel Factor
The curious thing about maxims, aphorisms and common sayings is that while some tend to be true they are not always based on the truth. When God says something in the realm of cause and effect, it becomes an immutable law for man. It doesn't matter whether we believe in God or his immutable laws they are in place throughout our history and will not be removed. One example is the law of sowing and reaping. (Gal 6: 7, 8) It is much bigger than 'what goes around comes around' because it is established by the author of all things for a powerful purpose. Sometimes referred to as 'the law of reciprocation, it is the one rule that you can break yourself on, but will not be broken by anyone.
Two laws of God produce a powerful and immutable warning to an entire planet. When combined they dwarf the power of nuclear bombs and shrink the pride of man to the level of brute beasts. Let's view these two together.
"So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it." (Isa 55: 11)
"And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed" (Gen 12: 3)
These passages do not mince words. One says God means business, when he says something, he always takes it seriously and he always follows through whether we take him seriously or not. The second is that every nation on earth will be weighed in the light of what they do with Israel.
America's policy concerning Israel is on the wane due to Barack Obama's indifference to Israel and his attachments to the Muslim Brotherhood throughout the Middle East. We can expect the usual rhetoric; calls for cease fire, peace talks and financial aid that tacitly are proof that we are still allied and working together.
Obama's foreign policy in regards to Israel is more than offset by one recent development in Libya. Let's use the common vernacular to hone in on the outcome of Obama's Israel policy. The question raised is summary and requires no political science genius to answer.
In Israel's present troubles and in the event it begins to escalate how quickly can we expect the United States to respond with military intervention and other support? That question must be weighed in the light of Benghazi. If Obama and the most advanced intelligence and military response capable nation in the world was unable to save four Americans – what can Israel expect from the U.S. in her worst case scenario?
America's Israel policy cannot stack up next to God's Israel policy. Anyone with the most basic knowledge of Biblical prophecy knows that in the near future, it is God, not man, which stands up for Israel. In accordance with Ezekiel's prophecies found in chapters 36-39, no nation gives aid to Israel when she is surrounded and attacked by Arab armies who are aided by Israel's northern most neighbor. They are all stopped cold and completely destroyed, quite without the help of any nation in the free world.
The Reprobation and Apostasy Factor
In a world that worships knowledge and the pursuit of intelligence it seems a great trick or full blown deception seems to have been laid on them all from one end of the globe to the other. Is that possible? In fact it is a promise of scripture that while the last generation will be pursuing more knowledge they will give up the knowledge of the truth, or more accurately the love of the truth. (2 Tim 3: 7) Huge gaps between perception and reality, truth and error and morality and anarchy have already begun to sweep the world. Politics has slid into power grabbing mindless corruption while statesmanship and honor are almost laughed off the platform.
In an example, a recent video appeared on the internet in which voters in Boston were standing in the long lines waiting to vote as an interviewer asked them basic questions about why they were out to vote. After they exuberantly explained how they wanted to keep moving 'forward' (Obama's 2012 campaign slogan) they were asked some fundamental questions about current affairs and politics in general.
No one in that Bean Town crowd knew who Harry Reid or Nancy Pelosi was or how many members of the house, senate or judiciary there are in each branch. What they were sure of is that abortions, gay rights and free school money from Obama are in their opinion - "moving forward."
Morality has been replaced with reprobation and even the most refined definition of morality would be lost on these kinds of people. Word pictures would fail to jar the last day's crowds from their slogan driven course of life.
Pictures of two men holding hands at an altar while professing marriage vows or the bloody mangled bodies of the unborn lying in profusion in plastic lined medical waste boxes fail to disturb them. This is the definition not of reprobation and immorality alone, it is a vivid picture of an entire generation tripping down the path to reprobation with cell phones and gadgets in hand and a head full of dreams of better days just after getting out of college - all courtesy of big government.
