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Tuesday, February 25, 2014
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These are wonderful!! Such a great kit:):)ReplyDelete
Those papers look so pretty! LOVE the pastels and as always awesome photos.ReplyDelete
super fun pages!!! LOVE the punches on the top page and fun pic and misting on the bottom one!!!ReplyDelete
Beautiful pages! That photo of your dog meeting his new friend is so cute! And Brookie knows how to give you "the look"!!!ReplyDelete
Hello!! I was really worried about that dog until I read more. Scary!! I hope you are well. I need a catch up here, off for a read : ) xxxReplyDelete
These are both lovely....my FAVEST bit is those hearts....just totally, totally DIVINE.... Loooove em!!!!ReplyDelete
Very nice. They both crack me up!ReplyDelete
Oooo, aaah, I just want to reach out and touch those project. Lovely with just great depth. Really, lovely!!ReplyDelete
I love that kit! You've made again wonderful pages!! The papers are so cute!!ReplyDelete
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A layout with furry friends. I love it!!ReplyDelete
So soft and pretty! Love all of the stars on the first page!ReplyDelete
i love the hearts and stars on that first page - pretty!ReplyDelete
Wonderful lo's! I really love all the stars and hearts on the first and the way you used the strip from the stars on the second. Fabulous pages!ReplyDelete
I love these both so much! Loving the dimension on the hearts and stars too!ReplyDelete
Awesome job! This looks like a really great kit to have worked with.ReplyDelete
What incredible layouts!ReplyDelete
I love the soft colors of the kit and I love the pages you made with it.ReplyDelete
both layouts are gorgeous! love the hearts and stars :)ReplyDelete
LOVE the floating hearts covered with word strips! such a great feel!ReplyDelete
I love what your creating with this kit Julie. Such fun layouts. I love the "fake dog" story!! Too funny.ReplyDelete
Love the hearts and stars Julie, especially the strip with the negative stars on the 2nd layout. Lovely work as usual friend xxReplyDelete
I love both of these! Such pretty patterned papers and colors. Love the hearts! That photo of Mr. Dandy cracks me up! Too cute!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 25, 2014 at 12:34 PM
SO cute!!! I love the 1st one with all the hearts and stars popping off the page, both are great!!ReplyDelete
Awwww this is so sweet! Love the hearts!ReplyDelete
I LOVE that star page. You are so talented- The Preppy StudentReplyDelete
These are great, Julie! I love the pop ups that are the same tone!ReplyDelete
They are both beautiful! I love that paper!ReplyDelete
Awesome pages! I love how you embellished the hearts with word stickers on the first layout. Thanks for the inspiration! :)ReplyDelete
Awwwww these are great!!!ReplyDelete
Wonderful layouts!!! Love the ombre look of the top one!!ReplyDelete
Those pastel layout colors really enhance those photos. It makes them "pop"! I love that! Beautiful work, Julie!ReplyDelete
Such cute pages, Julie!!ReplyDelete
What a super lay out. Don't I just say that every time I am here? Have a great dayReplyDelete
Beautiful and gorgeous layouts.ReplyDelete
Great layouts! Really love the top one with the floating hearts and word strips. Photo is cute, too!ReplyDelete
These are so very pretty!!! Really loving the popped hearts and stars on the first one!!ReplyDelete
What a great surprise hearing from you, thank you for saying hello!!! How have you been?!!! I see you are still the scrapbook queen!!!! Very cool! I fell away from blogger for a looooong time, just recently back... but it's really good to see your beautiful work again and catch up a little here on your precious family. I can't believe how Brookie has grown!! She's still a little doll. Xo
OMGosh, I LOVE what you did with the hearts! What gorgeous layouts, my friend!ReplyDelete
Great layouts! Love all the hearts and stars on that first one.ReplyDelete
AWESOME layout Julie...Love it!!!ReplyDelete
GREAT creations! The dog photo made me LOL!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 27, 2014 at 2:14 PM
On the top layout I love your use of pop dots on the stars and that paper that you used for the background is great. I'm not sure what it is that I about the 2nd one that I like so much, but I know I like it. It's so much fun and the papers match perfectly together.ReplyDelete
Ohhhh these are just fabulous!! Again, love the hearts! how clever to insert those texts!!! and what a fun jail photo of Brookie!!ReplyDelete
Love this! The shapes popped up add so much interest to your wonderful page.ReplyDelete
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Each year, schools across Alberta prepare School Education Plans that outline school goals and their improvement plan. The goals are determined using a variety of data and feedback that is collected by the school and by the province through the Accountability Surveys and Provincial Achievement Tests. The School Plan is a working document that is reviewed and updated regularly throughout the year.
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Want a dose of holiday cheer but don't feel like body-checking dawdling tourists in Midtown. Visit Dyker Heights for some Christmas lights….that's in Brooklyn by the way. [The Brooklyn Paper]
Crime rates are down, but Brooklyn residents report more robberies. They must not have gotten the memo. [NY Times]
A ferry ride and a language barrier. Did Manhattanites need another reason not to visit Staten Island? [NY Times]
Explore the mansion land of the 'FifthAvenoodles,' aka the Upper East Side. [NY Times]
Bahumbug! Four tips (no pun intended) for those not in the spirit of giving. [The Street]
A shipping container that expands into a prefab house on the top floor of the Time Warner Center: Disaster relief or the perfect holiday gift? [Gridskipper]
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"Apparently, I have a totally different sense of humour."
"But for every hour and a half on stage, you have a five hour long bus ride, waiting for five hours at the airport, five hours of interviews... I know, it's part of the job, but that doesn't imply I have to like it."
"I don't enjoy British shows as a rule because British audiences are strange."
"I don't like doing gigs. We're pretty good at it, but it takes too much time and energy. Time and energy I'd rather spend on other things."
"I don't trawl record shops anymore. I usually hear music in bars or at friends' houses."
"I don't want people to come and see our gig because of the magnificent things I'm doing with my hips, but it's their evening, you know. They have to have fun. I'm a little bit naive."
"I still like being in North of England and I keep a place there. But there are a lot of things about the Continent that are to be preferred. The social institutions work better, women have a better position in society and the food is another thing."
"I think that's one reason why football is so popular again - it's a game which the citizen can focus on, where the rules are defined."
"I'm not sure it pays to do anything remotely public in Britain. It's such a spiteful society. People seem to enjoy making your life hard for the sake of it."
"I've been in Hamburg for about ten years and I just feel at home."
"I've never got on with the British press because they've always given me such a hard time. Once they build a band up they just want to do people down. They shouldn't concentrate on the colour of someone's shirt they should listen to the music."