The rise of reprobation is part and parcel to the prophecies of the last days. The reason for the great slide into both immorality and reprobation are clearly cited, but largely ignored. In this generation where God is dismissed by the so called 'intelligent' generation the great dumbing down has long since begun. To wit:
"And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient" (Ro 1: 28)
True Prophecy Can be scrutinized, but It Does Not Apologize
I have always been amazed by the fact that I have accurately seen the future countless times but God keeps the messages about America to a basic minimum up to this moment in my life. Pondering this repeatedly has led me to conclude that God has his own sense of prophetic economics. Since the Bible is replete with thousands of prophecies about the last days that go unheard, unheeded and ignored why should he add yet more material to bother an unbelieving world?
A recent well known online Christian site published a four page prophetic utterance from one of its founders that read like a rebuke to Christians for being so critical of Barack Obama? It said that the criticism was producing a 'Jezebel' like spirit in the White House. Whew?
The spirit in the White House has nothing to do with Christian criticism, in fact if the Christians that are already part of the prophesied apostasy of the church were more discerning and critical of Barack Obama starting back in 2008, he would not even be in the White House.
Much of what is being called prophecy today is pure nonsense and in many instances should be rebuked itself along with those who are going headlong into the doctrines of devils (1 Tim 4: 1) and leaving scripturally sound doctrine. (2 Tim 4: 3) The aforementioned prophecy may have simply been a case of fleshly exuberance substituting for Holy Spirit guided revelation. This is one of the most intense periods of history our world will ever undergo; it is not the day to play the prophet for the titillation of the unsuspecting, or for fame and fortune. Christ made this abundantly clear. It is a day that will cost many lives and nations, kingdoms and empires will topple like so many dominos in a row.
"For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened." (Mt 24: 21, 22)
The two clearest and most compelling revelations I have been given to date have come with a mandate and a command not to hide or change them in any fashion. The first is that the period of Christ's return is within my lifetime or shortly thereafter. I am quickly approaching the generally allotted time of my three score years and ten; you can do the math.
The second was shown specifically for America. It will, starting now, this year and forward, begin to sink as a world economic power. We will see poverty and the lack of consumer goods and basic life sustaining food supplies disappear on a scale we have never seen since the great depression.
Out of Europe's financial collapse will arise the most powerful despot the world will ever encounter, on the wings of the most unusual economic system the world has ever seen. Economically crippled America will see his system as a godsend along with the rest of the world.
The recent election results have proved that a few food stamps, a cell phone and forgiven school loans can buy the votes of the dumbed down pop culture minions of the nation, but 16 trillion in debt, billions in wasted green giveaways and shovel ready jobs that don't exist have been mostly disregarded. As for someone to lead the nation into an economic collapse, the record shows, we have chosen the right man for the job.
It is far too late, to once again listen to phrase repeated so often in the Forrest Gump movie; "stupid is as stupid does." It's a done deal!
The Three Caves Factor
In the seventh century one man (Muhammad) sat alone in the caves of Medina receiving a vision which he doubted came from God, but after the encouragement of his wife he presented it to the world as an all new religion that would eventually sweep 1.5 billion people into following his teachings. Thirteen centuries later as the world struggles with heightened technologies, world problems and the threat of nuclear doom in the background it now presumes to force every person on earth into its grip.
But what are we being invited into? Women are a little higher than common livestock, beheadings and stoning are commonplace and the way of life among Muslim populations seems just a pinch above the level of cavemen. What came out of the caves of Medina seems totally unattractive to anyone except those who are forced to believe it or die.
The second cave is a manmade tomb carved out of the side of a mountain by a rich man named Joseph of Arimathaea. Jesus Christ, who presented himself as the Son of God, healed the sick, raised the dead and proclaimed he was the only pathway directly to God, was placed there as we say, dead as a door nail. Three days later he emerged alive to seal the promise that he is not only the King of kings but he is, as he told Martha, "the resurrection and the life." (John 11: 25)
What came out of Joseph's private cave has since been made public throughout the world and it is the promise and proclamation that we will all emerge from our own caves of darkness to be judged by the one who spent three days in the belly of death.
At the blowing of the great trump of God, nations will cease to exist as they do today and the rule of fallen man will be finished forever.
"And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever." (Rev 11: 15)
Finally a third cave is mentioned in the bible which the wicked, the abortionist, the same sex marriage crowd and the sinners in general will seek to hide themselves in, but in vain.
The great prophet Isaiah describes man's frantic search for the caves in the last hours of time as we know it. "And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth." (Isa 2: 19)
It is John the Revelator who details the reasons men flee to the caves, howbeit in total futility.
"And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?" (Rev 6: 14-17)
Three caves, three doors, three separate fates await the entire world and to the last minute the choice is always ours to make.
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Libre - Limit Break Editor for FF7 (PSX) : Help FileCONTENTS: 1. Obtaining and installing Libre 2. The window layout. What it all means. 3. Opening and saving, selecting limits 4. Help and About 5. Bug reports and feedback 6. Copyright, disclaimer (IMPORTANT!) etc.************************************** 1: Obtaining and installing Libre**************************************Seeing as you're reading this, there's a good chancethat you've already downloaded the program. However,it's always possible that you'll want another copy,especially when bugs are fixed. You have two options:1. Go to the QHIMM forum thread for "Libre: FF7 LimitBreak Editor", or,2. Visit http://libre-limitbreakeditorforff7.yolasite.com/for both the most recent and older versions.Depending on your operating system, you have two choices1. WINDOWS 95/98/2000/XP/VISTA/7: Download the PC executable file, 'Libre FF7 for Windows'. Unzip and double-click 'Libre.exe'.2. ANY SYSTEM with PYTHON and WXPYTHON (Linux and OSX have the first by default: Download the Python directory files. Unzip and run Libre.pyw**************************************************************************** 2. The Window Layout****************************************************************************If you've used NFITC1's WALLMARKET or PROUD CLOD programs,you should recognize the basic setup. We can split thecontrols into top-left, top-right, centre, targetting, elemental and miscellaneous (at the bottom).TOP LEFT:*****ATK%:*****This determines the accuracy of the limit break. Most are setto 255% by default.******************************************Impact / Target Animation / Impact Sound :******************************************These are three HEXADECIMAL values, each two bytes(0-FFFF). These determine the graphical effects of the hit, the target's flinching moves and the sound theattack makes on impact. You should check the QHIMMwiki for more info.CAUTION: If you type in an invalid hexadecimal value(for instance, '11GG'), it will instantly revert to'FFFF'.**************Animation ID:**************A single hex value that determines the animation used. Very little experimentation has been done with this, soexpect lots of glitches in-game if you alter this carelessly.CAUTION: If you type in an invalid hexadecimal value(for instance, '1G'), it will instantly revert to'FF'.**************************Camera Single/ Multiple:**************************These are two HEXADECIMAL values, each two bytes (0-FFFF).These determine the way the camera moves during the limit,depending on whether one or more enemies are being hit.CAUTION: If you type in an invalid hexadecimal value(for instance, '11GG'), it will instantly revert to'FFFF'.TOP RIGHT:****************Status Effects:****************These are the active status effects that the limit will inflict, cure, or toggle. Explanations for each can befound in Terrence Ferguson's Battle Mechanics FAQ overon GameFAQs. A few caveats, though:- in game, if an entity has dual WITHOUT dualdrain, or vice-versa, it will crash.- don't inflict 'opposing' statuses (sad/fury;haste/slow etc.)At the bottom is a 'status chance' control, that goes fromzero to sixty-three. This determines the chance of inflictinga negative status in 'inflict' mode.'Status Mode' can have three settings:- INFLICT: Inflicts status (+ve or -ve) at the rate determined by 'Status Chance'- CURE: Removes statuses. Doesn't miss.- TOGGLE: Turns the selected statuses on if they're off, or off if they're on (e.g. - Mini can cause or cure a 'small' state)CENTRAL:*******************Power / Algorithm:*******************Power is a value from zero to 255, that modifies the algorithmchosen. Algorithms determine how damage is calculated.TARGETTING:******************Enable Selection:******************Lets the players choose a target.*********One Row:*********If the cursor is by default on either enemies or allies, you'rebound by that choice. Summons, for instance, which can't be usedon the party, have the 'One Row' flag.******************Start on enemies:******************If true, the cursor starts on enemies. If not, it doesn't.Important if you plan to use One Row (above).**********Unranged:**********If this is a physical attack, is it short range?*******************Start as multiple:*******************Does the cursor target the whole group of enemies / allies bydefault?