"In the beginning, everybody that gets to work with me, thinks I'm nice. But three weeks later, they hear a bell ringing. Then they realise I meant everything I said during that first week. It's not my fault people are not taking me serious from the first moment."


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Girls tennis: Lions top Gaelettes
Foran High's girls tennis team won a 6-1 match from visiting Shelton on Thursday.
Singles: Grace Hiza (F) def. Nell Komorowski 6-0, 6-1; Kyra Johnson (F) def. Jess Weis 7-6 (7-0), 6-0; Sarah Lockwood (F) def. Sarah Gloria 6-2, 6-0; Arshia Puri (F) def. Nadine Sayoufi 6-1, 6-1.
Doubles: Elise Wardell- Katie Usanrica (S) def. Natalie Hubler-Izzy Connelly 4-6, 6-2, 6-2; Julia Harrington-Zoe Eichner (F) def. Eunice Kim- Jessica Jayaka 6-1, 7-5; Eleanor Noyes-Meghan Stokes (F) def. Savmya Shah-Deloshene Sittambalam 9-7.


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Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Ideal Home and Garden feature!
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I am so excited for you Anita!!! What an honour to be featured in a Magazine. Congratulations. Well done you :-)ReplyDelete
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How excited you must be Anita!! This is just wonderful. Love it all!!ReplyDelete
Love it! The photo is really beautiful with the pink and blue combined. I remember using those black rotary phones when I was a kid. If you made a mistake on the last number, you had to start all over again.ReplyDelete
congratulations!!!! well deserved.ReplyDelete
Oh Anita...I am just so tickled that this article was about you!!! Congratulations to you...YaY, YaY, YaY!!!ReplyDelete
How exciting. Congratulations. I have always thought your home and things needed to be in a magazine. I love how you create and the story behind them.ReplyDelete
Anita! This is so fabulous! I'm so proud for you and of you! You are a wonderful one for cherishing all of the treasures of the past.ReplyDelete
be a sweetie,
Shelia ;)
Hi Anita. I actually found your blog because of this feature earlier this month and subscribed immediately. Have been reading keenly since. :)ReplyDelete
All the features were beautiful, but I found all the contributions by you to be especially so. You have lovely taste and a wonderful collection of things. :)
Congratulations Anita!! You have a beautiful blog, and work so hard on your home and your collectibles...I love visiting here, and especially imagine myself on a porch just like yours!ReplyDelete
Congratulations. A well deserved honor.ReplyDelete


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The brutal lynching of two young black men in Marion, Indiana, on August 7, 1930, cast a shadow over the town that still lingers. It is only one event in the long and complicated history of race relations in Marion, a history much ignored and considered by many to be best forgotten. But the lynching cannot be forgotten. It is too much a part of the fabric of Marion, too much ingrained even now in the minds of those who live there. In Our Town journalist Cynthia Carr explores the issues of race, loyalty, and memory in America through the lens of a specific hate crime that occurred in Marion but could have happened anywhere.
Marion is our town, America's town, and its legacy is our legacy.
Like everyone in Marion, Carr knew the basic details of the lynching even as a child: three black men were arrested for attempted murder and rape, and two of them were hanged in the courthouse square, a fate the third miraculously escaped. Meeting James Cameron–the man who'd survived–led her to examine how the quiet Midwestern town she loved could harbor such dark secrets. Spurred by the realization that, like her, millions of white Americans are intimately connected to this hidden history, Carr began an investigation into the events of that night, racism in Marion, the presence of the Ku Klux Klan–past and present–in Indiana, and her own grandfather's involvement. She uncovered a pattern of white guilt and indifference, of black anger and fear that are the hallmark of race relations across the country.
In a sweeping narrative that takes her from the angry energy of a white supremacist rally to the peaceful fields of Weaver–once an all-black settlement neighboring Marion–in search of the good and the bad in the story of race in America, Carr returns to her roots to seek out the fascinating people and places that have shaped the town. Her intensely compelling account of the Marion lynching and of her own family's secrets offers a fresh examination of the complex legacy of whiteness in America. Part mystery, part history, part true crime saga, Our Town is a riveting read that lays bare a raw and little-chronicled facet of our national memory and provides a starting point toward reconciliation with the past.
On August 7, 1930, three black teenagers were dragged from their jail cells in Marion, Indiana, and beaten before a howling mob. Two of them were hanged; by fate the third escaped. A photo taken that night shows the bodies hanging from the tree but focuses on the faces in the crowd—some enraged, some laughing, and some subdued, perhaps already feeling the first pangs of regret.
Sixty-three years later, journalist Cynthia Carr began searching the photo for her grandfather's face.
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I appreciate rawness so much.
And I think I fall in love with anyone who shows me their soul. This world is so guarded and fearful so when I meet people who are vulnerable and honest, it inspires me on a whole other level.
In fact, it encourages me, to keep on speaking and sharing my truth here, even when I am afraid.
Because speaking your truth doesn't need fiction.
It just needs the raw kind of storytelling you do when you are confessing your story to your friend.
And I know that this may sound like a whole load of spiel but there's a point to this.
After church yesterday I had an argument with my mum because of something so ridiculous. She had said that I was 'narrow-minded' because I didn't agree with what she was saying.
To avoid conflict, I would usually go along with everything she'd say but in hindsight, I know that this wasn't the right thing to do because I was just postponing the inevitable. I made her believe all these years her truths were my truths but they weren't.
Truth is about how we feel and what is real for us. Truth is not about being right; it's about expressing what we think and feel in an authentic, vulnerable and transparent way.
When we let go of being "right" about our opinions and take responsibility for our experience, we can speak our truth from a much deeper and more authentic place. Speaking this deeper truth will not only liberate us but has the potential to make a difference for others while bringing us closer together.
The truth is, I am never going to become the person everyone tells me that I am.
I have tried and it genuinely doesn't work. Someone always ends up hurt and pissed off, and most times this person is me.
So speak your truth, you never know who else may need to hear it.
With all of that said, I have a great feeling that 2017 will be a year of openness, expansion, intention and simple living. I am looking forward to the blessings that will come during the next 12 months.
Ok, that's it for now, hopefully straight to the point.
Happy Monday.
Wow. that's a great and simple piece of insight. This reminds me of when I was in college. I would usually say that the only moment I will lie is when taking money from my parents. when I completed school, I saw that I was the one doing myself harm. I'm used yo saying the thing as blunt as they are abd I usually here people sayın I don't know how to say sweat words. I will reply, what will the sweat words do to me. Due to this I lost a lot of friends on the way but the thing is those worth it are still available. The truth is the only safe ground that one can stand. Cheers!!!
Thank you! Yeah i can relate to the bluntness, for me it's been about learning how to be blunt but in the most helpful way and also speaking my truth also involves me being honest to myself what i do/dont like and what it is i truly want, this has been the hardest journey! Thanks so much for sharing your story 🙂
Thank you…
Happy Monday to you too..