**********All rows:**********Attacks with this property target friend and foe alike.*****************Toggle multiple:*****************Does the cursor allow you to choose multiple or single enemies?********Random:********If this is on, the attack will hit a single, randomly selectedtarget from the group selected. Ahriman's Roulette has this.MIDRIGHT:**********Elements:**********Assign the elements of the attack. 'Health' is used by curativemagic. Cut/shout/etc. are elements of particular weapons.MISCELLANEOUS:******************************Additional Effect / Modifier:******************************Additional effects are... well, miscellaneous. They include thingslike multiple hits (Omnislash) or Vincent's transformations. Theycan modify the stats of those hit (like Dragon Force, or HeroDrinks). Some effects have a modifer, 'M'. This is set in the '[M]' controlto the right.***************Special Flags:***************- Affect MP: Damage is done to MP rather than HP.- Drain damage: 10% of damage is done is drained by the caster/ user.- Ignore status def: Will inflict statuses, even if enemy is immune.- Drain HP/MP: Will drain both HP and a little MP.- Reflectable: Attack can be reflected.- Miss if alive: Most attacks can't hit the dead. Life / Life2 have 'Miss if alive', which ensures the opposite: it hits the KOed, but not the living.- Ignore Def: Piercing, i.e. ignores Vitality / Spirit.- No retarget: If the target becomes unhittable between being selected and being cast (ie if Tifa was killed before you get to cast Cure on her), 'no retarget' prevents the usual retargetting of another valid entity.- Critical: Hits are always critical. Omnislash has this.- Force phys: Unused flag that forces attacks to be considered as physical, even if magical.**************Restore Type:**************If your attack restores HP, MP or status, you should set 'Restore Type'accordingly, though it doesn't really seem to matter.*********MP Cost:*********It's the move's MP cost.************************************************************************3. Opening/Saving/Selecting Limits************************************************************************When Libre starts, you'll have a file dialog appear that allowsyou to select a LIMITMENU.MNU file to work on. If you cancel,you can still load up a new one, but it won't work untilyou select a file.You can select the limit you want to work on with the drop-down menubox at the top of the Window. If you switch limits,then switch back, your changes will still be in memory.To save, select, uh, save. You need to select a LIMITMENU.MNUfile to apply changes to. You don't have to save to the .MNU youloaded, but you DO have to save to a pre-existing file. Librecan't build a .MNU from scratch.At the moment, 'Load FF7.exe' does nothing. Expect this tochange in the next release.WARNING: ALWAYS BACKUP THE FILES YOU ARE WORKING ON.I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DATA LOSS, BE IT DOWN TO YOUOR THE PROGRAM. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.NOTE: The 'ALT' limit breaks are the secondary parts of Cloud'sFinishing Touch and Vincent's Satan Slam. Both are actually linkedpairs of attacks.************************************4. The Help Menu************************************'Help' just brings up this file. 'About' tells you a little aboutthe program. There's not much else to this : /**********************************************************5. Bug Reports and Feedback**********************************************************Being in 0.1 version, Libre's still a very young program. And bugshappen, even in the simplest of programs. Thankfully, you cancontact me and I can clean up any errors. You can either send mea PM / reply to the LIBRE thread on QHIMM, or send me an email at[email protected]I will answer and respond to emails at my own discretion. Mails intxt spk or peppered with abusive language get deleted right away.That said, I DO check my email, so DON'T BE PUT OFF if you noticea bug. Make sure 'Libre' is in the topic, and include the following: - Your Operating System (XP, 7, Ubuntu, Arch, OS X Snow Leopard, etc) - Your Service Pack (Windows users) and Window Manager (Linuxers) - How you are running Libre (as EXE? Through WINE? as PY script?) - What happened, and what you had been doing beforehand - Did you cancel any operations? - Versions of Python, WxPython etc. used if appropriate******************************************************************************************6. The Small Print: Copyright and Disclaimer******************************************************************************************FIRSTLY:I TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE EFFECTS OF LIBRE ON YOUR COMPUTER.YOU USE THE APPLICATION AT YOUR OWN RISK. IF YOU DO NOT BACKUP FILESTHAT YOU WORK ON, THAT IS YOUR OWN PROBLEM. BY USING THIS PROGRAM,YOU ACCEPT THIS.Copyright etc.:Even though the source is available to view, I still have copyright onthis program. You cannot distribute it without my permission, though youcan modify it for your own use. That said, if you have any suggested changeseither to features or to the code itself, please do email me at the addressabove.