Thank you 🙂
The truth is my mom doesn't want me to marry a girl whom i truly love bcos she used to be a barmaid. The truth is i made her blve that aint seeing her no more ofwhich i lied. Help here Linda
oh wow that is a difficult scenario, I feel for you. Do you love her? What do you think you should do? I hope it works out. x
Yup i do love her. They say parents are always right thou i might chose to ignore that.
Hello Linda. it me again, aikins. this ain't a comment of this piece but rather a help that I want from you so I decided to post it here. You recently posted #LYCHEEREADS – THE LIFE-CHANGING MAGIC OF NOT GIVING A F**K book on your page. I've being searching for this book at where I am and not getting it. I'm in Ghana and don't know if you can be of help to me on it because I used that pic as my WhatsApp dp and see lot of my friends even asked me if I have that book coz the title is attractive. thanks for the help in advance.
Ok…not sure where you can get it from – Amazon?
Hello aikins I think I could help you but not really a hard copy of the book…
I really don't know if you Would appericiate that
Hello Nneka, thank you very much. Really appreciate your effort. Please let me know what you have in mind or perhaps we can talk privately. I'm aikins ampong on Facebook. we can the chat over there. Thanks once again.


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What's up Juggalos and Juggalettes?! This week on At least you tried we went to the Wild Wild West and found a Juggalo classic. Insane Clown Posse presents BIG MONEY RUSTLAS!
During this episode we learned that besides Black Alex we had another Juggalo on our team. Anthony came out the Juggalo closet and knew more characters of the Psychopathic family than any of us!
So join us on our review of this movie with a star stuffed cast. Like Ron Jeremy, Bridgette the Midget… wait those are pornstars. Uhh and Vanilla Ice… Ok maybe not that star stuffed.
So put on your face paint, get your hatchet, and enjoy a bottle of faygo and watch BIG MONEY RUSTLAS!
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I was feeling a country vibe as I saddled up the boys and headed out to CMAC on Saturday for the Willie Nelson show. After a bad winter, it finally seemed like a perfect night for an outdoor event. Concertgoers packed the venue and my sweet seat under the shell made me wonder if I could catch a contact buzz from the nearby stage.
Opening act Kacey Musgraves and her band got things going quickly. Musgraves is the new kid in town, a spunky Texan who is best known for hit single, "Merry Go 'Round." Her group's set-closer, an a cappella cover of the Dale Evans and Roy Rogers standard "Happy Trails" was a classy send-off after an impressive performance.
Alison Krauss and Union Station were up next and delighted the packed house with an acoustic set that made me feel like I was at The Grand Ole Opry. Krauss' pristine soprano could melt butter and her cover of The Foundations' "Baby, Now That I've Found You" along with co-lead vocalist Dan Tyminski's rendition of "Man of Constant Sorrow" showcased both ends of the group's continuum.
But, of course, this night was all about Willie Nelson and Family. Performing in front of a giant Texas flag, Nelson and company played to an adoring crowd that hung on to every word, every note. The Red Headed Stranger wore a red bandanna, dug into his extensive outlaw country catalogue and delivered numerous original hits, including "On The Road Again," as well as covers like Pearl Jam's "Just Breathe" as a duet with his guitarist son Lukas. Considering his age (81), Nelson looked and sounded well, proving that he hasn't let the years slow him down too much; his seven-piece band played it loose despite being among the tightest in country music. Tunes like "Mammas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys" and "Beer For My Horses" appeared to get the most response as many in the audience shouted out the choruses.
By the time Nelson rolled into his Hank Williams medley, some of the folks standing across the aisle were swaying like palm trees. The all-too-short set concluded with members of both opening bands joining Willie Nelson and Family for a grand finale. When the performers launched into gospel number "I Saw The Light," it was time to close out the evening.


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by Matt Slick
- "The LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him." (Genesis 2:18, NASB).
Mr. Vines says, "In Genesis 2:18, God says, 'It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.' And yes, the suitable helper or partner that God makes for Adam is Eve, a woman. And a woman is a suitable partner for the vast majority of men--for straight men. But for gay men, that isn't the case. For them, a woman is not a suitable partner. And in all of the ways that a woman is a suitable partner for straight men—for gay men, it's another gay man who is a suitable partner. And the same is true for lesbian women. For them, it is another lesbian woman who is a suitable partner."
Adam's sexual orientation is never an issue in the text, but Mr. Vines inserts his orientation so as to dismiss the obvious teaching about the male and female design in God's created order. Remember, homosexuality arose in the context of the Fall of man after sin entered the world. It is obviously not God's created purpose.
Furthermore, God stated who the suitable helper for Adam was to be--a woman. To say that a suitable partner for gay men is another gay man ignores the fact that God made a woman for a man. Mr. Vines replaces God's declaration with that of his own. God's design was for the male and female to produce offspring and obey His divine command to "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth." (Gen. 1:28). He created us for a reason. Homosexuality cannot fulfill that command and is a violation of the created order of God. Mr. Vines ignores this highly important command of God that occurs after he created male and female. How then is homosexuality to fulfill such a command? It cannot.
Mr. Vines says, "But the necessary consequence of the traditional teaching on homosexuality is that, even though gay people have suitable partners, they must reject them, and they must live alone for their whole lives, without a spouse or a family of their own . . . By holding to the traditional interpretation, we are now contradicting the Bible's own teachings: the Bible teaches that it is not good for the man to be forced to be alone, and yet now, we are teaching that it is."
If Mr. Vines wishes to discuss what a suitable partner is in the context of God's created order, then he should study what God says a suitable partner is in that same context. Obviously, God's suitable partner for a Adam was a woman. Adam was the only man. God made a woman for him. Mr. Vines has changed the meaning of the text to say that a suitable partner is not one based on gender as God has " . . . created them male and female." (Gen. 1:27). Rather, Matthew Vines focuses on an "orientation" that is in no way seen in the text. The verse has nothing to do with what Adam thinks he needs according to his orientation. Instead, it's based on what God says he needs. This is very important. Instead of focusing on God's design, Mr. Vines focuses on man's wants. Mr. Vines has altered the meaning of the text.
Furthermore, this is not an issue of "traditional interpretation" vs. "the Bible's own teachings." Mr. Vines mistakenly attempts to set a false dichotomy in place by which he then tries to invalidate what the Bible actually says. Mr. Vines merely proclaims that the traditional interpretation is wrong and tries to set it against what he says is "the Bible's own teaching." Really? He has not demonstrated that his particular interpretation is the the right one. Instead, he assumes that his interpretation of Scripture is correct in opposition to the Christian church throughout the centuries. This is not only problematic; it is a glaring error.