Where is the limitmenu.mnu ?I searched into FF7 instalation disk or disk 1, 2 or 3, and I don't find it
it does say "Upcoming PC version support" in the features list.
Oh, and another thing. Limits that are stored in the KERNEL.BIN probably trump Limit Break attacks in the LIMITMENU.MNU, so you will likely need Wallmarket to edit them all. I need to confirm this.
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Obviously I'm talking about backing up your genealogical data. That's a no-brainer.
But what about your blog?
Sh-t happens, as evidenced by the recent data-loss-then-found-almost situation experienced by T-Mobile Sidekick users. What was supposed to be a very safe and secure place for your favorite and irreplaceable images and other such minor stuff, was suddenly a black hole.
What if something like that happened to your blog? Big as Google is, they are not immune to disaster. Sh-t happens, just ask T-Mobile…
You also need to backup your blog on a regular basis.
I use WordPress as my blogging platform, and operate it from my self-hosted site. When I decided to go the self-hosted route, I did my homework. I researched a lot of hosting companies and chose the one that seemed best for me. Stability, security, longevity, customer-friendly, etc. I feel pretty good about my choice and have been very pleased with the service so far.
But my hosting company could crash and burn tomorrow, along with my blog.
One of the things that I like about self-hosted WordPress is the availability of plugins to enhance a blog. There are plugins out there for every need.
The plugin that I use to automatically back-up my blog is WordPress database backup. Extremely simple to install, activate and set up a schedule for automatic backups. These backups can be downloaded to your hard drive, saved to your server or… sent to your email.
How much more convenient can it get? I set up my blog to be backed up and sent to my GMail every Friday, where I set up a folder to hold the backups.
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Casper's Super Garage Sale A Roaring Success [PHOTOS]
We all love a good garage sale. Where else can you a hammer, a necklace, bbq sauce, and David Bowie's autobiography in one place? I, myself bought a bunch of Cher records and old Pepsi bottles. It was a good day. Need proof? Check out these pictures from the event, and make sure that you don't miss Casper's next Super Garage Sale.


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The ultimate makeover: Fish pie
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- kcal413
- fat15g
- saturates4g
- carbs30g
- sugars7g
- fibre2g
- protein42g
- salt1.42g
- 500ml semi-skimmed milk
- 3 tbsp cornflour
- 100g cooked prawns in their shells
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- several thyme sprigs, preferably lemon thyme
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- 2 bay leaves
- 1 garlic clove, thinly sliced
- 750g new potatoes, such as Charlotte (no need to peel)
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New potatoes have thin, wispy skins and a crisp, waxy texture. They are young potatoes and…
- 1 medium leek, thinly sliced (175g prepared weight)
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- 400g skinned haddock fillet
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- 125g tub low-fat soft cheese with garlic & herbs
- 2 tbsp finely chopped parsley
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- 2 tbsp olive oil
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- 2 tbsp snipped chives
Mix 3 tbsp of the milk into the cornflour and set aside. Pour the rest of the milk into a saucepan. Shell the prawns, reserve the meat, then drop the shells and heads (wash them first if necessary) into the milk along with the thyme sprigs, bay leaves, garlic and a grind of pepper. Bring to a boil, then remove from the heat and leave to infuse for 20 mins.