See Also
- Matthew Vines
- Matthew Vines, an Introduction
- Matthew Vines on Genesis 19 and Sodom and Gomorrah
- Matthew Vines on Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13 and Christians not being under the Law
- Matthew Vines on Romans 1:26-27
- Matthew Vines on 1 Corinthians 6:9-10
- Matthew Vines on 1 Timothy 1:10
- Response to Mr. Vines' conclusion on the Bible and homosexuality


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If you have been on social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and Reddit in the past few days, you might be aware of the Old Spice Man who has generated a rage on the internet with his videos.
The videos were a clever marketing strategy to leverage social media for a brand, and boy were they successful. If that was not enough, a new Old Spice Man voicemail generator has been released which can be customized to create a ringtone based on several options.
To generate Old Spice Man voicemail, head over to http://oldspicevoicemail.com/ and choose your personality, after that enter you number and select the options you want as your voicemail and click on the "Make me the Old Spice Man!" button to download your ringtone, pretty simple and easy right.
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There is no law in Canada against getting hammered.
But it's certainly a criminal offence to, say, drive a vehicle while impaired by either alcohol or drugs, with penalties depending on harm caused.
The individual is responsible for what he or she puts in his or her body and the judgment — or lack of judgment — in getting behind the wheel.
Boozed up or drugged up or boozed-and-drugged-up via self-induced extreme intoxication — to the point of "voluntary automatism" — and committing sexual assault, well, that's a potentially exculpating factor.
Didn't know what I was doing.
So a woman's body, violated and damaged, is of lesser value than a crunched car, or the maimed or killed victims inside another vehicle that has been struck.
Doubtless bigger brains than mine — sharp legal minds — will counter that I've got it all wrong in the judicial details, the charter rights rigmarole.
Sharp legal minds will poke you in the common sense.
Bottom line: individuals accused of sexual assault in Ontario are once again allowed to use excessive intoxication as a defence against criminal charges. The legal proscription against it has, poof, been wiped from the books in this province.
A judge made that ruling a few weeks ago, kicking out the underpinnings of a federal law specifically crafted against the too-drunk defence, declaring it unconstitutional, a violation of the rights of the accused.
You have the right to get so plastered that the plastering part can be invoked as a legal buttress against conviction on sexual assault.
Ontario Superior Court Justice Nancy Spies, in a 30-page decision released Aug. 2, essentially undoes a 23-year-old piece of parliamentary legislation intended to bar the "self-induced intoxication" defence in cases that involved "an element of an assault."
That was the then-Liberal government's attempt at limiting a ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada from a year previously. In R. v. Daviault, the Supremes looked at the case of a 72-year-old chronic alcoholic who'd sexually assaulted a 65-year-old woman, dragging her from a wheelchair to her bed.
Under precedent stretching back to 16th century law in England, courts had commonly taken the view that drunkenness was not available as a defence negating mens rea — a guilty mind.
The 1994 Supreme Court ruling changed that, upholding Daviault's original trial acquittal; that he was too drunk to form the general intent to commit the crime, "while in a state of self-induced intoxication that renders the person unaware of, or incapable of consciously controlling their behaviour, voluntarily or involuntarily interferes or threatens to interfere with the bodily integrity of another person."
The court ruled that Daviault was so hammered that he didn't know what he was doing when he dragged that disabled woman into bed. Depriving him of the drunkenness defence would violate his charter rights.
The Supremes said sexual assault is not morally equivalent to being extremely drunk and "voluntary intoxication is not yet a crime." Noting, however, that successful use of this defence would be rare, citing studies from Australia and New Zealand.
Justice Peter Cory, writing for the majority: "In summary, I am of the view that to deny that even a very minimal mental element is required for sexual assaults offends the Charter in a manner that is so drastic and so contrary to the principles of fundamental justice that it cannot be justified under (Section) 1 of the Charter."
(Section 1 is also known as the reasonable limitations clause, allowing the government to legally limit an individual's charter rights.)
As later summarized in a Law Review paper, "Daviault held that extreme intoxication akin to automatism or insanity must be recognized as a defence — the Charter compels it!"
Advocacy groups were strongly opposed, arguing that blunting the drunk defence was vital to protect women and children from violence inflicted under inebriation.
There was such a backlash to the Supreme Court's ruling that justice minister Allan Rock introduced legislation — section 33.1 of the Criminal Code — limiting the drunken defence scope, in cases involving "an element of assault," despite warnings from the defence bar that the new law would trigger charter challenges. As indeed it has, in at least nine cases (with varying results) that were scrutinized for reference by Justice Spies. Crucially, none of those cases have been taken to the Court of Appeal level, which might provide more clarity.
So, about this specific case:
Spies' ruling came in support of Cameron McCaw, a Toronto man due to stand trial for sexual assault next month.
As Spies outlines the matter in her decision, McCaw wants to argue that he had so much alcohol on the night of the alleged incident, July 11, 2015, that he was unaware of his actions.
McCaw was at that time at an apartment with friends, including a former boyfriend of the alleged victim. The ex, the complainant — her name protected by a publication ban, so we'll refer to her as A.B. — and another man attended a pool party from about 5 p.m. to 11 p.m., at which much alcohol was consumed. Returning to the apartment, meeting up with McCaw, more alcohol was drunk. They went outside to smoke. At that point, A.B. said she was feeling extremely intoxicated — had to be carried back inside and was "deposited" on the couch in the living room, Spies writes. She passed out, fully clothed.
Meanwhile, the three men went to a nearby bar and had more drinks. The third man went home. McCaw and the ex-boyfriend returned to the apartment.
McCaw will apparently also allege that, on that night, he smoked marijuana and took GBD, the date rape drug.
"The essence of (A.B.'s) evidence of what followed is that after she passed out on the couch … she awoke to find Mr. McCaw touching her sexually and kissing her and then engaging in sexual intercourse with her," Spies writes. "Ms. (A.B) testified that she initially though that this person was her boyfriend and so she did not resist. She realized that this person was not her boyfriend when he said 'I'm going to c--- inside you. Ms. (A.B.) then saw that it was Mr. McCaw who was on top of her."
After McCaw moved off her, A.B. ran to her ex-boyfriend and they both soon after left the apartment. Last they saw of McCaw he was sitting in an arm chair, appeared to be sleeping, and was holding a pair of scissors.
A.B. reported the alleged sexual assault to police around 5 a.m. and McCaw was arrested shortly afterward, charged with sexual assault.
McCaw's lawyer, Eric Neubauer, filed an application seeking affirmation that Section 33.1 was not in effect in Ontario on the grounds that it violated the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. According to an affidavit McCaw filed with the court, he plans to testify he had sexual intercourse with A.B. but that he performed the sexual acts without having intended to do so, "so as to cast doubt on the voluntariness of his actions," Spies writes.
In her decision finding the federal law's prevention of the excessive intoxication argument as unconstitutional, Spies characterizes that law as relieving the prosecution of having to show than an accused voluntarily committed a sexual assault. That violates a defendant's right to be presumed innocent and the right to fundamental justice. In fact, that law has been found invalid before, twice.
Spies further downplayed the argument that the law was essential to protect women and children from violence.
"Section 33.1's objective … is not sufficiently pressing and substantial to justify the great damage it does to fair trial interests," she writes.
It is "of no force and effect in Ontario".
McCaw's judge-alone trial is scheduled for Sept. 12.


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Missing baby Lana-Mai found safe: Father arrested in Walsall
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A nine-week-old girl, allegedly taken from her home in the West Midlands, has been found "safe and well".
The child's father, Stuart Adams, 30, was detained in Pleck, Walsall, on suspicion of assault, police said.
Officers searching for Lana-Mai found her after she went missing from her home in Prince Street, Walsall, at about 02:20 GMT.
Earlier, police issued an appeal to find Mr Adams and said they were "very concerned" for Lana-Mai's welfare.
They said she was taken to hospital to be checked over, but appeared to be well.


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We the Parishioners of St. Mary's of Assumption Parish, Bronson, acknowledge the mission of Christ on earth and know that our aim is to have God working through us. As a Christian community, we respond to the call of Jesus Christ to love each other as Jesus loves us and to celebrate the Eucharist, so as to be strengthened to accept the responsibility to serve rather than be served. Together we are committed to the spiritual, physical and educational welfare of those of our parish family and beyond.
Please call the Rectory (369-2120) and make arrangements at least six months in advance. Marriage Instructions given by Fr. Richard Fritz. Marriage Instructions are the first three Mondays of February at 7:00 pm in the school. It is required for all couples planning to marry during the year to attend. Marriage Discovery Weekend is also a requirement for anyone to be married at St. Mary's Assumption Church.
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Early Specialization Vs. Playing Multiple Sports
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Recently we wrote an article for Cleat Geeks on whether young athletes should specialize in one sport or play multiple sports when they're growing up.
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Our article featured Alabama Head Softball Coach Patrick Murphy as well as Georgia Pitching Coach Fred Corral, and we would like to thank both of them very much for speaking with Baseball Brains for the article.
The article can be found here, and it's very well worth a read if you have a minute.
The debate about early specialization versus multiple sports participation is a common one, and it's becoming more and more prevalent with the increasing number of clubs and travel teams around the country. What draws many kids and families to the 'club scene' is the promise of good coaching, exposure to high level coaches and recruiters, and better competition.
It's true that specializing in one area and joining teams which allow for much of the above can benefit a young athlete in the short term. It's more than just tempting, it is truly beneficial in some of those ways and others. The true question then becomes, how does early specialization for an athlete effect them long term? How does it effect their skills, their sports involvement, their social life, their life skills, and many other aspects that must be examined when we explore these issues.
That is was we took a look at in the article, how does early specialization effect long term development and skill acquisition of a young athlete?
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3D printing production is still in its infancy, but it is already inevitable.
3D printing production is just scratching the surface of the multi-trillion dollar global manufacturing industry. But its dominance is already pre-determined.
This is because modern manufacturing, despite numerous technological and process advances over the last century, is still a very inefficient global system.
Today's world of mass production is based on one simple rule: the more things you make, the lower the cost of each of those things. We have literally pushed this equation to its extreme limits.
This approach was dramatically accelerated by Henry Ford, arguably the most impactful character in the industrial revolution. For starters, Ford proved out the model of mass production.
He wasn't the first to create the assembly line, but he was the first of his time to perfect it. He built massive factories, and greatly standardized his product and processes. He once famously stated, "Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants, so long as it is black."
The quote may be familiar, but do you know why only black? It wasn't due to Ford's forward-thinking design sense, but rather because black was the only color that could dry fast enough to keep up with his assembly lines.
By 1915 he had reduced the time it took to build an automobile by 90%. By 1916, an astounding 55% of the automobiles on the road in America were Model Ts.
Ford mastered mass production and created the world's first mass consumer product. But there is another reason why Ford is such an important figure historically. Henry Ford literally punctuated the industrial revolution.
" What if mass production is not the end of this story, but rather just a stop along the way to something completely different? "
But what if that's wrong? What if mass production is not the end of this story, but rather just a stop along the way to something completely different? What if a technology came along that could turn everything upside down all over again?
[Also on Longitudes: 3D Printing is About to Change the World Forever]
3D printing is a technology that allows you to create things differently, from the ground up, layer by layer until you have a fully formed 3 dimensional object.
Just like you now send a computer file of a document to a printer in your home or office, you can now send a computer file of an object to a 3D printer, and out comes that physical object.
Eventually, you will be able to print almost anything you can imagine.
Now here's where things get interesting.
With 3D printing, costs are not tied to the number of units produced, so you are not penalized for producing in small quantities. In the chart below, you see that the line for 3D printing is flat. Would you like to produce only the items needed this month? No problem.
How about ten of the exact same object, but produced in ten different locations simultaneously around the world, closest to your customers? Done. Need to customize every single object for every single consumer? 3D printing allows for unlimited flexibility and customization at no additional cost per unit.
Now, since its introduction 20 years ago, the cost of 3D printing production has been quite high relative to conventional scale manufacturing, but costs have been dropping while quality has risen sharply.
The darker blue line represents approximately where we are today, just scratching the surface. But the blue triangle represents the future that leaders around the world are seeing. 3D printing production is still in its infancy, but it is already inevitable.
At the same cost and quality, companies will always choose the flexibility of 3D printing over mass production. At the same cost and quality, 3D printing irreversibly overtakes conventional manufacturing as the preferred method of production. And that, my friends, changes everything.
"Eventually, you will be able to print almost anything you can imagine. "
In addition, unlike conventional manufacturing, where added complexity dramatically increases per unit costs – with 3D printing production it does not.
In fact, with 3D printing you are now actually able to create complex geometries that can be manufactured in no other way (examples include the new GE jet engine parts highlighted in the previous article).
[Also on Longitudes: The Future of Tech]
The point of highlighting the advantages of flexible production size is simple: based on this advantage alone, at the same cost and quality as conventional manufacturing, 3D printing has already won.
"3D printing production is still in its infancy, but it is already inevitable. "
In the next article in this series, I will describe in some detail the many applications of 3D printing production that are already in use today and delivering results to the bottom line. The limits of where this technology may take us will be examined in the fourth.