Meanwhile, put the potatoes into a large pan of water, bring to the boil and simmer for 20 mins until tender. Drain. Steam the sliced leek for 3 mins, then remove from the heat and set aside.
Strain the infused milk through a sieve into a large shallow sauté pan. Lay all the fish fillets (not the prawns) in the milk. Bring to a boil, then lower the heat and simmer gently for 3 mins. Remove from the heat and leave, covered, for 5 mins. Use a slotted spoon to transfer all the fish to a dish and leave to cool slightly. Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6.
Stir the slackened cornflour, then stir it into the hot milk in the sauté pan. Return the pan to the heat and stir until thickened. Briefly stir in the soft cheese, remove from the heat, then add the parsley and season with black pepper. Stir in any liquid that has drained from the fish. Break the fish into big pieces as you lay them in a 2-litre ovenproof dish so that the different varieties are evenly distributed. Scatter over the prawns and leek, then season with pepper. Pour the sauce over and give a few gentle stirs to evenly distribute the sauce and combine everything without breaking up the fish.
Using a large fork, crush the potatoes by breaking them up (not mashing them) into chunky pieces. Mix in the oil, chives and a grind of black pepper. Spoon the potato crush over the fish. Sit the dish on a baking sheet and bake for 25-30 mins, or until the sauce is bubbling and the potatoes golden. Alternatively, make the dish completely, refrigerate it for several hrs or overnight, then bake at the same temperature as above for 45 mins.


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Moll Anderson's new book Seductive Tables for Two is filled with decorating ideas, tips and recipes perfect for Valentine's Day or any day. Moll encourages you to think outside the box and get creative for the one you love, think "Sushi Sensation" or "Seductive Picnic." Moll wants her readers to have a sexy, fun and exciting relationship and it all starts by simply creating memorable meals with your partner around a table for two!
The book's recipes are all designed for two and include: Pleasure Parfaits, Gimmie S'more Lovin', Layers of Love Salads, Hot & Flirty Pasta, Baby Cakes and more. She also shares her list of seductive foods & spices and her table wardrobe.
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Here's a project I finished weeks ago (but was waiting to be blocked): the New Dawn jumper from Inside Crochet issue 51. For once I used the yarn the pattern called for, Sirdar Snuggly Baby Bamboo DK, although I used Deckster Blue instead of the Tangy orange colour in the magazine.
It's taken a while for me to post pictures because it needed some fairly serious blocking to open up the stitches and add a few inches so it wasn't skin tight!
Here's a picture I took on my phone before blocking.
It looks quite different, doesn't it? If I was slimmer I probably wouldn't have bothered about the blocking, but I suspect it might have stretched out with washing anyway, so better to get it to the right dimensions in a controlled way than have it just sag later!
Blocking has really brought out the lacy pattern formed by a simple six row repeat.
The garment construction was very simple too, just two identical T shaped pieces sewn together with some edging added after. I might have to have a go at designing my own pattern for a T shaped top. Hmmm….
I ummed and ahhed over the best way to sew the seams on the top of the sleeves, but ultimately I realised that it was going to be very visible whatever I did, so I just went with what would sit fairly flat and feel comfortable. (I think it was mattress stitch). It's made quite a visible ridge down the sleeve, but I like it!
I haven't actually worn this top yet. Honestly I just like looking at Dolly, my mannequin, modelling it for me in the corner of the living room. I'm a bit worried that it will get snagged on something!
I've been quite lazy with my blog for the last few weeks, but I've heaps of stuff to show you, so hopefully my posts won't be so few and far between!
Somehow I've now got just over 100 followers! I'd always planned to do something to celebrate the milestone, but now I've reached it I'm not sure what to do. Maybe a giveaway? I'd love to know what you all think, all 102 of you!
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I have nothing against golf. It's a great sport.
On the other hand I generally DESPISE the people who play golf. I don't know about you, but the only place I know of where you can still openly hear men making ethnic and racist jokes is the country club. I'm talking full-on slurs of women and minorities.