3D printing production is still in its infancy, but it is already inevitable. The industrial revolution is NOT the end of the story. But do not think that you can simply sit on the sidelines and watch. The most disruptive innovations do not ask for your permission. But they do demand your participation.
This article first appeared on Forbes and was republished with the permission of the author. This article is part two in a four-part series. Disclosure: The UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund (SEF) has invested in Fast Radius LLC.
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"Governments and central banks have to take out the catastrophic risk from markets," US Secretary of Treasury Timothy Geithner said recently on the sidelines of a meeting of euro zone finance ministers in Wroclaw, Poland.
The euro crisis is now at a dangerous turn.
While it is difficult to forecast the future of the zone, it is possible to list the conditions that are required for the sustained solvency of Greece and the euro zone overall.
Focusing on any one aspect of the list will not suffice; each and all challenges must be overcome.
· Short-term fiscal support, back-load austerity
Until recently, most euro economies have engaged in severe front-load austerity measures and promises of long-term fiscal support. Instead, the euro economies should engage in short-term fiscal support, in order to support nascent recovery, and credible, long-term back-load austerity, in order to sustain growth.
· Monetary easing
After three years of effective global crisis, the traditional instruments of monetary policy have been exhausted. The simple reality is that the European Central Bank (ECB), along with the Fed and Japan's central bank, are now stepping in the footprints of Japan. Not so long ago, ECB chief Jean-Claude Trichet sought to hike the rates, which was precisely the wrong thing to do. In contrast, appropriate monetary easing remains vital, especially to provide credit easing for small and medium-size enterprises which are vital to employment.
· Restructure sovereign debt
For almost two years, the euro zone leaders in Brussels and the ECB refused to talk about the restructuring of Greek debt and the euro bonds. Moreover, the recent decision to permit a restructuring of Greek debt with a modest haircut for private creditors is inadequate. What Greece needs is probably a 40%-50%net present value debt reduction. An orderly, managed restructuring is unavoidable. Neither can Portugal or Ireland escape substantial haircuts.
· Provision of effective liquidity
In the euro zone, liquidity support is vital for many euro nations. Even the proposed changes to the stability facility (EFSF) will not be enough, as Geithner suggested in Wroclaw. The current EUR 440 billion will not deter runs on Italy or Spain. On the other hand, even if the EFSF were to be doubled or tripled, that will not save the "too big to fail" major economies in the euro zone. Still, the strengthening of the EFSF resources are a first step to the creation of the euro bonds, which can fortify the euro markets – but only in the long term.
· Recapitalizing banks and cleaning ECB
Despite two rounds of not-so-stressful stress tests, banks remain vulnerable in the euro zone, as indicated by Moody's downgrading of Société Générale (SocGen) and Crédit Agricole, two of France's largest banks, due to their exposure to Greek sovereign debt. The EZ/IMF projections of the euro banks' capital needs ignore the massive losses that these banks would accrue from debt restructurings. Furthermore, since the onset of the global crisis, the ECB has embraced trillions of dollars of questionable debt. These toxic debts must still be defused.
· Support productivity and competitiveness via structural reforms
Even if the G-7 nations can overcome their debt challenges, they cannot maintain their level of development without sustained growth. In the pre-crisis era, productivity growth eroded in most euro zone nations. In order to sustain their competitive strengths, these nations need to engage in pro-growth policies, strengthen their competitiveness and fortify their innovation capacity.
The common denominator of all these points is the impending political decision that all euro economies, particularly the current debtors, can no longer avoid. They must decide whether the euro zone will comprise a few deeply integrated economies, or many loosely integrated economies. This political decision will determine their approach to the outlined economic challenges.
Dan Steinbock is research director of international business at India China and America Institute (USA), visiting fellow at Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (China) and in the EU-Center (Singapore).


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We didn't get the news we wanted from ToledoTel or CenturyLink at the meeting on April 8th. We are moving to the next step. It is time for each of us to start filing complaints individually to the FCC. Mark Velasco has filed the first complaint and received a ticket number. He has a contact at the FCC who will be following the complaint and watching out for additional complaints from Winlock.
Filing a complaint against CenturyLink with the FCC is pretty straightforward. Click here for a link to the online form.
CenturyLink will be served with your complaint directly from the FCC. They are required by law to respond in writing and cc: the FCC with their response within 30 Days. The more complaints they receive, the more pressure it will put on CenturyLink. Please note, this is not a complaint to CenturyLink customer service. This will be handled by a special department within that company with regards to their potential violation of Federal laws, specifically the Open Internet Order of 2015.
When you fill out the complaint form, Mark's FCC contact suggested you choose "Open Internet" as the issue. You must provide the company name you're filing a complaint against and your account number. If you have screen grabs from SpeedTest.net, Testmy.net, etc. or any other images that you'd like to include, you can upload them with your complaint. Since this is a Violation of the Open Internet Order, our goal is to go after Transparency Issues. Key terminology is important. CenturyLink sold us service but didn't tell us about"overloaded lines" or "lines being over capacity" or "lack of bandwidth." Concentrate on speeds slower than promised. Complaints need to stay focused on Lack of Transparency. Here are some words/phrases that can be used. Feel free to add or edit:
- CenturyLink was not transparent about the ongoing major issues with their service
- CenturyLink was not transparent about the fact that they have no intention of upgrading service or providing service at or near their advertised packages
- They did not inform me speeds would not even be close to what I was paying for
- If I would have known there were so many issues with their service, I wouldn't have signed up or would rather wait until the issues are resolved.
- They never told me that having more devices on the connection would bog it down
- They never told me they "oversold" the bandwidth
- When I signed up, I was never informed that I wouldn't have enough speed to accomplish my work, or have the inability to download movies.
- I wasn't informed the lines were oversold and nobody else could sign up
If you need help, please reach out the internet group here in Winlock and we'll do what we can to help you.


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A drug recovery center is an institution that consists of a professional staff aimed at addressing, evaluating, and dealing with a patient's reliance on a drug and helping them overcome their addiction to live a drug-free life and develop positive attitudes. The patients also discover a part of themselves, and, with their newly acquired skills, are ready to tackle the world after they receive treatment.
A drug recovery center is a certified medical facility that is given the mandate to operate using medical laws and also use tailored, professional psychoanalytic methods to help determine and deal with an addict's problems. When one is trying to achieve sobriety and to get rid of addiction, they need a place where their needs can be met and their problems tackled effectively. Drug recovery centers have professionals who help patients regain their sobriety by using various treatment methods.
Drug recovery centers are available in various forms. There are inpatient centers, outpatient centers, and aftercare drug abuse programs that are all well equipped with the information and materials needed to help an addict get free of dependence to drugs. Here, all patients receive individual treatment where they are helped to deal with the factors that might have driven them to discovering drugs.
Once an individual is admitted to a drug recovery center, not only are they treated, but their families and those close to them are also given a few pointers on how to deal with drugs at that stage and methods they might use in case of the absence of a professional. They are also taught how to abstain from using any other forms of drugs than the ones the addict used.
The family members of the patient are given motivation and therapy to deal with the damage that the addict might have caused. A drug recovery center is designed specifically so as to heal the patient, end dependence on drugs, and to enable the patient to live free of them and to realize other skills they had and some that they never knew about.


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Years ago I was asked to evaluate a sales-training 'game'. The player sat in front of a screencast as a salesperson tasked with winning an order from a big corporate prospect. As the story unfolded the player was asked to make decisions from a multichoice selection and then given feedback. My evaluation was based on me being that player/salesperson.
The first decision required was 'Who to set up a client meeting with?'. The choices ran from MD, COO, Director of Buying, Purchasing Executive, or Purchasing Assistant. The answer was obvious – get in to see the top decision maker. I selected MD from the list. I waited. The game informed me that the MD's response to my request for a meeting was 'Go and talk to people at your own level and never bother me again'.
For negotiators hierarchy is important. There is the obvious issue of 'face' – senior people don't like negotiating with juniors – but it is also important that in the early stages the maximum amount of information is obtained by both sides so that priorities can be established, and expectations set. That is often more accessible from managers down the pecking order from a C Suite decision maker. In the end game, when compromises and concessions have to be agreed by both sides there should be an understanding that these will be staged over both time and hierarchy. More junior negotiators will run out of authority to make changes, so the negotiation is escalated upwards, perhaps several times, until eventually the 'gods' on each side meet, and terms are agreed.
Nothing controversial here, except for the problem of competence. A client once confided to me that his MD always stayed away from a negotiation until the end of the endgame, when he would be 'brought in' to make the final concessions and claim success. Except, said my contact, he was really bad at doing it, with a tendency to agree far more concessions than were necessary.
So the decision announced by the Prime Minister on Tuesday that she will henceforth lead the negotiations with the European Union is of some considerable importance. Consider the reasons she would make that decision now :
I think the Prime Minister has gone in much too early, and in doing so has revealed several weaknesses in the UK's negotiating position. Her announcement, once made, is irretrievable, She now needs to perform exceptionally well over the next few weeks. Because she is the top banana on our side of the negotiating table, and if she screws up we have Nowhere Left To Go.
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The Persistence of Emerging Market Equity Flows
The portfolio flows of institutional investors have been found to be highly persistent across countries and individual investment funds. This paper investigates the source of this persistence in emerging market equities. We employ the decomposition methodology of Froot and Tjornhom (2002), which decomposes the persistence of flows into four components: (i) own-country, own-fund persistence (which might arise from informed trading within each country by individual funds); (ii) own-country, cross-fund persistence (which might arise from asynchronicities across funds); (iii) cross-country, own-fund persistence (which might arise from asynchonicities within a fund) and (iv) cross-country, cross-fund persistence (which might arise from other reaction lags such as contagion across both countries and funds). We find evidence that all four components are positive in emerging markets. Our results differ from those in developed countries, in that we attribute approximately 10%-20% of total persistence to cross-country effects (iii) and (iv). These findings are consistent with stories of contagion, which suggest that demand shifts move predictably from one country to another. They cannot easily be explained by informed trading alone or by wealth effects.
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CSpecial Guest: Why Entrepreneurship? and First Steps
- Speaker:
- Marius Nacht (Check Point)
- Date:
- Tuesday, 16.1.2018, 18:30
- Place:
- EE Meyer Building 1003
The Technion's Entrepreneurship Center, and the
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Departments
invite you to a guest lecture by Marius Nacht, one of the founders of Check
Point and chairman of the company, who has been
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Nacht will share his rich experience and talk about why entrepreneurship and the first steps in this world.
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About Sonya Fe
Through my art I explore the infinite possibilities of the esthetic emotions aroused by the female figure: my figures are either alone or in groups, indoors or outdoors. You may be compelled to ask who these girls might be, or you might happen to intrude upon their space. I feel that I offer the viewer a splendid and poetic image, satisfying equally the intellect and the senses.
The figures themselves are not anatomically correct—some have little definition. However, the faces are very defined, making them the center of attention. My main concern is clearly with the relationships among these women's varying physical presence and at the same time bringing into equilibrium the active lines and the colors that define them. And, yes, many of these figures seem to struggle to find themselves, to find their female existence in a male's storm that threatens their very existence.
"Humor, off-the-wall eccentricity, eroticism, and sometimes a touch of pathos are the seasonings which Sonya uses to give her art its unique flavor. The substance of Sonya Fe's art is derived from various sources. Clearly she is indebted to the Mexican masters."
The female in this drawing is between relationships. She loves them both, but differently. Throughout the ages, men had mistresses and were not frowned upon for loving more than two women at the same time. Heaven help the woman who loves two men at the same time … society will give you one big headache if you listen to them.
Whereas the lady is confused and feels helpless, a man in the same situation would have a smile on his face and would strut like the "Cock of the Walk." Note that on the lady's dress there is a smudge of blood down between her legs. This is to remind us all that "Only Women Bleed." The men are drawn as skeletons so that the main focus is the female figure. Crosses in the background and the blood on her dress represent life, as do the bones in the foreground. She is being pulled by both male figures and then by another force above her … she is tired, she cannot think … I guess it is hard being so popular.


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After our delicious pre-race fourth meal, we headed back to the hotel to get some shut-eye. Wake-up time was 4:30!
Aimee and I got all of our race gear on and met some fun gals in the lobby – match matchy sister pic! Don't you love our Texas flag shorts?? And our throwaway arm warmers made out of Target socks, with the toes cut out??
Our friend Shea (far right) and her sister Brooke – Shea is a leukemia survivor and one of our honored teammates! She was also one of the first people I ever met in Houston! Last April her CML (chronic myelogenous leukemia) went into blast-crisis phase and mutated into ALL (acute lymphoblastic leukemia). She needed chemo and a stem-cell transplant. Her sister Brooke was a perfect match and donated her stem-cells last June. When I visited Shea in the hospital once, she told me Nike would be her comeback race and she and Brooke would run it together. Look at them now! Shea fundraises tirelessly for LLS, so if you'd like to make a donation to her page, please click here. AWESOME JOB ON THE RACE, LADIES.
We only had to walk about half a mile to our race corral in Union Square but we did have to wait about an hour….street sitting it is.