Country clubs are the last bastian of racism in America. Therefore people who grow up in that atmosphere are oblivious to the social norms of most others. They think nothing of slurring minorities and women. Not only do country club members do it on a regular basis but they THINK in those terms. Country clubs are inherently racist. That's why when a guy like Fuzzy Zoeller looks at Tiger Woods he doesn't see a great golfer. He automatically thinks of "fried chicken and collard greens."
In the past PGA golfers or announcers have publicly slurred African Americans, women, gays, Asians, American Indians, and the handicapped among others. Golf announcers don't even have a problem using the term "lynching" when referring to Tiger Woods.
Now you can add Italians to the list of ethnic groups slurred by PGA announcers. Awful Announcing reports that NBC announcer Johnny Miller has been forced to apologize "for comments that appeared to reflect negatively on the Italian heritage" of golfer Rocco Mediate.
During NBC's U.S. Open coverage, Miller referred to Mediate as "a pool guy" and said, "guys with the name of Rocco don't get on the trophy, do they?"
The apology was the result of a letter written to NBC by the head of the National Italian American Foundation. He wrote,
"We are certain that NBC and Mr. Miller meant no harm and was simply having some fun at the expense of Italian Americans. Nonetheless, this type of humor is problematic as it reinforces a demeaning and damaging stereotype about an entire ethnic group."
A golf announcer using demeaning ethnic stereotypes?
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Since November 2007, six meteorites have hit Radivoje Lajic's home in Gornji Lajici, Bosnia. The meteorites always careen into his home whenever it is raining. Lajici's explanation? Angry aliens are bombarding him for some unknown slight.
Lajic spoke to The Telegraph about his run-ins with cosmic vandals:
I am obviously being targeted by extraterrestrials [...] I don't know what I have done to annoy them but there is no other explanation that makes sense [...] The chance of being hit by a meteorite is so small that getting hit six times has to be deliberate [...] They are playing games with me. I don't know why they are doing this. When it rains I can't sleep for worrying about another strike.
To purchase a steel girder to reinforce his home, Lajic sold one of the meteorites to a Dutch university. We can't expect alien mores and intentions to perfectly mirror those of humans, so maybe Lajic unwittingly won some sort of intergalactic lottery or something. Perhaps the meteorites are prize money that beneficent aliens keep shucking at his house.
The whole situation brings to mind this classic Venture Brothers moment. Oh, the mysteries of the universe.
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2 Ch, 15 GHz Sampling Oscilloscope
Key specifications
- 15 TS/s (64 fs) sequential sampling
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PicoScope 9300 Series sampling oscilloscopes use triggered sequential sampling to capture high-bandwidth repetitive or clock-derived signals without the expense or jitter of a very high-speed clocked sampling system such as a real-time oscilloscope. 25 GHz bandwidth allows measurement of 14 ps transitions, and low sampling jitter enables timing resolution down to 0.064 ps. Sequential sampling rate of 1 MS/s, unsurpassed by other sampling oscilloscopes, enables rapid building of waveforms, eye diagrams and histograms.
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Everything you need is built into the oscilloscope, with no expensive hardware or software add-ons to worry about. Alternatively, you can use your PicoScope 9300 with a stand-alone PG900 TDR/TDT differential fast pulse generator to gain the extra versatility and configurability of independent high-performance source and measurement instruments.
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TETRIX FTC Samostat
From ROBOTC API Guide
TETRIX → TETRIX FTC Samostat
|The sample "Samostat" program can be used to check the connection status of a Samantha Module connected to an NXT brick. The program works by constantly checking the Samantha module for connection status. When the module gets connected to a network, the NXT brick will display the network information on its LCD screen.
|To use the Samostat program, you first need to configure the Samantha Module for use with your NXT and network. Samostat is a sample program under the 'Samantha Module' folder so it can be found by navigating to 'File->Open Sample Program'.
|Once the program is opened, it needs to be compiled, downloaded, and ran on the NXT. It will then automatically start to search for the network via the Samantha Module. During this time, the NXT will display "Acquiring". Once it finds the network the module is set up for, the screen will display relevant information including an IP address.
|The IP address displayed can then be entered into a web browser that is connected to the same network in order to display more detailed network information.