Soon enough though, we were off and running. The first few miles went by pretty quickly – I'm trying to remember them! We ran down the Embarcadero and up to Fisherman's Wharf. At mile 6 we hit the most gigantic hill I have ever seen and it was ONE MILE long. I turned to Aimee and said, "Well as long as this is going to be a 15-minute mile, can we make it a 16-minute mile and take a port-o-let stop?" I had to pee since the start, so we took advantage of our slowest mile. We were supposed to have a great view of the Golden Gate Bridge but unfortunately/fortunately it was overcast and drizzling…so did not even see it. Fine by me; the weather was perfect for running!
By the time we hit the park at about mile 10, my ankles were already on fire from running downhill…steep!! We ran through for about a mile before the half marathon split off. Ahhh, the roads were so much less crowded. Did a couple of miles out and back before we turned around to make our way back toward the coast. Met up with the half for about another half mile before they turned to finish (our mile 15, their mile 12). I could see and hear the finish line, so I told Aimee not to look! We still had 11 miles to go
That's when it started to get pretty tough. We were running on the parkway alongside the coast for miles, and it was a false flat all the way up to the lake. I started monitoring pace and time pretty closely, because we had a sort-of-not-really unofficial goal of going under 5 hours. I knew that was going to be very hard on this course. As we kept creeping up to the higher miles, I was stalking the time. Aimee asked how our pace was and I said, "uhhh well we have a little bit of leeway, but not much." And nobody…nobody. NOBODY. can clearly explain to someone how hard that last 10K is. It's a 10K right? We do 10Ks in our sleep! No. It feels like a death march. That's when you have to say SHUT UP, LEGS! and will your body forward. And most of all, it is tough on your mind. Your mind is ready to give up much sooner than your body. You think, "I can't do this. Of course I can't do this. What was I thinking? This is stupid." THAT is what is called the "danger zone" – saying those things to yourself. When my mind starts playing those tricks on me, I always yell back (in my head, of course), "MY MOM SAYS THAT I'M SPECIAL!" or "HOW BAD DO YOU WANT THIS?" I usually ask the "How bad do you want it?" question when I'm shooting for a distance (said it to myself many times during IM) or time goal…and the answer is always, "Pretty bad." It's never, "Not bad enough."
I digress. Anyway, at mile 20 I told her we needed to stay at an 11-minute mile. At mile 20.5, we said fuck it. Once the 5-hour goal was gone, we decided to "ralk" – run/walk. Getting 4 miles around that lake was the worst part ever. Once we were back on the highway, we picked up a bit of speed and a coach from NYC ran with us for a couple of minutes. That's the great thing about TNT events – all the coaches on the course!!
We were laughing and cussing like crazy people and finally crossed the finish – Aimee is insanely victorious and I am trying not to trip on my own feet.
Speaking of feet/feat, I can't tell you how awesome it was to cross the finish line together – so.much.fun.
Here's to many more SiL running trips!


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The upcoming Sarawak election is estimated to cost a staggering RM181mil with the Election Commission setting aside a large portion of the budget for transportation and rental costs.
This estimation is more than double the cost of the last state election held in 2011 when the EC spent RM78mil to run the show.
Its chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof said with the number of constituencies now getting bigger – from 71 to 82 state seats – the commission would have to make even more preparations for the polls.
"We have to rent 38 helicopters to send the ballot boxes, papers and officers and to bring them out of the remote areas, which is only accessible via air. This alone will cost RM33.4mil.
"We still have to prepare for it even if the number of voters in a particular area is just a handful and who may not even turn up," he told The Star.
According to estimates, the cost of transportation and rentals of 1,871 premises to be used for election purposes will be about RM87mil while allowances for returning officers and 21,000 staff is expected to reach RM40mil.
Due to the geographical condition of the state, Abdul Aziz said the EC needed different kinds of transportation to get to voters.
Apart from helicopters, he said that boats, four-wheel drives and even motorcycles needed to be rented, hence the high cost.
"This is our estimation but it depends on how much the Treasury will approve later," he said, adding that 80% of the polls preparation was already in place.
Pundits are betting on a March election but the EC chairman is keeping any information he has on the matter close to his chest.
The state government's term ends on June 20.
"We have to consider many things when we set election dates. We need to ensure the weather is fine, that there is no political or cultural celebration. We may not even do polling on Sunday since a large number of Sarawakians are Christians and Sunday is the day they go to church," he said.
As of September 2015, there are 1.13 million registered voters in the state with Ba'Kelalan having the smallest number of voters at 7,887 while Pelawan has the most with 32,848 voters.
According to statistics, the number of male and female voters in Sarawak as of last month is almost equal – 565,051 (49.9%) men and 566,905 (50.1%) women.
Voters between the age of 30 and 59 make up about 65%.
Interestingly, there are 7,313 voters who are 90 and above.
Abdul Aziz acknowledged the challenges in managing an election in Sarawak due to the size of the state, weak telecommunications system and a lack of a good road system but he said the EC would look for solutions to ensure polling would be smooth and that voters, no matter how remote they live, could exercise their rights.
"That is why we have to rent helicopters and speed boats. We even have to take extra precautionary measures to ensure safety of the ballot boxes that are transported via rivers.
"They will be suited up in water-proof floats. So if anything happens, the ballot boxes and papers can be saved," he said.
Abdul Aziz will not be heading the commission to hold the Sarawak election. His term as chairman ends on Jan 24 due to the mandatory retirement at the age of 66.
"I'm glad to have helped prepare the commission for the Sarawak election, never mind if I'm not going to be around to oversee it. I will still be observing from afar. Election is an exciting time and I don't want to miss the excitement," he said.
Abdul Aziz, who served as EC chairman for seven years, was appointed to the post on Dec 31, 2008 to replace Tan Sri Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman.
Source: http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2016/01/19/swak-polls-to-cost-rm181m-ec-says-budget-hike-due-to-increased-number-of-constituencies/


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Did you ever take Home Economics in high school? I was lucky enough to have a wonderful, active, and interested teacher for my Home Ec class: Mrs. Winkler. While we learned about many different things (including sewing, banking, etc.), one my favorite segments was cooking. I still have the mimeographed sheet of paper with her delicious apple pie recipe! I thought I'd add it to the "recipe box" before it fades into oblivion!
- 5 to 7 tart apples
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 Tbsp enriched flour
- Dash salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 2 pie crusts
- 2 Tbsp butter
- Pare apples and slice thin.
- Mix sugar, flour, salt, and spices. Add to apples.
- Fill 9" pastry.
- Dot with butter
- Adjust top crust. Poke holes with fork to vent. Sprinkle with sugar.
- Bake in hot oven (450 degrees) for 10 minutes.
- Lower temperature to 350 degrees for 40 more minutes.
If apples are not tart, add 1 Tbsp lemon juice.
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